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Research - Private Capital Project

credit, in addition to several other transaction-level characteristics, we re-examine the reasons behind dollar... February 2023 Journal of Finance Disruption and Credit Markets By: Bo Becker and Victoria Ivashina We show that over the... View Details

Trust

Entrepreneurial ventures often fail in the developing world because of the lack of something taken for granted in the developed world: trust. Over centuries, the developed world has built customs and institutions such as enforceable contracts, an impartial legal... View Details

02 May 2017
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First Look at New Research: May 2, 2017

April 14, 2017 Harvard Business Review Companies Like United Need to Cultivate Good Judgment, and Free Their Employees to Use It By: Deighton, John A. Abstract—United Airlines has pledged to improve its training programs and empower its employees to put customers first... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

10 Apr 2014
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John Kotter’s Plan to Accelerate Your Business

toppled—in fact, he calls it "one of the most amazing innovations of the twentieth century." Instead, he wants executives to consider how their own companies formed and... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

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Frequently Asked Questions | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

What is the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative? The HBS Social Enterprise Initiative applies innovative business practices and managerial disciplines to drive sustained, high-impact social change. It's grounded in the mission View Details

14 Jul 2020
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Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World

operations resumed to restock clients’ stores, although a significant number of B2C orders are still required by its clients. Case 2: Process innovation Faced with a sudden surge in home delivery orders,... View Details

Keywords: by Raffaella Sadun, Andrea Bertoni, Alexia Delfino, Giovanni Fassio, and Mariapaola Testa

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Alternative Investments Course | HBS Online

"This course will teach you about alternative investment strategies and what you need to know to manage and strengthen your portfolio." Randolph Cohen Alternative Investments Senior Lecturer of Business Administration "Alternatives have... View Details

23 May 2023
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Lessons on Life, Graffiti, and Value: 'It's in That Darkness That You Can Actually Develop and Evolve'

James W. Riley has been confronted with questions of identity and alienation since he was a teenage graffiti artist navigating 1990s Los Angeles. “I’ve always had this notion of going places and being in... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

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Resources - Alumni

New Venture Competition Resources 11ms Past Pitches : View past Student and Alumni NVC pitches Become an Entrepreneur Without Leaving Your Day Job Joining the Right Start-Up The Startup Rules of Three HBS Rock Center for Entrepreneurship... View Details

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Environmental Quality - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Research Areas Research Areas Antitrust & Competition Policy CEO Leadership Environmental Quality Innovation & Innovative Capacity Philanthropy Social Progress Index Environmental Quality... View Details

February 2024 (Revised January 2025)
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AGENTS.inc: Pathways to Growth at an AI Startup

By: Frank Nagle, Manuel Hoffmann, Karoline Ströhlein and Susan Pinckney

The case describes the history of AGENTS.inc. Despite being a small startup, with only four employees, that had never had a funding round, the company boasted an impressive client portfolio including multiple Fortune 500 companies. While AGENTS.inc had been an early... View Details

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

Innovation Labs ecosystem, expand the reach of HBS Online, and broaden the faculty’s ambitious research agenda. Revenue from unrestricted current use gifts increased 10 percent to $45 million in fiscal 2022.... View Details

12 Sep 2023
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Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle: Taking Climate Solutions from Idea to Action, Faster

peer group of founders who are all working on innovative solutions to tackle climate change. The Climate Circle is run by the Harvard Innovation Labs i-lab along with Harvard... View Details

June 2022 (Revised March 2024)
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Netflix's Culture: Binge or Cringe?

By: Hubert Joly, Leonard A. Schlesinger, James Barnett and Stacy Straaberg

In May 2022, streaming entertainment company Netflix lost customers for the first time in more than 10 years. Once a first mover in the streaming landscape, Netflix was facing competition from Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, HBO Max, and others. A key component of... View Details

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26 Jun 2017
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How Cellophane Changed the Way We Shop for Food

That happened partly due to advances in refrigeration cases, but largely thanks to innovations in cellophane. What you don’t know about meat coloration chemistry might surprise you Hisano explains the situation with a brief chemistry... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Retail; Advertising

03 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018

link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54665 forthcoming R&D Management An Exploratory Study of Product Development in Emerging Economies: Evidence from Medical Device Testing in India By: Gupta, Budhaditya, and Stefan... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

23 Mar 2023
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Arla Foods: How Sustainable Can A Dairy Company Be?

In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in their new... View Details

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General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Apgar Award for Innovation in Teaching. 2023 Nien-he Hsieh : Winner of the 2023 Case Centre Award in the Ethics and Social Responsibility category for “Global Sourcing at Nike” (HBS Case 619-008) with... View Details

10 Nov 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Crony Capitalism, American Style: What Are We Talking About Here?

Keywords: by Malcolm S. Salter

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Organizational Leadership Course | HBS Online

distinct challenges of leading larger, more dispersed teams Develop strategies for planning and engineering organizational change and innovation initiatives Shape your organizational culture and architecture... View Details

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