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05 Sep 2023
Blog Post

Solving Climate Change Starts with an Idea

climate podcast, and founded the Harvard Climate Circle. She designed “How to Create a Climate Venture”, an offering for aspiring climate entrepreneurs who do not yet have an idea. The program provides training for climate entrepreneurs... View Details

07 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

Video: Harvard Business School at the Kumbh Mela

Kumbh in January to discover what such an undertaking can teach us about real estate, urbanization, sustainability, and infrastructure. In addition to the video and Q&A below, Macomber has written a first-person account about his journey for Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Construction; Real Estate

09 May 2021
Blog Post

Meet the MoMBAs – Persisting Through a Difficult Year

Student Status: RC Where are you from? Domestic: from all over! Professional pathway pre-HBS: I went to college in the Midwest and I was in undergrad when I had my son. After graduating, I worked in user experience View Details

03 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster

Experienced negotiators are generally comfortable working out the terms of an economic contract: They bargain for the best price, haggle over equity splits, and iron out detailed exit clauses. But these same seasoned professionals often... View Details

Keywords: by Ron S. Fortgang, David A. Lax & James K. Sebenius

06 Feb 2025
News

How to Judge Your Next Job

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Clay Christensen was a legendary professor and thinker and his “Jobs to Be Done” theory—this idea that customers buy products to solve problems—was one of his iconic intellectual contributions.... View Details

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Year in Review | Annual Report 2024

get to know their new section mates during START. Academically, START introduces incoming MBA students to their sections and the case method. START ambassadors lead a series of events designed to help MBA students bond both with their... View Details

16 Aug 2011
First Look

First Look: August 16

incentive scheme over a linear one, even though this reduces pay for many subjects and despite the presence of clear feedback. Additionally, the linear scheme attracts demotivated, underconfident workers who perform below their ability. Our findings suggest that firms... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Feb 2024
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on Entrepreneurship

Initially, I worked for three years at the Nike World Headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon, as a rotational operations analyst. Following this, I relocated to Los Angeles, California, to serve as a program manager. In this role, I helped... View Details

09 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Chance Encounters: What's at Stake in Return-to-Office Decisions

extent to which their work overlapped. If they could combine findings from across their assorted research projects, they could fit together a big-picture view of office-space configurations and how well they support different kinds of... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint, HBS Alumni Bulletin

03 May 2016
First Look

First Look, May 3, 2016

still telling. Monopolists undertake market strategies designed to ensure that they are not supplanted and nonmarket actions geared to avoiding undesirable constraints and reputational damage. Depending on their legal and regulatory... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Demo Day | New Venture Competition

exposure to early-stage angels and investors. If you decide to participate in Demo Day, you are required to work with a faculty member to prepare. This includes a mandatory coaching session with faculty to get feedback on your proposal... View Details

01 Apr 1997
News

HBS Conferences Explore Range of Issues

Law School and Design School, this year's conference hosted over fifty speakers from business, government, and academia in the United States and Asia. Panels focused on the economic future of countries such as Taiwan, India, Japan, Korea,... View Details

10 Nov 2014
HBS Case

How Restaurants in Lima and Copenhagen Became Best in the World

something” Khaire: In the literature it is called a "blending strategy." The idea is there are multiple worlds in our society, and people are judged differently in each world. Take any individual and she behaves differently and has different values in the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

01 Dec 2018
News

Hard Choices

considerably better off, even as it creates both winners and losers, and the losers often suffer through no fault of their own. A capitalist economy should be judged not just on the aggregate economic improvement driven by its innovation but also on the View Details

Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)

01 Dec 1999
News

Christensen and Vernon Remembered

that were attended by doctoral candidates and professors from all of the Harvard faculties. He later worked with Harvard Medical School to introduce the discussion method into its curriculum and taught in several other parts of the... View Details

19 Feb 2019
Blog Post

The First Five Years: '30 Under 30' Edition

life and career. Professionally, it is a team award for the various folks I work with at TPG Capital, who make showing up to work every day a great privilege and pleasure.” Gandhi: “I think when you’re doing... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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Supplemental Financial Information | Annual Report 2024

Supplemental Financial Information Financial Overview Harvard Business School’s economic model is designed to support the School’s mission of educating leaders who make a difference in the world. Prudent management of financial resources... View Details

13 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth

attended various schools of experience. Managers who have successfully worked their way up the ladder of a stable business unit—for example, a division that manufactures standard high-volume electric motors for the appliance industry—are... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Raynor

10 Jun 2022
Blog Post

New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures

catalyst technology. RAB LABXin Ma, MBA 2023RAB LAB facilitates robotics fabrication of 3D printed housing units with the autonomous design system and adaptive components made of sustainable structural materials. Our mission is to... View Details

27 Mar 2025
Blog Post

IFC India 2025: Driving India's EV Future: Insights from Ather Scooter and Exponent Energy

two companies that are working on the forefront India's journey towards electric vehicles. These visits provided an intimate look at how startups are tackling some of the most pressing challenges in EV adoption. The experience wasn't just... View Details

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