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- 10 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know
SK On, to build three battery manufacturing plants.[62] Two of these plants will be built in Kentucky and the third will be in Tennessee, and the LPO projects that the project will create 5,000 construction jobs and 7,500 operation... View Details
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Environmental Quality - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
responsibility issue, rather than a business problem, will risk the greatest consequences. Of course, a company’s climate policies will be affected by stakeholder expectations and standards for social responsibility. But the effects of climate on companies’ View Details
- August 2023
- Teaching Note
Vanderbilt: Transforming an Academic Health Care Delivery System, 2020
By: Michael E. Porter, Robert S. Kaplan, Mary L. Witkowski and David N. Bernstein
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 724-373. View Details
- 22 Feb 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
The Dynamic Effects of Bundling as a Product Strategy
- 24 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
Distance Still Matters in Business, Despite the Internet
wireless—varies dramatically by location, especially when comparing urban and low-density locations, but even when comparing one city to another. On a different dimension, the types of employment affiliated with implementing frontier internet services and View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Transportation; Telecommunications; Shipping; Publishing; Technology
- 01 May 2023
- News
Yahoo Acquires Alumni Startup Wagr
Illustration by Drue Wagner Illustration by Drue Wagner Last week, Yahoo announced that it had acquired the sports betting startup Wagr, which was cofounded by Mario Malave (MBA 2020) and Eliana Eskinazi (MBA 2020). "Yahoo Sports offers us a stage to build products... View Details
- 05 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
China Tariffs and Coronavirus a Double Hit to American Retailers
operations from China, especially when the future of the trade war is uncertain. “They’ve made easy shifts, but it’s much harder to relocate a factory from China to Vietnam,” Cavallo says. “They are unwilling to make those hard choices... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information
Activity & Cash Flows 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... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Donald J. Chiofaro
In 1981, one year after starting his own real-estate development company, Don Chiofaro undertook to build the largest office complex in Boston. "I knew just enough about the business to be dangerous," he recalls. "I quickly got into more trouble than most people... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- June 2007 (Revised April 2016)
- Case
Octone Records
By: Anita Elberse and Elie Ofek
In February 2007, Octone Records founders James Diener, Ben Berkman, and David Boxenbaum had been highly successful with the first two bands they had signed, Maroon 5 and Flyleaf. Known for its grassroots marketing campaigns, Octone operated through a unique... View Details
Keywords: Arts; Joint Ventures; Investment Return; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Product Development; Outcome or Result; Creativity; Music Industry
Elberse, Anita, and Elie Ofek. "Octone Records." Harvard Business School Case 507-082, June 2007. (Revised April 2016.)
- April 2012
- Article
Retail Doesn't Cross Borders: Here's Why and What to Do about It
By: Marcel Corstjens and Rajiv Lal
Most companies assume that the easiest way to grow is by investing overseas and that the developing world offers the best opportunities for boosting revenues and profits today. However, success abroad varies widely, and research shows that it's often tough to... View Details
Keywords: Operations; Growth and Development Strategy; Globalization; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Local Range; Retail Industry
Corstjens, Marcel, and Rajiv Lal. "Retail Doesn't Cross Borders: Here's Why and What to Do about It." Harvard Business Review 90, no. 4 (April 2012).
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Zone Defense
telling him. Ryan Tseng had already started two successful companies, and where Brandon saw a business opportunity in building AI software to operate unmanned systems for the military, Ryan saw a behemoth defense industry with high... View Details
- 15 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
From Teacher to Student: The Important Ways HBS Professors Showed Me How to Lead
call was in our TOM (Technology, Operations and Management) class, when our rockstar professor, Yael Grushka-Cocayne, asked me to walk her through the process of creating a circuit board at Donner Co. I was caught completely flat-footed.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Cultivating Prosperity in Afghanistan
Kimberly Jung, pictured in a field of crocuses, returned to Afghanistan to understand how she and her cofounders could import saffron to the United States. Photo courtesy of Kimberly Jung During their first semester at HBS, former United States Army engineer officers... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 14 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact
you're trying to achieve," he states. "That's affected by two things: your theory of change and your operational strategy." A theory of change is an organization's rationale for how its actions will ultimately lead to the achievement of... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 May 2020
- Blog Post
5 Reasons to Join a Club at HBS
Aaron Hancock is a member of the HBS Class of 2021. He serves as Senator for Section H and is the Chair of the Senate Clubs Committee. He is also one of the incoming Co-Presidents for the African American Student Union (AASU). Aaron is originally from Charlotte, NC and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint
several obstacles faced by businesses operating in the country, contrasting these with efforts undertaken by the government to improve Argentina’s business climate. (Read related story.) MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA RESEARCH CENTER... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
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Recommended Reading - Advancing Racial Equity
organizations become more profit driven, they come to depend on black health care professionals to perform equity work to serve increasingly diverse constituencies. Yet black workers often do this labor without recognition, compensation, or support. View Details
- 19 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018
Summer 2018 RAND Journal of Economics Scale versus Scope in the Diffusion of New Technology: Evidence from the Farm Tractor By: Gross, Daniel P. Abstract—Although tractors are now used in nearly every agricultural field operation and in... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Elevator Pitch: Banking On It
financial institutions approach digital initiatives,” says Klaric. “By bridging the gap between technology and functionality, we are not just providing a scalable tech solution; we are reshaping and reimagining the operating system for... View Details