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Creating the Modern Financial System

Creating the Modern Financial System offers a vital perspective on finance and the financial system by exploring the historical development of key financial instruments and institutions worldwide. The premise of the course is that students will gain a richer and... View Details

January 2024
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Sprouts Farmers Market

By: Rajiv Lal, Forest L. Reinhardt and Natalie Kindred

Sprouts Farmers Markets (Sprouts) is a Phoenix, Arizona-based chain of 400-plus natural foods stores in 23 U.S. states and $6.4 billion in sales as of 2022. In its product assortment, brand image, and store environment, Sprouts emphasizes freshness, health, innovation,... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Strategic Planning; Sales; Business Strategy; Expansion; Product Positioning; Marketing Strategy; Competition; Retail Industry; United States; Arizona

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By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang

Launching Technology Ventures
Launching Technology Ventures (LTV) is designed for students who are actively working on their own startups or who will work at early-stage startups. The course material is, in particular, focused on new businesses in the... View Details

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By: Gary P. Pisano

Thought Leader: Gary Pisano

by Amy Bernstein, strategy+business, Summer 2007

A leading student of the biotech business describes the problems holding the industry back, and how it can overcome... View Details

17 Jun 2010
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When Do Analysts Add Value? Evidence from Corporate Spinoffs

Keywords: by Emilie Rose Feldman, Stuart C. Gilson & Belén Villalonga

04 May 2009
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An Ounce of Prevention: The Power of Public Risk Management in Stabilizing the Financial System

Keywords: by David A. Moss; Banking; Financial Services

17 Apr 2009
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The Investment Strategies of Sovereign Wealth Funds

Keywords: by Shai Bernstein, Josh Lerner & Antoinette Schoar; Financial Services

2006
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Does Competition Increase Patent Litigation? Empirical Evidence of Strategic Patenting in the Telecom Equipment Industry

By: Juan Alcacer and Rachelle C. Sampson

Anecdotal evidence suggests that patent litigation has increased in the last 20 years as firms in knowledge intensive industries use patents more frequently to protect their knowledge stocks and managers focus on extracting new revenue streams from existing patent... View Details

Keywords: Patents; Competition; Lawsuits and Litigation

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30 Oct 2017
Blog Post

How My Engineering and Manufacturing Background Prepared Me for an MBA

to troubleshoot the breakdown of an electric motor. This involved having to identify causes of the failure, produce remedial plans, and subsequently implement measures to fix the problem and undertake projects to prevent future failures.... View Details

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The de Gaspé Beaubien Reading Room | About

the future without learning from the past.” About the Name A member of one of the oldest merchant families in Quebec, Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien, after graduating from HBS, transformed Telemedia Communications, Inc., into a major media... View Details

04 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

When Founders Recruit Friends and Family as Investors

potential investors. To the extent that founders tend to be very confident in their startup's prospects, they may even be more inclined to take money from friends and family, happily imagining those close to them sharing in the startup's View Details

Keywords: by Noam Wasserman

27 Sep 2021
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Working to Change the Food System

industries – whether contributors to or mitigators of climate change, to learn more about what we can do to make a difference. How do plan to use your career and experience at HBS to help create a more sustainable world? I’m excited about what the View Details

16 Sep 2020
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Turning a Moment into a Movement: Interview with Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders Kenneth and Kevin Chenault

with my brother towards our goal of making sure this isn’t just a moment for racial justice, it’s a movement,” said Kevin. The Future of ARF In addition to the support of a strong network, Kenneth and Kevin are also taking lessons from... View Details

25 Jan 2024
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Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures

and managing cow manure (a material source of emissions!).” Hilton continues to support climate founders as an independent sponsor. He’s carefully working “to define the niche that fits my skillsets and interests best.” He remains optimistic about the View Details

01 Dec 2018
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Innovation Outside the Boundaries

introduced as part of the field method, which complements the School’s case method pedagogy. “As future leaders in a global business environment,” Thiry says, “MBAs need skills and insights informed by real-world, hands-on problem solving... View Details

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Helping and harnessing business to address society’s greatest challenges. | Institute for Business in Global Society

practices and managerial disciplines to drive sustained, high-impact social change. Managing the Future of Work Multiple forces of change – demographics, technology, automation, globalization – are coming together at an unprecedented pace... View Details

22 Apr 2021
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Launching the Women in Tech Initiative at HBS

investors, and engineers from companies such as Facebook, Bridgewater, Nutanix, Tenable and McKinsey. Goals and Charter of the Group As a new group, the team was focused on establishing a stable foundation upon which future generations of... View Details

24 May 2017
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Ilene H. Lang, MBA 1973

Picture 1982 Joins Symbolics 1993 Joins Lotus Development Corp. 1995 Joins Digital Equipment Corp. 1996 Named President and CEO, AltaVista 2003 Joins Catalyst as President 2008 Named CEO, Catalyst 2015 Retires from Catalyst Retired President and CEO, Catalyst Clues to... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

05 Jul 2021
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Do Companies Really Need Chief Experience Officers to Know Their Customers?

pandemic, we still have to ask ourselves whether the future of the CXO is a bright one. After all, isn’t the customer experience everyone’s responsibility? Shouldn’t everybody be encouraged to regularly test the customer experience... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

22 Jul 2019
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How to Be a Digital Platform Leader

All of the most valuable firms in the world today are platforms, starting with Apple, Microsoft, Google and Amazon. But platforms do not evolve in predictable ways, and there is a lot that managers and entrepreneurs can learn about past, present, and View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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