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09 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

April 4, 2019 Palgrave Macmillan Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream: How Technology Is Transforming Lending and Shaping a New Era of Small Business Opportunity By: Mills, Karen G. Abstract—Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream describes the... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Jeremy King

As an undergraduate, Jeremy King pursued a degree in biology, studying ecology, genetics and animal behavior. Though he considered medicine a career, he found himself working with a very different animal. "I interned in the more interesting parts of View Details

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Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences - Course Catalog

with the appropriate financial and human resources, and scaling. The course will explore which areas of the life sciences are ripe for innovation and entrepreneurship and will cover therapeutics, devices, diagnostics, and related service... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

A Force for Good

financial ones. To do so, we need to support managers who want to learn how to fulfill both goals.” —Julie Battilana, Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration, HBS; Alan L. Gleitsman Professor... View Details

01 Sep 2003
What Do You Think?

To Whom Should Boards be Accountable?

fill."—Allan Page "There is no definitive answer to the question of how any given board balances the needs of various classes of shareholders, employees, vendors, etc."—Amy Savin "The board should be guided by the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

15 Mar 2021
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REFLECTIONS ON MY TIME AS BEI DIRECTOR

complex and multi-dimensional. We connect faculty, alumni, students, and staff to grapple with questions such as, “Are our students prepared to lead sustainable organizations?” “What do our alumni need to know about climate risk?” “How... View Details

04 Sep 2019
News

Turning Point: Step Change

week, and the company and I decided we wanted to do something to help the locals. So we went into a town called Ferizaj and visited schools to see if they needed help getting started again after years of conflict. We found a mostly empty... View Details

01 Dec 1996
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Faculty Symposium Honors McArthur

Debate: The Business of Business Despite the need to exclude so much material, McCraw believes that the papers presented at the symposium paint a rich portrait of the many "remarkable contributions" to management education made by Dean... View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

19 Feb 2020
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Capitol Ideas to Combat Climate Change

federal policy would really be helpful to create a uniform landscape for the capital markets and the technologies to respond to.” Matt Sonnesyn (HKS 2002) and VP of infrastructure, energy and environment at the Business Roundtable—which... View Details

Keywords: April White; photos by Jack Conroy

16 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Private Meetings of Public Companies Thwart Disclosure Rules

are actively breaking the rules of Regulation FD. Rather, he is suggesting that the SEC may need to spend more time determining what constitutes material information. For an astute observer, simply observing a CEO's emotions during a... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

25 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

China’s Economic System has Difficult Road Overcoming its Political System

One need only look as far as the bookshelf to see the optimism attached to China's ascension as a world economic and political power. Titles like The Dragon Awakes; The Rise of China; and When China Rules the World predict an inevitable,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

25 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

How Disruptive Innovation is Remaking the University

rethink the entire traditional higher education model. Private universities without national recognition and large endowments are at great financial risk. So are public universities, even prestigious ones such as the University of... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen & Henry J. Eyring; Education

16 Jul 2013
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Embracing Chaos

This is a huge opportunity, but the window is going to close. They have to move quickly." Venkatesan knows his message may strike some as zealous, but he's fine with that. "I'm doing it because I love my country," he says. "We need more... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Feb 2002
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Q&A: Wrestling with the Unthinkable

two grown children, he resides in Chevy Chase, Maryland. What are the key nonmilitary components of fighting terrorism? Above all else, the key is good intelligence. The objective is to stop terrorists from attacking in the first place, and that means you View Details

Keywords: counterterrorism; terrorism; National Security and International Affairs; Government

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Michael Maples

When he sold Motive, after its IPO, for a handsome profit, he knew he would not consider taking an investor’s money to start something else. He needed a change and he zeroed in on becoming an investor himself. “I thought the variety... View Details

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Once in a Lifetime Opportunities | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

skills,” she says. “To address the difficult challenge of scaling social enterprises, you need sharp business skills.” As Kasia approached graduation and researched her post-graduate possibilities, the stars aligned when she saw Acumen, a... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

Alumni Are Integral to HBS

chairman of Metis Capital Partners in Lagos, Nigeria, who also chairs the advisory board of Harvard’s Center for African Studies. “As alumni, we need to give students the benefit of our judgment so that they... View Details

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Digital Exhibits | Baker Library

inventive forms played in marketing mass-produced products to the evolving American consumer is explored. Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism In the mid-to-late 19th century United States, more than 240,000 miles of railroad... View Details

28 May 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019

and Shaping a New Era of Small Business Opportunity by Karen G. Mills (MBA 1977) Palgrave Macmillan Small businesses are the biggest job creators and offer a path to the American Dream. But for many, it is difficult to get the capital... View Details

02 Oct 2000
What Do You Think?

What Lies Beyond NAFTA?

of the Mexican labor force. In the words of Alejandro Jaime, "American society needs Mexico and vice versa." Nor was there any argument that illegal immigration into the U.S. from Mexico is a dehumanizing process for both... View Details