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Harvard Business School

cell phone and television network business, and started his own phone company. Ed Jones Jr. MBA 1972 In 1973, the Harvard Business Review published Edward Jones's personal account, “What It's Like to Be a Black Manager.” At the time he... View Details

14 Jul 2020
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Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World

pervasive uncertainty created by COVID-19 in other ways, for example nurturing the relationship with other firms in their networks or establishing new connections that could lead to new learnings. Other firms, and especially businesses... View Details

Keywords: by Raffaella Sadun, Andrea Bertoni, Alexia Delfino, Giovanni Fassio, and Mariapaola Testa

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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

ESG-Innovation Disconnect: Evidence from Green Patenting” with Umit Gurun and Quoc Nguyen. Lauren H. Cohen : Invited to give a keynote address at the launch of the eNaira, Nigeria’s Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), 2021. Lauren H.... View Details

22 Jul 2019
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How to Be a Digital Platform Leader

research, you identified 209 platform failures between 1995 and 2015 and about 45 successful firms for the same period. What are drivers of success? Yoffie: The most important driver of success is network effects. View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

20 Oct 2003
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Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry

created by the swift expansion of local and wide area corporate computer networks (LANS and WANs) and the privatized Internet brought a second Japanese challenge in the early 1990s. Critical here was the development of the workstation... View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Consumer Products

February 2022
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US Foods: Driving Post-Pandemic Success?

By: David E. Bell, Olivia Hull and Amy Klopfenstein

In November 2021, US Foods CEO Pietro Satriano must decide his company’s trajectory following the COVID-19 pandemic. US Foods suffered due to business closures and social distancing during the height of the pandemic. While the situation improved following the return of... View Details

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12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

addressing this critical issue and is quite simply broken. HBS’s own Professor Rebecca Henderson has emphasized this fact and underscored the conclusion that “business is central to finding a solution.” A parallel may be drawn to the... View Details

19 Sep 2016
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Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?

journals. “Academic research can be helpful, but it tends to be overly complex, hard to digest, and not backed by real quantitative insights from customer populations or engagements,” says Neale-May, executive director of the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council, a... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

September 2020
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Uber at a Crossroads (2017)

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Karen Elterman

This case describes the history of Uber, its business model—including the ways it differed from that of the traditional taxi industry—and its competition with Lyft. The case is set in 2017, a year in which Uber was plagued by even more scandals than usual, though its... View Details

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

to shrink. You meet less new people and socialize more within a smaller circle. In this panel workshop, you’re going to walk away with practical strategies to enhance your social connection. You’ll leave with an action plan and strategies to prevent your circles... View Details

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Markets of Progress: Coffee, Commerce, and Community in the Soconusco, Chiapas, 1867-1920

Markets of Progress presents a new holistic story of rural development in Mexico at the turn of the century. In the Soconusco, as in regions throughout the world, the accelerating circulation of commodities and capital, ideas and immigrants reshaped society... View Details

Keywords: Commodities; Coffee; Mexico; Foreign Investment; Institutions; Immigration; Developing Agriculture; Development; Export Crop; Emerging Market; Property Rights; Labor History; History; Capital Markets; Business History; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Latin America; Mexico; Central America

01 Sep 2005
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Young Alums Honored for Social Enterprise

AWARD WINNERS: Benjamin Fenton (MBA '00), Iris Chen (MBA/JD '01), and Marc Sternberg (MBA '00) at the HBS Club of Greater New York's annual Leadership Dinner. Recognizing the many accomplishments of senior business executives has always been the View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Sep 2005
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Have Ideas, Will Travel

decision-makers in the region so they can validate their ideas and increase their impact.” The symposium featured presentations by five HBS faculty members, a panel discussion on microfinance, and a luncheon address by the president of Brazil’s View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2008
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Goldman Supports Case Method

from top business schools in emerging markets in 2000. Since then, more than 1,000 faculty from Latin America, China, Africa, and Central Europe have participated. Goldman’s support is part of its 10,000 Women initiative, which aims to... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

06 Oct 2003
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The Growth of the Social Enterprise

relationship can range from loose to tight with respect to the financial and operational interactions between affiliates and the central organization. A loose affiliation generally refers to a network of... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

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Global Reach | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Collection (E43). Download the International Teachers Program pamphlet (interior). Letter to Central and Eastern European Teachers Program participants, July 20, 1992. Francis J. Aguilar Papers (GA 2.25). Download the Letter to View Details

01 Mar 2019
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Ask the Expert: Auto Pilot

When Mayfield Fund Managing Director Raj Kapoor (MBA 1996), the cofounder and former CEO of Snapfish and fitmob, joined Lyft as chief strategy officer in 2016, he was intent on finding ways to reduce human impact on climate change. The solution turned out to be so... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade

21 May 2021
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See Us Unite for Change

Lirio Marcelo (MBA 1998), the founder of Care.com and TAAF board member, is an executive producer of the event. “Not only are business leaders, activists and talent coming together to support this cause, but we have networks and media... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

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Tools & Services | Information Technology

centralize and streamline event planning, management, publishing, and more. Student Information Systems Explore the platforms that support key student activities like admissions, financial aid, and registration. Library Systems Discover... View Details

27 Feb 2024
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IFC India: Development while Decarbonizing - Understanding India’s Agriculture Landscape

political complexities pose significant challenges. Prior to our immersion, our research pointed to a few central tensions that made it challenging for the agricultural sector to decarbonize. Firstly, land ownership is highly fragmented,... View Details

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