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18 Feb 2022
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Short Intensive Program (SIP): Climate Adaptation

co-developed with the Business and Environment Initiative. SIPs are an important way for faculty to build out and test new materials and themes. As Professor Macomber said at the outset, “we don’t yet know the answers to many of the... View Details

April 2000 (Revised April 2004)
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TixToGo: Financing a Silicon Valley Start-up

Describes TixToGo, a Silicon Valley start-up company that offers online solutions to individuals and organizations that want to offer activities and/or collect registration fees for events over the Internet. A serial entrepreneur and his partner started the company in... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Information Technology; Financing and Loans; Business Startups; Information Technology Industry; San Francisco

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27 Apr 2010
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PublicationsRethinking the MBA: Business Education at a Crossroads Authors:Srikant M. Datar, David A. Garvin, and Patrick Cullen Publication:Harvard Business Press, 2010 Abstract : "Business Schools... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

25 Aug 2022
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Up on the Corner

capital providers and nonprofit loan funds, seek to expand economic opportunity in low-income communities by providing access to financial products and services. As Michael Pokorny, a senior director at the Reinvestment Fund, explains,... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Melissa Golden; Real Estate

22 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity

Innovation Lab. Upon his appointment last year, Harvard Business School Dean Nitin Nohria named innovation, along with globalization and business ethics, as one of the most important focuses of the School... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Jaume Plensa Inés 2013 | About

Gallery. Inés was on loan to Harvard Business School from the Richard Gray Gallery as part of the Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition from 2016 to 2018. In Spring 2018, through the support of an... View Details

02 Sep 2002
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The Role of Government When All Else Fails

party to another, spreading it out over large groups, and (in some cases) simply reducing it outright. These policies, in turn, have profoundly shaped the environment in which business operates. Public risk management itself has obviously... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard

March 2006 (Revised May 2010)
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Banco Hipotecario S.A.

By: Daniel Baird Bergstresser, Arthur I Segel and Alexandra de Royere

In 2003, the chairwoman and controlling shareholder of Argentina's leading residential mortgage lender are considering how to bring the bank's restructuring to a successful conclusion as the country's economy continues to suffer from the impact of the 2001-2002... View Details

Keywords: Restructuring; Currency; Banks and Banking; Mortgages; Crisis Management; Competition; Argentina

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07 Sep 2011
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First Look: Sept. 7

use loan-level data to study how the organizational structure of banks impacts small business lending. We find that decentralized banks—where branch managers have greater autonomy over lending decisions—give... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018

in much the same way that historical perspectives helped to shape the first generation of endogenous growth theories. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55039 September 21, 2018 Harvard Business Review... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

19 Jul 2016
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July 19, 2016

components. In essence, a small number of components generate a large proportion of system costs. However, we find major differences in the potential benefits available from refactoring these systems, related to their differing designs.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Oct 2011
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How ‘Hybrid’ Nonprofits Can Stay on Mission

charitable donations like a typical nonprofit would. Commercial microfinance organizations often adopt a hybrid model, for example: they provide business loans to poor people who wouldn't traditionally... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

27 Jan 2014
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Opportunity Abounds

natural resource: human capital. I found that most Indians are incredibly entrepreneurial, much more than in the West, where a large number of people are needed to work in large corporations for other people. For comparison, India has around 40 million View Details

Keywords: Technology

08 May 2006
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The Cost of Cutting in Line

waiting in line at the airport. Later, he decided to conduct a field experiment to explore the question. He and a team of experimenters equipped with small bills approached 500 people in lines and offered a cash payment of up to $10 to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

04 Mar 2025
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WesTrek 2025: Exploring the future of tech in Silicon Valley

Building on a Legacy Decades in the Making For decades, WesTrek has been a flagship professional trek at Harvard Business School, giving students direct access to the heart of the tech industry. This year’s trek came at an especially... View Details

Keywords: Technology

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From C-Suite to CEO - Alumni

there an opportunity for me to expand on my responsibilities? Are assessment tools available? Is executive coaching available? Go Small to Go Big A hallmark of those who have been successful in transitioning from C-Suite to CEO is that... View Details

11 Mar 2024
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In Harmony

that recapitalized his home country in the wake of the Asian financial crisis. But Kim’s aptitude for finance is only a small part of who he is as a person. In 2020, he published Offerings, a deeply personal, autobiographical novel about... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park

01 Dec 2016
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In My Humble Opinion: Chip Brewer (MBA 1991)

challenge over the next few years,” says Brewer. He describes the mix of business and a sport he loves as “a great and fortunate combination.” Putt-putt: “I don’t remember how old I was when I first picked up a club, which means I was... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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Wilder House | About

Wilder’s career in Canada stands “as an eloquent expression of just what we hope our graduates can achieve in their communities around the world.” A Toronto native, Wilder served in combat during World War II on loan to the Royal Navy and... View Details

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Demonstration Policy | About

Business School, demonstrations are not permitted in classrooms, hives, or seminar rooms; libraries or other spaces designated for study, quiet reflection, and small group project work or discussion;... View Details

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