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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 Aug 2014
- News
Ashraf M. Dahod, MBA 1981
value of education, changing the world through entrepreneurship, and finding meaning by helping others. Dahod’s first taste of entrepreneurship came as a teenager, when he helped his physician father produce and distribute medication that he had formulated. “I saw that... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
distributional issues, and the likely effects of reforms to tax provisions such as the AMT are considered. Download the paper from SSRN.com ($5): http://www.nber.org/papers/w14149 Inexperienced Investors and Bubbles Authors:Robin Greenwood and Stefan Nagel Abstract We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 14
Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-124.pdf First-Party Content, Commitment and Coordination in Two-Sided Markets Authors:Andrei Hagiu and Daniel Spulber Abstract We study the effect of two-sided platforms' ability to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information
Consolidated Balance Sheet Supplemental Financial Information Supplemental Financial Information Revenues HBS funds its operations with cash from three primary sources: MBA tuition and fees, earned income from Harvard Business Publishing... View Details
- 19 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
but also in explaining the number of different uses. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49447 Creating the Market for Organic Wine: Sulfites, Certification, and Green Values By: Jones, Geoffrey, and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
the number of employees had grown to 140. Sityodtong then moved to New York City, where he bought his mother an apartment and launched a career on Wall Street as a hedge fund manager. Having enough money to... View Details
- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
profit from their private information relating to a specific financial reporting element, goodwill impairments, prior to its incorporation by the equity market or recognition by the firm's accounting system. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
to name the building Madikizela, in honor of the late South African political activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, a symbol of Black female resilience.) The upper floors will contain well-appointed rentals, whose target market includes... View Details
- 29 Aug 2023
- News
Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In this episode, we’re going to be highlighting an episode of another HBS podcast: Climate Rising, which focuses on what businesses are doing, can do, and should do... View Details
- 14 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
MBAs Accelerate Their Social Enterprise Ventures
startup to tackle product accessibility for the disability community. Many products and websites today are inaccessible to people with disabilities despite over 30 years of the Americans Disabilities Act which prohibits disability discrimination. Very few of the... View Details
- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
of potential funding sources to solve social problems, much of it stemming from an intergenerational transfer of wealth and new wealth from financial and high-tech entrepreneurs. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: A Sense of Urgency
The enterprise continued to make money even as it turned slowly to lose market share in a post-monopoly world. The positive net income helped greatly in supporting complacency. In frustration, his change... View Details
Keywords: by John P. Kotter
- 03 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 3
prospect of marketing ExperienceFLX's business to a new customer base through Groupon was very appealing, the Falks found that designing a deal that met Groupon's requirements while still allowing ExperienceFLX to make View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
directed, allow significant numbers of businesses to avoid bankruptcy. There are also massive amounts of private sector capital potentially available to support businesses in need. Bank balance sheets are generally sound, and hedge funds... View Details
- 19 May 2021
- Op-Ed
Why America Needs a Better Bridge Between School and Career
Over a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, there are hints of optimism as more people gain access to vaccines and the federal government injects more stimulus money into the economy. Yet, the outlook for workers remains mixed. The crisis has... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller and Rachel Lipson
- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/817051-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 617-060 Ant Financial Headquartered in Hangzhou (China), Ant Financial has grown into a fintech “Unicorn.” The fintech empire that the company established spanned verticals such... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?
reality is that we don’t really know if commercial space flight will ultimately be a money maker, how many competitors will fit in the market, or what demand will be for consumers taking off on space vacations after the initial enthusiasm... View Details
- 02 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 2
investment. Complex multinational business groups emerged controlling large investments in natural resources, processing, and services in Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Nominal versus Indexed Debt: A Quantitative Horse Race Authors:Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
in Washington politicians. Fairly or not, people have become willing to believe that executives, as a class, are greedy and dishonest. However natural it might be to ask how so many executives—not to mention accountants, investment bankers, stock View Details