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- 09 Oct 2018
Women Prospective Student Visit Day
Jointly sponsored by HBS MBA Admissions and the Women's Student Association (WSA), this event is designed for prospective applicants to experience the MBA program at Harvard Business School. Over the course of the day, participants will... View Details
- September 2011
- Article
On Testing Business Models
By: D. Huelsbeck, K. Merchant and Tatiana Sandino
This study explored management decisions regarding formal empirical testing of business models. It documented a test of one company's business model under seemingly favorable conditions for such a test – a successful single product firm following a consistent strategy... View Details
Keywords: Performance Measurement; Non-financial Performance Measures; Business Models; Management Control; Decisions; Business Model; Performance Evaluation
Huelsbeck, D., K. Merchant, and Tatiana Sandino. "On Testing Business Models." Accounting Review 86, no. 5 (September 2011): 1631–1654. (Awarded a Research Grant from the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.)
- February 2023 (Revised June 2023)
- Case
Doing Business in São Paulo, Brazil
By: Hise O. Gibson, Leonard A. Schlesinger, Ruth Costas and Pedro Levindo
The case uses the example of a large investment made by French retail group Carrefour in Brazil to discuss the opportunities and challenges of doing business in the country. It gives readers an overview of Brazil’s economic transformation since its colonial years until... View Details
Keywords: Business Cycles; Development Economics; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth; Economic Sectors; Economy; Macroeconomics; Business History; Brazil; Latin America
Gibson, Hise O., Leonard A. Schlesinger, Ruth Costas, and Pedro Levindo. "Doing Business in São Paulo, Brazil." Harvard Business School Case 323-084, February 2023. (Revised June 2023.)
- April 2017
- Article
The Responsibilities and Role of Business in Relation to Society: Back to Basics?
By: Nien-he Hsieh
In this address, I outline a back-to-basics approach to specifying the responsibilities and role of business in relation to society. Three “basics” comprise the approach. The first is arguing that basic principles of ordinary morality, such as a duty not to harm,... View Details
Keywords: Business And Society; Corporate Responsibility; Harm; Human Rights; Institutions; Pareto Efficiency; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Moral Sensibility; Society; Rights
Hsieh, Nien-he. "The Responsibilities and Role of Business in Relation to Society: Back to Basics?" Business Ethics Quarterly 27, no. 2 (April 2017): 293–314.
- 2007
- Article
Trends in Executive Education in Business Marketing
By: Das Narayandas
Narayandas, Das. "Trends in Executive Education in Business Marketing." Journal of Business-to-Business Marketing 14, no. 1 (2007).
- July 2007 (Revised January 2008)
- Case
Andrea Jung: Empowering Avon Women (A)
By: William W. George, Diana Mayer and Andrew N. McLean
In October 2005 Andrea Jung is coping with a 30% decline in Avon's stock price--the biggest test of her leadership since she became CEO in 2000. View Details
George, William W., Diana Mayer, and Andrew N. McLean. "Andrea Jung: Empowering Avon Women (A)." Harvard Business School Case 408-035, July 2007. (Revised January 2008.)
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Leading in business and in public education
As cochairman of the board of Loews Corporation, Andrew Tisch (MBA 1977) has played a leadership role in one of the largest diversified companies in the United States. He is also using his skills to help... View Details
- 25 Apr 2013
- News
The business strategy in plausible deniability
- 02 Oct 2017
- News
Business Books to Watch in October
- 12 PM – 1 PM EST, 15 Jan 2015
- Webinars: Trending@HBS
High Impact Women Entrepreneurs: Insights from Pioneers who are Changing the Game
During this webinar, Professor Lynda Applegate, faculty chair of the HBS Owner/President Management program, will discuss new research that is developing profiles and case studies on women entrepreneurs who founded new ventures that have become successful high-growth,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Leslie Hale (MBA 2001)
I was born into an entrepreneurial family. My parents owned a small business in the day care industry, so I have been working since I was seven years old. But I didn’t start getting paid until I got out of... View Details
- 25 Jul 2013
- News
The Women Who Become Board Members
- 07 Feb 2020
- News
Women less inclined to self-promote than men, even for a job
- 2005
- Book
Restoring Trust in American Business
By: Jay W. Lorsch, Leslie Berlowitz and A. Zelleke
Lorsch, Jay W., Leslie Berlowitz and A. Zelleke, eds. Restoring Trust in American Business. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2005.
Former SBA Head Mills: Working Women at a Tipping Point (Bloomberg Radio)
Karen Mills, Former Small Business Administrator and Senior Fellow at Harvard Business School, on the landscape for women entrepreneurs. View Details
- 30 Jun 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: The Role of Business Leaders in Sustaining Market Capitalism
separate panels shared their views with HBS faculty on the challenges faced by and the future of market capitalism, with very different perspectives among the panelists. In recent HBS research, most business... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty