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- 03 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
Everyone Knows Innovation is Essential to Business Success—Except Board Directors
three on their list of concerns. That’s the surprising finding in a new survey of boards of directors conducted by Harvard Business School professor Boris Groysberg and doctoral student Yo-Jud Cheng. “The... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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Advancing Social Enterprise | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Advancing Social Enterprise Background I graduated from Harvard College in 1990. I was the first college recruiter at Teach for America with Wendy Kopp and I got to know the people who were starting up the Social Enterprise Initiative at HBS. At that time, there was... View Details
- 29 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
DIVERSIFYING OUR CASE PROTAGONISTS: HOW IS HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL DOING A YEAR LATER?
various characteristics of each case. “The new categorization process is not only important for internal teaching purposes, but as educational institutions worldwide look to HBS and Harvard Business... View Details
- 30 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Diversifying Our Case Protagonists: How is Harvard Business School Doing a Year Later?
various characteristics of each case. “The new categorization process is not only important for internal teaching purposes, but as educational institutions worldwide look to HBS and Harvard Business... View Details
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Tools & Resources | Institute for Business in Global Society
Tools & Resources Explore this page to find detailed educational resources that will inspire you to tackle society’s most pressing issues. Our resources include in-depth reports, insights from our Institute for Business in Global Society... View Details
- 27 Apr 2017
- News
Helping Veterans Gain Skills to Thrive in the Business World
lieutenant on the sub who managed teams of mechanical systems experts—men usually more experienced than she. “I tried to go in with a sense of humility but also with a level of confidence,” she explains. Strobel later served as an Office of Naval Intelligence analyst... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
C.D. Spangler, Jr.: A Leadership Role in Business and Academe
(UNC) tenure were his appointment of fifteen new chancellors and other university leaders; a systemwide enrollment increase of more than 27,000 students, to a total of 150,000 at the university's sixteen campuses; the near doubling of the... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry; photo by Ann Hawthorne
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Bibliography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Business Administration, Harvard University, 1944. Full Text Available Callahan, Sean. “Dr. Land’s Latest Bit of Magic.” Life 73, no. 17 (October 27, 1972). Full Text Available . “The Camera Does the Rest.” View Details
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Systems Leadership Project | Institute for Business in Global Society
project from the Dean’s Office and the Social Enterprise Initiative, the Systems Research Working Group continues its efforts with support from the Institute for Business in Global Society (BiGS). Why a systems approach matters in today’s... View Details
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Riding the WAVE | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
next level. “WAVE was developed and inspired by interactions with HBS peers, faculty, and alumni, as well as the enabling environment and programs run by SEI and the Harvard i-lab,” she continues, noting that WAVE was runner-up in the Social Enterprise Track of the HBS... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Rewriting the Script: Social Enterprise Start-ups Expand Business Plan Contest's Parameters
The story of how nonprofit start-up Montage Entertainment came about would be familiar to many past participants in the HBS Business Plan Contest. “Some friends and I were sitting in the café at Shad, discussing film and the way women and... View Details
- 2012
- Working Paper
No News Is Good News: CSR Strategy and Newspaper Coverage of Negative Firm Events
By: Jiao Luo, Stephan Meier and Felix Oberholzer-Gee
One of the benefits of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs, it has been argued, is that they build up a reservoir of public good will, shielding companies in times of trouble. In this paper, we test the view that CSR provides protection from public ire by... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Crisis Management; Media; Newspapers; Business and Community Relations; Corporate Strategy
Luo, Jiao, Stephan Meier, and Felix Oberholzer-Gee. "No News Is Good News: CSR Strategy and Newspaper Coverage of Negative Firm Events." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-091, April 2012.
- April 2013
- Article
In Search of a Second Act: Riding the Popularity of a Great First Product Is Easy; Finding the Next One Is Hard
By: Elie Ofek and Jill Avery
The article presents a fictional case study on new product development and improvement after the successful launch of a first breakthrough product. Topics include business planning for brand name products, finance and investment for the development of educational toys,... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Growth Strategy; Consumer Marketing; Marketing; Brand Management; Market Research; New Product Development; Marketing Management; Technology Commercialization; Technology; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Consumer Products Industry; Electronics Industry; Technology Industry; North and Central America; United States
Ofek, Elie, and Jill Avery. "In Search of a Second Act: Riding the Popularity of a Great First Product Is Easy; Finding the Next One Is Hard." Harvard Business Review 91, no. 4 (April 2013): 133–137.
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Leading Race Work in Business Schools - Race, Gender & Equity
Framework for Leading Classroom Conversations about Race Harvard Business School Publishing 15 JUN 2020 | Stephanie Creary Race, Work, and Leadership: New Perspectives on the Black Experience 3 SEP 2019 |... View Details
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A Life’s Work | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
A Life’s Work Gerald Chertavian (MBA 1992) realized what he wanted to do with his life when he was just 21 years old. Having volunteered as a Big Brother while working at Chemical Bank in New York City, he saw firsthand the need for a... View Details
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A Day in the Life: IT Business Analyst | Information Technology
Print Share via email What does an average day look like for an IT business analyst at HBS? The answer is: it depends! Ryan Conwell, manager of the IT Business Analysis team, explains that the role is... View Details
- 2011
- Working Paper
From Social Control to Financial Economics: The Linked Ecologies of Economics and Business in Twentieth Century America
By: Marion Fourcade and Rakesh Khurana
As the main producers of managerial elites, business schools represent strategic research sites for understanding the formation of economic practices and representations. This article draws on historical material to analyze the changing place of economics in American... View Details
Keywords: Economics; Practice; Business Education; Labor and Management Relations; Decision Making; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Change; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Finance; Knowledge; Production; Business Conglomerates; Education Industry; United States
Fourcade, Marion, and Rakesh Khurana. "From Social Control to Financial Economics: The Linked Ecologies of Economics and Business in Twentieth Century America." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-071, January 2011.
- 28 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
It Takes a Village: Global Field Courses at Harvard Business School
may be dizzying for anyone, but for Mitkevicius it’s all part of the job. Mitkevicius is part of the Harvard Business School team that organizes and oversees field courses for MBA students: the MBA Program Global Experience Office, or... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Read All About It: Journalism Can Be Profitable
news, classifieds, TV listings, ads, and coupons. They didn’t realize that there were new digital businesses to be built separately from the news bundle. And even if they did... View Details