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01 Dec 2022
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December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

caregiving, and the hearts of caregivers. The Long Shot: The Inside Story of the Race to Vaccinate Britain By Kate E. Bingham (MBA 1991) and Tim Hames Oneworld Publications As chair of the UK’s task force charged with developing an... View Details

06 Dec 2018
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the conclusion that you can’t do both research and business development at once.” “I think as a small company, I’m coming to the conclusion that you can’t do both research and business development at once.”... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Daniel Hertzberg

21 May 2018
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Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area

volunteers “have helped the city capitalize on the innovation sprouting from Silicon Valley, through specific initiatives such as designing the structure of the city’s startup incubator, developing innovative ways to incorporate... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

15 Jun 2020
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020

International Development Harvard Business Review Press The spread of capitalism worldwide has made people wealthier than ever before. But capitalism’s future is far from assured. Pandemics, income inequality, resource depletion, mass... View Details

20 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency

parlayed his fame as a celebrity real estate developer into a winning pitch to voters as a Washington outsider. Emphasizing his decades of experience as a wheeler-dealer building luxury hotels, casinos, and golf courses around the world,... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese

01 Dec 2013
News

Curing Health Care

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick joked in his speech.) Related Links A Blueprint for Patient-Driven Drug Development Gene Williams (MBA 1987) Blavatnik Gift Accelerates Biomedical Advances Oscar Winners Even worse is what... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Management; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

19 Jan 2021
In Practice

Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm

crises like the one that we are experiencing tend to facilitate the development and implementation of changes that break with the existing norms and power hierarchies. We all have the opportunity to participate in the collective effort to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

02 Nov 2020
Blog Post

WE RISE

though, was the additional obstacles that came from fundraising while female. “Trying to explain the needs and consumer behavior of women buying beauty products to investors who are predominantly men,” Barna recalls, “you notice that they... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Other Financial Services; Venture Capital / Private Equity

September 2019 (Revised July 2025)
Case

Keroche (A): Fighting for Share in the Kenyan Alcoholic Drinks Market

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Pippa Tubman Armerding

This case discusses the challenges faced by Kenyan alcoholic drinks producer Keroche Industries Limited in 2003, when the Kenyan government accused the company of manufacturing and selling substandard alcoholic drinks, revoked its liquor licenses, and shut down its... View Details

Keywords: Keroche; Alcohol; Wine; Manufacturing; Informal Market; Regulation; Illicit; Illegal; Shutdown; Factory; Low-income Consumers; Multinational; Local; Government; Allegations; Accusations; Negative Press; EABL; Tusker; Beer; SAB; Chang'aa; Naivasha; Rift Valley; East Africa; Lawsuit; Legal Battle; Business Ventures; Business Exit or Shutdown; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Production; Safety; Quality; Distribution; Small Business; Family Business; Crime and Corruption; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decisions; Income; Demographics; Geographic Scope; Geographic Location; Goods and Commodities; Government Legislation; Growth and Development; Business History; Lawsuits and Litigation; Laws and Statutes; Lawfulness; Goals and Objectives; Consumer Behavior; Market Entry and Exit; Problems and Challenges; Social Issues; Poverty; Strategy; Competition; Entrepreneurship; Manufacturing Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Kenya; Nairobi; Africa

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23 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

Financial Reporting Goes Global

to write about globalization, accounting standards and, in particular, Indian accounting standards? Gregory Miller: Globalization is the major issue in determining the future of financial reporting. As financial and product markets become... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell; Accounting; Financial Services

01 Dec 1997
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A Piece of the Action

able to greatly increase our knowledge of the region and develop a deep understanding of business practices that cut across functional boundaries, from finance to human resource management to strategy," says Sahlman. Plugging HBS In... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

13 Feb 2020
News

Not Throwing Away My Shot

didn’t have a few months prior. One had lost her star software developer to a rival. This, Schultz thought, was the perfect framing: Take all of the historical entrepreneurs he was focusing on for his book and put them in a bar. Let them... View Details

09 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale

philanthropy, has been very focused on giving back. As far as his management principles Intel developed under Andy Grove a set of principles, a culture, which is extremely strong and remains extremely strong to this day [and was] with him... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer

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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer

School’s faculty the autonomy to pursue answers to the business research questions that interest them most. Faculty members stay close to practice, interacting with business leaders and managers in the field to research the world’s most significant opportunities and... View Details

14 Aug 2025
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Back to the Future

inventor who's doing things, but that's not reality. Take an early example in the book, Gutenberg and the printing press. Of course, Gutenberg is a central figure in the development of the printing press, but he's got a team he's working... View Details

12 Sep 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017

others—have become “hub firms” because they control access to billions of mobile customers coveted by all kinds of product and service providers. These hubs drive increasing returns to scale and claim a disproportionate share of the value... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

09 Mar 2009
Research & Ideas

How to Revive Health-Care Innovation

industry.The challenge that we face—making health care affordable and conveniently accessible to most people—is not unique to health care. Almost every industry began with services and products that were so complicated and expensive to... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Jerome H. Grossman, M.D. M.D. & Jason Hwang; Health

18 Jan 2022
News

HBS Alumni Mentor Students; Shanghai Club Hosts Entrepreneurship Conference

great pipeline of diverse talent is a big part of that.” Comer says he’s excited to support Morris Brown’s resurgence with this partnership, “particularly given how instrumental the college was in my personal development as a business... View Details