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12 Jul 2019
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The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster

the things that’s been really exciting and if you’re an entrepreneur or thinking about your business is a lot of times in businesses people start and over time the opportunity narrows because it turns out they didn’t think about something or some other View Details

August 2022
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Atlanta Ransomware Attack (B)

By: Amit Goldenberg and Julian Zlatev

This case describes the March 2018 Ransomware attack on the information technology (IT) systems of the city of Atlanta and the response by Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and her administration. The case includes a brief background on Bottoms and her young administration at... View Details

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04 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 4

and even though the entrepreneur holds all of the market power in the model. Furthermore, although perfectly competitive investors expect zero alpha in equilibrium, the nature of the three-way interaction results in a correlation between... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Feb 2025
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How to Judge Your Next Job

switch jobs, the trade-offs required for success, and the hidden power of your random LinkedIn connections. Ethan Bernstein and Michael Horn READ MORE Dan Morrell: Michael, what is it about the moment we're in right now—tail of the Great... View Details

01 Sep 2011
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Breaking Free from Fear of Change

first, high-need-for-achievement professionals need to make space in their careers to engage in and learn from challenges that offer no guarantees of immediate success. When you have the tools to manage that process within yourself, you... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet)

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Two-Year Action Plan Update: Q+A with Terrill Drake, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Harvard Business School

identity. Jim's history of overcoming obstacles inspires us to power through the challenges that come with doing this work. We have a job to do, and we want to make sure we're carrying on the work that Jim and other folks have done. How... View Details

06 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 6, 2007

Industries - 2006 (TN) Harvard Business School Note 207-097 No abstract available. The Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project (D) Harvard Business School Supplement 207-087 Supplements the (A) case. Purchase this... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

31 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration

be non-American. Andy Grove, a survivor of the Holocaust, would not have wanted to come to a country that didn’t welcome immigrants. Moreover, it is no wonder that Silicon Valley is up in arms over this policy. Our most dynamic industry... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Sep 2017
News

City of Dreams

an undertaking of President Maithripala Sirisena, who came to power in a shocking 2015 election when the 10-year incumbent, Mahinda Rajapaksa, called an early election at the urging of an astrologer who foretold the timing as auspicious.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Alice Carfrae; Sri Lanka; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

10 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

The Hard Numbers on Social Investments

industry experts who estimated the returns to be significantly lower than professional venture investing due to less investor diversification and capital limitations that prevent investment in follow-on rounds. Given this, the team... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

06 Dec 2018
News

Cold Call Horror Stories

apologized and he said he wanted to warm call me. The case was about an industry I’d worked in, and he knew that, and he thought this was an opportunity to get me to say something to bring me in. And because he came in late, he didn’t get... View Details

01 Jun 1997
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Blockbuster Deals

industries - aerospace, banking, communications, entertainment, manufacturing, railroads, retailing, and health care - opting to join forces with their former competitors? Is this a repeat of the Eighties or something altogether... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry

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Program Policies - HBS Online

additional completion requirements, please review the Program Specific Certificate Requirements below. All work must be the participants own work and in their own words. Plagiarism is not tolerated, nor is cutting and pasting text from the internet or from any... View Details

01 Apr 2002
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Back in Business

wanted the city back about its regular commercial business. "The business community's number one concern," he says, "was getting the power back on," so that computers, elevators, office lights, and heating would work. A Con Ed generating... View Details

Keywords: 9/11; NYC; New York City; Government

01 Dec 2008
News

A Force for Good

recognize that he’s not required to be part of that future, to lead the future. He just wants to show people the way. He uses power not for the accumulation of wealth, but as a force for good.” When McArthur stepped down from the Deanship... View Details

02 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 2

foster a culture that aligns all employees around the shared goals of customer solutions. 3) Clout: redistribute power to "bridge builders" and customer champions. 4) Capability: develop employees' skills at tackling changing... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2004
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New Horizons for Iraq

’91), an expert in project finance, studies how firms structure, value, and finance very large capital investments such as oil fields, mines, and power plants. His research covers both developed and developing countries, including... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; James E. Aisner; Julia Hanna; National Security and International Affairs; Government

01 Sep 2004
News

Promise & Perils

Reforms Set the Stage for Growth When Deng Xiaoping came to power in 1978, he set China on a new course by making economic growth a top priority, even if that meant relinquishing state control over markets. It was the realpolitik thing to... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

22 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 22

more profitable lending, their power is muted by both deferred compensation and the limited liability typically enjoyed by credit officers. Second, we present direct evidence that incentive contracts distort judgment and beliefs, even... View Details