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  • 16 May 2023
  • In Practice

After Silicon Valley Bank's Flameout, What's Next for Entrepreneurs?

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in March left the startup world reeling. The biggest lender to fail since the 2008 financial crisis, SVB had become the preferred funder of the startup, tech, and venture capital worlds. Its quick... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman; Technology; Financial Services
  • Web

Joiner - Entrepreneurship

research and prep for outreach. Attend an Immersion Field Course (IFC) to Israel, London, or Silicon Valley SPRING Take EC Courses to build startup skills and experience: Scaling Tech View Details
  • Web

Investor - Entrepreneurship

Participate in the Venture Capital & Private Equity Club Annual Conference SPRING Attend the Rock/CPD VC Panels to learn about careers in VC. Join an early-stage VC firm and apply as a Joiner to the Rock Summer Fellowship program. Build... View Details
  • 03 Feb 2012
  • HBS Seminar

Dr. Regina Dugan, Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

  • 20 Aug 2021
  • Blog Post

Is the MBA Worth It? Hear What Recent HBS Grads Have to Say

leverage my understanding of tech roles from my HBS classmates. I also leaned on them for interview prep and industry background. What advice do you have for prospective HBS students? Think long and hard about what are you looking to get... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

Thinking Ahead

As we wind down 2023, there’s talk everywhere of generative AI and how it will fundamentally alter the world as we know it; but how does that translate for your corner of the business world? Is TikTok something you need to take seriously? (Is it time to dance?) We... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Illustrations by Chris Gash; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information
  • 06 Sep 2022
  • Blog Post

Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business & Environment

is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage climate tech start-ups that reduce CO2 emissions by at least 2.5 Gt by 2050. The $110M fund focuses on early-stage companies commercializing novel... View Details
  • January 2008 (Revised March 2011)
  • Case

Henry J. Kaiser and the Art of the Possible

By: Anthony J. Mayo, Mark Benson and David Chen
From his humble beginnings as a local salesman in New York, Henry J. Kaiser rose to become one of the leading industrialists of 20th century America. Though he had no technical engineering training, Kaiser mastered the management and execution of plans for several... View Details
Keywords: History; Mission and Purpose; Transition; Management Practices and Processes; Construction; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Leadership Style; Business History; Business Growth and Maturation; Civil Society or Community; Business Strategy; Planning; Construction Industry; Shipping Industry; United States
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  • 29 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 29

Repository Use in Scaling Service Operations By: Valentine, Melissa A., Tom Fangyun Tan, Bradley R. Staats, and Amy C. Edmondson Abstract—To scale service operations requires sharing knowledge across the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • December 2018
  • Case

Corporate Transformation at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

By: Joseph B. Fuller, Amy C. Edmondson, Daniela Beyersdorfer and Tonia Labruyere
When Stefan Oschmann became CEO and chairman of the executive board of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, in 2016, the company had started its transformation from a mid-tier traditional German industry player to a global modern science and technology player. The... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance With Family Ownership; Transformation; Change Management; Restructuring; Corporate Governance; Family Ownership
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  • April 2025
  • Teaching Note

Allbirds: Decarbonizing Fashion (A) and (B)

By: Michael W. Toffel, Ken Pucker and Stacy Straaberg
Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 622-024, 625-004, 625-005, and 625-702. The Allbirds: Decarbonizing Fashion (A) case introduces Allbirds as a footwear startup not only focused on simple design, comfort, and sustainable natural materials but on decarbonizing the wider... View Details
Keywords: Decarbonization; Climate Impact; Environmental Strategy; Innovation; Product Design; Supply Chain Management; Innovation Strategy; Innovation and Management; Product Development; Climate Change; Environmental Management; Environmental Sustainability; Business Startups; Initial Public Offering; Knowledge Sharing; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Fashion Industry; United States; California
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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

serves as a director on the boards of Harvard Business Publishing and Harvard Student Agencies , the world’s largest student-run corporation. Blogs: Platforms & Networks , Launching Tech Ventures (course... View Details
  • 2011
  • Working Paper

From Social Control to Financial Economics: The Linked Ecologies of Economics and Business in Twentieth Century America

By: Marion Fourcade and Rakesh Khurana
As the main producers of managerial elites, business schools represent strategic research sites for understanding the formation of economic practices and representations. This article draws on historical material to analyze the changing place of economics in American... View Details
Keywords: Economics; Practice; Business Education; Labor and Management Relations; Decision Making; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Change; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Finance; Knowledge; Production; Business Conglomerates; Education Industry; United States
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  • 25 Jun 2020
  • Blog Post

Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

International Rescue Committee HBS ACTIVITIES Section A Community Values Rep, Tech Club, Harvard Innovation Labs Venture Incubation Program Merve Ciplak Merve believes the combined JD/MBA degree best... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2024
  • News

Quantum Leap

it,” he says. That intuition has served him well: Over the past three decades, Levy has founded and led several tech companies and played a role as an investor and board member at dozens more. Now he and his team of scientists and... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen; quantum computing; innovation; leadership; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • 01 Jan 2012
  • News

E. Roe Stamps IV, MBA 1974

Founding Managing Partner, Summit Partners Download Stamps profile (pdf) Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1946 Born, Waycross, Georgia 1967 Earns BS, Industrial Engineering, Georgia Tech 1968 Joins US Navy 1972 Earns... View Details
  • February 2022 (Revised July 2022)
  • Supplement

InstaDeep: AI Innovation Born in Africa (B)

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Esel Çekin
Karim Beguir and Zohra Slim were the co-founders of InstaDeep, a deep tech startup focusing on artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. Instadeep was one of the few companies globally that were partnering with DeepMind, an AI subsidiary of Google [Alphabet Inc.].... View Details
Keywords: AI; Artificial Intelligence; Entrepreneurship; Operations; Business Subsidiaries; Brands and Branding; Innovation and Invention; Growth and Development Strategy; AI and Machine Learning; Technology Industry; Africa
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  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

In My Humble Opinion: Plugged In

In a career spent investing in innovative startups at Intel, leading National Grid’s innovation and investment operations, and founding a nonpro t dedicated to advancing women and minorities to positions of top corporate leadership, Lisa Lambert (MBA 1997) always has... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
  • 16 Feb 2023
  • HBS Case

ESG Activists Met the Moment at ExxonMobil, But Did They Succeed?

The impact-investment hedge fund Engine No. 1 made a big splash in May 2021 when it managed to get three nominees elected to the ExxonMobil board of directors. It was an open effort to prod the oil giant toward renewable energy and test whether activist investing could... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Financial Services
  • 31 Oct 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017

1990s, these two historical trends met, as the concept of sustainable development spread to large conventional corporations, and visionary green firms scaled or were acquired by conventional big businesses. The concept of sustainability... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne