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06 Dec 2017
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The 23rd Annual Harvard Business School Tech Conference

about the prospects that they can explore outside of the U.S. Next, we had a dual keynote session with Deep Nishar (Senior Managing Partner, SoftBank) and Eric Paley (Managing Partner, Founder Collective) who were interviewed by Dan... View Details

Keywords: Technology

03 Nov 2022
Blog Post

Introducing the Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series

relations. BEI is partnering with the CEM team to highlight videos with significant climate change and sustainability content. Over the course of the next several months, we will be releasing selected videos on this blog to amplify the... View Details

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IFC: Europe; Decarbonization and Sustainable Production - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog IFC: Europe; Decarbonization and Sustainable Production Course Number 6078 Baker Foundation Professor of Management Practice Willy Shih Professor Michael Toffel January; J; 3.0 credits Fall On-Campus Course Sessions:... View Details

01 Jun 2005
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Profiles from the Class of 2005

combination offered by Ford Motor Company’s management training program. While he excelled at leading teams to solve engineering-based manufacturing problems, it was a stint in sales and marketing that... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Julia Hanna; James E. Aisner; Graduate profiles; Government; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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Educating Leaders - Georges F. Doriot:Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer Venture in View Details

15 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 15, 2008

distributional issues, and the likely effects of reforms to tax provisions such as the AMT are considered. Download the paper from SSRN.com ($5): http://www.nber.org/papers/w14149 Inexperienced Investors and Bubbles Authors:Robin Greenwood and Stefan Nagel Abstract We... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

October 2016
Supplement

24 Hour Fitness (B): Ownership Changes, 2005–2016

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

In 2016, 24 Hour Fitness was the number-two fitness chain in the United States, generating revenues of $1.4 billion from 441 clubs serving 3.8 million members. Based in San Ramon, California, 24 Hour Fitness operated clubs in 13 states. Having grown rapidly to become... View Details

Keywords: Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Buildings and Facilities; Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Customers; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Age; Training; Private Equity; Financing and Loans; Price; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Location; Geographic Scope; Health; Nutrition; Business History; Human Resources; Employees; Employee Relationship Management; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Journals and Magazines; Human Capital; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Teams; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Channels; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Social Marketing; Demand and Consumers; Market Entry and Exit; Media; Organizational Design; Private Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Groups and Teams; Sales; Salesforce Management; Situation or Environment; Welfare or Wellbeing; Sports; Strategy; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Segmentation; Information Technology; Internet; Mobile Technology; Online Technology; Software; Web Sites; Value; Valuation; Health Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States; California; San Francisco

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Entrepreneurship Outside the Valley - Course Catalog

and a focus on becoming profitable. Similarly, in countries with high inflation and currency devaluation, managing revenue and expenses can become difficult. In certain sectors, the cost of funds, for example in fintech lending, can... View Details

22 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

enterprises seem incapable of transformative innovation, it is due to how we design and manage them, rather than anything inherent in their scale. In fact, Creative Construction argues, if used properly, scale can be an asset, rather than... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

05 May 2023
News

Fail Better

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Every year, HBS selects a small handful of outstanding alums to receive its most important honor, the Alumni Achievement Award. This year's recipients work in finance, politics, biopharma, and... View Details

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Wendy Lim

curriculum, diversity of student body, and strong campus life, HBS became a place for renewal. Preparation for personal and professional growth The school’s general management approach appealed to Wendy. “The higher you go within an... View Details

02 Oct 2015
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The ‘F’ Word

definition means being comfortable with failing.” “Failure is not just the opposite of success,” says Shikhar Ghosh, a senior lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit who has founded or led eight tech startups over the past 20... View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

14 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 14, 2007

sectors beyond the original bath soap category. The development causes the brand team to take a fresh look at the clichés of the beauty industry. The result is the controversial Real Beauty campaign. As the campaign unfolds, Unilever... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Courses by Title - Course Catalog

Lou Shipley Spring 2025 Q3 1.5 Entrepreneurial Sales 102: Building, Managing, and Scaling the First Sales Team as a Founder, Investor, or Advisor Entrepreneurial Management Lou Shipley Spring 2025 Q4 1.5... View Details

21 Dec 2016
Blog Post

The Best Little Secret of the Harvard MBA

groups typically divided work among each of the team members and the mornings were when the students reconvened to share their individual findings. While most others and I would read every case (okay, maybe I scanned a few in my two... View Details

28 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

Rethinking the Fairness of Organ Transplants

assistant professor in the Technology and Operations Management Unit. "If you're one of them and you're not getting a kidney, you should be able to understand why and what the criteria are." A Long Line About 500,000 people in... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Health

11 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Non-competes Push Talent Away

disturbed that nobody had mentioned the non-compete before he accepted the job, Marx signed willingly, assuming such documents were commonplace. “It's clear that that inventors are leaving states that enforce non-competes for states that don't." Fast-forward a few... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology

21 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

The VC Quandary: Too Much Money

School. Intel Capital, the chipmaker's venture division, has scaled back somewhat from the hyper investment levels of 2000, "but I've always thought it was really important in the venture market to stay in the market, be in the market consistently," said Jim... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette; Financial Services

19 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017

manager at Facebook, founded the start-up Propel to build software for low-income Americans. After conducting in-depth behavioral research, Chen and his small team in New York City began to develop... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Jun 1997
News

Blockbuster Deals

two CEOs agreeing early on about who will run the merged company. Members of the new top management team, he notes, should also ideally come from both sides if a spirit of partnership is to develop. "Immediately after the merger," Beer... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry

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