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Staples: A Year in the Life of a Start-Up

The case provides information on the development of the office superstore concept, building partnerships, creating the business plan, and recruiting a management team. Focuses on the detailed level of decision making required to transform an idea into a viable... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Partners and Partnerships; Business Strategy; Recruitment; Management Teams; Integration; Information Technology; Entrepreneurship; Business Plan; Decision Making

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22 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018

case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/318040-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 218-084 Root Capital and the Efficient Impact Frontier In 2015 Root Capital, a pioneer in the impact investing space, began to explore how to more systematically View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

Marty Blue

2019 Marty was engaged as an SVP of Business Development at CarGurus. CarGurus is the largest Automotive Digital Marketplace in the United States based on unique monthly visitors. At CarGurus she was an integral part of the management... View Details

Keywords: Fitness & Sports;#68;#Transportation & Logistics;#20;#Ecommerce

Student-Profile

Ahmmad Brown

years as the diversity recruitment director at Williams College; at The Bridgespan Group, he was the primary author of an internal resource for Bridgespan to integrate racial equity into its strategy work and case team processes. His... View Details

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About Baker Library | Baker Library

integral partners with 21st century scholars. History of Baker Library Baker Library | Bloomberg Center Baker Library is named after Harvard Business School's first benefactor, George F. Baker. The Bloomberg Center extension and... View Details

01 Dec 2020
News

Kill Groupthink

isn’t working and start building more critical practices. Helen Lee Bouygues is the founder of the Reboot Foundation, which aims to better integrate critical thinking into daily life. The foundation conducts research and supports that of... View Details

01 Dec 2014
News

Creating the Shopping Experience of the Future

Inc., and Coach, among others, is focused on the style angle. Glass is, she says, “fashionable eyewear with integrated technology.” How fashionable? Diane von Furstenberg and Oakley are designing partners. Those fashionable frames are... View Details

Keywords: Christine Lejeune; fashion; technology

01 Jun 2014
News

Start Me Up

ball forward every day." Culture "Too many founders get caught up in raising money or getting a product to market, while neglecting culture and cofounder relationships, which are integral to a startup's longevity." Foundation "It's worth... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Oct 2001
News

Porter Directs New Institute at HBS

foster the integration of competition and corporate strategy with economic policy and social development in ways that not only advance theory but also connect with actual practice," Porter observed. "It will be a vehicle for partnering... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

23 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard

organizational units, whether a line-business unit or a staff function, understand how their unit contributes to overall organizational success. This process aligns the decentralized units to a strategic partnership with each other and the corporate parent to deliver... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

01 Dec 2016
News

Case Study: Sweat the Technique

category first. —J. W. Penland (MBA 1996) Hardware obsolesces quickly; it is costly to build, upgrade, retool, and distribute. Data and software are fungible across devices. Data can be cross-utilized with fitness and lifestyle partners that already have large customer... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

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From Brainstorm to Breakthrough: HBS IT Hackathon Inspires AI Innovations | Information Technology

learn and work with AI. While the event was designed as a fun exploration of AI tool use cases, some teams went on to further develop their projects and integrate them into their work. In this article, we'll spotlight three examples of... View Details

01 Mar 2017
News

The Big Ambition Behind Educational Innovation

(highlighted in this issue of IMPACT), is yet another example of educational innovation. Going forward, the School is exploring ways to creatively integrate its three pedagogical strands—case, field, and digital — so that faculty members... View Details

Career Coach

Phil Wong

Phil (Caltech ‘05, HBS ‘10) is currently the CFO and co-founder of Sevi Health, a healthcare startup on a mission to simplify primary care in the US. His role at Sevi focuses on acquiring clinics, integrating housing and healthcare for... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Corporate Finance; Financial Services (All); Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Health Care; Startup - Founder; Entrepreneurship

26 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

What Can the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Teach Us About the Meaning of Work?

those questions to refugees, many said they simply wanted something to do with their hands. While aid organizations provide food and some basic supplies, the Rohingya lack permits to work outside the camps. Educational opportunities have also been scarce, lest they... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

16 Sep 2014
Research & Ideas

Has Apple Reinvented the Watch?

over the past several years. Q: What is the greatest functional value the Apple Watch offers to the consumer? A: What Apple brings to the table is user integration within their existing ecosystem. In the same way that the iPhone did when... View Details

Keywords: Re: Ryan L. Raffaelli; Electronics; Retail; Health

01 Mar 2018
News

Realizing The Potential Of One Harvard

school year, and participants can immediately apply what they learn,” says Grassa O’Neill. “Programs such as these demonstrate Harvard’s growing ability to integrate and deliver multidisciplinary knowledge to help leaders meet their... View Details

01 Mar 2012
News

Reinventing Radio Days

listening is done in the car. “Distribution ubiquity and that ease of use—what radio has always been—is what we’re after,” says Kennedy, who has inked deals with major automakers to integrate Pandora into their vehicles. To date, 125... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; internet radio; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Dec 2017
News

The Changing Nature of Research

Professor Raffaella Sadun Professor Raffaella Sadun The commitment to advancing thought leadership has been integral to HBS’s identity since the School’s founding more than a century ago. Over the past decade, HBS faculty members have... View Details

Profile

Mallika Ahluwalia

were looking after four or five kids. Yet there was a lack of sustainability – it was month-to-month without a long-term solution." Integrated at the intersection Mallika's U.N. experience "started me thinking about the joint... View Details

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