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2022
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Key Success Factors in Environmental Entrepreneurship: The case of Wilderness Safaris

By: James E. Austin, Megan Epler Woods and Herman B. Leonard

This chapter analyzes the entrepreneurial conception and evolution of the Wilderness Safaris (WS) ecotourism enterprise operating in eight African countries. It illuminates a series of factors that contribute to positive environmental impact as well as financial... View Details

Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Entrepreneurship

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David Velasquez

always tried to purchase a back-up cake). Who is one person from your life that you admire the most today? My mother (I still love you, Dad). I could write an entire book about the sacrifices that she made for my brothers and me. For the... View Details

10 Apr 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018

perspective is at the same time grounded in theory and in the experiences of particular places. Reviewing state-of-the-art of economic geography, setting agendas, and with illustrations and empirical evidence from all over the world, the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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

Lehman Brothers Timeline Sept-Oct 2008 Video-Coverage of the Financial Crisis Download the Exhibition Catalog (PDF) Lehman Brothers Archives Lehman Brothers Deal Books Search Exhibition Lehman Brothers - Introduction 1840s – 1880s General... View Details

19 Jan 2024
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The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix

one of the silver linings from that time. DM: I want to talk about a figure in this book who you discussed, Kathleen Hogan, chief people officer at Microsoft, and you note that she was someone who used inclusion to lead that company's... View Details

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Seth Klarman, MBA 1982

History and Ourselves 2008 Selected lead editor of Graham and Dodd's classic Security Analysis, 6th edition Seth Klarman wrote the book on value investing. Literally. His 1991 Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for... View Details

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Leading in Tough Times: HBS Faculty Member Amy C. Edmondson on Psychological Safety

Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School, has long studied the performance of teams in the workplace. Her latest book is The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the... View Details

30 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Six Steps for Making Your Threat Credible

influence stemming from the increased credibility of future promises, commitments, and threats. 6. Leverage the shadow of the future Even if you can't leverage your past reputation, you might be able to leverage your future. Imagine that an author is selling the rights... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra

20 Dec 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

How to Design a Better Customer Experience

solved and it wasn’t even the hotel’s fault. Our booking agent had made a mistake.” The good deed that keeps on giving “Does it make economic sense to go over the top with it?” Thomke asks. “I would say ‘yes’ because it creates that... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health; Entertainment & Recreation

06 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

and how it can be reconceptualized without being universalized. A major statement for a wide-open field, this book demonstrates the breadth and scope of the work that the history of capitalism can provoke. Publisher's link:... View Details

09 Nov 2022
In Practice

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

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Philanthropy - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

conscience into a professional field. Order article at Harvard Business Online This article is also available in the book On Competition . Feb 2002 Center for Effective Philanthropy Foundation Performance Metrics Pilot Study Toward a... View Details

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Polaroid: At The Intersection of Science & Art: Edwin H. Land and the Polaroid Corporation

Executive Education Participants Friends of Executive Education Harvard Business School Leadership Fellows HBS News MBA Executive Education More HBS RSS Feeds: Baker Library New Books Executive Education HBS Alumni Bulletin HBS News HBS... View Details

25 Feb 2015
HBS Seminar

Jeffrey Schnapp, Harvard Graduate School of Design

25 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 25

strategic intent. This book of cases provides real examples of these challenges. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52557 forthcoming Management Science If You're Going to Do Wrong, at Least Do It Right:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 18

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=39382 Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 913-041 SaferTaxi: Connecting Taxis and Passengers in South America SaferTaxi, a taxi booking service in South America, must develop its... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

04 Apr 2011
HBS Case

Reinventing the National Geographic Society

the same question Fahey debated with his team: to whom should this person report? To Fahey himself, signaling the importance of the role? To the Global Media Group, which is responsible for the magazine, book publishing, TV and film, and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Publishing

23 May 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Know If Your Neighborhood Is Being Gentrified

close to real time. Although the study helps identify where gentrification is occurring, it’s unclear what’s causing what. “It could be that people see a Starbucks coming in and say, ‘This is a neighborhood we should move into,’” says Glaeser, an urban economist and... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

18 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Hazard Warning: The Unacceptable Cost of Toxic Workers

replacing one toxic worker, which is almost double the figure a company gains from hiring a “superstar.” A superstar in the top 1 percent of performers adds $5,303 in increased performance to a company’s profit, Minor’s paper Toxic Workers shows. “Every time you turn... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

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