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- 14 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina
school system—and to take action to improve it. There has been much work to do, as Harvard Business School's Stacey Childress details in two case studies. According to Childress, "The New Orleans public school district was already in... View Details
- 21 May 2018
- HBS Case
How Would You Price One of the World's Great Watches?
taseffski When Stefan Thomke finished writing the Harvard Business School case study on A. Lange & Söhne, he sent it to the German watchmaker for feedback. The company’s response was a first for the 25-year Harvard View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Moir Donelson
Donelson has devoted much of his life to helping others achieve and succeed. When he graduates this year, he will return to Chicago, where he plans to work for Bain & Company, in part to broaden his contacts with area businesses. His... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
A Fast Start on Your New Job
about what these different types of transitions are. A: The four broad types of business situations that new leaders must contend with are startup, turnaround, realignment, and sustaining success. In a startup, the new leader is charged... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
Khoja, now 56, never planned to go to Afghanistan. A veteran telecom executive responsible for launching service in developing countries around the world, he was working for Deutsche Telekom in Croatia in January 2002 when a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- Profile
Luc Sirois
for children with cystic fibrosis that teaches them skills to deal with their daily treatment regimens. The pace is scrappy and the conversation engaging. Since launching in 2012, HH hackathons have been held in major cities around the world, with early-2015 events... View Details
- 24 May 2023
- Blog Post
Get to Know Class Day Speaker Adán Acevedo
View Video Adán Acevedo (MBA 2023) has been selected as the student speaker for Harvard Business School’s (HBS) Class Day celebration, held this year on Wednesday, May 24. Class Day honors graduating students and typically takes place on... View Details
- 30 May 2016
- Blog Post
Meet the HBS Sound Society
had some pretty big names on campus — artists like The Chainsmokers and Alison Wonderland. We spoke with them about the business of being a musician, how digital technology was impacting how they make money and communicate with fans, how... View Details
- 24 Aug 2017
- News
Unlocking Potential
as a business student at nearby Brigham Young University, pursing a degree in organizational behavior. The original plan was to go into accountancy, but a finance internship was enough to convince her that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Letters
but it has a detailed plan for public- and private- sector efforts to end extreme global poverty. Business alone cannot do the job because, as the IGD plan points out, it is... View Details
- 02 Aug 2018
- News
Can Marketing Help Halt the Heroin Epidemic?
didn't plan for those to be control areas on our survey work, but that's what they've become. And the results are dramatically different in those geographic areas where we never ran any ads, where we never did anything. Hanna: Jim, as... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
seed funding, Leiman and Ogden prepared a business plan to pursue greater funding. While their initial attempts to attract investors in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe were unsuccessful,... View Details
- 20 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
When Predicting Other People's Preferences, You're Probably Wrong
John, an assistant professor in the Negotiation, Organizations, and Markets unit at Harvard Business School. “They assume the Bachelor can only like one type of woman.” “When you like one lake, people infer that you hate cities” It turns... View Details
- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Faculty Research Looks to Latin America
conducted now is extremely broad. "There was a lot more than we had first realized," she reported. Nine HBS professors described the research they are conducting on Latin America as well as work they plan to do in the future.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner
companies have been financed during previous downturns in the venture capital market. Entrepreneurs should not necessarily abandon all hope. Venture capitalists still have many, many billions to invest, so well crafted business View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Rahul Bajaj, MBA 1964
socialist state, a land of overarching regulation rather than of opportunity. "As a result, there was no entrepreneurship, and businesses couldn't do a thing without government approval," recalls Rahul Bajaj, a member of one of India's... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Christensen and Vernon Remembered
As noted briefly in the last issue of the Bulletin, two distinguished members of the HBS faculty, C. Roland Christensen and Raymond Vernon, passed away last August. Highlights of their illustrious careers follow. A Master Teacher One of the founders of the field of... View Details
- 23 Apr 2014
- HBS Case
Are Electronic Cigarettes a Public Good or Health Hazard?
the amount of nicotine they inhale, gradually weaning themselves off their addiction if they choose. “The value proposition of e-cigarettes is clear” "The value proposition of e-cigarettes is clear," says John A. Quelch, Charles Edward Wilson Professor of... View Details
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-049.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsAbsolute Return for Kids Harvard Business School Case 309-036 Absolute Return for Kids [ARK] is a charity with strong financial support—what are the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
wave of new business ventures in areas such as microcomputers, software programs, and hardware-related peripheral equipment that has changed the world forever. "During the early '80s, I'd get a lot of View Details