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- 22 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 22, 2008
Business School Case 808-025 Explores the opportunities and threats to Unilever's global business in 1978 based on the commercial and political challenges faced by three of its subsidiaries, Lever Brothers in the United States, Hindustan... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
government is trying to open them to well-controlled commercial logging but most of the companies entering Liberia’s forests today are unqualified and unscrupulous. Bribery drives the allocation process. The government is not yet capable... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
A Class Act
graduated from the School in 1926. We understand that he has been an active member of the Harvard Club of Tokio [sic] and observe that his alumni dues are paid through October, 1942! War Notes Winter 1955 Married college sweetheart and went with View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
commercially or have direct contractual relations. The framework aims to ground the responsibilities of managers in an intuitively plausible standard that is widely recognizedd—duty not to harm others—and to make tractable the concept of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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International Economy Spring 2026 Q4 1.5 SPACE: Space, Public and Commercial Economics Business, Government & the International Economy Spring 2026 Q3 1.5 Mitchell Weiss Public Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurial Management, General... View Details
- 26 Jun 2025
- News
The Vinyl Revival
business of The Beatles and how they were able to take their rights back, and how creatively prolific they were and commercially successful. It was the first time I thought, "Maybe I could have a career in music business, because I don't... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Deep Dive
understanding of the oceans. When the Five Deeps Expedition is completed, Vescovo hopes to sell the Triton-built Limiting Factor and other essential equipment for the dives to a government, philanthropic organization, or university. “We’ve now constructed a vessel that... View Details
- 23 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
than shepherding an innovation through the entire commercialization process. We argue that this binary outcome—i.e., success via acquisition—creates different opportunities and threats for new entrants and has important and novel... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
disruption, and social change, the book explores key influences on the development and commercialization of the sport industry. It examines themes such as governance, the social role of sport, value chains and innovation, the increasing... View Details
- 15 Feb 2017
- Op-Ed
What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects
telecoms, commercial real estate, and more. Harvard Business School students visit the Reppie Waste to Energy Plant, the first waste-to-energy project in Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Credit: John Macomber We have conducted several... View Details
- 19 May 2016
- Research Event
Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium
Cell Biology at Harvard. Sato oversees the Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Sciences Entrepreneurship, which provides a select group of HBS MBA alumni the opportunity to work with top Harvard inventors. The goal: To promote the View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel
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A Culture of Innovation | Baker Library
photograph he had just taken of her. “Within an hour, the camera, the film, and the physical chemistry became so clear to me,” Land recounted. 9 Polaroid would commercially launch Land’s invention five years later. The company’s... View Details
- 22 Feb 2018
- News
My First Job
me a lot of leeway. He became a great mentor--still a good friend now. And so, I was able to create the interactive division at the very beginning before the commercial internet. I did the first deal with AOL and VH1 that funded the... View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
founded Alibris, an e-commerce company that sells used, rare, and out-of-print books. We failed, a lot—HBS has a case on our more interesting failures. Our biggest setback came early. We planned to launch our commercial website and close... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
channels, with products and brand elements that are less quirky, more commercial than they used to be. Indeed, CEO John Replogle believes that by focusing on efficacious, natural, and unique ingredients, and also by promoting... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
commercial success and certain disputed business practices, Android has come under substantial attention from competition authorities. We present key aspects of Google’s strategy in mobile, focusing on Android-related practices that may... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
Newbridge Capital, faces a tough call in regard to his firm's investment in Shenzhen Development Bank, China's fifteenth-largest commercial bank listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. Due to the aggressive lobby of the existing management... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
His first paycheck from Jeannette was in September, the same month the company posted a profit. Viana has come to see Au Comptoir des Saveurs, one of Jeannette’s first commercial accounts. The owner of this small gourmet shop wasn’t... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
Photographs by Christopher Brown/Redux Pro Not even a nighttime arrival in Mumbai, India’s bustling commercial capital of nearly 13 million people, can mask the collision of old and new that now grips the world’s largest democracy. Planes... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
wanted the city back about its regular commercial business. "The business community's number one concern," he says, "was getting the power back on," so that computers, elevators, office lights, and heating would work. A Con Ed generating... View Details