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Stephanie Atiase

organizations that "foster an environment for the company to grow." For her summer internship, Stephanie joined a management consultancy focused on operating model design. After graduation, she hopes to work at the intersection... View Details

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Ben Steiner

banks were getting sweetheart deals. I applied the financial modeling skills I learned at HBS to determine fair value. From the legal side, I worked on complicated analyses of congressional rules and contract law to understand the... View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

Accelerating a Gas-on-demand Startup

Model T owners—and it was basically the last major innovation in gasoline retailing for more than 100 years, says Bryan Frist (MBA 2015). “The gas station was stuck in the 20th century.” That revelation led to a question: If you can get... View Details

Keywords: April White; startups; on-demand economy; entrepreneurship; Personal Services

01 Dec 2014
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Opportunities Realized Through Fellowships

similar challenges. “I want to succeed in business and become a philanthropist so that I can help others in the same way,” she says. Until then, she is already having an impact as a role model for peers in her hometown of Pleasantville,... View Details

Keywords: fellowships

01 Dec 2004
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GLF Showcases London

Career Services, previewed the new service, which will feature the ability to search jobs by industry, function, geographic region, salary range, keyword, and type of position. Modeled after the Job Bank built for MBA students in 2002,... View Details

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

03 Apr 2012
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Just Compensation

years, we developed a model—the Alignment Model—that provides a market standard against which to analyze a company’s pay relative to its performance,” Ferracone says. “So, for a given company, in terms of its current revenue size, its industry or peer group, and its... View Details

Keywords: executives; executive compensation; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

17 Nov 2009
First Look

First Look: Nov. 17

Working PapersUser, and Open Collaborative Innovation: Ascendent Economic Models Authors:Carliss Y. Baldwin and Eric von Hippel Abstract In this paper we assess the economic viability of innovation by producers relative to two... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

September 2021 (Revised June 2023)
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Mission edX: Balancing Social Good and Financial Sustainability

By: John J-H Kim, David J. Collis and James Barnett

In March 2021, online education platform edX considers how to achieve financial sustainability without compromising its mission to provide universal access to high-quality education. View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Education; Values and Beliefs; Internet and the Web; Financial Strategy; Mission and Purpose; Education Industry; United States

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March 2009 (Revised June 2011)
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The Guardian: Transition to the Online World

By: David J. Collis, Peter W. Olson and Mary Furey

The Guardian had been an early innovator in online newspapers and had not only become the leading U.K. newspaper web site, but was making strides with audiences outside of the U.K. However, The Guardian had been losing money since 2000, and, in spite of the relative... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Revenue; Newspapers; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Risk and Uncertainty; Business Strategy; Online Technology; Journalism and News Industry; Publishing Industry; United Kingdom

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01 Sep 2013
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High-Level Impact

addition to advancing educational innovation, gifts to the HBS Fund fuel a more flexible economic model for the School and have an immediate impact on enduring priorities such as student financial aid, pathbreaking research, and global... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Dec 2003
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Nonprofits: Choosing a Path for Growth

Social enterprises are traditionally organized along one of two lines: The affiliation model favors decentralized control, while the branch model concentrates control at a central headquarters. In analyzing... View Details

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship in Europe

new role models and provided a wake-up call for older firms and has been a catalyst for old economy start-ups, as well. It's also been a catalyst for developing an understanding of entrepreneurial activity outside the United States, he... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

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2.8 MBA Community Values Annual Report (2023) | MBA

they agree to abide by the following Community Values: Respect for the rights, differences, and dignity of others Honesty and integrity in dealing with all members of the community Accountability for personal behavior HBS can and should be a living View Details

30 Apr 2019
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Leading Schools That Change Lives

country helping low-income kids beat the odds,” he explains. “I didn’t plan a teaching career, but I loved that job.” Often Jesuit-supported, the Nativity model offers low-income middle school students the advantages of small classes and... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

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Entrepreneurial Sales 102: Building the First Sales Team - Course Catalog

happens until a sale is made. That simple point underlines the critical importance of sales. Every operating model and business plan ‘assumes’ a certain amount of sales, but that assumption is the tipping point. Without sales, the entire... View Details

01 Dec 2007
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Learning to Lead

model that will predict how its competitors will react to changes in pricing. “I felt completely clueless,” he recalls in the case. The dynamics of the project team are equally demanding. Keller, who launched and ran a company in Cambodia... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Management

01 Sep 2015
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Data-Driven Diligence

that sold them on Casper—it was the numbers. The company had tested well in a revolutionary predictive model built by the venture firm. The idea to vet possible investments in such a way hit Coats about a decade ago: Maybe, he figured, he... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs

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Research in Black and White | Baker Library

Corporation Research & Development Records, b. III.350, f. 3. In addition to the original Land Camera Model 95, Polaroid introduced the Pathfinder Model 110, marketed for professional use, in 1952; the... View Details

14 Jun 2016
First Look

June 14, 2016

the pressure on everyone. Revealing involves openly embracing nonwork commitments. Revealers may unwittingly put their careers at risk, however, and bosses who penalize them may drive away talent. So how can organizations build a healthier—and more productive—culture?... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2006
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Banking on Success

As president and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, the nation’s third-largest financial corporation, Jamie Dimon (MBA ’82) has a shot to prove whether the model of one-stop-shop for financial services really works. It’s a View Details

Keywords: Management

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