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- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
knows how fitting, how proper, was his choice of that word. David A. Moss David A. Moss is the John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, where he teaches in the Business, Government, and International... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
International Women's Day Featured Stories
systemic risk so large that we have no choice but to challenge the status quo. The private sector must be an active partner in climate mitigation and adaptation – pushing responsibility to the consumer level... View Details
- 13 Apr 2021
- Book
How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations
critical dimensions to organizations that want to work toward parity, not for cosmetic reasons, but to improve performance and value: Attraction and recruitment. Actively seek candidates outside managers’ networks, and assess the language... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 22 Jul 2019
- Book
How to Be a Digital Platform Leader
as if they were entrepreneurs trying to build the business from scratch. “Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook are going to have to find ways to curate, ways to say certain kinds of activities are unacceptable, and if users are not happy, they... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat
Isdell) have pointed out, business has not been very active in trying to counter the antiglobalizers. In terms of public discourse and action, in particular, I'd recommend the following steps for companies that favor greater integration... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Research Summary
The Value of Family Ownership, Control, and Management
In collaboration with Professor Raphael Amit of Wharton, Belén Villalonga is investigating how family ownership, control, and management affect firm value. Their forthcoming Journal of Financial... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Corruption 101
"Against the Grain" ends as a cliff-hanger: What should Jim do? The array of ethical choices forms the basis of class discussion in the required course Leadership and Corporate Accountability. "Corruption can be defined as paying for a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
The Exchange: The Tech Leader’s Tightrope
choice among those alternatives. That’s where these personal commitments can come into play. We’ve been teaching this case since 2016, and there are moments when I think we have the privacy issue under control, that we have a sense of... View Details
- Portrait Project
Peter Park
quietly accept the status quo, or actively change it for the better. I want to continue sharing these moments by creating opportunities which enable others like Iminza to shape their own paths. And as HBS provides me with the rare and... View Details
- July 2019
- Supplement
Omidyar Network's Investment Decisions: MicroEnsure and Lenddo
By: Vikram S Gandhi
A team of investors at Omidyar Network explore two different investment possibilities in the budding financial inclusion space using their investment framework to consider capital alternatives available for both investments, each of which carries highly divergent... View Details
Keywords: Impact Investing; Micro Finance; Investment; Investment Return; Investment Activism; Investment Portfolio; Microfinance; Decision Choices and Conditions; India; Philippines
Gandhi, Vikram S. "Omidyar Network's Investment Decisions: MicroEnsure and Lenddo." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 320-702, July 2019.
- 12 May 2016
- Blog Post
Reflecting on the JD/MBA Experience
through commercial litigation or transactional M&A work. Harvard was my first choice because I had an outstanding undergraduate experience there and because Harvard's JD/MBA program combines both Harvard Law School and Harvard... View Details
- 21 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Going Negative in Political Advertising
choice and the uncertainty about who will prevail has fueled heavy media coverage and grassroots activism that add to voter interest. Choice and uncertainty also spawn fierce... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- Profile
Jessey Jin
prepared you for your current role & your long term career? The idea of helping students prepare for a long term career can be found in case discussion, club events, alumni activities and so on. The school put together lots of... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Ethics Fellowship Announced
outstanding teachers and scholars who wish to develop their ability to address questions of moral choice in areas such as business, education, government, law, medicine, and public policy. Fellows participate in the program's weekly... View Details
- Web
Scaling Technology Ventures - Course Catalog
Students will learn how leadership teams address the challenges and opportunities ventures face after achieving product-market fit – and how to activate and manage exponential growth. The course reflects the recent shift in market... View Details
- 23 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
It’s Back to Business-Basics for Nonprofits
time that a beneficiary needs to be engaged to achieve the intended outcome? "The idea is not to kill the mission," he said. Nonprofits simply need to understand and define what comes between the grand, inspirational mission and the View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- Web
Frequently Asked Questions | MBA
“counts” as business experience? Who are good people to ask for recommendation letters - is there a specific preference for who provides them? Are academic/clinical letters okay if I don’t have work experience? Do we have elective choices... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Embrace the Corona-Blur
entrepreneur, so we have been experiencing each other’s entrepreneurial ups and downs in our small apartment,” she says. It’s been a refrain repeated by her Medley clients as well: “We are seeing the implications of work choices on our... View Details
- 02 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Open Source vs. Proprietary Decision
same choices in terms of open source and proprietary software. There is no simple ranking of open source and proprietary software, either in terms of the full costs of adoption or the quality of the software. The basic reason is that open... View Details
- 02 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Stuck in Gear: Why Managers Don’t Act
that a success formula may frequently go stale or, as he puts it, "harden," for a complex set of reasons that are, in fact, surprisingly predictable—though not easy to avoid. "To succeed in business, every manager must make View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace