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- 05 May 2015
- News
Alumni in London Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS
opportunities facing Harvard Business School, but also the great opportunities we have to help create positive change throughout the world. “And the Campaign is about more than raising money,” he noted. “It provides an opportunity to... View Details
- 24 Feb 2015
- News
Florida Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS
institution the resources it will require to meet the challenges this future will bring,” said Dean Nohria. “As we do so, we need to think not only of the challenges and opportunities facing Harvard Business School, but also the great opportunities we have to help... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Getting on Board
corporate board consideration.” As you organize your campaign, Stautberg says, “It’s best to cast a wide net. Networking is essential,” she emphasizes. “Who knows you and respects your capabilities? If you have a positive relationship... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Home Sweet (Modular) Home
entrepreneurial odyssey that, at long last, has positioned Greentech on the brink of profitability. The company set out to be different. Greentech aimed to produce custom-designed modular homes that are highly energy efficient. Reflecting... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Intellectual Debate: The Business of Business
Organizations and Markets unit (see Theory and Practice for a profile of the O&M unit) quickly sparked discussion in two different areas. Noting that the unit's Coordination, Control, and the Management of Organizations (CCMO) course often advocates theoretical View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Center Stage
the social sector, has resulted in the placement of numerous HBS Social Enterprise Summer Fellows and yearlong Leadership Fellows in positions at Lincoln Center. View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
2010 Leadership Fellows
Eleven graduating MBAs have taken positions with nonprofit and public-sector organizations with the support of the School’s Leadership Fellows Program. The program awards key management positions for one... View Details
- 05 Apr 2017
- Research & Ideas
For Women Especially, It Pays to Know What Car Repairs Should Cost
which basically means that men would be more likely to respond positively to women if they ask something from them.” So, in a sense, it might be comforting to learn that not all women are price-discriminated against at repair shops. “Once... View Details
- 12 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Creating Online Ads We Want to Watch
in the ad. (In this this video clip illustrating a participant's eye movements, the large dots indicate actual focus.) "It so happens that there are two basic types of eye movements: one is fixation, and the other is where the eye is moving from one View Details
- 11 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 11
firm, minority shareholders fare poorly after listing. Parent firms often repurchase subsidiaries at large discounts to valuations at the time of listing and experience positive abnormal returns when repurchases are announced. Download... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 24
the behavior leads to a negative rather than a positive outcome. We also find that people's willingness to punish wrongdoers is consistent with their judgments, and we offer preliminary evidence on how to reduce these biases. Entry, Exit... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
The Exchange: The Tech Leader’s Tightrope
broadly universal that, no matter what a government’s position or what the potential benefit to society is, ought to be respected? In this case, Apple could view it as appropriate—and perhaps even required—to protect privacy in order to... View Details
- 04 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: JESSE LOU (MBA 2022) – WORKING TO CHANGE THE FOOD SYSTEM
you to HBS. In 2018, I started reflecting on the big existential question of ‘what is my calling?’ It was really intimidating to think about – my main criteria were to work on problems that mattered to me, that I could have fun doing, while having a View Details
- 02 Sep 2021
- News
Back to School
investment banking to become a seventh-grade math teacher at Harlem West Middle School, teaching for three years before taking positions in school leadership at Success Academy Midtown West and Harlem Central Middle School. The experience... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 08 Aug 2018
- News
Getting Life Back in Balance
Limestone Coast of South Australia, where he had just been hired as CEO of the Wattle Range Council, a position similar to that of a city manager in the United States. “I felt like it was the first time in my life that I had made a... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 04 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: JESSE LOU (MBA 2022) – WORKING TO CHANGE THE FOOD SYSTEM
you to HBS. In 2018, I started reflecting on the big existential question of ‘what is my calling?’ It was really intimidating to think about – my main criteria were to work on problems that mattered to me, that I could have fun doing, while having a View Details
- Career Coach
Fran Davis
Fran has a Ph.D. in Psychology and has worked at Harvard for over 25 years. Over these three decades she has provided career coaching for MBA students, HBS Alumni, and in Executive Education programs and has taught psychology courses (including View Details
- January 2011
- Case
Serious Materials
By: Thomas J. Steenburgh and Elizabeth A. Kind
Serious Materials is a start up who is moving into clean tech markets. The company's first product, QuietRock, originated the sound proofing drywall category and created a steady stream of revenue. It was now considering how to expand its product line to compete in the... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Product Positioning; Market Entry and Exit; Green Technology Industry
Steenburgh, Thomas J., and Elizabeth A. Kind. "Serious Materials." Harvard Business School Case 511-111, January 2011.
- February 2000 (Revised May 2001)
- Case
BET.com
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Pauline M Fischer
Black Entertainment Television, a leading cable programmer, is launching BET.com, an Internet portal targeted toward African-Americans. This case examines the challenges facing BET management as it defines its service offerings and target customer segments in a... View Details
Keywords: Product Positioning; Ethnicity; Internet and the Web; Age; Race; Decision Choices and Conditions; Business Startups; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States
Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Pauline M Fischer. "BET.com." Harvard Business School Case 800-283, February 2000. (Revised May 2001.)
- 2021
- Working Paper
Accounting for Product Impact in the Telecommunications Industry
By: George Serafeim and Katie Trinh
We apply the product impact measurement framework of the Impact-Weighted Accounts Initiative (IWAI) in two competitor companies within the telecommunications industry. We design a monetization methodology that allows us to calculate monetary impact estimates of network... View Details
Keywords: Product Innovation; Impact; Impact Investing; Impact Measurement; ESG; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; ESG Ratings; Social Corporate Responsibility; Corporate Social Responsibility; Social Impact; Telecommunications; Product Design; Product Positioning; Society; Product; Environmental Sustainability; Measurement and Metrics; Framework; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Telecommunications Industry
Serafeim, George, and Katie Trinh. "Accounting for Product Impact in the Telecommunications Industry." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-105, March 2021. (Revised May 2021.)