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- 21 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
How to Predict if a New Business Idea is Any Good
entrepreneurship herself, even applying to the MIT Venture Mentoring Service (MIT VMS)—a program that connects budding entrepreneurs to successful businesspeople to develop their ideas. Whenever an entrepreneur applies to the program, a... View Details
- 09 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
Identify Great Customers from Their First Purchase
access and trust them. For that reason, she works to find ways to reverse engineer the prediction model to gain some insight into the relationships between variables and the purchasing motivations it discerns from the data. “The way... View Details
- 19 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Brand Manager’s Guide to Losing Control
chips, now sold by the company. This year's submissions include Smoky Brisket and Tzaziki. The glut of easily accessible information on the Web has birthed The Age of Transparency, turning millions of consumers into amateur journalists.... View Details
- 12 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 12, 2006
people) or not served at all. Third, the products and services they offer are simpler and cheaper than alternatives, but recipients view them as good enough. Fourth, they bring in resources in ways that initially seem unattractive to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 2013
- Working Paper
Entrepreneurs, Firms and Global Wealth since 1850
By: G. Jones
This working paper integrates the role of entrepreneurship and firms into debates on why Asia, Latin America and Africa were slow to catch up with the West following the Industrial Revolution and the advent of modern economic growth. It argues that the currently... View Details
Keywords: Institutional Change; Political Economy; Emerging Economies; Developing Countries; Industrial Development; Culture; Human Capital; Economic History; History; Wealth and Poverty; Business History; Emerging Markets; Globalization; Developing Countries and Economies; Service Industry; Service Industry; Service Industry; Latin America; Asia; North and Central America; Africa; South America; Europe
Jones, G. "Entrepreneurs, Firms and Global Wealth since 1850." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-076, March 2013.
- 11 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #17: Leni Peterson Redondo (HBS MS/MBA 2023), Founder & CEO of Celeste
the effects of the drought every day,” Leni confirmed. “Many Mexico City neighborhoods are grappling with worsening water shortages, enduring longer periods without access day by day. This feels as if our way of life is at risk.” She... View Details
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HBS Entrepreneurship Summit - Alumni
in addition to valuable connections that will move it in a strong direction. In a collaborative learning environment, attendees gained access to the latest thinking around rapidly changing global dynamics affecting entrepreneurship and... View Details
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Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online
Overcoming Barriers to Value Creation Case Study: Unshrinkit Featured Exercises Negotiation simulation (Rijas and Vericampos: Negotiating a Long Term Service Contract) Peer feedback 8-10 hrs Module 3 Managing the Negotiation Process:... View Details
- 22 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
Can Amazon Remake Health Care?
Investors and market watchers noted Amazon’s less-than-stellar forays into health care, while privacy advocates raised concerns about Amazon’s access to patient medical data. Still others have voiced hopes Amazon will bring much-needed... View Details
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AASU50 - Alumni
multi-disciplinary event that celebrated the vibrant and important role that African Americans have played in shaping our institution, the business world, and society at large. This website has been designed to provide you with information and View Details
- 30 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
What Should Mark Zuckerberg Do?
most memorably: “I find myself in a Claude Rains Casablanca moment here: ‘I’m shocked, shocked to find that FB and others are making money off my data when they give me their services for free.’” But “shocked” or not, reality probably... View Details
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Baker Library / Bloomberg Center | About
intellectual focal point. Bloomberg Center is also home to The Exchange, a first-floor gathering place that employs the latest technology to provide students, faculty, alumni, and visitors with access to real-time business news and... View Details
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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online
Customize your curriculum Access a select network of like-minded leaders Experience exclusive course content Gain real-world insights from business experts Apply your learning through a capstone 7 Courses Credential of Leadership, Impact,... View Details
- 18 Nov 2022
- HBS Case
What Does It Take to Safeguard a Legacy in Asset Management?
Make Venture Capital Accessible for Black Founders: An Entrepreneur’s Dilemma A World of Difference: What Keeps Companies from Becoming More Inclusive What Does It Take to Close the Opportunity Gap in America’s Labor Market? Feedback or... View Details
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Strategy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Industry Studies Association Annual Conference for “You've Got Mail! The Late 19th Century US Postal Service Expansion, Firm Creation, and Firm Performance” with Astrid Marinoni. Raffaella Sadun : Winner of the 2023 HBR Prize for the best... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Ipsita Dasgupta - Global Perspective, Local Results
helps bridge the education gap by giving entrepreneurs access to capital regardless of the level of their formal schooling. While her interests are clearly international in scope, Dasgupta has also devoted much of her time to activities... View Details
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Organizational Leadership Course | HBS Online
particular subject area or further develop their career." Corina Cristea Lavoie Corporate Services Manager at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP If you’ve completed Leadership Principles , this course will help you expand your leadership toolkit... View Details
- 22 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 22
users can access and improve the source code. At the same time, however, opening a module sets up an open source (free) competitor. This hampers the firm's ability to capture value. We analyze three competitive situations: monopoly,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Ikenna Okezie
education at the University of Tokyo Medical School. He also kept his quantitative skills honed working summers as a financial analyst in the Surgical Services Administration at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Three and a half... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 30 Jan 2018
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January 30, 2018
Sandino Abstract—Many service organizations rely on information sharing systems to boost employee creativity to meet customer needs. We conducted a field experiment in a retail chain, based on a registered report accepted by Journal of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne