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- 07 May 2020
- News
Ensuring Student Equity
Once the public schools in North Chicago decided to close in mid-March because of COVID-19, it took Jennifer Grumhaus (MBA 1994) and her staff less than 72 hours to totally revamp the business model for the nonprofit she runs, North... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 06 Jan 2021
- Research & Ideas
Unexpected Exercise Advice for the Super Busy: Ditch the Rigid Routine
else first. And for anyone prone to setting overly ambitious exercise goals in 2021, Beshears’ findings lend support for some familiar advice: Squeeze in exercise when it fits. Busy people can’t assume that... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- Profile
Lara Hodgson
patented the mechanism, which allows us to take the risk. Instead of financial institutions making 100 small business loans, they lend to us and we buy the assets from those companies. The dollars get into... View Details
- 12 May 2016
- News
Food Rescue Is on a Mission
being discarded everywhere, particularly at the local Prahran market where they regularly shopped, so he researched the issue, then reached out to lend a hand. With their three young kids, the Carsons filled the back of their Volvo... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 14 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Can Start Ups Grow?
intangible resources may be best acquired by following a road of conformity in how your company is organized and presented to the outside world. In start-ups in established industries, conventional business titles such as Marketing... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Student Conferences Inspire Campus Dialogue
luncheon talk on international business opportunities for African Americans. Afternoon panels followed on African Americans in sports management, business possibilities in Africa, and issues for... View Details
- 04 Jan 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Sustain Organization Diversity?
in new people? This is not as simple as it sounds. Inclusion is difficult. Research suggests that much of it does not lend itself to training. We can train managers to give “voice” to everyone in their organizations. What remains,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Hollywood Story
capabilities. Together, they wrote a business plan to do four independent features and set up a venture capital fund — Front Street Films — to raise the money to finance those productions. “It was the perfect intersection of my interests... View Details
- 22 Apr 2015
- Op-Ed
Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths
firms-partly thanks to changes in labor regulations that made labor markets more flexible. Reforms were also effective at cutting red tape that prevented entrepreneurs from starting businesses. The number of days to start a business... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 28 Jul 2016
- Op-Ed
Where is TripAdvisor for Doctors?
final choices can be aided by multiple reviews aggregated from the wisdom of global crowds. 5. Few Comparables. Many business travelers stay in more than 20 hotels each year. They develop a smart shopping expertise that enables them to... View Details
- Student-Faculty-Profile
Lauren Taylor & Rebecca Henderson
about organizational culture that makes change so difficult. So much has already been written on change, particularly in large firms, and yet if you look closely those write-ups almost always do some kind of hand waving about "getting the culture right." What Rebecca... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The $4 Billion Question
clear you can raise $4 billion for your next fund instead of the planned $1 billion. Professor of Management Practice Nabil N. El-Hage coauthored the case with HBS professor and Finance unit head Richard Ruback. “The case highlights some interesting tensions and... View Details
- 25 Mar 2016
- News
Putting Faith in a Good Education
become an aruaba, ‘a woman who goes to work in a business suit,’ in the West African language Twi,” says Crane, founder of Edify, a nonprofit that provides micro-enterprise loans to faith-based schools in Africa and Latin America. “I’m... View Details
- Web
IFC: Japan; Exploring Japan's Innovation Ecosystem - Course Catalog
businesses trying to bring innovation to market in Japan, including entrepreneurs and VCs, (3) discuss how some emerging business models and marketing strategies lend... View Details
- Profile
Georges F. Doriot
If there is a historical link to the roots of entrepreneurship within the Harvard Business School, it would lead directly to General Georges F. Doriot, the legendary HBS professor who taught at the school from 1926 to 1966. “The... View Details
- 15 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Valuing an MBA: Beyond Dollars and “Sense"
challenges. While case discussions lend themselves to abstracting away general principles, the value of engagement with business issues of all shapes and sizes can’t be overstated. Similarly, personal... View Details
- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Becoming the Next Real Estate Mogul
Potential real estate moguls at the 2001 Harvard Business School Entrepreneurship Conference received an earful about profiting in a down market, creating value where there is none, and the addiction of playing in a deal-driven industry.... View Details
- 23 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization
the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Organizational Behavior, Emeritus, at Harvard Business School. His multidisciplinary research, published in twenty five books and numerous articles, has dealt with the human aspects of management,... View Details
Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence
- 31 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
With Predictive Analytics, Companies Can Tap the Ultimate Opportunity: Customers’ Routines
If knowing what customers need is marketing gold, pinpointing exactly when they need it may just be platinum. Services that become part of a customer’s routine may deliver advantages beyond repeat business for a company, Harvard View Details
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/13-007.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsChina Risk Finance: Riding the Wave of China's Financial Services Industry Regina M. Abrami, Matthew Shaffer, and Weiqi ZhangHarvard Business School Case 912-417... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne