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08 Sep 2015
Blog Post

On the Road: HBS Midwest Tour

rolled through Cincinnati reminding me of my childhood (we don’t get the same big thunderstorms in Boston). I loved being in Detroit and seeing the revitalization of the downtown area—there was lots going on and I even managed to catch an... View Details

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Special Assistant to the CEO | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Topics Nonprofit Strategy & Governance More Impact Stories A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations Mizuho Kanai 2018 While Mizuho Kanai (MBA 2018) was fulfilling her summer internship at NPR, her manager recommended that she read an HBS case... View Details

01 Oct 2002
News

John Batcha: Sowing the Seeds to Fight Hunger

that moment, he discovered a new passion. “I came back and put together an SPI program tailored to children and orphans, which now works with Rotary Clubs, the Peace Corps, and church groups around the world.” Batcha plans to focus more... View Details

19 Jun 2013
News

Your Guide to Social Enterprise

entrepreneurship"—ultimately won her over. After business school, Keohane took a post at McKinsey to hone the management skills she'd need to go back to a nonprofit. That chance came quickly when, after serving on a McKinsey team that... View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

September 2020 (Revised February 2024)
Teaching Note

Artea (A), (B), (C), and (D): Designing Targeting Strategies

By: Eva Ascarza and Ayelet Israeli

Teaching Note for HBS No. 521-021,521-022,521-037,521-043. This collection of exercises aims to teach students about 1)Targeting Policies; and 2)Algorithmic bias in marketing—implications, causes, and possible solutions. Part (A) focuses on A/B testing analysis and... View Details

Keywords: Targeted Advertising; Targeting; Race; Gender; Diversity; Marketing; Customer Relationship Management; Prejudice and Bias; Analytics and Data Science; Retail Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Technology Industry; United States

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14 May 2020
Research & Ideas

What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog

included virtual onboarding, sales-pipeline restructuring, performance management, M&A acquisition, managing layoffs and furloughs, rethinking the customer experience, and creating financial projections with an unprecedented number of... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

21 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

The Geography of Corporate Giving

Academy of Management Review, HBS professor Christopher Marquis and coauthors Gerald Davis and Mary Ann Glynn develop a framework for understanding an important aspect of this issue: how social and governmental forces in local communities... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

11 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 11

Advances in Strategic Management Innovation Policies By: Nanda, Ramana, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Abstract—Past work has shown that failure tolerance by principals has the potential to stimulate innovation but has not examined how this... View Details

15 Jun 2021
News

HBS Addresses Racial Equity

See more from the online-only March Alumni Bulletin Impact section’s focus on how HBS faculty, students, staff, and alumni are addressing racism. ADVANCING RACIAL EQUITY HBS’s long-running Summer Venture into View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

22 Feb 2022
News

Finance and the Economic Recovery

been examining the economic impact of the pandemic and its long-term effects, and the role fiscal support plays in spurring a recovery. They have also discovered that despite hardships, managers have become more resilient and flexible due... View Details

01 Mar 2007
News

HBS Debaters Muzzle Yale Bulldog

In November, in the friendly confines of Spangler Auditorium, the HBS debate team talked circles around a visiting contingent from the Yale School of Management and won a 2–1 decision. As reported by the Harbus, the motion up for debate... View Details

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

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Jeremy Andrus

chain, and selling. I worked for a while as a hotel developer for a Marriott franchisee. Before HBS, I was a management consultant at Monitor, which sharpened my perspective on business and industry strategy. I learned a huge amount at... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Consumer Products; Entertainment / Media

17 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Why Global Brands Work

Harvard professor Theodore Levitt praised Japanese manufacturers for their focus on "what every consumer in the world is seeking: world-class modernity at affordable prices." Either because they didn't understand regional... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Auto

08 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 8

examples such as TripAdvisor, Wikipedia, and the New York Times, the authors offer strategies for competing in markets with network effects. New entrants should focus on customer groups that they are uniquely positioned to serve or appeal... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2008
News

Balanced Equation

process, managing turnarounds of Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center, and three decades of leadership in international finance. He and two of his children recently launched Wolfensohn & Company, LLC, a private investment firm and adviser... View Details

Keywords: James Aisner;Deborah Blagg;Julia Hanna;Susan Young; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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Kartik Sahni

Kartik is a joint degree student at HBS & HKS. He has extensive experience in impact investing, venture capital, public policy and non-profit/philanthropy sectors. He has worked in general management (as Chief of Staff of a $400mn... View Details

01 Jun 2013
News

The Long View

in the academic literature, social scientists should focus their research on larger public problems. "That resonated with me," says Moss, who in 2005 founded the Tobin Project in collaboration with Poorvu Family Professor of View Details

25 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

An Organization Your Customers Understand

decide which segments to focus on. In fact, the customer is too important to follow the practice of calling everyone a customer. As managers at GE have stated, "Customers are seen for what they are—the... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Simons

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Vivian Scalfi

general management focus and its power to challenge. "The case method is different from the lecture-based education I knew in Brazil," says Vivian. "It forces me to participate, even when I’m... View Details

Keywords: CPG

January 1993 (Revised April 1993)
Case

Chadwick, Inc.: The Balanced Scorecard

By: Robert S. Kaplan

The pharmaceutical division of a diversified company has been asked to develop a Balanced Scorecard. Research and development projects take about ten years to bring a new product to the marketplace and the division depends on good relations and active feedback from its... View Details