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Health Care - Faculty & Research

partners across corporate, nonprofit, and school district sectors to address four key pillars: culture, infrastructure, nutrition education, and food access. This case explores how Campbell’s navigated complex partnerships, power dynamics, and contextual differences... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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Harvard Business School Announces 2023 Goldsmith Fellows

Pakistan, in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He was recognized for his work by being selected as an Acumen Pakistan Fellow and World Health Organization Primary Healthcare Leader. He said, “I look forward to... View Details

15 Dec 2023
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The Musts of 2023

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. At fall reunions, we set up shop on campus and asked alumni about what media moved them this year. What changed their minds or their hearts. And their answers ran... View Details

09 Nov 2022
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COP27: What Can Business Leaders Do to Fight Climate Change Now?

The US government’s newly passed Inflation Reduction Act will direct $370 billion toward advancing renewal energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions—the country's largest investment in fighting climate change so far. As business and government leaders around the... View Details

Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Danielle Kost

16 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

my life,” said RJ Melman, president of Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises and creator and developer of more than 13 restaurant concepts. “I know a good chunk of those people, this is a family business.” In 2012, the World Economic Forum... View Details

Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage

08 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens

the game to meet local concerns, the Seattle giant had had enough and punted. After the fact, however, the New York mayor stated: “We gave Amazon the opportunity to be a good neighbor and do business in the greatest city in the View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius; Real Estate; Construction

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Leadership Transitions | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

BusinessWeek , July 6, 2001, featuring Lehman Brothers Inc. CEO Richard S. Fuld Jr. Lehman Brothers Records, Baker Library, Harvard Business School. Used with permission of Bloomberg L.P. Copyright ©2017. All rights reserved. Lower Manhattan skyline featuring View Details

10 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 10

Case 715-022 HEINEKEN-Brewing a Better World The Dutch company HEINEKEN, one of the leading global brewers known for its brands like Heineken, Amstel, and Desperados and for its award-winning marketing campaigns, seeks to closely... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Online Entrepreneurship & Innovation Courses | HBS Online

New Credential of Digital Innovation and Strategy Build the skill set and strategic acumen to compete in the digital world through a combination of forward-looking coursework, unique team activities with a diverse global network, and a... View Details

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The Railroads: The First Big Business - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

Railroads Finance Management Business Analysts Mass Distribution Mergers & Syndicates Research Links The Railroads: The First Big Business Beginning in the mid-sixteenth century, local railroads around the world served as a means of... View Details

13 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk

defining moments before and we've let them go by. Corporate America says all the right things, we'd make a few donations. You know, when I was growing up in the inner city and it was burning in the 60s, we used to call those pacification... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Pharmaceutical

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

Chair of Harvard's MBA Elective Curriculum—the second year of the MBA Program—and as course head of The Entrepreneurial Manager, taught to all 900 first-year MBA students. He twice co-led a Harvard Innovation Lab course, Cultural Entrepreneurship in New York View Details

05 Nov 2021
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Video Blog: Why I Decided to Pursue an MBA at HBS

And so you feel very well insulated and guarded from everything else kind of happening. It's like all the distractions of a big city are completely barred off. And so it's nice to be in a little bubble where it's just literally your... View Details

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

building “the world’s greenest battery” to fight climate change was a difficult—and perhaps unrealistic—goal. How much could Northvolt really contribute to the European effort against society’s greatest challenge? Leadership and Climate Action in View Details

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Historical Data & Sources - Business History

Regan, MBA 2016 Download Data Set in Excel Telegraphic Communication J. G. Bartholomew, ed., Atlas of the World's Commerce (London: George Newnes, 1907), pp. 30-31, map. Telephone Rates between NYC and Select Cities Historical Statistics... View Details

21 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 21

characterizes the financial world. They also overlook the role of natural selection. To be sure, natural selection in the financial world is not exactly analogous to the processes first described by Darwin and elaborated on by modern... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Events - Business History

Oct 19 19 Oct 2017 Conference Capitalism in the Countryside: Graduate Student Conference In a world that continues to be mostly ocean, countryside, forest, and desert and with nearly half the world’s population still living and laboring... View Details

21 Aug 2020
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Pursuing a JD/MBA Joint Degree

impacts corporate taxation, and I have chatted with my HBS professors about minimizing supply chain disruptions due to COVID-19. No other program gives you the depth and ability to connect with world renowned experts who are passionate... View Details

15 Mar 2017
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An Average Day at HBS

Italian food in the North End), and sporting events. Try to make a list of what you want to see and do in the city before school and stick to it. Socializing: use the weekend to spend some time with your new friends. Go out for meals,... View Details

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The Gift of Global Talent

influence of a handful of global cities continues to grow, the three core approaches taken by corporations so far offer a playbook for companies that find themselves outside the action in today’s concentrated innovation geography. Media... View Details

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