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- 04 Feb 2008
- Research & Ideas
Putting Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector
just a matter of mobilizing more resources to the field, but also developing entirely new models and ways of achieving sustainable mission impact. This reality makes social entrepreneurship approaches that achieve better View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 11, 2016
Smartphone Industry By: Paik, Yongwook, and Feng Zhu Abstract—Strategy scholars have documented in various empirical settings that firms seek and leverage stronger institutions... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Confronting the Challenges that Face Bricks-and-Mortar Stores
that merchandise would no longer carry individual price tags and that shoppers might be overcharged at the register. More recently, customers have expressed concern that electronic shelf labels could be used... View Details
- 23 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Management’s Role in Reforming Health Care
individual clinician, not the health care delivery organization. Managerial practice too treated this knowledge as an attribute of the provider, thus focusing on the resources clinicians used as they... View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Professors Introduce Valuation Software
In an age when mergers, acquisitions, and spin-offs are increasingly common in business, you need a new skill in your kit bag: the ability to analyze and value potential partners, deals, investments—even... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
HBS Grads Launch Cybersecurity Nonprofit to Fight Infodemic
source clients both in the US and internationally. Mandy Zhang (MBA 2020) leverages her years of nonprofit experience and connected View Details
- 04 Jun 2018
- Blog Post
How to Create a Presence Without Being Present
recruiters who need to create a meaningful presence for MBA candidates – without necessarily being physically present. Use CPD’s online resources Start with the obvious: post your positions in the Career & Professional Development... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 09 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Stock Options Are Not All Created Equal
achieve its business goals. While option plans can take many forms, I find it useful to divide them into three types. The first two—what I call fixed value plans and fixed number plans—extend over several... View Details
Keywords: by Brian Hall
- 29 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 29, 2007
ability to use customer information for pricing or whether even larger rewards could be found in leveraging the connection to the GM family. However, although jointly selling auto insurance View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Zoe Sun
internships, Zoe can provide insights into how US and Asia-based private equity funds recruit, how to best position international background to US recruiters, View Details
- 18 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 18, 2007
Working PapersOptimal Reserve Management and Sovereign Debt Authors:Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract Most models currently used to determine optimal foreign reserve... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
From Turf Wars to Learning Curves: How Hospitals Adopt New Technology
Harvard Business School professors are more likely to be found in the pages of the Academy of Management Review than the New England Journal of Medicine, but recently Gary Pisano and Robert Huckman used the... View Details
- 23 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
leading players in these clusters are multi-location firms that organize and integrate knowledge across sites worldwide. Strong internal links across locations allow these firms to View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 2
treating both its suppliers and its blue collar workforce as homogeneous, interchangeable entities as well as its view that expertise could be partitioned so that there was minimal overlap of knowledge... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Aug 2009
- Op-Ed
Where Cash for Clunkers Ran Off the Road
new cars. The program proved so popular that inventories of the qualifying cars soon dwindled, further boosting the dealers' negotiating leverage and unit profit margin. “Why did taxpayers, having already... View Details
- 07 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
Mindful Leadership: When East Meets West
for readers to give their own ideas on this concept and to ask Professor George questions. Sean Silverthorne: Tell us about the Mindful Leadership conference. What were the goals? Bill George: The Mindful... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Finding Professional Purpose: Building an Impactful Career that Reflects your Values with Lisa Tanzer (MBA 1993)
Learn about the career resources available to HBS alumni through HBS Career & Professional Development When I started my journey at Harvard Business School, I was eager to broaden my business knowledge View Details
- 03 Sep 2020
- Op-Ed
Why American Health Care Needs Its Own SEC
excellent model. The business community should embrace this model to help solve its long-standing, unresolved issues with health care costs, quality, and access. A version of this commentary was first published by Bloomberg View Details
- 05 Nov 2017
- Blog Post
What You Need to Know about SVMP
opportunities to take business classes. I knew that if I had the opportunity to attend the program, it would open my eyes to the experience and the value of a business education. I was also confident that it would help me to become a... View Details
- 06 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
Kodak: A Parable of American Competitiveness
line and realized that all the significant pieces used to make Kodak's digital cameras—lens, shutters, electronic screen displays—were manufactured far from the factory floor in Rochester, New York, largely... View Details