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HBX Sustainable Business Strategy

Learn how to become a purpose-centered business leader while examining the critical role that businesses play in solving the world's big problems, including climate change, income inequality, and social injustice. Program Dates: September 26, 2018 - October 17, 2018. View Details

26 Nov 2019
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Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream

is highlighted in her new book: Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream. KEY THEMES Small business is critical to the American economy. Artificial intelligence and big... View Details

Keywords: fintech; Artificial intelligence; Small business

May 2022
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Grupo Big Exit: Options for Advent and Walmart

By: Victoria Ivashina, Ruth Costas and Pedro Levindo

After conducting an impressive turnaround in Walmart’s subsidiary in Brazil, Private Equity firm Advent International has to decide how to exit this investment: through an IPO or selling the business to Carrefour. View Details

Keywords: Turnaround; Divestiture; Finance; Strategy; Private Equity; Brazil; Latin America

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05 Dec 2019
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How Disputes Over Big Tech Are Disrupting Global Trade

16 Jun 2021
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Lina Khan, Big Tech Skeptic, Named FTC Chair Mere Hours after Confirmation

07 Apr 2023
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When Celebrity ‘Crypto-Influencers’ Rake in Cash, Investors Lose Big

allegations Because social media posts can affect short-term demand for specific coins or tokens, securing promotion by influencers is big business that has ensnared some big... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

January 2017
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Medtronic: Making the Big Leap Forward (A)

By: William W. George and Monica Baraldi

In 2014, Medtronic was about to execute a $50 billion acquisition of Ireland-based Covidien. Medtronic CEO Omar Ishrak was committed to building the largest medical technology company in the world while broadening its ability to fulfill its mission of “alleviating... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Medtronic; Covidien; Mission; Tax Inversion; Business Strategy; Leadership; Mergers and Acquisitions; Pharmaceutical Industry; Republic of Ireland; Europe; Minnesota; United States

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04 Jan 2022
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Scrap the Big New Year's Resolutions. Make 6 Simple Changes Instead.

17 Apr 2012
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Japan's trading houses move into the big league

03 Apr 2015
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What Popular Baby Names Teach Us About Data Analytics

Keywords: big data; data analytics; business strategy

09 Jan 2012
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Big Three Newscasts Are Changing the State of Play

11 Jul 2014
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Wells Fargo, other big banks could see lower profits

03 Dec 2012
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In World of Big Stuff, the U.S. Still Rules

03 Jan 2022
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Some Big Wall Street Banks Reverse Their Back-To-Office Plans—Again

04 Jun 2012
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The Business of Life

unusual application of an economic term delighted Christensen, a management professor known around HBS and the globe as both a brilliant business thinker and a deeply religious man. For more than a decade he has been a go-to consultant... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

28 Aug 2012
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Got a big decision to make? Sleep on it

09 Sep 2019
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How Top-Valued Microsoft Has Avoided the Big Tech Backlash

29 Feb 2016
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Bigbelly's Big Bet on the Digital Trash Can

cities” field. “I wanted to explore the opportunities and challenges of selling to government in a company that is moving from selling hardware in big chunks to selling software as a service,” says Weiss, the MBA Class of 1961 Senior... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy

22 Sep 2015
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Why 2 Startups Are Betting Big on Legalized Gambling

16 Oct 2012
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