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- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
had long been part of the cultural mindset. Today’s startup scene in Egypt is hopping. Venture capital funding reached $491 million in 2021, with a compounded annual growth rate of 117 percent between 2017 and 2021, according to Magnitt.... View Details
- 25 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures
in 2013, Hilton noted a lack of job opportunities in renewable energy. So, he went into management consulting and then a software company, before landing at Tesla in 2017. The culture was challenging but “It was the most exciting clean... View Details
- Blog
Inside the Learning: Boston By the Season
changing seasons. Go birding in Mt. Auburn Cemetery. Visit the first rural, or "garden" cemetery in the United States, located on the edge of Cambridge. In addition to famous burials, remarkable monuments, and amazing plantings, this View Details
- 20 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?
is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and studies tax policy and the economics of the commercial space sector. Many potential problems can still sidetrack our trek to the stars: An accident above the... View Details
- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
Is the Business World Finally Ready for the Wisdom of Shibusawa?
Eiichi Shibusawa continues to gain influence in Japan—even though he died almost a century ago. Japan’s government announced earlier this year that the 19th century business leader would be the face on 10,000 yen ($90) bank notes—the highest value denomination in... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
an entrepreneur. With several other HBS graduates, he undertook a decidedly low-tech startup: plastic phone book covers to carry local advertisements in Massachusetts. The company, the National Merchandising Corporation, was such a... View Details
- 06 Aug 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?
it was an advertising bro fest, but also a reflection of the cultural norms of the time. After all, the 1960s was the dawn of the golden age of advertising when agencies were evolving from product pitchers to storytellers. That first... View Details
- 30 Jun 2021
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021
What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details
Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland
- 04 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Diversity Boosts Profits in Venture Capital Firms
ethnically homogenous saw a success rate 26 to 32 percent lower. Despite such strong correlations, the data didn’t necessarily prove one caused the other, since there are a number of confounding factors that could skew those results. In a View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
imperative that we engage immediately with each of these challenges—individually and collectively. The decisions we make about how to manage our investments, our business operations, our supply chains, our people, and our corporate View Details
- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
history, who continued to practice, focusing on shaving milliseconds off his time. Phelps never stopped improving. Similarly, consider the career of Dirk Nowitzski, the first European player to win an MVP award after moving to the View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
unsuccessful) plans to redevelop Union Square and other parts of Southwest Baltimore, Dlodlo began by asking residents what they wanted and needed. Everything about Madikizela, from the incorporation of culturally diverse retail to the... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
High Fives
approach to problem solving.” Inspirations & role models: “Averell Harriman: a businessman, politician, and statesman who by the end of the 1960s was one of the few national leaders who still maintained people's respect. Bill Donaldson... View Details
- 01 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
What Should the Leadership of YouTube Do?
short-changed, or disappointed ” Other comments reflected the nature of the dilemma, with some advice about what she should do. Philippe Gouamba’s comment framed the dilemma nicely: “As this Nation still believes in freedom of speech and... View Details
- 10 May 2020
- Blog Post
Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers
orientation. I left class thinking I didn't find my group yet and after 5 minutes on the quad, one by one, a group of black women formed and we just gravitated towards each other. We enjoyed one another's presence and the commonality found in our View Details
- 11 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
The New International Style of Management
customer-centric tends to be deeply embedded throughout the organization." 'corporate Culture Trumps National Culture' These findings suggest that excellence in global corporate competition demands... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Do You Speak Business?
of familiarity, cultural gulfs and local differences often remain hidden. Amid these conflicting realities, however, HBS alumni report anecdotal evidence that a youthful and growing cosmopolitan business class is bringing these different... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Getting Security Right
seven-year collaboration with University of North Carolina economics professor Steven Rosefielde. Their impressively researched volume challenges global leaders in government and business alike to push beyond culturally entrenched... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Christian Bjelland
Norway and Norwegians: serving as steward of the country’s treasured national art collection. A passionate contemporary art collector, Bjelland was a driving force behind the newly established National... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Faculty Books
Accelerating Energy Innovation: Insights from Multiple Sectors edited by Rebecca M. Henderson and Richard G. Newell (University of Chicago Press for the National Bureau of Economic Research) Studies have suggested that significantly... View Details
Keywords: Utilities