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- 15 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 15
in India and outline both quantitative and qualitative evidence from 42 Indian state-owned laboratories to support this argument. August 2013 Journal of Economic History Colonial Institutions, Commodity Booms, and the Diffusion of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 20, 2008
representation in policy formulation; and c) accountability in implementation. Examples are drawn from the experiences of South Africa and Brazil. Several preliminary factors... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Video
Mostafa Terrab
Mostafa Terrab, Chairman and CEO of Morocco-based OCP Group, discusses his appointment as director-general of the organization in 2006 and outlines how he prioritized investments into fertilizer production. View Details
- May 2024
- Supplement
Forest Park Capital (A)
By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
During the Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020, Betsy Harbison formed the search fund Forest Park Capital with the intention of purchasing a small business. The case conveys the details of Betsy’s final decision at the terminus of her search, between a software company... View Details
Keywords: Search Fund; Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition; Acquisition; Small Business; Cost vs Benefits; Decisions; Business Education; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Leadership Style; Business or Company Management; Problems and Challenges; Tourism Industry; Web Services Industry; North America; Missouri
Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff. "Forest Park Capital (A)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 224-719, May 2024.
- 07 Jan 2009
- What Do You Think?
Is the World Really Flat?
concluded that "governments should fund education in math and science ... Markets will take care of entrepreneurial innovation." Jay Somasundaram asked whether we are even asking the right... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- February 2018 (Revised May 2019)
- Case
CEWD: Closing the Skills Gap
By: William Kerr, Michael Norris and Manjari Raman
In 2018, Ann Randazzo, executive director of the Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD) is assessing the organization’s performance since its 2006 founding. Founded to address an imminent retirement bubble of middle skills workers in the utilities industry,... View Details
Keywords: Workforce Development; Industry Cooperation; Skills Gap; Middle Skills; Training; Strategic Planning; Competency and Skills; Utilities Industry; United States
Kerr, William, Michael Norris, and Manjari Raman. "CEWD: Closing the Skills Gap." Harvard Business School Case 818-081, February 2018. (Revised May 2019.)
- 30 Sep 2015
- News
The Power of Service
explains Reilly, who cofounded City Year in Boston in 1988 with Harvard friends Michael Brown (HLS 1988), Alan Khazei (HLS 1987), and Neil Silverston (HBS 1987). At the quarter-century mark, the nonprofit... View Details
- 29 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Are First-Time Buyers Left Out of Real Estate’s Rebound?
own a home was part of the psyche of just about everyone I studied, no matter where they lived. The only exception was a nomadic tribe in North Africa that noted that "homes were graveyards for the... View Details
- April 1992 (Revised October 1996)
- Supplement
Reconstruction of Zambia, Supplement--1992
Outlines new government economic plans and first actions after election. To be handed out in class after discussion of main case. View Details
Vietor, Richard H.K. "Reconstruction of Zambia, Supplement--1992." Harvard Business School Supplement 792-092, April 1992. (Revised October 1996.)
- July 2001
- Teaching Note
Developing a Teaching Case (TN) (D)
By: Michael J. Roberts
Describes several teaching plans that were developed for the Virtualis Systems case. Intended for use in training and development programs aimed at novice case writers. View Details
- 13 Jun 2017
- Blog Post
MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences – A Q&A with Professor Robert Howe
pursued research that is relevant to practitioners, in contrast to the work of many scholars at other business schools, who give priority to generating and validating theory of interest to peers in the... View Details
- Career Coach
Michelle Antonio
Michelle (Chicago Booth ’97, Wharton ’91) offers 15 years of professional experience in recruiting, consulting and career management leadership roles. Michelle partners with MBA students and alumni to achieve career success by tapping... View Details
- 1999
- Article
Effects of Instructional Style on Problem-Solving Creativity
By: A. M. Ruscio and T. M. Amabile
This study sought to determine the impact of 2 differing instructional approaches on creative problem-solving performance. Eighty-two college students completed a novel structure-building task after receiving algorithmic instruction (providing a rote, step-by-step... View Details
Ruscio, A. M., and T. M. Amabile. "Effects of Instructional Style on Problem-Solving Creativity." Creativity Research Journal 12, no. 4 (1999): 251–266.
- November 2018 (Revised December 2018)
- Case
CalSTRS Takes on Gun Violence
By: Vikram S Gandhi and Caitlin Reimers
In Spring of 2018, Chris Ailman, CIO of the $200 billion pension plan for California public school teachers (CalSTRS) was mandated by his board to “prioritize engagement with makers and retailers of firearms in California” following a series of gun-related tragedies in... View Details
Keywords: Pension Funds; Pension Plan; Asset Allocation; Screening; ESG; Gun Violence; Business and Government Relations; Values and Beliefs; Education Industry; California; United States
Gandhi, Vikram S., and Caitlin Reimers. "CalSTRS Takes on Gun Violence." Harvard Business School Case 819-079, November 2018. (Revised December 2018.)
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Student Benefits from Class of 2006 Fellowship
GOLDBERG: Bringing a passion for education to the MBA classroom. For the third year in a row, the MBA graduating class has established a fellowship that will benefit future HBS students. The Class of 2006... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Opinion: Making It Better
health-care innovations that offer good value for the money. It was in Africa that we first saw sensible, low-cost health-insurance plans that protect people against financially catastrophic expenses and... View Details
- 03 Mar 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Cooperative Strategic Games
- 17 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
HBS Grads Launch Cybersecurity Nonprofit to Fight Infodemic
the heart of our mission. In addition, our marketing team has produced digestible educational content on the topics of privacy, security, and disinformation, making these complicated topics more accessible... View Details
- 23 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
China’s 60-Year Road from Revolution to World Power
strategy and detail, much of Communist China's first Five-Year Plan had been on Nationalist China's drawing boards. “In the first half of the twentieth century, China developed one of the more dynamic systems of higher education View Details
Keywords: by William C. Kirby
- March 2022 (Revised March 2022)
- Supplement
Transformation at Loyola New Orleans (B)
By: David Fubini and Patrick Sanguineti
In August of 2018, Tania Tetlow is inaugurated as President of Loyola University New Orleans, in the midst of turmoil. Prior to her start, the university was given a final warning to land a balanced budget by year's end by its accreditors or risk facing probation. It... View Details
Keywords: Higher Education; Financial Condition; Crisis Management; Change Management; Trust; Transformation
Fubini, David, and Patrick Sanguineti. "Transformation at Loyola New Orleans (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 422-053, March 2022. (Revised March 2022.)