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- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Hiroshi Mikitani, MBA 1993
retail stores sell their products online. Rather than rely on outside investors, Mikitani funded Rakuten with his own money, taking a significant personal risk, and recruited his wife, Haruko (an IBJ colleague), to run the back office. In... View Details
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Career Support - Business & Environment
opportunities in roles or regions where compensation is generally lower than the traditional MBA level. The goal of this program is to give students the freedom to realize their unique career visions without being limited by compensation levels, regardless of industry... View Details
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Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
COVID-19 Vaccine Development for Janssen" with Dimitris J. Bertsimas, Omar Skali Lami, Hamza Tazi Bouardi, et al. Edward McFowland III : Recipient of a 2018 Adobe Faculty Research Award , a grant to fund data science research. Edward... View Details
- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
from downsizing the drivers' positions? Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/413061-PDF-ENG Innovating into Active ETFs: Factor Funds Capital Management LLC Froot, Kenneth A., Lauren Cohen, and Scott WaggonerHarvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
How Foundations Think: The Ford Foundation as a Dominating Institution in the Field of American Business Schools
- March 2024
- Supplement
Teamworks: Tackling a Forecasting Fumble (B)
By: N. Louis Shipley, Stacy Straaberg and Tom Quinn
In late March 2018, Teamworks CEO Zach Maurides learned Q1 2018 sales were at risk for a large forecasting miss. Founded in 2004, Teamworks’s software application assisted support staff in messaging, scheduling, and sharing documents with collegiate and professional... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Communication Strategy; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Business Cycles; Technological Innovation; Sports; Growth and Development Strategy; Resource Allocation; Marketing; Sales; Business Strategy; Expansion; Valuation; Sports Industry; Technology Industry; United States; North Carolina
Shipley, N. Louis, Stacy Straaberg, and Tom Quinn. "Teamworks: Tackling a Forecasting Fumble (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 824-148, March 2024.
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Business, Government & the International Economy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
UPS Endowment Fund at Stanford University for “Immigrant Group Size and Immigrant Assimilation” (with Vasiliky Fouka and Kai Gehring) in 2018. Marlous van Waijenburg : 2018: Recipient of a MITRE Faculty Research Award for “Financing the... View Details
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Banking System - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
Data Banking Sector Data Download Data Set in Excel Banking Sector Size The total assets of the banking sector, as a fraction of GDP, increased steadily between 1990 and 2008, before plateauing in recent years. Source: Flow of Funds The... View Details
- 20 Aug 2008
- Op-Ed
The Time is Right for Creative Capitalism
examples of where global capitalism is going. (RED) integrates the power of big business, new customer priorities, and the interconnected agents of social change, in the form of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.... View Details
Keywords: by Nancy Koehn
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Dynamic Duo
Steve Pagliuca and Judy Pagliuca New HBS Fund Chairs Steve Pagliuca (MBA 1982) and Judy Pagliuca (MBA 1983) know the importance of giving back. Steve, a managing director of Bain Capital and co-owner of the Boston Celtics, serves as a... View Details
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Rare Disease Day – Small Numbers, Big Challenges… and Big Opportunities - Blog: Health Supplement
created a research network connecting patients, scientists, and clinicians, and increased multidisciplinary care at 32 Centers of Excellence at US hospitals. Cure HHT has recently turned $2M in seed grants into $51M in funding from the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
had long been part of the cultural mindset. Today’s startup scene in Egypt is hopping. Venture capital funding reached $491 million in 2021, with a compounded annual growth rate of 117 percent between 2017 and 2021, according to Magnitt.... View Details
- December 2018 (Revised May 2021)
- Background Note
Making UK Energy Smarter
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
This case describes the history of the United Kingdom's domestic energy industry and the country's efforts to create a more competitive, greener, and distributed power sector. On July 24, 2017, the United Kingdom government and the industry regulator, the Office of Gas... View Details
Keywords: Energy Policy; Regulation; Energy Markets; Subsidies; Oligopolistic Competition; Barriers To Entry; Wholesale; Electric Vehicle; Batteries; Energy Storage; Competition Policy; Energy; Policy; Renewable Energy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Vertical Integration; Competition; Market Entry and Exit; Disruption; Energy Industry; United Kingdom
Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "Making UK Energy Smarter." Harvard Business School Background Note 719-438, December 2018. (Revised May 2021.)
- June 2009 (Revised June 2009)
- Case
VidaGas: VillageReach - The Mozambican Foundation for Community Development Joint Venture
This case describes the evolution of a liquid petroleum gas (LPG) distributor start-up, incubated by two not-for-profit NGOs to help improve the vaccine cold chain in Northern Mozambique. These NGOs must face the decision whether and how to sell their participation in... View Details
Keywords: Joint Ventures; Supply Chain; Health Care and Treatment; Investment; Non-Governmental Organizations; Energy Sources; Energy Industry; Health Industry; Mozambique
Watson, Noel H., and Santiago Kraiselburd. "VidaGas: VillageReach - The Mozambican Foundation for Community Development Joint Venture." Harvard Business School Case 609-107, June 2009. (Revised June 2009.)
- 26 Apr 2019
- HBS Seminar
Maryaline Catillon, Harvard University
- 25 Mar 2016
- HBS Seminar
Curtis Keith, Harvard University, Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator
MOVE: Putting America's Infrastructure Back in the Lead
Americans are stuck. We live with travel delays on congested roads, shipping delays on clogged railways, and delays on repairs, project approvals, and funding due to gridlocked leadership. These delays affect us all, whether you are a daily commuter, a frequent... View Details
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MBA Program - Alumni
the School is preparing future leaders for the demands of an ever-changing world. HBS Pilots First Impact Investing Fund HBS’s first student-run Impact Investing Fund focuses on local BIPOC-led and -owned... View Details
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C. Ludens Ringnes Sculpture Collection | About
School This live, in-person event is free and open to the Harvard community and the public. Registration is required. Organized by the HBS Art Program and HBS Connects. Supported by the C. Ludens Ringnes Sculpture Fund at Harvard Business... View Details
- 20 Aug 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is a Social Media Blockbuster
Sports teams are not far behind. In fact, almost everyone who is challenged by a friend, coworker, or family member joins in. If ice buckets can help fund research to shed light on a terrible disease, such as ALS, more power to them, and... View Details
Keywords: by John Deighton