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- 30 Nov 2021
- In Practice
What's the Role of Business in Confronting Climate Change?
The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, ended with a hard-fought pact that called on businesses and governments to meet their climate change goals faster. The event followed an August report by the Intergovernmental... View Details
Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Dina Gerdeman
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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research
what we have learned so far about the potential and limits of microfinance and how insights from research and practice can help inform the industry's current products, policies and future developments. Initiatives & Projects The Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship... View Details
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Profiles - MBA
the future of the technology industry." Tech areas of interest Healthcare, Education, Collaborative Working, Enterprise Solutions Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business In 2017, I co-founded a tech startup,... View Details
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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
by launching the Akamai Technical Academy, which asked the question: “Why don’t we go out and find smart people to train, and create our own talent pool?” Slides Impact Investing at a Crossroads Amelia Angella (MBA 2001), Director, HBS... View Details
- 18 Jul 2023
- Research & Ideas
Will Global Demand for Oil Peak This Decade?
Is the globe’s thirst for oil finally topping out? A major international energy watcher says yes, predicting last month that demand for global oil for transport will peak around 2026, plateau for all uses by 2028, and possibly hit a zenith by the end of the decade.... View Details
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Leadership - Faculty & Research
a volatile environment, Masuda and Daini's hundreds of employees responded to each unexpected event in turn. Luck played a part, but so did smart leadership and sensemaking. Until the last reactor went into cold shutdown, Masuda's team... View Details
- 09 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Location, Location, Location: The Strategy of Place
time to enter or exit that location. Reducing your costs might not provide you with a competitive advantage at all." Walmart has been a smart expander since it opened its first store in Rogers, Arkansas, in 1962. Sam Walton slowly... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 31 Jul 2023
- News
Striving for Imperfection
smart enough to let him do that experimentation. Eight years elapsed before that became a commercial product. It’s amazing that Nestle, that had two big existing franchises in coffee—instant and stove top—was willing to risk those... View Details
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711543-PDF-ENG Aquion Energy Thomas R. Eisenmann and David KironHarvard Business School Case 811-047 Leaders at Aquion Energy, a Pittsburgh-based battery start-up, are deciding on a market entry strategy. Should they pursue... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Case Study: The Home Team
Illustration by Jon Krause Illustration by Jon Krause Brendan Kennealey (MBA 2006) wasn’t even searching for a business idea. A couple of years ago, the Wilmington, Delaware, native met up with an old friend who’d bought a new house. Over dinner this friend enumerated... View Details
- 05 Sep 2014
- News
Keeping Education in Check
the schoolyard.) He traces his disciplined approach to the financial world and some of his financial smarts as a hedge fund guru back to chess. And he’s quite certain it was chess that brought his grades from a D average in high school to... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 06 Sep 2022
- Blog Post
Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business & Environment
prior to HBS was the Under Secretary of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) at the Brazilian Ministry of Economy. Jeremy Fischer (MBA 2023, Section H), Summer Internship: MBA Associate at Energize Ventures Energize Ventures’... View Details
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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni
perspective of collaboration. But this becomes a delicate balance between anti-competitive legal territory and the benefits of the collective development of standards and crystallization of emerging demand signals, all paving the way for View Details
- 01 May 2020
- Blog Post
5 Reasons to Join a Club at HBS
Social Enterprise Club’s conference, are on the leading edge of new technologies and exploring the purpose of business today as we know it. Students have the opportunity to hear from some of the world’s foremost thinkers without ever... View Details
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem
Clubs News Clubs News Webinar illuminates broad array of business opportunities across Africa On December 5th, the HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) hosted ‘Doing Business in Africa: From Opportunity to Action’, a webinar panel of HBS alumni who shared... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why IT Does Matter
Radio-frequency identification devices for grocery stores, smart cards, and automated ordering systems for hospital physicians are all examples of new process targets that technologies will soon address. In the more distant future we will... View Details
Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan
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Strategy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Chinese Venture Capital and High-Speed Rail." Andy Wu : Finalist for the 2017 Heizer Dissertation Award in New Enterprise Development from the Academy of Management for “Organizational Resource Assembly in Technology Ventures” (The... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Breaking News
philanthropically supported newsrooms to really get an understanding of their audience, to really hone their product, to find the product-market fit. Philanthropy doesn’t necessarily know how to drive for those outcomes, either. If you have a View Details
- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
From Emerging Economies to the Global Market: The Case of Embraer
problems are Embraer's partnerships trying to overcome?" As a company, conference participants said, Embraer had made a number of smart moves. Its human resources strategy was rejuvenated for flexibility, so people were motivated to... View Details
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General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Giant” (HBS Case 318-104) with Nancy Hua Dai. 2022 Arthur C. Brooks : Received the 2022 Irving Kristol Award from the American Enterprise Institute. Arthur C. Brooks : Received the 2022 Pioneer Award in Positive Psychology from the... View Details