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Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research
advancements in digitalization. This is illustrated through Chari, a Moroccan based inventory procurement app, which hopes to navigate Morocco’s fintech landscape by utilizing the country’s dense network of small mom and pop shops. Keywords: Business Model ; Cultural... View Details
- April 2019
- Technical Note
A Note on Boards in VC-Backed Ventures
What is the value of a Board, and why does a company need one? The note documents the formal role of a Board of Directors as going beyond simply acting as legal representation of corporate ownership. Moreover, this role changes as the company moves through different... View Details
Keywords: Founders; Business Startup; Board; Board Of Directors; Business Startups; Governing and Advisory Boards; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship
Ghosh, Shikhar, Ramana Nanda, Suraj Srinivasan, and Terrence Shu. "A Note on Boards in VC-Backed Ventures." Harvard Business School Technical Note 819-128, April 2019.
Robert C. Merton
Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details
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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research
Social Enterprise Social Enterprise April 2013 Article Who Is Governing Whom? Executives, Governance, and the Structure of Generosity in Large U.S. Firms By: Christopher Marquis and Matthew Lee We examine how organizational structure influences strategies over which... View Details
- February 2022
- Case
Launching the Social
By: Tom Eisenmann, Lindsay N. Hyde and Tom Quinn
This case features the same protagonists as Ample Hills Creamery (HBS No. 822-073), and can be used as a continuation of that story.
Ample Hills Creamery started in 2010 as a temporary ice cream pushcart in Brooklyn, New York City. On the strength of inventive... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Small Business; Brands and Branding; Partners and Partnerships; Expansion
Eisenmann, Tom, Lindsay N. Hyde, and Tom Quinn. "Launching the Social." Harvard Business School Case 822-074, February 2022.
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Leadership - Faculty & Research
of caring for not only the corporation and shareholders but also the patients and medical professionals. How should leaders of health-related businesses weigh the demand for efficiency and profit alongside the care of patients and the... View Details
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact Meet the 2025 New Venture Competition Social Enterprise Track Finalists 19 Mar 2025 In February... View Details
- August 2022
- Supplement
Sweet Teez Bakery: Projecting the Dough’s Rise Financial Supplement
By: Emily R. McComb, Mel Martin and Amy Klopfenstein
Abstract: In 2021, the HBS Impact Investment Fund student team met with entrepreneur Teresa Maynard, who had applied for a $25,000 impact investment loan. The students thought the former Harvard Data Scientist’s bakery business, Sweet Teez Bakery, showed promise.... View Details
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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work
Managing the Future of Work initiative, and faculty chair of the Launching New Ventures executive education program. Bill is a recipient of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation’s Prize Medal for Distinguished Research in Entrepreneurship... View Details
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Skydeck - Alumni
business in north Minneapolis Onboarding 2022 Alumni Achievement Award recipient Tosh Barron (MBA 1972) describes her experience as a pioneering woman in the board room, the elements of effective corporate governance, and what to look for... View Details
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Accounting & Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Srinivasan : Received a 2005 Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurship Research Grant. 2004 Aiyesha Dey : Recipient of the Zell Center for Risk Research Award from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, 2003–2005. Tatiana... View Details
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Rigorous research, rooted in practice | About
in industries and organizations where economic models and operations are being disrupted from every angle. Faculty Case Studies Initiatives & Projects Bold ideas that become a powerful catalyst for change. Business & Environment Business History View Details
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Impact of the New Medium - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details
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Entrepreneurial Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research
must have a bias for action. TEM teaches you how to decompose such complex situations, identify critical choices confronting the enterprise, and make high-risk/high reward decisions with limited data. Andrews, Kenneth. The Concept of View Details
- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
Review 90, nos. 7-8 (July-August 2012) Abstract The article argues that U.S. taxation reform should reduce corporate taxes, incorporate an awareness of the global marketplace, and generate revenue-neutral incentives for innovation.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times
story and they understood there was an enormous amount of pride and optimism."4 In addition to open and honest communication and continued investment in HCHP management practices, corporations need to develop an a priori set of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Curriculum - Business & Environment
concepts: Business and Government Relations, Business Ethics, Corporate Governance Leadership and Corporate Accountability Aviva plc: Examining Net Zero Battle for the Soul of Capitalism: Unilever and the... View Details
- 22 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 22, 2016
16% greater measurement error variance and imply an average performance penalty of 106 to 277 basis points in annual returns. Finally, reduced-form estimates suggest that ineffective and index-based RPE benchmarks are associated with poorer View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- November 2023 (Revised April 2024)
- Case
Khanmigo: Revolutionizing Learning with GenAI
By: William A. Sahlman, Allison M. Ciechanover and Emily Grandjean
Already a leader in the edtech space since its 2008 launch, Khan Academy was now one of the first edtech organizations to embrace generative artificial intelligence ("genAI"). In March 2023, Khan Academy began beta testing Khanmigo, a genAI “guide” and tutor built with... View Details
Keywords: Technology Adoption; Leading Change; Entrepreneurship; Risk and Uncertainty; Education; AI and Machine Learning; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Education Industry; Technology Industry; United States; San Francisco
Sahlman, William A., Allison M. Ciechanover, and Emily Grandjean. "Khanmigo: Revolutionizing Learning with GenAI." Harvard Business School Case 824-059, November 2023. (Revised April 2024.)