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HBS NVC: One Simple Idea Can Change Everything | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

HBS NVC: One Simple Idea Can Change Everything Multiple Students More Impact Stories A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations Mizuho Kanai 2018 While Mizuho Kanai (MBA 2018) was fulfilling her summer internship at NPR, her manager recommended that she read an HBS View Details

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Flare Wins 2017 New Venture Competition Social Enterprise Track | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Flare Wins 2017 New Venture Competition Social Enterprise Track More Impact Stories A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations Mizuho Kanai 2018 While Mizuho Kanai (MBA 2018) was fulfilling her summer internship at NPR, her manager recommended that she read an HBS View Details

30 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 30, 2007

more than 20 case studies and other readings that offer a powerful and transformative approach to advancing and sustaining the work of school improvement. At the center of this work is the concept of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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The Global Health Delivery Project - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Dr. Paul Farmer from Partners in Health, and Professor Michael Porter. Coordinated Knowledge Sharing The Global Health Delivery Project is focused on systematizing the study of global health delivery and rapidly disseminating knowledge... View Details

20 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 20

Study Results Author:Robert Simons Abstract This paper reports the collective finding from 102 field studies that look at the relationship between two organization design variables: span of control and span... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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From Inquiry to Action | Baker Library

manufacturing. Case Writing & Industry Early manuals for writing cases included procedures for undertaking the preliminary study, interviews with the company, preparation of materials, and writing of the... View Details

14 Apr 2016
Blog Post

What I Learned at SVMP

both himself and the listener. Isabella Carbonell SVMP was a truly unforgettable experience. The faculty members, in particular, were really incredible. They made every single student in the classroom engaged in the case View Details

04 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

How Female Stars Succeed in New Jobs

choices? My colleagues and I have been working on a few case studies on these subjects. For example, the "Leading the Josie Esquivel Franchise" case shows how a... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

29 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Rich or Royal: What Do Founders Want?

the profit motive. However, early in my case writing, I began running into several decisions that founders were making that seemed to conflict with the profit motive. For instance, founders I was studying... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Financial Services

01 Oct 1996
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"Service-Profit Chain" Links Members of Service Management Unit

service, at HBS and beyond. Members of the unit have written case studies not only for the Service Management elective but also for other units, such as Technology and Operations Management, Organizational... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

04 Dec 2000
What Do You Think?

Have We Overdone Deregulation and Privatization?

selective increases in capacity, new approaches to managing consumption, and increased merger and acquisition activity, with attendant realization of synergies and lower costs (Jill Feblowitz), and (3) has delivered on its promise of lower prices, at least in View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

30 Oct 2015
Blog Post

4 Takeaways from HBS

and historical framework that is actually far more favorable to all stakeholders. We did case studies on companies that made some tough decisions regarding its shareholders versus employers and customers,... View Details

28 May 2019
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The Physical Campus in a Virtual World

to a baseball team. At Harvard Business School, we teach via the case study method, and we do so in specially designed classrooms with semicircular, multilevel seating, where every student’s name is on a... View Details

Keywords: Nitin Nohria

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Summer Fellowship Enables Student Entrepreneur to Launch Startup | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

at NPR, her manager recommended that she read an HBS case study about how the Sesame Workshop CEO, Jeff Dunn... An Emerging Entrepreneur Patricio Bichara 2015 Patricio “Pato” Bichara (MBA 2015) learned... View Details

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Alumni Initiatives in Impact Investing | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

case study about how the Sesame Workshop CEO, Jeff Dunn... An Emerging Entrepreneur Patricio Bichara 2015 Patricio “Pato” Bichara (MBA 2015) learned something important in the summer between his first and... View Details

01 Sep 2004
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HBS Clubs and Associations

of the Juvenile Justice Fund in Atlanta, which provides resources and services for youth and their families who are involved with the juvenile justice system. “I was able to come back and, with my case View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

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GlobalData Disruptor | Baker Library

Trend reports and analysis Disruptor case studies Twitter analysis of top 100 Influencers in sectors including Fintech, HealthTech, DisruptiveTech, RetailTech Get Access HBS Faculty, Students, and Staff No... View Details

01 Sep 2011
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Faculty Research Online

HBS Cases: KFC’s Explosive Growth in China In China, Yum! Brands is opening a KFC store every day. But this is not the KFC known in America. A recent case study written by Professor David Bell and... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Oct 2002
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SVMP a High-Energy Success

week immersed in case discussions and study groups, a highlight of a summer in which they also worked as interns at large companies. “We're pleased that more people are learning about the program,” said... View Details

15 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 15

Publication:The Accounting Review 86, no. 2 (March 2011) Abstract Recent accounting scholarship has used statistical analysis on asset prices, financial reports and disclosures, laboratory experiments, and surveys of practice. The research has View Details