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22 Feb 2022
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An Rx for Small Business Recovery

Karen Gordon Mills served in President Barack Obama’s cabinet as head of the Small Business Administration (SBA) during the height of the Great Recession. “Back then, I thought small businesses were... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

12 Jul 2020
Book

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020

well into, is my colleague Shoshanna Zuboff’s magisterial The Age of Surveillance Capitalism. This book is one of genius. It provides a sweeping description of the rise and impact of business models that are premised on harvesting and... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

March 2022
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Winning Business at Russell Reynolds (B)

By: Ethan Bernstein and Cara Mazzucco

In an effort to make compensation drive collaboration, Russell Reynolds Associates’ (RRA) CEO Clarke Murphy sought to re-engineer the bonus system for his executive search consultants in 2016. As his HR analytics guru, Kelly Smith, points out, that risks upsetting–and... View Details

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07 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

How to Help Small Businesses Survive COVID's Next Phase

permanently as of July 10. And almost half of owners surveyed in late June by the online business network Alignable said they lacked enough cash to get through one month and were taking in less than 50... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Food & Beverage; Service

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Impact Stories - Business & Environment

component of our national security and, ultimately, our energy independence." Ilya Minevich MBA 2013 | Network Effect "As business leaders, we can directly impact the progress of initiatives and solutions to... View Details

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Impact Investing | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

perspectives, including Shawn Cole , Vikram Gandhi , Michael Chu , Kash Rangan , George Serafeim , Julie Battilana , and others. As importantly, our alumni are shaping, accelerating and leading investing for impact across the globe – from BlackRock, to Root Capital, to... View Details

25 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

International Rescue Committee HBS ACTIVITIES Section A Community Values Rep, Tech Club, Harvard Innovation Labs Venture Incubation Program Merve Ciplak Merve believes the combined JD/MBA degree best positions her for leadership in a rapidly changing world. “Today,... View Details

October 19, 2021
Article

The Facebook Trap

By: Andy Wu

Facebook has a clear mission: Connect everyone in the world. Clarity is good, but in Facebook’s case, it has also put the company in a bind because the mission—and the company’s vision for creating value through network effects—has also become the source of its biggest... View Details

Keywords: Business And Society; Mission and Purpose; Network Effects; Value Creation; Corporate Accountability; Strategy

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18 Aug 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs

An online shipping platform that uses social networks and smartphones. Low-cost medical care and monitoring that helps seniors to live at home. The "Skype" of broadband, offering free Internet service. On an April morning known as "Super... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education

06 Sep 2022
Blog Post

Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business & Environment

refueling stations, owning and operating the largest network in the world, with 37 light- and heavy-duty stations. Its purpose is to advance the hydrogen economy and make it a replacement for conventional fossil fuels. Daniel's role prior... View Details

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Independent Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

to support their project expenses. Grants are awarded to support these academic projects by providing funding for expenses directly related to research and analysis. The grant does not support expenses related to start–up business... View Details

25 Jan 2024
Research & Ideas

Being a Team Player: Why College Athletes Succeed in Business

C-suite roles than their classmates, says Paul Gompers, the Eugene Holman Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, who is one of the study’s co-authors. “It certainly makes sense that... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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Summer Fellowships | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

arts and culture; business at the base of the pyramid; CSR; community and economic development; education; environment; human services; impact investing; international relief; nonprofit consulting; and philanthropy. Details for Students... View Details

07 Sep 2007
What Do You Think?

Are Elite Business Schools Fostering the Deprofessionalization of Management?

management by building more value in their alumni networks than in their curricula and teaching. 2) Business school curricula, if not always their teaching, reflect the demands of the market. This is or is... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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Harvard Business School and Polaroid - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy... View Details

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Online Business in Society Courses | HBS Online

impact and building their network of influence. Global Business Power and Influence for Positive Impact Sustainable Business Strategy What You Earn Certificate Boost your... View Details

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Alumni Engagement | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Social enterprise-focused alumni comprise a powerful network for social impact that spans across the globe. Whether it’s within the nonprofit, public, or private sector, HBS alumni pursue a variety of managerial, entrepreneurial,... View Details

22 Feb 2019
News

Empowering a New Generation of Business Leaders

how the business model has changed,” says Luis Zuluaga (MBA 2001), who organized the event with Shirley Cardona (MBA 2012) and Lulu Curiel (MBA 2010). Zuluaga says Conde and McGee also referred to a recent HBS case that explored Conde’s... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Arts, Entertainment

05 Jun 2009
Research Event

Business Summit: Niall Ferguson and the Certainty of Uncertainty

based on the map that is used. Optimized global networks may be vulnerable to crises. Business and political leaders are often surprised by crises; they don't take a long enough view of history. Biological... View Details

Keywords: Re: John A. Quelch

21 Jul 2015
Blog Post

3 Things Women Need to Know About Business School

world. Just take a look at what Sheryl Sandberg, Sheila Marcelo, Meg Whitman, Ann Fudge, Abigail Johnson, Alexis Maybank and Alexandra Wilkis Wilson have been up to since graduating from HBS. As you go about deciding whether business... View Details

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