Publications

June 1997 (Revised September 1997)
Case

Genset Initial Public Offering (B)

By: Paul A. Gompers and Jeffrey M. Anapolsky

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Initial Public Offering; Genetics; Going Public; Management Teams; Biotechnology Industry; France; United States

09 Apr 2012
News

Harvard Women Entrepreneurs Find Resource in Women's Founders Forums

22 Apr 2022
Blog Post

Celebrating Earth Day 2022 with the HBS Business and Environment Initiative

We are honoring Earth Day by sharing stories from the HBS Business and Environment Initiative blog that highlight HBS community members and business leaders who are dedicated to environmental sustainability... View Details

10 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

Cross-Sector Collaboration: Lessons from the International Trachoma Initiative

emotional level with this initiative. As one Pfizer manager put it, "One of the reasons people enjoy working at Pfizer is that we conduct medical research that helps with the illnesses that mankind... View Details

Keywords: by Diana Barrett, James Austin & Sheila McCarthy

Video

Kathleen McCartney presents "Not a Cloister—An Intervention: Women's Colleges and the Project of Gender Equality

15 Nov 2010
News

Connecting Goals and Go-To-Market Initiatives

01 Jun 1996
News

New Initiatives in MBA Recruiting

These events offer a unique opportunity for companies to target a new group of HBS students, since most members of the January cohort will have their initial dialogue with firms over View Details

01 Sep 2003
News

Dean Clark Reflects on the School’s Key Initiatives

As we begin the new academic year, I welcome the opportunity to share the exciting initiatives and activities under way at Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Web

Health Care Initiative - Health Care

within the health care sector. The Health Care Initiative impacts managerial practice and the pace of innovation by educating leaders and... View Details

March 1991 (Revised May 1991)
Case

TBIRD: The Thai Business Initiative in Rural Development

By: V. Kasturi Rangan

During the period of 1987 to 1990, while Thailand had one of the fastest growing economies in the world (average growth rate of 12%), the income disparity between its rural and urban population (especially Bangkok City) was growing increasingly worse. Mechai... View Details

Keywords: Economic Growth; Management Skills; Programs; Wealth and Poverty; Thailand

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2015
Other Unpublished Work

Democracy and Women's Rights in America: The Fight over the ERA

By: David Moss, Amy Smekar, Dean Grodzins, Rachel Wilf and Marc Campasano

November 1994
Background Note

Social Enterprise: Private Initiatives for the Common Good

Presents a model for understanding how private social-purpose ventures (nonprofit and for-profit) differ from traditional business firms in both their objectives and methods of operation. Identifies six dimensions that are useful for understanding the differences. Also... View Details

Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship

April 2018
Teaching Note

Growing a Cluster: The Singapore Biomedical Sciences Initiative

By: Michael Porter and Christian Ketels

April 2018 (Revised September 2019)
Case

Growing a Cluster: The Singapore Biomedical Sciences Initiative

By: Michael Porter and Christian H.M. Ketels

March 2021
Teaching Note

State of Charge: The Massachusetts Energy Storage Initiative

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock