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- 28 Oct 2021
- News
Capital Considerations for Black Entrepreneurs; Pivoting for Gender Equity
failure in the startup and tech ecosystems. I think the HBS community is particularly well-suited to be a problem-solver here. We have so many leaders in VC, startups, and entrepreneurship. Our alumni network literally runs the largest... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Value of Difficult Conversations
Great Conversation In the virtual classroom, Ratajczak steered the conversation away from past harms to the Black community to the current issues that stem from them. He wondered how payments could address modern inequities and if such... View Details
- 13 May 2014
- News
Willing Hands
Frank Spencer (MBA 1986) helped to build his first Habitat for Humanity house in 1988. It was in the Belmont neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, and, like many Habitat homes, was constructed over approximately 10 weeks, with Spencer and other members of his... View Details
- 29 Aug 2017
- Book
Using Language to Build a Global Company
- 2020
- Article
How Signal Intensity of Behavioral Orientations Affects Crowdfunding Performance: The Role of Entrepreneurial Orientation in Crowdfunding Business Ventures
By: Goran Calic and Anton Shevchenko
Backers assess a crowdfunding campaign description not merely for a project’s capacity to deliver a reward, but also for the manner in which that reward is delivered. Viewed through the lens of signalling theory, crowdfunding performance depends on the signals of... View Details
Keywords: Crowdfunding; Entrepreneurial Finance; Entrepreneurship; Consumer Behavior; Communication Strategy
Calic, Goran, and Anton Shevchenko. "How Signal Intensity of Behavioral Orientations Affects Crowdfunding Performance: The Role of Entrepreneurial Orientation in Crowdfunding Business Ventures." Journal of Business Research 115 (2020): 204–220.
- Article
The Right and Wrong Way to Do ‘CEO Activism’
By: Aaron K Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel
CEO activism—where leaders take public stands on controversial social and political issues that aren’t related to their company’s bottom line—has become increasingly common. CEO activism has attracted favorable media attention, but has also resulted in backlash and... View Details
Chatterji, Aaron K., and Michael W. Toffel. "The Right and Wrong Way to Do ‘CEO Activism’." Wall Street Journal (February 22, 2019).
- June 2008
- Supplement
Professors Sven Larson and Kenneth Carpenter (C)
By: James L. Heskett and Tor Askild Aase Johannessen
Professor Kenneth Carpenter has received word that he has inadvertently offended one of his students. He is pondering a possible response. View Details
Heskett, James L., and Tor Askild Aase Johannessen. "Professors Sven Larson and Kenneth Carpenter (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 908-410, June 2008.
- November 1994 (Revised January 1995)
- Case
Wheeling and Dealing: The Zirconia GT
By: Howard Raiffa, James K. Sebenius, Craig Best and Scot Melland
A personal negotiation episode in purchasing a car is presented. Tactics and strategies commonly encountered by car buyers and car salespeople are illustrated. View Details
Raiffa, Howard, James K. Sebenius, Craig Best, and Scot Melland. "Wheeling and Dealing: The Zirconia GT." Harvard Business School Case 895-013, November 1994. (Revised January 1995.)
- December 1970 (Revised May 1983)
- Case
David Alpert (A)
By: Jay W. Lorsch
Interpersonal day-to-day dealings of a product manager with others in the division, including his comments on these dealings. View Details
Lorsch, Jay W. "David Alpert (A)." Harvard Business School Case 471-050, December 1970. (Revised May 1983.)
- 20 Feb 2015
- News
E. Roe Stamps IV: Making A Difference
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Pursuing a passion to educate the public about the natural world
Roger Sant (MBA 1960), cofounder and chairman emeritus of AES Corporation, talks about his support for educating the public about oceans and the environment. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Beantown as a Beacon
partnership with Harvard and MIT—brings free online middle skill-boosting and job-training courses to Boston's community centers, libraries, and high schools. As Boston Mayor Tom Menino's chief of staff Mitch Weiss (MBA 2004) noted,... View Details
- March 2000 (Revised September 2000)
- Case
yesmail.com
David Tolmie wants yesmail.com to become a leader in "permission marketing." Yesmail sends clients promotional e-mail messages to targeted consumers who said "yes" when asked whether they wished to receive promotional offers in a set of categories of interest. Tolmie... View Details
Keywords: Marketing Communications
Wathieu, Luc R. "yesmail.com." Harvard Business School Case 500-092, March 2000. (Revised September 2000.)
- 06 Jan 2015
- News
Helping a family business
HBS has given Ricardo Aguirre (MBA 2015) the ability to listen and learn from others, an asset he plans to take back to his family’s businesses in Venezuela. (Published January 2015) View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
34,000 Pages and Counting
fleeting sense of community created by the experience. Upon graduation, he continued, we miss the togetherness of our campus years. “It’s the togetherness that people thrive on,” he said, providing the answer I was looking for. For HBS... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Golden State of Mind
analyze financial data and create budgets; it also offers a public interface that opens a government’s books to its constituents. “If you want to see how much money your community spends on police, you can track that, down to the flak... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Leadership on a Global Stage
the attendees usable knowledge and actionable insights, now and in the future. “The networking aspect is also important. These are unique communities of proven leaders, and the service academies want their graduates to make a difference... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
"Rising to the Challenge" Program Addresses Post-9/11 Issues
"Rising to the Challenge" Program Addresses Post-9/11 Issues It was no doubt the first time in HBS history that those who gathered for a community event at Burden Auditorium were provided with lifesaving medical supplies. As they filed... View Details
- 09 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Fearing Fox News, Democratic-leaning Companies Delayed Negative Announcements
Fox News has influenced how companies disclose financial news. Legal analyst Gregg Jarrett on the set in 2016. Source: Wikipedia Commons, CC 3.0) The United States presidential election of 2000 took place in a simpler time. The internet was not yet a major news source,... View Details
- 16 Nov 2015
- News
Connecting with Indigenous Traditions
rediscovering authentic and traditional ways to interact with a divine, natural world.” Today, he and Eagan also work as a Fire Keepers, hosting monthly fires and ceremonies near a tipi next to their house, where members of the local View Details