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January 15, 2019
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Is Your Company's Strategy Aligned with Your Ownership Model?

The legacy of Vanguard founder John Bogle has brought attention to the transformative influence of ownership structures within the business world. Bogle's revolutionary insight into the limitations of active fund management led to the widespread adoption of index... View Details

Keywords: Ownership Type; Business Strategy; Organizational Structure; Strength and Weakness; Competitive Advantage

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Options: Basics for finding price data

“European” style options. To get the price data you need to know the following terms: Put: contract that grants the right to sell at a given price at a given date Call: contract that grants the... View Details

31 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

From SpinPop to SpinBrush: Entrepreneurial Lessons from John Osher

and large retailers including Walmart and Target. Osher had taken for granted from the start that SpinBrush would be copied quickly by other companies. As a result of that planning he had designed Dr. John's to work on a short product... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Consumer Products

08 Feb 2024
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on Joint Degrees

to apply to 2+2 because it granted me the flexibility to try new things early in my career, while also allowing me to think strategically about how best to leverage my time at HBS. After working in the social impact space, I decided to... View Details

01 Oct 1999
News

Eight Among Many: Peter G. Harf

fast-paced English is delivered with a German accent. He came to HBS with a grant from the German government after earning a doctorate in political economy from the University of Cologne. Upon receiving an MBA as a Baker Scholar, he... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

22 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

Companies Can Expand Their Talent Pool by Giving Ex-Convicts a Second Chance

marketplace: Businesses will hire workers with criminal records if they have the right incentives and information. “We believe anyone who has the will to work should be granted an opportunity to do so,” he says. View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

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By: Rakesh Khurana

I am trained in organizational sociology and my main areas of interest lie in macro-organizational theory and the dynamics of executive labor markets. To date, my research has focused on two themes. The first revolves around understanding the forces that govern the... View Details

31 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

Can a ‘Basic Bundle’ of Health Insurance Cure Coverage Gaps and Spur Innovation?

uncompensated care per year and requiring $11 billion in publicly funded grants for community health centers. The researchers propose offering everyone a basic bundle of health insurance, an approach that has worked for other high-income... View Details

Keywords: by Kasandra Brabaw; Insurance; Health

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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Nicholas Otis, Rowan Clarke, Solène Delecourt, and David Holtz. 2023 Zoe B. Cullen : Recipient of a 2023 National Science Foundation Research Grant ($368,490) for "What's My Employee Worth? Information Frictions, Pay, and Pay Equity" with... View Details

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Criteria | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

for the fund, your role in the fund, and impact of the investments. For applicants either founding their own organization or working at for-profit social enterprises: If you are granted loan assistance, it will be based on the current... View Details

07 Dec 2022
Blog Post

2022 Climate Symposium: Tackling Climate Together

recent tax credits, loans, and grants passed in Washington will drive innovation, accelerate the transition, and demonstrate the U.S. commitment to a managed transition to a low/no carbon economy. Following the morning keynotes, attendees... View Details

01 Jan 2013
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Joanna M. Jacobson, MBA 1987

Cofounder and Managing Partner, Strategic Grant Partners Download Jacobson profile Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1960 Born, Framingham, Massachusetts 1982 Earns BA, International Relations, University of... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

21 Feb 2005
Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

today. Meanwhile, from society's point of view, meanwhile, professional closure offers distinct benefits when the privilege of closure is granted in return for the commitments that true professionals make to serve the public good and to... View Details

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice

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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Thanks to the influence of one of his physics instructors, George W. Wheelwright III, the department granted Land his own laboratory, an unusual resource for a young undergraduate. 11 At a Harvard Physics Colloquium in 1932, Land... View Details

01 Jun 2023
News

An Engine of Innovation

community. In terms of funding, we provide Spark Grants and Social Impact Fellowships. Another source is the Allston Venture Fund, which is a syndicate of venture capital firms that invest in some of the companies. Additionally, there is... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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New Levels of Capitalism: Finance - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

federal lands were surveyed and one tenth were set aside as land grants for railroad development. After the Civil War, state government subsidies began to be replaced by more substantial federal aid. Other major infusions of capital came... View Details

12 Nov 2019
Research & Ideas

Corporate Innovation Increasingly Benefits from Government Research

support as well.” That includes patents that were supported by federal grants and patents that relied on previous patents or publications that the government funded, directly or indirectly. (Yao and his colleagues’ research was itself... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

20 Jul 2021
Research & Ideas

Bankruptcy Spells Death for Too Many Businesses

reorganization, managers can steer firms into liquidations that harm junior creditors, employees, and customers. Under Section 363 of the US Bankruptcy Code, judges may grant that request without creditor consent if managers present a... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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Capturing & Disseminating Video/Photography During Course Activities | About

live streaming, or other formats. Outside Media in the Classroom Media are not permitted in the classroom without the advance permission of the Office of Marketing and Communications; exceptions are rare and generally granted only when... View Details

28 Jan 2016
Blog Post

Why Get an MBA?

There are pros and cons to that reality, but we can be sure it won’t change any time soon. An MBA from HBS would grant me unparalleled access and open doors for anything I want to pursue in the business world, and often beyond.... View Details

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