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Resources - Business & Environment

Confronting Climate Change Resources Webinar: Confronting Climate Change: From Business as Usual to Business as Vital This webinar, developed by the HBS Business and Environment Initiative and HBS Sustainability, explores how business... View Details

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2015 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Research to Change the World: Translating Ideas, Transforming Practice Research to Change the World: Translating Ideas, Transforming Practice 02–03 APR 2015 Home Speakers Videos Agenda Location: Harvard Business School Organizer: The Race, Gender & Equity View Details

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2014 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Relationships Among Women: Bridging Racial, Generational, and Global Divides Relationships Among Women: Bridging Racial, Generational, and Global Divides 03–04 APR 2014 Home Videos Agenda Location: Harvard Business School Organizer: The Race, Gender & Equity View Details

Career Coach

Betsy Edwards

as the Career & Professional Development liaison with the Social Enterprise Initiative and Healthcare Initiative in support of their MBA and alumni programs. Outside of work, Betsy serves on the Board of... View Details

Keywords: Education; Fintech; Financial Services (All); Impact Investing; Financial Services (All); Government; Health Care; Social Enterprise

04 Jun 2021

Women in Industry Series: Health Care

Please join Cara Sterling, Director of the Health Care Initiative at HBS, as she moderates a panel of HBS women making a difference in the Healthcare space. Learn about their experiences and how HBS has played a role their journeys. View Details

02 Sep 2014
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Many of the best ideas for improving health care are quite simple

Managers know that individuals who have experience working together can influence team performance. Yet most managers underestimate the benefit of such familiarity, according to Robert S. Huckman, Professor and Chair of the MBA Required Curriculum. Studying teams in... View Details

April 2001 (Revised November 2001)
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AvantGo

By: Alan D. MacCormack and Kerry Herman

Richard Owen, CEO of AvantGo, is preparing for a meeting in which he will set the human resource policy for the firm going forward. It has been three months since the company's IPO, and given the tremendous cramp in hiring over the six months prior to the IPO, he knows... View Details

Keywords: Initial Public Offering; Management Teams; Selection and Staffing; Retention; Growth and Development Strategy; Performance Evaluation; Information Technology; Decisions; Information Technology Industry; Service Industry; United States

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25 Feb 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Scholars and Students Unpack the Digital Business Revolution

Think of Harvard Business School's recently launched the Digital Initiative (D/I) as a giant laboratory, where leading scholars and practitioners convene to research, teach, and put into practice new understandings about the relentless... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education; Technology

Armand Hammer

Hammer expanded Occidental Oil from a tiny, near-bankrupt California oil firm into one of the “Big Oil” companies - turning it into a conglomerate, beginning with the acquisition of an oil concession from Libya. Hammer was also instrumental in View Details

Keywords: Utilities & Energy

22 Feb 2022
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Addressing The Financial Security Gap

contribution asset plans, such as 401(k)s. In 2019, BlackRock created the Emergency Savings Initiative to help Americans cover unexpected emergency expenses, a reality exacerbated by the pandemic. Spearheaded by Deborah Winshel (MBA... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

Stephen F. Briggs

Initially a spark plug manufacturer, Briggs was the co-founder of Briggs & Stratton Corporation in 1909 and organized Outboard Motors Corporation in 1929. He was instrumental in expanding the recreational boating industry with... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

April 2010
Supplement

The Auction for Travelport (B)

By: Andrei Hagiu and Misha Sanwal

This short case presents the epilogue of The Auction for Travelport (A). Blackstone decided to bid on its own, acquired Travelport for $4.3 billion and subsequently went on to acquire another GDS, Travelspan, for $1.4 billion. It then merged the two GDSs and partially... View Details

Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Value Creation; Private Equity; Mergers and Acquisitions; Industry Structures; Initial Public Offering; Capital Markets; Market Transactions; Change; Auctions; Travel Industry

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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

announced the 2020 recipients of its Horace W. Goldsmith Fellow... HBS Summer Fellows Focus on Racial Equity and Justice 23 Jul 2020 The HBS Social Enterprise Initiative aims to educate, support, and inspire leaders to tackle soci... HBS... View Details

09 Oct 2014

Prospective Student Lunch: Health Care

Join members of the Health Care Initiative to learn more about the resources at HBS for MBA students who have an interest in Health Care. View Details

01 Jun 2009
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The New “In” Crowd

Davos and the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting. Not bad company. Could it be that what was previously viewed as an idealistic (or downright unrealistic) MBA career choice had finally moved into the mainstream? Actually, HBS has... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Mar 2011
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Changing the Culture

To address Dean Nitin Nohria’s concern that HBS can be a difficult place for some groups to thrive, the School has launched a new Culture and Community Initiative to ensure that all members of the community can achieve their full... View Details

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

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International land development resources

initiative Land Deal Politics Initiative: The International Institute of Social... View Details

17 Feb 2022
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A Big Bet

Finance, and Gerald Chertavian (MBA 1992), founder and CEO of Year Up. The initiative tackles training for the nearly two-thirds of American workers who lack a four-year college degree. Palandjian’s Social Finance is designing the View Details

Keywords: jobs training; social enterprise; upskilling; Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2009
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Health Care a Top Priority at HBS

The HBS Healthcare Initiative is one of five interdisciplinary areas of interest that is a priority of the School (along with the Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Social Enterprise, and Global initiatives). Its director, Cara Sterling, who... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance

Benjamin F. Fairless

Fairless oversaw the world’s largest iron and steel producer with total assets over $2 billion. In 1947 alone, Fairless spent $20 million per month for additions and improvements as part of a $500 million expansion initiative designed for... View Details

Keywords: Metals

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