Institutions - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Are You a Level-Six Leader?

the Builder, strives not to reach a goal but to build an institution. Builders are legendary leaders such as IBM's Tom Watson Jr., GM's Alfred P. Sloan, and Harpo's Oprah Winfrey. These people serve their institutions by managing for the... View Details

Keywords: by Mitch Maidique

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Morgan Hall | About

States. Two years later, Morgan was able to underwrite federal bonds to help finance Civil War debt. The firm was reorganized after Drexel’s death and renamed J.P. Morgan & Company in 1895. By 1900, Morgan’s firm was one of the most powerful financial View Details

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Business, Government & the International Economy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Georgia Institute of Technology. Rawi E. Abdelal : Awarded the 2016-2017 HBS One Harvard Faculty Fellowship. Alberto F. Cavallo : Received a National Science Foundation Trans-Atlantic Platform-Digging into Data Grant, 2017–2019. Marco E.... View Details

28 Nov 2005
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Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

competitors be hidden any longer from institutional investors. The strategy confirmed at the Marlow meeting in the spring of 1984 amounted, in Unilever terms, to a revolution, which over the following six years narrowed the gap between... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products

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Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online

and potential solutions. Highlights Institutional Investors Signaling Tops Friendly Market Show Hide Details Concepts Capital Market Participants Capital Market Problems Solutions Implications for Your Company Featured Exercises Evaluate... View Details

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Engagement Opportunities - Business & Environment

and sustainability initiatives. Applications due in September. Harvard University Student Sustainability Associate Program HBS SSAs are hired each year to connect with their peers and engage them in promoting sustainable living and working on campus. Applications due... View Details

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Business in Global Society - Alumni

Institute for Business in Global Society , which is accelerating and amplifying the School’s work on issues at the intersection of business and society. An Ambitious New Institute Professor Debora Spar... View Details

July 1999 (Revised June 2000)
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Edward Jones

By: Michael E. Porter and Gregory C. Bond

Edward Jones is a leading, highly profitable retail brokerage firm with a unique strategy very different from those of its rivals. The case describes Jones's activities and allows a rich discussion of its positioning choices, supporting activities, and tradeoffs. Jones... View Details

Keywords: Financial Institutions; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry

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11 Mar 2024
News

In Harmony

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna; I’m an associate editor at the HBS Alumni Bulletin. Last November I flew to Seoul, South Korea to interview Michael Kim (MBA 1990) of MBK Partners. Often referred to as one of... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park

March 2024
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East Rock Capital: 'Talent Is the Best Asset Class'

By: Boris Groysberg, Sarah L. Abbott and Izzy Yeoh

Adam Shapiro and Graham Duncan launched East Rock Capital, LLC in 2006 with a seed investment from Stuart Miller, executive chairman of Lennar Corporation. East Rock managed long-term assets for high-net-worth families, primarily working with external managers who had... View Details

Keywords: Alternative Assets; Hiring; HNW Products And Services; Recruiting; Hedge Funds; Wealth Management; Asset Management; Private Equity; Financial Institutions; Marketing Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Financial Services Industry; United States

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Cotting House | About

array of New England businesses and charitable organizations benefited from Cotting’s experience and largesse. In addition to his activities at Harvard, he was vice chairman of the board of the Provident Institution for Savings, and... View Details

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Your Social Entrepreneurship checklist | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

mailing list Business and Environment Initiative The Digital, Data, and Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard Race, Gender & Equity Initiative Health Care Initiative Rock Center for Entrepreneurship | Join mailing list Harvard Innovation Labs... View Details

05 Nov 2019
Working Paper Summaries

The Economic Effects of Private Equity Buyouts

Keywords: by Steven J. Davis, John Haltiwanger, Kyle Handley, Ben Lipsius, Josh Lerner, and Javier Miranda

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Demonstration Policy | About

Office. Infractions & Violations HBS is an educational institution committed to advancing learning, whether we are preparing students for leadership in their organizations and communities or, through our faculty and staff, modeling... View Details

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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Alliance Academic Paper Competition for "Hidden Alpha" with Manuel Ammann, Alexander Cochardt, and Stephan Heller. Lauren H. Cohen : Winner of an Institute for Quantitative Investment Research (INQUIRE) Grant in 2022 for “Hidden Alpha”... View Details

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General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Indian Institute of Management in 2020. Sandra J. Sucher : Received the 2019–2020 Robert F. Greenhill Award. Peter Tufano : Honorary Fellow of St. Benet's Hall at University of Oxford.... View Details

04 Feb 2022
Book

Beyond the Cold War: Reinventing Socialism in 5 Countries

Although many view socialism through the rigid lens of Soviet orthodoxy, it has always been a work in progress and an evolving and adaptable ideology on a global scale, says Harvard Business School Marvin Bower Associate Professor Jeremy Friedman. In his new book, Ripe... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

10 Apr 2014
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John Kotter’s Plan to Accelerate Your Business

management tackle big opportunities. The accelerators are: Create a sense of urgency. Build guiding coalition. Form strategic vision and initiatives. Enlist volunteer army. Enable action by removing barriers. Generate short-term wins. Sustain acceleration. View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

18 Jul 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Cumulative Innovation & Open Disclosure of Intermediate Results: Evidence from a Policy Experiment in Bioinformatics

Keywords: by Kevin J. Boudreau & Karim Lakhani

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Managing Global Health: Applying Behavioral Economics to Create Impact (MBA)

Health, and development more broadly, is not something we give to people: it is something they produce themselves, interacting with supply-side and institutional factors. This course trains students to see through the lens of the end-user and to use the levers of... View Details

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