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Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship | About
Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship Arthur Rock (MBA 1951) Rock Center was made possible by and named in honor of pioneering venture capitalist Arthur Rock (MBA 1951). The present-day home of the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship was constructed in 1970 as... View Details
- 06 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
Updating a Classic: Writing a Great Business Plan
headquarters in Europe. Skype had raised seed capital in Europe and in the United States. That's the new model. Q: On the technology front, software applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint have added many charting,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11
(institutionalizing new systems and behaviors toward a new identity). In May 2002, Mueller issued a list of the FBI’s new top 10 priorities. No. 1: protect the United States from terrorist attack. For terrorism cases, he nixed the office-of-origin system, mandating... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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Events - Business & Environment
School Association of the UK 24 JUN 2025 | Diageo Headquarters, London Open to Harvard Alumni Join us for a networking reception on June 24th from 5:00-7:00pm at Diageo Headquarters in London hosted during London Climate Action Week. This... View Details
- 13 Dec 2019
- Blog Post
All Is Well in Texas: How Julia Cheek Founded Her At-Home Lab Testing Startup, EverlyWell
Texas, says being close to family was important to her, so she chose Austin as the headquarters for Everlywell. This past year Everlywell did $40M in sales. Julia has found Austin to be a great location as she is building her own network... View Details
- 31 Mar 2022
- Op-Ed
Navigating the ‘Bermuda Triangle’ in Professional Services
congenial work atmosphere for doctors and nurses, and handsome economic returns for its owners. The hospital’s leadership has forsworn expansion to avoid diluting its unique offering. But then we also have Narayana Hrudalaya, a cardiac hospital View Details
Keywords: by Ashish Nanda
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Made in Italy
HBS faculty members and students visited Lamborghini’s headquarters in Bologna during the immersion to learn how the company became experts in electric car technology. Photo courtesy Lamborghini IMMERSIVE FIELD COURSES OFFERED AS... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 12 May 2023
- News
Alabama's Yella Fella
while Rane could have relocated the business to Atlanta or Houston for a gentler tax bill, he maintained Great Southern's headquarters in his hometown of Abbeville—population 2,000. The company did acquire several plants throughout the... View Details
- 23 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Strategy-Focused Organization
far short of the budget. In April 1995, McCool led a meeting at headquarters to review the first quarter's results. People entered the room trembling, as they knew that financial performance would be below expectations and that, in the... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
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Curriculum - Business & Environment
Sourcing at Nike This case explores the evolution of Nike's global product sourcing strategy, in particular ongoing efforts to improve working conditions at its suppliers' factories. Sian Flowers: Fresher by Sea? The setting for this case is the Sian Flowers, a company... View Details
- 20 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Language Wars Divide Global Companies
problem in US-German team relations, however. Some American workers were wary that teams located at German headquarters had access to more of the company's resources. This caused subgrouping among the Americans who felt outnumbered—they... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 01 Dec 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Important Is Quality of Labor? And How Is It Achieved?
by companies headquartered in other countries. For example, one recent study suggests that outsourcing may impact up to 1.47 million U.S. jobs (out of more than 100 million). By comparison, the Organization for International Investment,... View Details
Keywords: by by Jim Heskett
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Greenhill House | About
an era that Dean Nitin Nohria has called “a new global century of business.” Robert Greenhill (MBA 1962) is chairman of Greenhill & Co., LLC, an international merchant-banking firm he founded in 1996. Headquartered in New York, the firm... View Details
- 24 May 2021
- Op-Ed
Can Fabric Waste Become Fashion’s Resource?
COVID-19 has broken fashion’s supply chain. As a result, an already wasteful industry has become more wasteful. Even before the pandemic, the global apparel industry was producing about 92 million tons of textile waste a year. That’s about one garbage truck’s worth of... View Details
- 18 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
Industrial Decarbonization: Confronting the Hard Challenges of Cement
Cities like Cairo; Chongqing, China; Delhi; and Kinshasa, Congo are experiencing population explosions accompanied by unprecedented demand for homes, offices, factories, and infrastructure. In the United States, the Biden Administration’s policy-driven infrastructure... View Details
- 19 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
2023 Summer Internships in Business & Environment
their overarching sustainability strategy. Tatiana's role prior to HBS was a Business Consultant at BCG. David Wintermeyer (MS/MBA 2024, Section D), Summer Internship: Corporate Development Strategy, NextEra Energy NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE) is a leading clean... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
E. Roe Stamps IV, MBA 1974
Stampses have a dog and six or more cats—to business to social responsibility. Together Roe and Penny run the family foundation that is headquartered next to their Coconut Grove home and supports local animal shelters and botanic gardens... View Details
- 08 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Decision Rights: Who Gives the Green Light?
How a company decides who is authorized to make what types of decisions can have a profound effect on its business, both in terms of everyday effectiveness and the bottom line. Consider the experience of one global conglomerate that recently shifted to its U.S. View Details
Keywords: by Peter Jacobs
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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
the Executive Committee for TN. Andy was integral in the sale to MBNA of a major operating division, TNFS, one of the largest credit card origination companies in the United States. Earlier, Andy worked in the Corporate Development Department at Kikkoman Corporation's... View Details
- 04 Apr 2011
- HBS Case
Reinventing the National Geographic Society
and management style had changed or stayed the same. Slow To Change When Garvin and Knoop flew to NGS headquarters in Washington D.C., in the summer of 2009, Fahey was heading what appeared to be a steady but slow-motion revolution. His... View Details