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Research in Action - Alumni
Giving Research in Action Giving Research in Action Power in Practice The inspiration for and impact of faculty research This video series showcases how HBS faculty pursue research that resonates with their passions and generates powerful View Details
- 26 Nov 2019
- News
Collective Genius: Leading Innovation and Digital Transformation
question, “What do exceptional leaders of innovation do?” More specifically, “What is the connection between leadership and innovation?” Many of these ideas are examined in the book Hill coauthored, Collective Genius: The Art and Practice... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
HBS Fund Advances Global Strategy
Recognizing that the best ideas can come from anywhere and that examples of great leadership and management practice exist everywhere, HBS is extending its intellectual reach to understand these new ideas... View Details
- 07 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Forgotten Book that Helped Shape the Modern Economy
and German. Government leaders and policymakers in each of these countries were influenced by the Essay's key idea that government should be a dominant player in helping shape economic development. Of particular interest to Reinert is... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Landscape of Integrated Reporting: An E-Book
make great progress in society. How can we get started down this path? One way is to introduce progressive ideas and practices that demonstrate to the world we care about more than profits. It's not that profits aren't important; no... View Details
- 20 May 2008
- News
Endowment Tax Debate Puts Harvard on the Spot
Just in case you missed it, the Massachusetts legislature has voted to study the idea of taxing college endowments 2.5 percent annually on the amount that exceeds $1 billion. That puts Harvard, with a $34 billion endowment that includes... View Details
- 06 Nov 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Top-Down Resource Allocation on the Rise?
Business unit buy in was a concern of Asit Goel. "Sponsorship from the top is critical to make innovation part of the culture but resource commitment from the BUs (business units) is critical if an idea is to ever take off."... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
Frederick W. Smith
Capitalizing upon an idea that came to him while in college, Smith and his company have single handedly built and dominated the overnight delivery industry. Though the idea was slow growing at first, FedEx... View Details
Keywords: Transportation
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Business Track | New Venture Competition
capitalists, past winners and Rock Venture Partners, serial founders and angel investors. These investors are looking for ideas that have potential to become the next big idea with significant economic... View Details
- 9 AM – 10 AM EDT, 30 Oct 2019
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HBS Online Entrepreneurship Essentials
Master a proven framework for building and financing new ventures and learn to speak the language of the start-up world. Program Dates: October 30, 2019 - December 27, 2019 View Details
- 9 AM – 10 AM EDT, 12 Jun 2019
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HBS Online Entrepreneurship Essentials
Master a proven framework for building and financing new ventures and learn to speak the language of the start-up world. Program Dates: June 12, 2019 - July 10, 2019 View Details
- 9 AM – 9 AM EST, 14 Nov 2018
HBX Entrepreneurship Essentials
Master a proven framework for building and financing new ventures and learn to speak the language of the start-up world. Program Dates: November 14, 2018 - December 12, 2018 View Details
- 31 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
Five Important Steps before Taking the Entrepreneurial Leap
Quartner started her career in banking at Credit Suisse and Nina Mullen started her career in consulting at Bain) ended up starting a natural remedies brand, Hilma. Our process before taking the entrepreneurial leap: 1. Have an idea... View Details
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Graham Evans
business? Only if I can think of a good idea - and the idea precedes the business. Do I want to run a multi-billion dollar Fortune 500 company, and fly around in my own private jet? Not really. Do I want to... View Details
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How to Register & Key Dates | New Venture Competition
How to Register & Key Dates Social Enterprise Track 1. Review Competition Details See Information for Participating Teams (pdf). 2. Eligibility Review eligibility requirements. 3. Build Your Team Whether you have an idea or have skills to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Five Degrees of Doriot
influence extended well beyond the classroom. Here, a few of the ideas and inventions that Doriot helped bring to the masses. (Baker Library Historical Collections) Venture capitalism Before Doriot founded the world’s first VC firm,... View Details
- 19 Dec 2013
- Blog Post
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
other events more suited to what I was looking for. In the background, I started brainstorming with a fellow classmate on startup ideas. Our first idea was dead on arrival. Our second idea had a longer... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 16 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence
away from certain professions: They lack confidence in their ability to compete in fields that men are stereotypically believed to perform more strongly in, such as science, math, and technology. Women are also more reluctant to share their View Details
- 26 Mar 2018
- News
Funding Climate Change Solutions
actually, ideas that were coming from all over the world and see which of these ideas could be adapted. “Increasingly, I think people realize that you cannot address climate change if you don't address also... View Details
- 09 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurs Who Invented Economic Forecasting
underscored the risk and uncertainty inherent to capitalism itself. Sean Silverthorne: Why did you decide to write this book? Walter Friedman: The idea came to me years ago when teaching "Creating Modern Capitalism," a short course that... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne