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- 07 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
Video: Harvard Business School at the Kumbh Mela
Kumbh in January to discover what such an undertaking can teach us about real estate, urbanization, sustainability, and infrastructure. In addition to the video and Q&A below, Macomber has written a first-person account about his journey for Harvard View Details
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
Ahead of the Democratic National Convention, HBS Working Knowledge gathered insights from Harvard Business School faculty about what’s at stake for companies, and how the election might impact workplaces. They offer an assessment as the... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 03 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Tricky Business of Managing Web Advertising Affiliates
When the FBI charged Shawn Hogan and two others with defrauding eBay of about $21 million in affiliate marketing sales, Benjamin G. Edelman was watching closely behind the scenes. Edelman's name rarely came up at the time of the 2010 arrests, but the Harvard View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
MBAs mobilize to assist small business owners
Michael Baker (MBA 2014) and three of his HBS classmates hit the road last summer to create MBAs Across America (MBAxAmerica), a movement of MBAs and entrepreneurs working together to revitalize America. “We believe a new generation of MBAs can help unleash the... View Details
- 14 Oct 2013
- News
Time for Government to Reopen for Business
- 25 Apr 2023
- Op-Ed
How SHEIN and Temu Conquered Fast Fashion—and Forged a New Business Model
information technology to directly match consumer demand to dispersed production by a collection of factories in China. This method of reaching customers should inspire any business that provides products or services that come from many... View Details
- 2013
- Report
Lasting Impact: A Business Leader's Playbook for Supporting America's Schools
By: Jan Rivkin, Sara Allan, Allen Grossman and Nithya Vaduganathan
This booklet provides a practical approach for business leaders seeking to understand the complex issues involved in transforming PK-12 education. It lists actions that businesses can take, as well as best practices that they can follow, to help educators create... View Details
Keywords: PK - 12 Education; U.S. Competitiveness; Competition; Education; Business and Community Relations; Cooperation; United States
Rivkin, Jan, Sara Allan, Allen Grossman, and Nithya Vaduganathan. "Lasting Impact: A Business Leader's Playbook for Supporting America's Schools." Report, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, November 2013.
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
In the business of empowering women entrepreneurs
decade. Even though women start businesses at twice the rate of men, their access to capital has been limited, says Dodi, who launched WVCF with fellow HBS alumna Edith Pripas Dorsen (MBA/MPA 1985) and with the support of female HBS... View Details
- Web
Black Business Leaders and Entrepreneurship | Baker Library
income and benefits, health insurance, education, and veteran status. See list of survey subjects . United States Census: Business and Economy Business and industry economic... View Details
- 02 May 2016
- News
Building Startup Skills for Business and Life
business plan competition that awards funding to the most promising ventures. E360 has inspired hundreds of student-led startups and is now based at the Met School’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, founded in 2012 as the... View Details
- 28 Jul 2016
- Blog Post
Why I’m Not Changing Careers after Business School
with global immersion. I grew up in the United States, got my undergraduate degree in the United States, and worked for companies in the Unites States. But being a global... View Details
- March 2014 (Revised October 2014)
- Teaching Note
ISS A/S: The Buyout
By: Lucy White and Carsten Bienz
Provides the opportunity to value a leveraged buyout; and to examine the nature and extent of a company's responsibilities to its bondholders. Here, the context is a "going private" transaction in Europe, where the financing plan called for the addition to the... View Details
Keywords: LBO; Private Equity; Contracts; Global Business; International Business; Finance; Ethics; Law; Service Industry; Europe
- February 2014 (Revised October 2014)
- Case
ISS A/S: The Buyout
By: Clayton Rose, Carsten Bienz and Lucy White
Provides the opportunity to value a leveraged buy-out; and to examine the nature and extent of a company's responsibilities to its bondholders. Here, the context is a "going private" transaction in Europe, where the financing plan called for the addition to the... View Details
Keywords: LBO; Private Equity; Contracts; Global Business; International Business; Finance; Ethics; Law; Service Industry; Europe
Rose, Clayton, Carsten Bienz, and Lucy White. "ISS A/S: The Buyout." Harvard Business School Case 214-027, February 2014. (Revised October 2014.)
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Thinking globally about business challenges and people's lives
Stever Robbins (MBA 1991) is a serial entrepreneur who applies an engineering mindset to solving problems for companies and coaching people through career and life changes. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Building a business that provides opportunities for others
Patrick O'Connor (MBA 1983), who heads a family-owned real eastate service company, discusses the responsibility of building a company that employs a large number of people. (Published April 2014) View Details
- June 1978
- Article
How Foreign Businesses Decide to Invest in Massachusetts
By: L. T. Wells Jr.
Wells, L. T., Jr. "How Foreign Businesses Decide to Invest in Massachusetts." Massworld: Commonwealth of Massachusetts Quarterly Report on Foreign Business Activity (June 1978).
- September 2013
- Case
Advanced Leadership Pathways: General Gale Pollock and Services for the Vision Impaired
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Juliane Calingo Schwetz and Patricia Bissett Higgins
In July 2012, retired United States Army Major General Gale Pollock created Elevivo, a venture that worked on developing a comprehensive disease management software system to support the growing number of visually impaired individuals by providing them with tailored... View Details
Keywords: United States; Health Care; Health Care Education; Insurance Companies; Disease Management; Technology; Military; Leadership Skills; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Education; Insurance; Information Technology; Entrepreneurship; Leadership; Information Technology Industry; Health Industry; United States
- 15 Oct 2024
- News
Ratan Tata, Visionary Business Leader, Dies at 86
Ratan Tata (AMP 71, 1975), who was one of India’s most admired leaders, died on October 9, in Mumbai. The Tata Group announced his death in a statement. He served as chairman and chief executive of the Tata Group from 1991 to 2012, during which time profits multiplied... View Details