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ARD - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details

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IT Strategy: IT Modernization Drives Academic Library Innovation | Information Technology

will keep Baker at the forefront of digital knowledge management while dramatically enhancing capabilities and offering a more coherent user experience. The project will have a positive impact on all end users of Baker Library... View Details

April 2025
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Allbirds: Decarbonizing Fashion (A) and (B)

By: Michael W. Toffel, Ken Pucker and Stacy Straaberg

Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 622-024, 625-004, 625-005, and 625-702. The Allbirds: Decarbonizing Fashion (A) case introduces Allbirds as a footwear startup not only focused on simple design, comfort, and sustainable natural materials but on decarbonizing the wider... View Details

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01 Dec 2015
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Encouraging Women Leaders

could apply my knowledge from multiple fields to problem-solving. I also felt encouraged by the School’s entrepreneurial spirit, which inspired me to start my own company.” Considering the value that Serra has gained from her HBS... View Details

01 Oct 2015
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Banking on Trust

and focused on some big-ticket items, such as telecoms. The net effect was dramatically improved telecommunications service in rural areas.” Sheppard calls this kind of knowledge sharing and relationship building “the World Bank at its... View Details

01 Mar 2015
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An Exceptional Faculty of Scholars and Teachers

extensive methodological, technical, and case-writing support as well as the unparalleled collections of Baker Library. These resources help accelerate the creation, refinement, and dissemination of knowledge that influences management... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

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DEC - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details

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Women's History Month | Baker Library

Harvard Business School (HBS) by 1970. View Exhibit First 8 women admitted to first year of MBA program, 1963. HBS Archives Photograph Collection: Student Life. Harvard Business School. olvwork380782. Working Knowledge HBS Working View Details

21 May 2013
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First Look: May 21

knowledge spillovers. The strategic value of these agglomeration economies may vary by firm, depending upon the relative value of each economy, and upon firm and agglomeration economy traits. To better determine when a firm will be... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Sep 2002
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Foreign Multinationals in the U.S.: A Rocky Road

to act and less inclined to adopt the latest management fads, and less ruthless in dealing with failure and underperformance. However, there are vast industry and firm differences. Q: For those HBS Working Knowledge readers who work in... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston & Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2024
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The Exchange: Chance Encounters

Assistant Professor Maria Roche and Associate Professor Andy Wu; image by John Ritter Late one day in the fall of 2021, as she was packing up to head home, Assistant Professor Maria Roche bumped into Andy Wu, a colleague in the Strategy Unit whose office is next to... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

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Gary Shi

ambitions. “Rural China still has lots of people living in poverty,” he says. “I want to bring back knowledge that can impact their lives.” Gary is not waiting until graduation, but has begun to exert influence through his involvement in... View Details

14 Nov 2024
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Weekend Sprint: Accelerating Climate Solutions

in early-stage ClimateTech companies. To start off the day, Professor Jim Matheson provided critical background knowledge on the context of climate change, exploring both the key problems and opportunities that climate change presents.... View Details

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The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports - Course Catalog

seeking to advance their knowledge of general management, strategy, and marketing in the context of a challenging, rapidly changing, and fun environment. Educational Objectives The course starts with an examination of the properties that... View Details

01 Jun 2000
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Capturing Human Capital

expansion of the service-based economy, rapid technological innovation, deregulation and privatization, and today's knowledge revolution as forces that are "driving companies to fundamentally rethink their business models and radically... View Details

01 Apr 2002
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Stocking Up Can Build Customer Value

willingness to buy," says Bell in his working paper titled "Incorporating the Customer's Perspective into the News Vendor Problem." He continues, "The knowledge that certain stores are bound to have what you want is very important to a... View Details

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

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Patent primer: patent vs. intellectual property rights

forms of knowledge falling under the purview of IP rights. View Details

01 Sep 2012
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Hierarchy's Last Stand

development rendering some knowledge obsolete and a global knowledge explosion democratizing access to the rest. Titles are losing their signaling value. Autocrats of the breakfast table (a book title 150... View Details

Keywords: Rosabeth Moss Kanter; Corporate Services

01 Jun 2010
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Alumni Books

design thinking, rooted in how knowledge advances from inchoate mystery to codification, thereby causing productivity to grow and costs to drop. Martin shows how companies like Procter & Gamble and Cirque du Soleil use design thinking to... View Details

Keywords: mathematics; statistics; Finance

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students can leverage the following links to troubleshoot issues or connect with our team for assistance. I'd like to... Browse HBS IT Knowledge Get answers to common IT questions. Request Something Faculty, Staff, and Doctoral Students... View Details

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