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  • 01 Jun 2023
  • News

Bridging the ESG Data Gap

Megan Murday The idea for a digital platform to help venture capitalists calculate, benchmark, and improve portfolio ESG performance crystallized while Megan Murday (MBA 2021) was studying at HBS. Now the CEO of the software startup Metric, she says that “investors... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
  • Web

For Organizations | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

to accelerate the impact of social entrepreneurs moving their organizations from start-up to growth phase, with a focus on organizations serving communities of color. The Forum provides training, classroom discussion, and peer support... View Details
  • 14 Jul 2023
  • Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces Its 2023-2024 Blavatnik Fellows

fellows will be a part of the next decade of life science venture creation. I am truly delighted to continue to be a part of the fellowship’s growth and to be able to mentor the next generation of entrepreneurs who are commercializing... View Details
  • May 2013 (Revised March 2014)
  • Case

Gap, Inc., 2000

By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
From humble beginnings as a Levi jeans store, by 2000 Gap, Inc. had grown to become the world's leading specialist clothing retailer. Its CEO, Millard S. Drexler, the "merchant prince," was credited with transforming Gap into a global empire, leading the company... View Details
Keywords: Strategic Change; Fashion; Risk and Uncertainty; Competition; Performance Consistency; Problems and Challenges; Globalized Firms and Management; Competitive Strategy; Business Growth and Maturation; Strategy; Retail Industry; Fashion Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; United States
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  • 24 Jun 2008
  • First Look

First Look: June 24, 2008

plants are a significant determinant of cross-country differences in income per worker. For this purpose, we use a standard version of the neoclassical growth model augmented to incorporate monopolistic competition among heterogeneous... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Sep 2023
  • Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces 2023 Goldsmith Fellows

to working in social enterprise. The 2023 Goldsmith Fellows are: Rehan Adamjee. A joint degree student at HBS and HKS, Rehan recently served as the strategy and growth lead for Vital Pakistan, a 300+ person healthcare organization... View Details
  • 25 Jun 2020
  • Blog Post

Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Bain, World Food Programme, Goldman Sachs, Brandeval HBS ACTIVITIES HBS Show, Wine & Cuisine Society Yaoxin Ding While serving as a product manager at Fiat, Yaoxin worked closely with... View Details
  • 06 Oct 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Problem with Hedge Funds

investment management themselves. Sensing this demand, which is what they do best, investment banks are now creating funds, which then are invested in other funds. This is the big new thing, the fund of funds. People who View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
  • April 2009 (Revised August 2010)
  • Case

Buro Happold

By: Robert G. Eccles and Kerry Herman
Padraic Kelly became Managing Director (MD) of the engineering services firm Buro Happold in 1996. One of his first initiatives was "Aim for Growth," which was intended to help the firm grow beyond its current size where it was constrained by a structure of having each... View Details
Keywords: Training; Entrepreneurship; Leadership Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Skills; Organizational Culture; Programs
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  • September 2024
  • Supplement

National Public Broadcasting (B)

By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
Pre-abstract: Instructors should consider the timing of making videos available to students, as they may reveal key case details.
Abstract: This (B) case supplement is designed for use by faculty only to support classroom instruction in conjunction with... View Details
Keywords: Financial Strategy; Financial Management; Media; Ownership; Strategy; Advertising; Decision Choices and Conditions; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity; Journalism and News Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States
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  • August 2022
  • Teaching Note

BTS & ARMY

By: Doug J. Chung and Kay R. Koo
Industry leaders must define a particular outcome of interest (i.e., an objective) to establish an organization’s strategy. BTS’s initial objective was to increase brand recognition and to acquire a solid fanbase. The proliferation of social network platforms... View Details
Keywords: Cultural Diversity; Brand Equity; Go-to-market Strategy; Social Network; Entertainment Industry; Brands and Branding; Customer Relationship Management; Consumer Behavior; Social and Collaborative Networks; Social Entrepreneurship; Digital Platforms; Digital Marketing; Music Industry
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  • 16 Oct 2017
  • Research & Ideas

The Most Successful Startups Have Hands-On Founders

how these management skills can be acquired through peer networks, the researchers partnered with the Indian Software Product Industry Roundtable (iSPIRIT), a think tank that promotes the growth of Indian... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • Web

Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online

This course is part of the CLIMB program and Leadership & Management track. Introduction to Leadership Principles ENROLL NOW No application needed for our certificate programs. Start your journey today! Leadership Principles $1,850 Next... View Details
  • 13 Jan 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Do Private Equity Buyouts Get a Bad Rap?

Lerner, the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard Business School, who leads the Entrepreneurial Management Unit. “Our paper reveals some very attractive and socially beneficial aspects of the private equity industry,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services; Banking
  • March 2007 (Revised March 2012)
  • Case

Edward Jones in 2006: Confronting Success

By: David J. Collis and Troy Smith
When Jim Weddle took over as Managing Partner of Edward Jones in January 2006, the brokerage firm was at a critical juncture. The firm's distinctive strategy had enabled it to grow from its roots in small-town America to become the 4th largest broker in the U.S. Weddle... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Performance; Competitive Advantage; Financial Services Industry; United States
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  • 23 Sep 2022
  • Research & Ideas

8 Strategies to Sustain Business Innovation

leading innovation in changing environment.” 1. Understand the opportunity paradox How can organizations capture new growth most effectively? “If you’re doing something new, it is inevitably going to be difficult,” McDonald says. The... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
  • 14 Jul 2009
  • First Look

First Look: July 14

initiative to provide practical business and management education to 10,000 women around the globe. The initiative recently celebrated its first anniversary, and over 1,200 women were either enrolled in, or graduated from, sponsored... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Online Entrepreneurship & Innovation Courses | HBS Online

organization. 8 weeks, 4-5 hrs/week Pay by July 17 $1,850 Certificate Winning with Digital Platforms Professor Feng Zhu Explore digital platforms' unique properties, opportunities, and risks, and develop scalable strategies that drive View Details
  • 03 Aug 2010
  • First Look

First Look: August 3

  PublicationsLords of the Harvest: Symbolic Signaling and Regulatory Approval of Genetically Modified Organisms Authors:Shon R. Hiatt and Sangchan Park Publication:Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management (2010) Abstract Firms... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 26

the point that given the rarity of the strategic approaches to resource allocation, district leaders need more guidance and tools to help them make better decisions and manage the consequences, particularly when they are under enormous... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace