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- 02 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 2, 2010
811-009 One day during the summer of 2008, Paul Maeder, co-founder and general partner of Highland Capital Partners (HCP), was walking with his wife around Reykjavik, Iceland, marveling at how clean the city felt and at the widespread use of naturally occurring... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Dec 2016
- News
The Dragon’s Tale
down all the universities in the country for 10 years. In terms of education, it was a lost generation. Did you get a sense of people’s outlook toward the future? Under the new leadership of Deng Xiaoping, there was an energy that you... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 23 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn
data security, etc. And indeed, we see companies that have stepped into the breach, such as the very large University of Phoenix from an earlier downturn or a tiny firm like Fidelis Security Systems during the current recession. With... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 30 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018
that were more responsible and sustainable as well as how these strategies have faced constraints, trade-offs, and challenges of legitimacy. The industries covered range from sustainable finance and solar energy to organic food and wine,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
All For One
about generating “tens of thousands of ideas” for each film, and “allowing” creativity to burst forth. She left excited, wanting to know more about how all that creative energy was harnessed to create one hit film after another. So... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
company. There were jobs to be created and families hoping for a solution.” From that perspective, securing financing was just another challenge to hammer away at, which is what Viana did. Media coverage continued to accumulate, resulting... View Details
- 04 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 4, 2008
Working PapersBarriers to Acting in Time on Energy and Strategies for Overcoming Them Author:Max H. Bazerman No abstract is available at this time. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-063.pdf Fear of Rejection? Tiered... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
Finance Corporation, she was recommended for a role at Egypt's Ministry of Finance in 2010, working in the Macro Fiscal Policy Unit with a focus on energy subsidies and state debt. Enan, then 24 years old, leapt at the chance to work for... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
responsibility for securing these materials. Working PapersPayout Taxes and the Allocation of Investment Authors:Bo Becker, Marcus Jacob, and Martin Jacob Abstract When corporate payout is taxed, internal equity (retained earnings) is... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 25 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 25
an innovative methodology to measure management practices in over 300 manufacturing firms in the U.K. We then match this management data to production and energy usage information for establishments owned by these firms. We find that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 May 2018
- Blog Post
HBS/HKS Alum Regan Turner on Empowering Veterans
community issues. “There are also many challenges that come with the executive director territory. I spend a lot of my time and energy working to form partnerships with community organizations and potential funders and sponsors. Many of... View Details
- Web
ARD - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
out of the rut." 45 While ARD started out with an uneven performance, suffering some initial losses, it showed consistent gains by 1955. "We cannot depend safely for an indefinite time on the expansion of our old big industries alone," ARD co-founder Flanders asserted.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
measures. The election is held, and the union is either accepted or not. Unions are now trying to change the rules, by lobbying for passage of the Employee Free Choice Act, under which workplaces would be automatically unionized if union organizers View Details
- 16 May 2017
- News
Facing the Board
an opportunity for alumni to have a meaningful experience with students and relive a little of the energy of HBS.” With the alumni up to speed, the 156 six-person student groups—who had received the case and assignment questions six days... View Details
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Creative Educational Software Development Program Innovation IT Operations, which includes: Infrastructure Support Media Services Technology Consulting Technology Services for Faculty, MBA Students, Executive Education Participants, and Staff IT View Details
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711543-PDF-ENG Aquion Energy Thomas R. Eisenmann and David KironHarvard Business School Case 811-047 Leaders at Aquion Energy, a Pittsburgh-based battery start-up, are deciding on a market entry... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Mar 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Lessons from Running GM’s OnStar
impossible competition from the eventual world of smartphones. Fortunately, the team decided to focus Project Beacon on driver security and safety. Unknowingly, they were employing Christensen's now-famous "jobs-to-be-done"... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
The Accidental Pioneers
Sherwood came to HBS with the aim of being a securities analyst on Wall Street, but she graduated without a job offer. "I guess I picked the stodgiest firms to interview with, and Wall Street wasn't very open to women at the time," she... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
Abstract Financial statements are the basis for a wide range of business analysis. Managers, securities analysts, bankers, and consultants all use them to make business decisions. There is strong demand among business students for course... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times
received a call from a small manufacturing plant in Medfield, Massachusetts. They had read Douglas McGregor's now classic book The Human Side of Enterprise and wanted to implement, in their relatively new plant, his ideas about how people's View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace