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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
Walt Whitman termed “the pulse of the continent.” As the century drew to a close, railroads dominated both freight and passenger traffic over long distances. But in densely populated cities, horse-drawn streetcars were still the most... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
part, Chinese reformers who negotiated the terms of the WTO agreement made a calculated gamble that it would provide the necessary leverage to force policy changes necessary for homegrown businesses — including SOEs and TVEs — to adapt... View Details
- 12 Jul 2020
- Book
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020
termed a “freedom from fear.” Amy’s book touches on these powerful themes that are also central tenets of agile organizations. I cannot wait to engage and learn more within the covers of these two exciting books. For listening and iPhone... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
potential conflicts in terms of how to manage the investment and when to sell the building, as the economic consequences to each category of investor were not the same. Even the economic interests of KSW were not completely aligned with... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
in nine term sheets received from different lenders. With the proposals in-hand, he needed to decide which one was the most favorable. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/217018-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 29 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 29, 2016
debt crisis of the 1980s, the Washington Consensus era, and reform efforts in the 2000s. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/711040-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 816-065 The Entrepreneurial Manager: Course Overview, 2016 Winter View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
termed their actions as "reprehensible." As for rigging LIBOR rates to limit market and media speculation of Barclays' financial viability, Diamond denied any personal wrongdoing and argued that, if anything, Barclays was more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 18, 2009
useful and saleable by-product. The term "by-product synergy" (BPS) has been coined to describe this practice. By converting waste into by-product, the firm not only reduces its waste disposal cost and potentially increases... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times
Economic difficulties need not mean that we lower our standards for leadership. If anything, we should raise our sights. New work by HBS professor Michael Beer and colleagues shows that there is still a place for what they term... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Jul 2022
- News
Wired to be Inspired
in? What's our long term vision for why we are here? Just like ancient mariners used compasses to kind of direct themselves, purpose was an orienting scheme. The second was: Purpose became like an operating system. It’s the way... View Details
- 31 May 2018
- News
Finding Freedom from Eating Disorders
the time. I had just come off of two years in investment banking. I had always been fairly active in terms of exercise and running. In fact, I was training for a couple half marathons, which soon turned into marathon training at the time.... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
of the most important things Bill taught is that the source of your funding is often more important than the terms and conditions of the agreement," says James A. Goldstein (MBA '94), founder and sales and marketing vice president of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
doing some selective hiring, particularly around design engineering and production control. Our hiring is up over last year; we are seeing about ten times as many applicants per job as we did in years past.” In terms of investment, over... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
interest in social enterprise “is part of a much deeper shift in terms of truly educating leaders who can make a difference in the world,” he adds. Susan Wolf Ditkoff (MBA ’01), a partner at Bridgespan and a member of the HBS Alumni... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
to form the Cleanliness Institute, whose primary function was cooperative sales promotion to teach the American public the importance of keeping clean. The use of the term “institute” emphasized the seriousness, indeed national... View Details
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
different planet, and the negative consequences to many forms of innovation and entrepreneurial investment may be shattering. Without trust in the future, many talented workers may look elsewhere. But isn’t Silicon Valley impossible to match in View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
School Case 814-060 Andreessen Horowitz Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), a venture capital firm launched in 2009, has quickly broken into the VC industry's top ranks in terms of its ability to invest in Silicon Valley's most promising... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
its strategy in order to keep up with India's changing social, political, and economic landscape? Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/india-s-amul-keeping-up-with-the-times/an/514067-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 814-064 The Entrepreneurial Manager:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 06 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work
terms of preparing beforehand, we found that it was essential for equipping those who perform necessary evils with the ability and tools to handle the task effectively. Preparing ahead of time gives performers a realistic preview of the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
African-American entrepreneur through the process of sourcing a potential acquisition, valuing a company, and securing the funding to purchase the company. This entrepreneur must decide if he should close the deal and which financing term... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne