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A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927
HBS Quick Links HBS Home MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions The Exhibition Building the Campus Research Links Site Credits Copyright © Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College... View Details
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Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School
HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Railroads: The Transformation of Capitalism Introduction Exhibit Railroads: The Transformation of Capitalism Research... View Details
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Business at the Base of the Pyramid - Course Catalog
markets. But why do some businesses at the base of the pyramid succeed while others fail? The course examines the opportunities and the challenges of the base of the pyramid markets and seeks to identify the key factors behind commercial... View Details
- July 2023 (Revised May 2024)
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Vytal: Packaging-as-a-Service
By: George Serafeim, Michael W. Toffel, Lena Duchene and Daniela Beyersdorfer
The Germany-based startup Vytal operated the largest digital-native reusable packaging-as-a-service network globally, having raised nearly €15 million, established a large network of restaurant partners, and prevented the use of millions of single-use take-out food... View Details
Keywords: Climate Risk; Digital; Platform Strategies; Data; Packaging; Sustainability; Start-up; Startup; Entrepreneur; Impact; Circular; Growth Strategy; Innovation; Environmental Sustainability; Innovation and Invention; Business Growth and Maturation; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Startups; Resource Allocation; Risk Management; Adoption; Strategy; Performance Productivity; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Supply Chain; Distribution; Entrepreneurship; Climate Change; Green Technology Industry; Service Industry; Retail Industry; Germany; Europe
Serafeim, George, Michael W. Toffel, Lena Duchene, and Daniela Beyersdorfer. "Vytal: Packaging-as-a-Service." Harvard Business School Case 124-007, July 2023. (Revised May 2024.)
- January 2019 (Revised October 2019)
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Rural Taobao: Alibaba's Expansion into Rural E-Commerce
By: Tarun Khanna, Ryan Allen, Adam Frost and Wesley Koo
Alibaba's Rural Taobao initiative had been launched in 2014 as a public service initiative to increase e-commerce adoption in China’s remote rural areas. In the first two iterations of the initiative, dubbed “1.0” and “2.0,” Alibaba had partnered with local businesses... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Business Growth; Ecommerce; Corporate Social Responsibility; Business And Government; Emerging Market; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Emerging Markets; Rural Scope; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Government Relations; Decision Making; E-commerce; China
Khanna, Tarun, Ryan Allen, Adam Frost, and Wesley Koo. "Rural Taobao: Alibaba's Expansion into Rural E-Commerce." Harvard Business School Case 719-433, January 2019. (Revised October 2019.)
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The Ownership Project | Institute for Business in Global Society
The Ownership Project More Research Projects The Ownership Project explores how structuring ownership of key elements in the economy can help businesses and communities address pressing societal challenges and support human values in the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
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2017 in Finance: Helping Consumers Improve Their Financial Life
their financial lives, high tech is not enough. In our business, we also have to be high touch. Consumers love the convenience of a digital platform, but there will always be circumstances in the financial services sector when the... View Details
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Site Credits | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Jennifer Wilson DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY Boston Photo Imaging Harvard Library Imaging Services A-V PRODUCTION Northern Lights Productions PRINTING Ram Printing, Inc. LENDERS TO THE EXHIBITION Alabama Department of Archives and History Barclays... View Details
- May 2020 (Revised August 2022)
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Direct to Consumer Brands
By: Sunil Gupta
In recent years, we have seen a dramatic rise of direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands. Many of these brands, such as Dollar Shave Club, Harry’s, Glossier, and Allbirds, entered mature markets dominated by established companies, and yet they grew rapidly to attain valuations... View Details
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Contemporary African Art | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Bangezile, Adams Mission , 2021 Gelatin silver print, 21 5/8 × 16 1/8 in. Schwartz Art Collection, Harvard Business School, 2023.3 Courtesy of the artist and Yancey Richardson Gallery © Zanele Muholi Aïda Muluneh (Ethiopian, born 1974)... View Details
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Investing in Emerging Industries | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
opened a branch office in Chicago in the 1930s and another in Los Angeles in the 1940s. Manhattan: William Street, 1923. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. Digital Equipment Corporation.... View Details
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Educating Business Administrators - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
The Competition McKim, Mead & White The Campus Emerges Concrete Symbols The Dedication Building the Campus Research Links Bibliography Archival Collections Digital Resources Site Credits Educating Business... View Details
- October 2016 (Revised October 2023)
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Bootstrapping at Lightricks
By: Robert White, Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Christine Snively
By August 2015, two-year-old mobile imaging software startup Lightricks had developed and released two best-selling paid mobile apps, grown to a team of 30, earned a revenue run rate of nearly $10 million, and achieved modest profitability. The bootstrapped company had... View Details
Keywords: Business Startup; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Entrepreneurship; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Information Infrastructure; Business Startups; Digital Marketing; Finance; Strategy; Technology Industry; Israel
White, Robert, Jeffrey J. Bussgang, and Christine Snively. "Bootstrapping at Lightricks." Harvard Business School Case 817-051, October 2016. (Revised October 2023.)
- June 2016
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Publicis Groupe 2016: Maurice and the Millennials
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jonathan Cohen
Having built Publicis Groupe through acquisitions maintained as separate brands, CEO Maurice Lévy wanted to transform the advertising and marketing firm to an integrated digital-ready enterprise to address industry changes. In early 2016, following a reorganization, he... View Details
Keywords: Managing Change; Transformations; Digital; Millennials; Change; Innovation; Acquisitions; Merger; Culture; Advertising Agency; Reorganization; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Information Technology; Change Management; Restructuring; Management Succession; Marketing; Mergers and Acquisitions; Transformation; Innovation and Invention; Digital Marketing; Advertising Industry
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Jonathan Cohen. "Publicis Groupe 2016: Maurice and the Millennials." Harvard Business School Case 316-127, June 2016.
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The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports - Course Catalog
How can entertainment businesses best approach the management and marketing of creative talent? In particular, how should companies invest in and capture value from "superstars" and the teams to which they belong? How are View Details
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A Eureka Moment | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
been demotivated and provide learning tools that will give them the skills necessary for success in a digital world.” Bucala worked on Eureka Ed as an Independent Project (IP) in the fall of her second year, in addition to entering the... View Details
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The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2025 | Working Knowledge
Leadership The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2025 By Rachel Layne on June 26, 2025 What's on the reading lists of Harvard Business School faculty ? Insights about AI, immigration, and... View Details
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Introducing One-Step Photography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
New Medium Medium of Artistic Expression A NOBLE PROTOTYPE OF INDUSTRY Harvard Business School and Polaroid Innovation and Entrepreneurship TIMELINE POLAROID FILMS RESEARCH LINKS Digital Archival Resources... View Details