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- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
http://hbr.org/2010/10/unleashing-the-power-of-marketing/ar/1 Institutional Pressures and Organizational Characteristics: Implications for Environmental Strategy Authors:Magali A. Delmas and Michael W. Toffel Publication:In The Oxford... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Oct 2015
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October 20, 2015
both partners. For the bank, the partnership with a major art institution gives access to cultural, symbolic, and social resources, which can add value to and differentiate wealth management services. From... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
E. Roe Stamps IV, MBA 1974
were interested in investing with him. “Once they were on board, we were able to get institutional investors,” says Stamps, who asked colleague Steve Woodsum to join him in establishing Summit Partners. Working side by side for over 20... View Details
- 01 Feb 2022
- Book
Innovation Isn’t Just for Startups: How Big Companies Can Succeed
professor at Stanford University. The book examines how the best corporate explorers create new enterprises inside large corporations. The authors explain the challenges explorers face, along with the strategies they need to gather... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
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Doing Business in a Divided World - Alumni
Doing Business in a Divided World: The Changing Role and Responsibilities of the American Firm A Conversation with Harvard Business School’s Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society The Madison Loft, 1555 Broadway St.,... View Details
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Sustainability and Integrated Reporting
A sustainable strategy for a company is one that enables it to create value for shareholders over the long term while contributing to a sustainable society. In doing so, it must balance the needs of different types of providers of financial capital (e.g.,... View Details
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Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS (part 2) - MBA
Sciences Partners & Families Peek SVMP Social Enterprise Student Life Student Loans Student Profile Sustainability Video Blog Industries Industries Architecture Construction Consulting Consumer Packaged... View Details
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Building Entrepreneurial Organizations - Health Care
Harvard Life Lab Rock Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (students) New Venture Competition The New Venture Competition is an annual student and alumni competition sponsored by the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and the Social View Details
- 2007
- Chapter
Beyond Dependence: Conceptualizing Information and Accountability in NGO-Funder Relations
By: Alnoor Ebrahim
This paper explores the linkages between information systems and accountability in nongovernmental and nonprofit organizations (NGOs). The information systems in four NGOs are introduced: two Indian NGOs engaged in natural resource management and rural development, an... View Details
Keywords: Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Corporate Accountability; Information Management; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Non-Governmental Organizations; Information Technology; India; District of Columbia
Ebrahim, Alnoor. "Beyond Dependence: Conceptualizing Information and Accountability in NGO-Funder Relations." In Reconceptualising NGOs and Their Roles in Development: NGOs, Civil Society and the International Aid System, edited by Paul Opoku-Mensah, David Lewis, and Terje Tvedt, pp. 119–159. Aalborg, Denmark: Aalborg University Press, 2007.
- 28 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 28
theorized to be 1) normative or value-laden, 2) progressing in bursts of change over time, 3) socially constructed and culturally embedded, and 4) associated with logics that shape practices. We develop a framework, outlining the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Harvard Innovation Labs: Where Passion and Purpose Meet
well as members of the alumni entrepreneurship community. In terms of funding, we provide Spark Grants and Social Impact Fellowships. Another source is the Allston Venture Fund, which is a syndicate of venture capital firms that invest in... View Details
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General Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research
The United States and China: Challenges for your Business William Kirby Spring 2025 Q4 1.5 Global Trade, Capital and National Institutions (also listed under Business, Government & the International Economy) Laura Alfaro Spring 2025 Q3... View Details
- 19 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 19
markets, such as the one for patents, generally create profit opportunities for intermediaries. We begin with an overview of the problems that arise in patent markets, and how traditional institutions like patent brokers, patent pools,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Personal Connections: How Shared Experiences Boost Performance
consultancies and accounting firms already do this by putting “cohorts” of new employees on similar professional development tracks, with shared workshops, activities, and milestones designed to strengthen their connection. “People are View Details
- 16 Feb 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service
period 1999 to 2007, the results are even more striking: These companies delivered shareholder returns of over 130 percent while the S&P delivered 0.6 percent. They grew their sales 233 percent while the S&P 500 has grown just 10 percent. Q: What are some of... View Details
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5.1 Information Technology - MBA
aware that use of external collaboration tools (e.g., Google Docs) risks wider distribution of materials intended for a specific group. Use of Networking and Social Media Tools To ensure that all students and program participants are... View Details
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Hamilton Hall | About
savings were installed. Hamilton Hall achieved LEED Gold certification in 2007, and the following year was named one of Boston’s greenest buildings by the American Institute of Architects and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino. For more on the... View Details
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Research Design - Impact Investments
firms. Focus Area 1 The first focus area for the project is specifying the universe of impact investors and their portfolio companies. We define impact investors to be investors with the explicit dual objective of generating social good... View Details
- July 2011
- Case
Edna McConnell Clark Foundation-Enabling a Performance Driven Philanthropic Capital Market
By: Allen Grossman and Aldo Sesia
The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, focused on building the organizational capabilities of nonprofits that served the disadvantaged youth in the United States, has recently been named an intermediary in the federal government's new social innovation fund (SIF), which... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Financial Strategy; Performance Improvement; Capital Markets; United States
Grossman, Allen, and Aldo Sesia. "Edna McConnell Clark Foundation-Enabling a Performance Driven Philanthropic Capital Market." Harvard Business School Case 312-006, July 2011.
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Cultivating Prosperity in Afghanistan
Kimberly Jung, pictured in a field of crocuses, returned to Afghanistan to understand how she and her cofounders could import saffron to the United States. Photo courtesy of Kimberly Jung During their first semester at HBS, former United States Army engineer officers... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie