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25 Apr 2014
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A talent scout for tomorrow’s Africa

In his role as vice president of admissions for the Africa Business Club at HBS, Olujimi Williams (MBA 2015) does more than just acquaint prospective students with the School; he serves View Details

2012
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The Founders and Finance: How Hamilton, Gallatin, and Other Immigrants Forged a New Economy

In 1776 the United States government started out on a shoestring and quickly went bankrupt fighting its War of Independence against Britain. At the war's end, the national government owed tremendous sums to foreign creditors and its own citizens. But lacking the power... View Details

Keywords: History; Sovereign Finance; Ethnicity Characteristics; Economics; Great Britain; United States

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Venture capital firms: create a list

How can I create a list of venture capital firms by geography, industry, stage, etc? Capital IQ: Mouse over Screening, and click Companies. Find the box labeled Investment/Advisory... View Details

May 2023
Case

CMA CGM: Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Container Shipping

By: Willy C. Shih and Emilie Billaud

Marine transport is the most cost-effective way to move large volumes over long distances, and container shipping is the backbone of international trade in goods. Yet shipping contributed 3% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions, and the deep-sea segment, which... View Details

Keywords: Container Shipping; Logistic Regression; Trade Links; Decarbonization; Environmental Strategies; Environmental Impact; Globalization; Trade; Environmental Regulation; Logistics; Supply Chain; Governance Compliance; Shipping Industry; European Union; Asia; North America

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14 Dec 2017
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Making Movies Is a Class Act

Glenn Close in Crooked House (photo by Nick Wall) Crooked House, an Agatha Christie mystery published in 1949, was one of her favorites, yet it had never been adapted for film or television. Now, however, HBS sectionmates Joe Abrams and... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

Levels of Meaning

project inventory needs over the course of the year. My business history courses posed questions like, How did an entrepreneur build his or her business over time? What choices did they make that were fundamental in making the business... View Details

21 Feb 2007
Op-Ed

What a U.N. Partnership with Big Business Could Accomplish

As Ban Ki-moon begins his tenure as secretary-general of the United Nations, the world's poor continue to cry out for help and hope. One-sixth of... View Details

Keywords: by George C. Lodge & Craig Wilson

2015
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Framing the Game: How Brands' Relationships with Their Competitors Affect Consumer Preference

By: Neeru Paharia, Jill Avery and Anat Keinan

In this chapter, we explore how brands' relationships with their competitors affect consumers' preferences. Through a series of experiments, we show that the competitive context in which a brand operates can affect consumers' purchase interest and purchase frequency.... View Details

Keywords: Brand Management; CRM; Customer Relationship Management; Marketing Strategy; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Customer Focus and Relationships; Competition; Consumer Products Industry

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07 Sep 2007
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Are Elite Business Schools Fostering the Deprofessionalization of Management?

of managers and shareholders. Takeovers were favored as a means of enforcing the urgency View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

2021
Working Paper

Getting Schooled: The Role of Universities in Attracting Immigrant Entrepreneurs

By: Natee Amornsiripanitch, Paul A. Gompers, George Hu and Kaushik Vasudevan

Immigrant founders of venture capital-backed companies have been critical to the entrepreneurial ecosystem. We document the channels through which immigrant founders find their way to the United States and how those channels have changed over time. Immigrants have been... View Details

Keywords: Immigrants; Entrepreneurial Ecosystem; Higher Education; Immigration; Entrepreneurship

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01 Oct 2018
Blog Post

Josh Latson and his Fellowship: “It’s like a pie eating contest.”

One night during his first-year at HBS, Josh Latson (MBA 2015) shadowed an emergency room physician through his rounds in a busy urban hospital. Josh was there as a member... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

29 Mar 2012
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An Exploration of Luxury Hotels in Tanzania

Keywords: by Diego A. Comin; Entertainment & Recreation

09 Apr 2019
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Finding a Fix for Food Allergies

generation. Greg says increased numbers of people with food allergies as well as the number of allergens causing severe reactions now send... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Mar 2006
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End of Campaign Celebrated

Hilge Hurford and Kate Kohler (HBS '06), recipient of the John B. Hurford (MBA '65) Fellowship. Despite near white-out conditions, HBS alumni and friends made their way through the December 9 blizzard to... View Details

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

15 Mar 2020
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‘Experimentation Works’ and ‘The Power of Experiments’ Review: Test, Test and Test Again

25 Mar 2015
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The Greening of Houston

not just Hermann Park but around the Bayou and Memorial parks as well,” says Thacker. “It’s been quite wonderful.” Gilbane believes that the greening of Houston is a natural... View Details

16 Jul 2020
Blog Post

How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence

verbal skills. Then they were quizzed in categories considered favorable for men, such as business, math, videogames, cars, and sports. Respondents were asked to estimate how many questions they answered correctly on tests, and to guess... View Details