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- 24 Sep 2020
- News
The Race for a Vaccine
development. “Everybody says, ‘It normally takes 10 years to develop a vaccine. How come you are doing it in a year?’” Bingham says. Her answer: unprecedented funding and unheard-of cooperation. It’s a vital... View Details
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It
government programs. [Editor's note: In a nutshell, regulatory capture refers to the tendency of regulators to favor, in effect, View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Case Study: On the Record
Above: photo by Sarah Frankie Linder Vinyl is back. The once-anachronistic segment of the music industry was on target for its seventh straight... View Details
Keywords: April White
- July 2017 (Revised November 2017)
- Case
Propel
By: Mitchell Weiss and Sarah McAra
In 2014, Jimmy Chen, a former product manager at Facebook, founded the start-up Propel to build software for low-income Americans. After conducting in-depth behavioral research, Chen and his small team in New York City began to develop technology to address the... View Details
Keywords: Public Entrepreneurship; Govtech; Food Stamps; EBT; Mobile App; User Research; Financial Services Referrals; Grocery Marketing; Customer Discovery; Social Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship; Public Sector; Business Model; Research; Social Enterprise; Poverty; Welfare; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Applications and Software; Technology Industry; United States
- 23 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
The First Five Years: '30 under 30' Edition
line impact fund that was launched in 2016.” Gandhi: “I am a music producer and drummer whose mission is to elevate and celebrate the female voice. I produce music that tackles... View Details
- 30 Nov 2018
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?
Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system... View Details
- Web
Enter Elton Mayo – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
In 1925, Donham wrote to Harvard President A. Lawrence Lowell asking for funds to appoint Mayo associate professor in the study View Details
- April 2000 (Revised July 2000)
- Case
Ameritrade Holding Corporation
By: Lisa K. Meulbroek
Some of the senior managers at Ameritrade, an Internet brokerage firm, are selling their holdings in the firm. Why are the managers selling, how will it affect shareholders, and what should the CEO do about it? The CEO is concerned that the market will interpret... View Details
Keywords: Valuation; Internet and the Web; Stock Options; Risk Management; Financial Services Industry
Meulbroek, Lisa K. "Ameritrade Holding Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 200-057, April 2000. (Revised July 2000.)
W. Carl Kester
Carl Kester is a Baker Foundation Professor and the George Fisher Baker Jr. Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at Harvard Business School. He is a member of the Finance Unit. He served as Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs (2006-2010), Chairman of the... View Details
- January 2024
- Article
A Cost Model for a Low Threshold Clinic Treating Opioid Use Disorder
By: Sarah E. Wakeman, Elizabeth Powell, Syed Shehab, Grace Herman, Laura Kehoe and Robert S. Kaplan
The US fee-for-service payment system under-reimburses clinics offering access to comprehensive treatments for opioid use disorder (OUD). The funding shortfall limits a clinic’s ability to expand and improve access, especially for socially marginalized patients with... View Details
Wakeman, Sarah E., Elizabeth Powell, Syed Shehab, Grace Herman, Laura Kehoe, and Robert S. Kaplan. "A Cost Model for a Low Threshold Clinic Treating Opioid Use Disorder." Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 51, no. 1 (January 2024): 22–30.
- November 2007
- Article
If Private Equity Sized Up Your Business
By: Robert C. Pozen
This article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. As the dust settles on the recent frenzy of private equity deals (including... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Capital Structure; Private Equity; Investment Return; Governing and Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Value Creation; Financial Services Industry
Pozen, Robert C. "If Private Equity Sized Up Your Business." Harvard Business Review 85, no. 11 (November 2007).
- 19 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
The First Five Years: '30 Under 30' Edition
primarily focus on TPG’s middle market buyout and growth equity investments, which are made out of TPG Growth and The Rise Fund, a double–bottom line impact fund that was... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 07 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis
communications firm, named “PR Agency of the Decade” by AdAge. He has extensive experience in marketing and reputation management, having led assignments with major... View Details
Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman
- 26 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 26
April 2002, started providing its branch managers with customer lifetime value (CLV) information about mortgage applicants. The data allow us to gauge the effects View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- March 2024
- Case
From “BIG” Ideas to Sustainable Impact at ICL Group (A)
By: Linda A. Hill and Lydia Begag
In the summer of 2023, Eduard (“Eddie”) Croitoru, Vice President (VP) of ICL Group (“ICL”) Corporate Initiatives, was reflecting on ICL’s internal ideation program, the Business Innovation for Growth (BIG) Accelerator. When Raviv Zoller became the CEO of ICL in 2018,... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Agribusiness; Accounting; Communication; Renewable Energy; Chemicals; Machinery and Machining; Metals and Minerals; Mining; Social Entrepreneurship; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Values and Beliefs; Environmental Sustainability; Natural Resources; Globalization; Information Technology; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Personal Development and Career; Talent and Talent Management; Manufacturing Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Chemical Industry; Israel; China; United States
Hill, Linda A., and Lydia Begag. "From 'BIG' Ideas to Sustainable Impact at ICL Group (A)." Harvard Business School Case 424-042, March 2024.
- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
central path to job creation, economic growth, and prosperity. In the earliest stages of start-up business creation, the matching View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
and has held top posts at Time Warner, the Penguin Group, and the Walt Disney Company. As reported in Variety, “(t)he Fund will contribute on a... View Details
Robert C. Merton
Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details
- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Becoming the Next Real Estate Mogul
Potential real estate moguls at the 2001 Harvard Business School Entrepreneurship Conference received an earful about profiting in a down market, creating value where there is... View Details
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
how well he can create shared value in that context. A lot of negotiations are also about leverage, and for the most part, he’s gotten himself... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese