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- 02 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Health Care Research and Prospects
management issues were not. So we took action on a series of things to move this along. There were really four prongs of the approach that we talked about. One was research. The next was course development, actually creating courses. The... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Venture Capital’s Comeback
created nearly one-third of the total market value of all public companies in the United States.” Flight to Quality Over its nearly sixty-year history, the venture-capital industry had experienced several... View Details
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Investment Strategies - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Investment Strategies Course Number 1425 Senior Lecturer William Vrattos Spring; Q4; 1.5 credits 13 Sessions Exam Career Focus Global capital markets are vast and dynamic, with over $100 trillion in listed public... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Case Study: A Souped-Up Strategy
Bookalokal can capture many midsized markets where it will confront fewer rivals, it will be in a strong position to eventually partner with big-city victors to create a shared platform that allows travelers... View Details
- 09 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Starbucks’ Lessons for Premium Brands
"Stores no longer have the soul of the past and reflect a chain of stores vs. the warm feeling of a neighborhood store." Starbucks tried to add value through innovation, offering wi-fi service and creating and selling its own... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Club Leaders Get a Boost from Campus Conference
HASHING IT OUT: HBS professor Kash Rangan leads a case discussion with club officers on creating and maintaining a successful alumni club. With over seventy attendees from Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the United States, the HBS Club... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Mission in Motion
Antares cofounder and HBS senior lecturer Michael Chu, who is using his experience as a microfinance pioneer to harness markets to create better public health outcomes. When he stepped down as chair of SEI's... View Details
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- 15 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Building Bridges to Sustainable Infrastructure with Allied Climate Partners
The summer between my first year and second year at HBS, I joined Allied Climate Partners (ACP) as a Summer Associate in New York. ACP, a philanthropy-backed investment firm, dedicates itself to catalyzing climate-related infrastructure projects in emerging View Details
Keywords: All Industries
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Vivek Garg
"in setting goals among teams and establishing leadership." Analyzing care For his first internship, Vivek worked within Millennium Pharmaceuticals' new product marketing group. "We examined changes in pricing and View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Digging Deep
solidly built, collapsible shovel tools that won’t break when things get down and dirty. In the past year, Pieper moved manufacturing from China to Portland, Oregon, a difficult logistical shift that nonetheless made it easier to control quality and respond to View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Podcasts Engage New Audiences with HBS
Gifts to the HBS Fund support a wide range of people and programs like this. Professor Mike Toffel lays out the scenario: JUUL is the e-cigarette market leader—its revenue grew from $200 million to $1 billion between 2017 and 2018. But... View Details
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Blending Traditional Models of Philanthropy with Business | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
to view life holistically, rather than compartmentalizing what I do for work from my values. I worked in finance, marketing and economic development (microfinance) before coming to HBS - from a desire to both explore as well as figure out... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Merck’s Gilmartin on Vaccines, Global Health
still die as a result of poverty, poor distribution systems, and lack of trained personnel. The business community and policymakers must work together to improve access to existing vaccines, Gilmartin declared. In addition, they need to join forces to View Details
- 18 Feb 2014
- News
Stick with Plan A
MADDY "When I have my mind set on something, I do not create a Plan B," says Monique Maddy (MBA 1993). "I feel that it lessens my commitment and my focus. If it doesn't work out, I come up with another Plan A, which I will also... View Details
- 03 Mar 2014
- HBS Case
Decommoditizing the Canned Tomato
of the Case Research and Writing Group. “No one believed that you could create a brand in tomatoes—a commodity!” The case details how, during an economic downturn, a small business in its fourth generation of family ownership became one... View Details
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Adam Kanner
laptops. Savvy entrepreneurs often find opportunity where others find flaws. For Adam Kanner, a former vice president for marketing and business development for the National Basketball Association, the empty seats triggered a startup... View Details
- 28 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World
suited to a world in which leaders are immersed in a stream of possibilities, surprises, opportunities, and deals in the active, fluid markets that surround and pervade their organizations. Commitments require data, analysis, and... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Badaracco
- 16 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?
economy and our systems, and to help them understand what creates an outstanding organization: what makes markets work, and the importance of trust and integrity in that process. We also need to understand... View Details
Keywords: by Kim B. Clark
- 28 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 28, 2010
revolutionary functionality. We explore a second entry path that does not rely upon Schumpeterian innovation: platform envelopment. Through envelopment, a provider in one platform market can enter another platform market, combining its... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Timothy G. Brier: The Price is Right
predicted that his expertise in the business of flight would one day take him beyond the stratosphere and into cyberspace, and to an important role in the e-commerce revolution. After working in nearly every facet of the airline industry for 25 years -- the last 10 as... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner