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23 May 2019
News

Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui, MBA 1995

build the Mexico of tomorrow? Big corporations or emerging entrepreneurs?” The answer was so clear that he switched careers in order to invest in entrepreneurs bringing goods and services to the 70 percent of Mexico’s population who... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

30 Oct 2018
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Paths of Victory

Reflecting HBS’s standing as the top school for entrepreneurs (according to the most-recent PitchBook rankings), the annual HBS New Venture Competition has helped Harvard Business School students and alumni launch dozens of new... View Details

Keywords: Alumni New Venture Contest; Support Activities for Transportation; Transportation; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government

01 Feb 1997
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Leading the Way In Negotiation and Decision Making

and conflict resolution took place at the Negotiation Roundtable, itself part of an active University-wide effort called the Program on Negotiation, based at Harvard Law School. Since its establishment in the early 1980s, the Negotiation... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

04 Jun 2024
Blog Post

Finding Alignment to Make Impact: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017)

confirmed that becoming a lawyer was not an ideal match, and so, to identify paths forward with economics, she connected with another nonprofit organization, INROADS. Like Boston Lawyers Group, INROADS advances diverse youth in corporate... View Details

01 Jun 2010
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Social Reporting

nonprofits to achieve their missions. How Do I Sell Csr To Investors And Other Stakeholders During A Financial Crisis? Corporate Social Responsibility in a Downturn Financial turmoil is not a reason to scale back on CSR programs—quite the... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

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Private Equity Finance - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Private Equity Finance Course Number 1440 Senior Lecturer Ted Berk Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits 28 Sessions Exam Overview This is an advanced corporate finance course focused on private equity (PE) investing. The course... View Details

01 Apr 2002
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Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City

mid-1990s, Larry Fondation, a community organizer in South Central Los Angeles and Tufano's Harvard College roommate, alerted Tufano to the plight of low-income wage earners who traditionally have been left out of the loop when it comes... View Details

Keywords: Paul Grogan; Peter Tufano; David Crockett; Diana Barrett; Real Estate

13 Jul 2016
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From Money to Ministry

Harvard Business School with the hope of returning to his banking career. “Harvard showed me a whole different aspect to banking,” he says. “Professor Charlie Williams, who taught Commercial Banking, was my mentor. He made banking... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

05 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

In Praise of Marketing

Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge. Many dismiss... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Advertising

22 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 22

account for secular changes in how payouts are made over the last 30 years, during which repurchases have replaced dividends as the prime vehicle for corporate payouts. Other payout motives such as changes in compensation practices and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 1997
News

Antitrust in Historical Perspective

upside down and might end up destroying it altogether. Some people even predicted that one huge trust would come to dominate the entire American economy. This may seem funny now, but in the context of the times it did not. At the turn of the century there was a... View Details

Keywords: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow

11 Mar 2008
First Look

First Look: March 11, 2008

MaterialsMicrofinance International Corporation: No, Not Another Microfinance Case Harvard Business School Case 808-104 CEO and founder Atsumasa Tochisako (52) sat in his Washington D.C. headquarters, looking with pride at the copy of a... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2011
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Making the Case for Leadership

thought had laid the company low, making this one of his finest leadership hours as he oversaw Corning’s return to stability. A former board chairman of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and former (and longest-serving ever) member of the View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

When Do Alliances Make Sense?

business. "There has been a lot of fascinating and important literature on this topic," says Beshears, Harvard Business School assistant professor, "but for the most part, it doesn't get beyond anecdotal evidence."... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy; Utilities

19 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Empathy: The Brand Equity of Retail

There's a famous line from the movie The Godfather, which is often repeated in corporate settings: "This is business, not personal." Ironically, though, that statement is actually bad business advice. During the Consortium for Operational... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

03 May 2004
What Do You Think?

How Much Is Enough?

demotivating and performance-numbing aspects of corporate life." Expanding the idea beyond effects on the organization, Sharika Kaul said, "... it's no fun being the only guest at your own party. The really smart people know... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

13 Sep 2019
Blog Post

An Uncommon Summer: Project Management at an Education Non-Profit

This article is a repost from the Social Enterprise Initiative blog. Prior to Harvard Business School, I spent eight years on active duty military service as an Aviation officer and helicopter pilot in the United States Army. My career... View Details

30 Jun 2015
First Look

First Look: June 30, 2015

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=46138 Forthcoming Accounting Review An Analysis of Self-reported Anticorruption Efforts By: Healy, Paul M., and George Serafeim Abstract—We use Transparency International's ratings of self-reported anticorruption efforts... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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2023 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Tools for Humanity: Rage and Love as Acts of Resistance and Renewal Tools for Humanity: Rage and Love as Acts of Resistance and Renewal 4-5 May 2023 Home Speakers Videos Agenda Robin Ely Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration, View Details

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Supplemental Financial Information | Annual Report 2024

million, or 2 percent, to $304 million, finishing fiscal 2024 slightly below plan. The decrease primarily reflected lower revenue from advertising and from HBP’s Corporate Learning and Harvard Business Press... View Details

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