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U.S. Healthcare Strategy

The U.S. healthcare sector accounts for 17 percent of GDP, and encompasses a diverse set of industries with public, nonprofit, and for-profit buyers and sellers. There are significant concerns about high and rising spending, and... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare; Health; Healthcare Reform; Life Sciences; Health Industry; United States

17 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

The Business of Babies

We prefer to think of babies as cuddly bundles of joy, but they are also products at the center of a multibillion-dollar market in adoptions and scientific conception, a market that few people acknowledge and that functions like no other. Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health

15 May 2023
News

From Scientist to Business Leader

ideal way to marry my science background with my business aspirations.” However, cost was a concern. “Contrary to what many people think, the biotech industry—especially a tiny startup like mine—doesn’t pay... View Details

21 Apr 2017
News

Harvard Business School Celebrates Climate Week

10 Jul 2023
In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023

generally refers to spiritual dryness, or profound loneliness and doubt. The best social science indicates that across the globe, our communities are becoming lonelier and less fulfilled. John of the Cross teaches how to find deep meaning... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Online Business Analytics Course | HBS Online

Science Principles and Data Science for Business? + – These three courses cover different topics related to data and analytics and do so in different ways. Business Analytics... View Details

Experimentation Works: The Surprising Power of Business Experiments

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* Top Shelf Pick of Best Business Books 2020: Technology & Innovation (Strategy + Business)
* 9 Best Business Books for 2020... View Details

02 Jan 2024
Cold Call Podcast

Should Businesses Take a Stand on Societal Issues?

Keywords: Re: Hubert Joly

07 Apr 2021
News

Technology, Engineering, and Business Intersect at 2nd Annual SEAS/HBS Showcase

Web

Global Business Course | HBS Online

affect markets and businesses and the ways in which economics and political science can help us seize opportunities and avoid or manage risks." Dates & Eligibility No current course offerings for this... View Details

24 Jan 2022
News

How B2B Businesses Can Get Omnichannel Sales Right

01 Mar 2007
News

Gore All Business at HBS

students during a talk titled “A Change in Business Climate” presented in Burden Auditorium in December. Gore explained that the population explosion, coupled with the revolutions in science and technology,... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Scientific Research and Development Services

February 2001 (Revised April 2001)
Background Note

Note on Valuing Private Businesses

By: Dwight B. Crane and Indra Reinbergs

This case provides a brief overview of valuation for owners of closely held companies. The focus is on a comparable transactions approach, although rules of thumb and discounted cash flow are mentioned. Earnings multiples and their drivers are discussed. It uses... View Details

Keywords: Earnings Management; Finance; Cash Flow; Analytics and Data Science; Private Ownership; Valuation

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17 Apr 2018
News

Reimagining Capitalism: Business and the Big Problems

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Policy - Business & Environment

Confronting Climate Change Policy From obstruction to leadership For much of the last 50 years, powerful segments of the business community have opposed government action on climate change. The fossil fuel industry in particular, seeing... View Details

2025
Article

Educating Students and Professionals on the Business Implications of Climate Change

By: Michael W. Toffel

As climate change poses unprecedented challenges and opportunities, the private sector must play a pivotal role in both adaptation and mitigation efforts. This article discusses the new Harvard Business School Online course, Business and Climate Change, designed to... View Details

Keywords: Climate Impact; Online Courses; Online Education; Decarbonization; Mitigation Policies; Climate Risk; Climate Change; Risk Management; Science; Policy; Business Education; Adaptation

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Read Now

01 Dec 2019
News

Developing Leaders Who Bridge Business and Engineering

will provide financial aid for students in the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program, offered jointly by HBS and the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). The gift... View Details

07 Oct 2014
News

Business School Professor Argues for 'Decarbonized' Economy

17 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook

business, and how the growing ahistorical nature of much management and economics literature has seriously compromised its legitimacy. In a well-documented process, the spread of quantitative and standardized social science methodologies... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2007
News

New Program for Science-Based Businesses

scientific discoveries from the lab to the market. The program is designed for executives with strong science backgrounds as well as nontechnical managers with key business responsibilities. HBS faculty will... View Details

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

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