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Projects - Race, Gender & Equity

Hosted by Maggie Sanchez, MBA 1990, this three-video series aims to stir visionary thinking and illuminate key ideas on how to create meaningful change. Initiatives focus on societal challenges that are too complex for any one discipline... View Details

18 Jul 2023
Interview

Jeffrey Rayport on Product Market Fit, Profit Market Fit and Whiplash, and More

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Doug Levin

This episode of "Lessons from Startup Life" podcast features Jeffrey Rayport, Senior Lecturer of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. Jeffrey specializes in teaching and researching growth-stage technology ventures and their scalability. Prior to... View Details

Keywords: Scaling And Growth; Start-up; Diversity; Equity; Inclusion; Technology; Business Startups; Product Marketing; Business Growth and Maturation

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13 Dec 2022
HBS Seminar

Christine Beckman, USC Price School of Public Policy

23 Jan 2024
News

A Wide Net

of your learning comes from your losses.” In the mid 2010s, Falcon Edge shifted its focus from public to private investing (the company rebranded as Alpha Wave in 2019 to reflect this change) and returned to its investment thesis, exercising the emotional View Details

Keywords: April White

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Educator Resources - Race, Gender & Equity

video supplements. Cases with Protagonists of Color Harvard Business Publishing The cases taught throughout any course, regardless of discipline or topic, send a message about what leadership looks like. This case collection strives to... 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

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones and Shelly Xu; Fashion

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Competitions & Challenges - Health Care

healthcare, or analytics at an educational institution based in the United States are invited to join in groups of two to four students—from the same school—to tackle a real-world case. Initiatives focus on societal challenges that are too complex for any one View Details

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Investing for Impact | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

the impact reporting. For more information, please email impactfund@hbs.edu. INITIATIVES focus on societal challenges that are too complex for any one discipline or industry to solve alone. View Details

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Alumni Engagement | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

about social enterprise alumni engagement? Please email se@hbs.edu . Join Our Mailing List Alumni for Impact aspires to connect you with each other, share with you the latest faculty research and innovative ideas from the field, and bring you together to work on... View Details

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Pathways to Inclusive Entrepreneurship - Race, Gender & Equity

Harvard Business School alumni. Drawing on the most recent Life & Leadership data , this report examines some of the roles race and gender play in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Initiatives focus on societal challenges that are too complex for any one View Details

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Investors - Entrepreneurship

Fred Wang Trinity Ventures MBA 1992 Scott Weiss IronPort Systems MBA 1995 Peter Wendell Sierra Ventures MBA 1976 Jennifer Yan Steamboat Ventures Asia MBA 2000 Gwill York Lighthouse Capital Partners MBA 1984 Initiatives focus on societal challenges that are too complex... View Details

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Events - Business History

both history departments and law schools; however, the two disciplines have taken divergent paths. Historians have emphasized the external social and cultural pressures that have shaped firms’ behavior, such as the efforts by interest... View Details

13 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Managing the Family Business: Leadership Roles

governed well, for success. Good governance for any group assures us that plans can be made, problems solved, leaders developed and chosen, and disputes settled in a way that preserves the purpose and unity of the group. Discipline and... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Davis

20 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Five Discovery Skills that Distinguish Great Innovators

innovators discover new directions by making connections across seemingly unrelated questions, problems, or ideas. Innovative breakthroughs often happen at the intersection of diverse disciplines and fields. Author Frans Johanssen... View Details

Keywords: by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gergersen & Clayton M. Christensen

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Confronting Climate Change - Business & Environment

percentage of the pollutants that cause climate change. Additional Resources Find additional resources from Harvard Business School, including a webinar of ‘Confronting Climate Change’ . Teaching, Research, and Engagement Initiatives focus on societal challenges that... View Details

16 Jun 2021
HBS Case

Cruising in Crisis: How Carnival Is Riding Out the COVID-19 Storm

based on the financial discipline that management exhibited in responding to the pandemic. And, unlike the uncertain prognosis following the 2008 global financial crisis, the pandemic-related economic collapse appears to have an endgame,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Travel

20 Dec 2022
Op-Ed

Employee Feedback: The Key to Retention During the Great Resignation

disciplined and structured to prevent missteps and outbursts that will shut down the conversation. 4. Make a plan. Having heard the truth, diagnose root causes of problems and develop a systemic action plan to realign the organization. 5.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer

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Clubs & Consulting | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

organizations promoting education, literacy, and journalism within the greater Boston area. Application for funding is by invitation only. INITIATIVES focus on societal challenges that are too complex for any one discipline or industry to... View Details

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Request the Data - Leadership

acknowledge that while every effort has been made to ensure the high quality and accuracy of the information, Harvard Business School makes no warranty, express or implied, concerning the information. Harvard does not guarantee the accuracy, content, or timeliness of... View Details

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Founder - Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurs-in-Residence Stay in Touch You can get more information, updates, and alerts by subscribing to our slack channel and joining our mailing list. Subscribe to Rock Center slack channel Join our mailing list Initiatives focus on societal challenges that are... View Details

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