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Engagement Opportunities - Business & Environment
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 in... View Details
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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
credit on my taxes for HBS Online courses? HBS Online is not an eligible institution for tax credits, so you will not receive a 1098-T form. However, if you elect to enroll in the undergraduate credit option of the Credential of Readiness... View Details
- 23 May 2018
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Claudio L. Haddad, OPM 12, 1987
Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1946 Born, Rio de Janeiro 1969 Earns BS, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Military Institute of Engineering 1974 Earns PhD, Economics, University of Chicago 1974 Named... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 11 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The IT Leader’s Hero Quest
sacrificing organizational agility, the company would institute more formal systems and controls. IT was, of course, key to achieving this. An expression Williams and Barton had begun to use in conversation to describe where they were... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 18 Nov 2011
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The Dynamics of Firm Lobbying
- 25 Mar 2016
- HBS Seminar
Curtis Keith, Harvard University, Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator
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Contemporary Developing Countries: Entrepreneurial Solutions to Intractable Problems
By: Tarun Khanna
What problems do developing countries face, and how can individuals contribute to solutions rather than awaiting the largesse of the state or other actors? Intractable problems – such as lack of access to education and healthcare, forced reliance on contaminated... View Details
- 15 Aug 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Competition and Social Identity in the Workplace: Evidence from a Chinese Textile Firm
Keywords: by Takao Kato & Pian Shu
- October 8, 2012
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Henkel's Culture Shift
By: Robert Simons
This case descriibes a CEO-led organizational transformation driven by stretch goals, performance measurement, and accountability. When Kasper Rorsted became CEO of Henkel, a Germany-based producer of personal care, laundry, and adhesives products, in 2008, he was... View Details
What You Don't Know About Making Decisions
Most executives think of decision making as a singular event that occurs at a particular point in time. In reality, though, decision making is a process fraught with power plays, politics, personal nuances, and institutional history. Leaders who recognize this make... View Details
- 27 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
Can Being the ‘Token’ Give Women and Minorities a Competitive Edge?
steps toward addressing institutional racism Companies have long used competition to motivate employees to think creatively and push themselves. Law firms, consultancies, and other adherents to the “up or out” philosophy aim to promote... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
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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
- 01 Jan 2012
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Hiroshi Mikitani, MBA 1993
devastates Kobe 1997 Founds Rakuten 2000 Rakuten IPO 2010 Institutes “Englishnization” at Rakuten 2012 Rakuten leads $100 million Pinterest investment In 1995, the city of Kobe, where Hiroshi Mikitani grew up, was devastated by what was... View Details
- 08 Mar 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Customer-Driven Misconduct: How Competition Corrupts Business Practices
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ECONOMICS OF THE ADVERTISING AND MARKETING SERVICEC INDUSTRY
Professor Silk’s recent research has been focused on the economics of the advertising and marketing services industry. He has conducted econometric studies of the effects of scale and scope on the... View Details
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Current Research: Issues in Corporate Governance
Effectiveness of shareholder voting
Reform of shareholder voting is a key component of legislation arising from the financial crisis of 2008. Professor Gow examines the effect of shareholder voting on corporate actions, particularly on... View Details
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Yanhua Bird's research encompasses two streams: (1) entrepreneurship and social innovation — how the design and structure of alternative forms of enterprises influence their activities and success, with a focus on peer-to-peer markets and social enterprises, and (2)... View Details
- 16 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business
stakeholders leads to vulnerabilities. Companies are dependent not only on global supply chains and what might be happening in other countries, but also on the state of institutions in their own communities. The ecosystems in which... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- July 2021
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Bessemer Venture Partners: Century Fund
By: Jo Tango and Alys Ferragamo
In July of 2021, Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) contemplated the future of its growth investing practice, known as “Century.” While still relatively new as a focused initiative, BVP’s growth investing already had significant momentum. The fund’s investment pace had... View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Financial Institutions; Growth and Development Strategy; Investment Banking; Competitive Strategy; Public Sector; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Acquisition
Tango, Jo, and Alys Ferragamo. "Bessemer Venture Partners: Century Fund." Harvard Business School Case 822-009, July 2021.
- 10 Dec 2012
- Working Paper Summaries