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Tools of the Trade | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

find myself in these meta-moments where I think I’m the protagonist of an HBS case study—‘What would Shannah do in this moment?’ There are always management and leadership decisions that need to be made.” Before joining BCCS in 2011, Varón worked as a View Details

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A Life’s Work | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

1992 Job Title Founder & CEO, Year Up Location Boston, MA, USA Topics Nonprofit Strategy & Governance Social Entrepreneurship More Impact Stories A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations Mizuho Kanai 2018 While... View Details

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A Broad Spectrum of Opportunities | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

future, I can imagine combining my consulting experience with work for school districts, education companies, or foundations. Jeffrey Shaddix Job Title Principal, The Boston Consulting Group Location Houston, TX, USA Topics K-12 Education... View Details

01 Jun 1998
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Wanted: Leaders for the New Millennium

Old, Something New Traditionally HBS has met prospective students at networking events such as open houses hosted in various locations by HBS alumni clubs as well as on campus by MBA Admissions. The current View Details

Keywords: Cindy Olnick

02 May 2008
What Do You Think?

What is the Future of State Capitalism?

assets, something that has gone on for centuries? Is it better to have the available money, regardless of origin, invested in assets located in free market democracies than somewhere else? Will this help insure the world's long-run... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

24 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs

There are three ways to differentiate in retailing: location, location, and location. The problem is that as markets mature, location becomes less potent as a competitive advantage because the consumer has a growing abundance of... View Details

Keywords: by Marcel Corstjens & Rajiv Lal; Retail; Consumer Products

01 Sep 2011
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Green Day

her yard. Interested in a “green” career post-HBS, she found it difficult to locate the alumni and networking opportunities that would provide a leg up on the job hunt, so she joined forces with Fishman to create an alumni organization to... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna;Sarah Auerbach; Agriculture; Manufacturing; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

29 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

Read Our Most Popular Research Stories of 2019

women back in the workplace. Now, researchers add a new twist: They can even cause women to question their own abilities. How Companies Benefit When Employees Work Remotely Letting independent workers choose their locations can boost... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Native American Heritage Month | Baker Library

only) that are lead or founded by Indigenous individuals. Explore non-profit organizations via GuideStar Pro that list Indigenous Peoples as populations that they serve. Use Leadership Connect to locate business leaders with a job focus... View Details

01 Mar 2004
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Job Hunting in a Tight Market: Strength in Numbers

creation tactics, the club uses small-group strategy sessions led by trained career coaches to guide members through the job search process. “It’s a practical yet sophisticated approach to the job hunt,” said Angela Piscitello (MBA 1995),... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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South Asia - Global Activities 2021

are family owned, Indian corporations, and Indian divisions of international corporations—new insights and strategies that help them take advantage of the opportunities and overcome the challenges they might encounter as leaders. “In... View Details

01 Mar 2005
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Time to Trek

homes of HBS students, and met with numerous business leaders and politicians, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. “Treks really open up the field for students and expose them to industries and jobs in locations that aren’t typically... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

2010
Working Paper

Agglomerative Forces and Cluster Shapes

By: William R. Kerr and Scott Duke Kominers

We model spatial clusters of similar firms. Our model highlights how agglomerative forces lead to localized, individual connections among firms, while interaction costs generate a defined distance over which attraction forces operate. Overlapping firm interactions... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Geographic Location; Patents; Labor; Industry Clusters; Industry Structures; Relationships; Competitive Advantage; Technology Industry; California

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06 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 6

http://hbr.org/2012/03/how-to-make-finance-work/ar/1 Managing Political Risk in Global Business: Beiersdorf 1914-1990 Authors:Geoffrey Jones and Christina Lubinski Publication:Enterprise and Society 13, no. 1 (March 2012) Abstract This article is concerned with... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Jan 2019
Blog Post

The ABCs of Recruiting at HBS

and space recruiters needs to give students convenient interview opportunities. P – Presentation. Other MBA programs may call company presentations briefings or info sessions. At HBS we refer to any company session located in a classroom... View Details

01 Mar 2012
News

Cracks in the Foundation

HBS alumni. A few highlights: Some 71 percent of respondents expect US competitiveness to decline over the next three years, with workers' living standards under greater pressure than firms. The United States fares poorly when decisions are made about where to View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

January 1985 (Revised June 1993)
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Turner Construction Co.

By: Frank V. Cespedes

In June, 1984, a vice president at Turner Construction Co. must decide whether to approve a construction project being considered by one of Turner's territorial offices and how to manage that territory general manager's apparent reluctance to pursue another account... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Structure; Projects; Market Entry and Exit; Integration; Contracts; Marketing Strategy; Sales; Business or Company Management; Business Offices; Geographic Location; Construction Industry

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29 Apr 2008
Research Event

Venture Capital

Panelists believe that strategies of various kinds—to differentiate, to locate and hire in foreign countries and cultures, to build trust, even about whether to go global or not—are a necessity now that the... View Details

Keywords: by Josh Lerner; Financial Services

25 May 2015
Blog Post

RapidSOS Wins the HBS New Venture Competition

transformed our lives over the last 50 years, when we need technology most we are trapped using this dated infrastructure. The result is that though applications like Uber allow you to call a car to your precise location – reaching first... View Details

12 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 12, 2007

mechanism, which we refer to as the "clamped second price auction mechanism," into the laboratory to determine whether it helps human subjects learn to play their optimal strategy faster than the standard second price auction... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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