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- 24 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurial Hospital Pioneers New Model
poor." His ambition is to cure the poor of the world for one dollar a day. Shetty's model is based on staffing doctors who are extremely well-trained and dedicated, yet are willing to take a 50 percent pay cut compared to what they would earn in the West. The... View Details
- 10 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
Celebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later
people who directly impact the world, and not just by teaching MBA students and executives here at HBS. It's through consulting. It's through activism. I've always been interested in that. Ely: You published... View Details
Keywords: by Robin J. Ely
- 10 Dec 2007
- HBS Case
One Laptop per Child
should surely be pleased when the commercial sector is motivated to bring its resources to bear on the problem at hand, and prospectively accelerate the distribution of low-cost personal computers to more people much faster than would have occurred otherwise." The... View Details
- 21 May 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
CORe: HBS Powers Up Online Program on Business Fundamentals
team, Narayanan is developing one of three modules that will comprise a new online learning program for college students and non-business graduate students. "Each year, we admit 900 students to HBS's... View Details
- 24 Jun 2015
- HBS Case
Upgrading School with a Startup Mentality
lessons and concepts our students learn here can have a tremendous impact on the structure and practice of education," he said. "One of my goals is to see if we can get more Harvard MBAs to take... View Details
- 25 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Walking Away from a $3 Billion Deal
It's no secret that private equity firms have enjoyed massive profits in recent years. In Private Equity Finance, a course in the second-year MBA elective curriculum, students follow the life cycle of a deal... View Details
- 18 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]
prepared to talk by speaker phone with one of the computer era's most successful "serial entrepreneurs." After the students reviewed a case that involved setting the price for Handspring Inc.'s first public stock offering,... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 14 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina
with opportunities on the ground. They have also partnered with these organizations to attract $17 million in funding from national foundations to support reform in New Orleans. Q: What are the reactions of MBA View Details
- 23 May 2019
- Book
These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems
challenges in every corner of the world. Gerdeman: Were there any big surprises from your research? Stevenson: I first arrived at Soldiers Field as an MBA student in 1963, stayed to do my doctoral work, and... View Details
- 07 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Tax Strategies Mirror Personal Returns of Top Execs
effective tax rate. Both investors and MBA students can benefit from the research, Pérez Cavazos says. Because executives’ preferences should be sticky over time, investors can get a sense of how the company... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 02 Sep 2002
- What Do You Think?
What Can Business Schools Do to Avoid Bad Apples?
suggestions, including: 1) designing "a practicum where MBA students [with a focus] on ethics ... practice ... hiring/interviewing skills ... by interviewing 'short list' candidates that are being... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Feb 2014
- HBS Case
Stressing Safety in South Africa’s Platinum Mines
One morning last fall, Gautam Mukunda told the MBA students in his first-year Leadership and Organizational Behavior class to crawl under their desks and stay there. He wanted them to experience a sense of... View Details
- 23 Apr 2014
- HBS Case
Are Electronic Cigarettes a Public Good or Health Hazard?
companies have gotten in on the game. Quelch, who holds a joint appointment at HBS and Harvard School of Public Health, wrote the case for a new course debuting next year called "Consumers, Corporations, and Public Health," which will enroll both View Details
- 28 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
HBS Celebrates Social Enterprise Initiative
educational activities within the HBS community. Our vigorous research program pushed outward the knowledge frontiers and created a rich portfolio of courses and learning opportunities for MBA students and... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 23 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together
and who are Indian American. They probably look at things in a very similar way and are unlikely to challenge each other. But at the early stage of a company, you want the people around the table to challenge each other." Gompers and Xuan make a point of sharing the... View Details
- 17 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 17, 2007
leading global player in the baking industry, expands into China while at the same time undertaking initiatives to make its U.S. and South American operations more profitable. Allows students to analyze the company's entire global... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Countries Use Financial Policy to Fight COVID-19
fingertips: Harvard MBA students. Over the course of three months, they created the Global Policy Tracker, an interactive site that compares government policies and financial maneuvers for dozens of countries and regions around the world.... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 02 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Ray A. Goldberg
and some 1,000 cases. By the time he became professor emeritus in 1997, he had taught some seven thousand Harvard MBA students and ten thousand Executive Education participants in programs at Soldiers Field... View Details
- 07 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
How an African History Scholar Became a Modern Righter of Wrongs
Harvard MBA students visit the Bo-Kaap area of Cape Town, May 1, 2017 (Photo credit: Caroline Elkins) Recently, a first-year MBA student at... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
and envisioned strategy and operations. With this context, students are invited to consider how aggressively OCP Group should pursue downstream integration (and specifically its Africa strategy), as well as how OCP can best leverage its... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman