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- 24 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class
presents a unique opportunity for Joint Degree graduates to make a difference. Reflecting on his time at HBS and HKS, Soo’s memories center on the people he shared the classroom with. “Being in this cohort was something truly different and special. We all wanted to... View Details
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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
Technical Requirements Enrollment Academics Learning Tracks Costs, Grants & Financial Aid HBS Online for Organizations Certificates Pathways to Business Overview How are HBS Online courses delivered? We offer self-paced programs (with... View Details
- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
Its Stripes: Imprinting of Individuals and Hybrid Social Ventures By: Lee, Matthew, and Julie Battilana Abstract—Hybrid organizations that combine multiple, existing organizational forms are frequently proposed as a source of... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
investigates the design of incentives in firms, yet less is known about incentives in organizations that hire individuals to perform tasks with positive social spillovers. We conduct a field experiment in which agents hired by a public... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 2021
- Book
Management as a Calling: Leading Business, Serving Society
By: Andrew J. Hoffman
Business leaders have tremendous power to influence our society, how it operates, whether it is fair, and the extent to which it impacts the environment. And yet, we do not recognize or call out the responsibility that comes with that power. This book is meant to... View Details
Keywords: Business Education; Power and Influence; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Issues; Leadership
Hoffman, Andrew J. Management as a Calling: Leading Business, Serving Society. Stanford University Press, 2021. (Winner of the 2022 PROSE Book Award, Association of American Publishers;
Winner of the 2022 Best Book Award, Social Issues in Management Division, Academy of Management;
Finalist for the 2022 George R. Terry Book Award, Academy of Management.
Chinese Edition: 使命管理, China Science and Technology Press, 2022.)
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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Cohen : Winner of the 2022 International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) Master's World Powerlifting Competition Championship (83kg). Lauren H. Cohen : Winner of the 2022 Best Paper Award on Finance in Management Science from the Finance... View Details
- 22 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
TOP 10 MBA VOICES BLOGS OF 2022
organizations across campus, is proud to share and honor the stories of our community members. We hope these stories showcase the history, richness, and diversity of the AAPI experience and inspire hope for a View Details
- 31 Jan 2014
- News
Body, Heal Thyself
itself. It's all very exciting in theory, but moving a company from a one-man, one-patent startup to an organization that could change the face of therapy takes some business strategy. "We have a big sense of responsibility to make this... View Details
- 02 Oct 2017
- What Do You Think?
Do Bitcoin and Digital Currency Have a Future?
ownership on computers located around the world using blockchain software. It can be used for currency speculation, with the value of a Bitcoin fluctuating at least as wildly on digital currency exchanges as the commodities we used to... View Details
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
public research organizations, such as universities and hospitals, and private firms are an established policy tool around the world for the delivery of social or public services, and their use as a tool to foster the translation of basic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jun 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Monetizing IP: The Executive’s Challenge
terms. One example is MPEG-2, a digital video compression standard used in products including DVD and high-definition television. The standard was developed by the International Organization for Standardization, but during the completion... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Firm Foundation
Courtesy Tracy Britt Cool Courtesy Tracy Britt Cool Tracy Britt Cool (MBA 2009) has been playing the long game as long as she can remember. The former Berkshire Hathaway executive grew up in a family business: Her father was a third-generation farmer in Manhattan,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
My First Job
into the project. The company went on to be the world’s top chip manufacturer and among the 10 most valuable companies in the world in 2021, approaching $800 billion in market value. A mere 0.2 percent of TSMC at that valuation would be... View Details
- 04 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
Meet the Middle East & North Africa Club
representing those diverse cultures and promoting them on campus. We aim to foster a better understanding of an often misunderstood part of the world through social, educational, and cultural events, and to provide a voice for MENA... View Details
- 2024
- Chapter
Corporations as the Central Institutions of Society
Mark Twain observed that, “Prediction is very difficult—particularly when it involves the future,” and he was right. One way to reduce the risk of becoming an infamous forecaster—like the experts who told us the Internet would quickly collapse, that Apple would never... View Details
Badaracco, Joseph L. "Corporations as the Central Institutions of Society." Chap. 4 in Justifying Next Stage Capitalism: Exploring a Hopeful Future, edited by Michel Dion and Moses Pava, 87–106. Springer, 2024.
- 18 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
Meet the HBS Family Business Club
by a multiple of three. We believe that students who have worked with or for family businesses bring in a unique perspective of how such businesses operate and allow other students to think from the perspective of owners. We value Several professors at HBS are View Details
- 17 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
patient satisfaction, and problems with patient safety. Nearly all U.S. health care organizations have used similar evidence to justify their investments in safety and quality. Herein, we provide... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
The Exchange: Same Great Price, Now with Fewer Chips
health preferences and tastes. Some customers may prefer smaller portions. Meanwhile, the prices for certain organic foods and things like wild-caught fish seem to be going up in a very transparent way, and... View Details
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Research & Development, Project Code SX-70 - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
investigation was scientific and technical, "the aesthetic purpose is to make available a new medium of expression to the numerous individuals who have an artistic interest in the world around them." 59 In their early test photos, the... View Details
- 27 Oct 2015
- News
Sweet Success
couple soon acquired an additional 400 acres of nearby hardwood forest to protect it from development—and thus began a journey that led to the launch of Crown Maple, now a leading US maple syrup producer with a following that spans the View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg