women in business - Publications - Faculty & Research

September 2018 (Revised November 2018)
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Careem: Base Camp or Mountain Peak? Designing an OS for Scaling

By: Shikhar Ghosh, Gamze Yucaoglu and Alpana Thapar

This case focuses on designing a fast growing organization. It is part of a two-case set that is taught together to cover the scaling journey.
Careem, a Dubai-based ride-hailing service aimed to ‘simplify and improve the lives of people, and build an awesome... View Details

Keywords: Scale; Values; Rights; Operating Systems; Business Startup; Transportation; Organizational Design; Entrepreneurship; Information Technology; Organizational Culture; Values and Beliefs; Decision Making; Managerial Roles; Dubai; United Arab Emirates; Middle East

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17 Feb 2021
News

The massive chip shortage highlights the single weakest link in the auto supply chain

26 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

7 Leadership Principles for Managing in the Time of Coronavirus

Show Us How Crisis Leadership Works Five Leaders Forged in Crisis, and What We Can Learn From Them How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business In a crisis,... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Health

30 Dec 2024

Coffee Chat with Current Student in Israel

Join a current HBS student hear more about life as a full-time MBA student at Harvard Business School. Come prepared with questions! This session will take place from 10-10:30am. View Details

29 Jul 2013

Penn Club MBA Panel in San Francisco

Admissions officers from Harvard, Kellogg, MIT Sloan, Stanford, and Wharton will discuss the business school admission process. Topics will include academic standing, professional experience, interviews, letters of recommendation, and... View Details

26 Nov 2021
News

How to Build Stronger Relationships With Colleagues in the Zoom Era

04 Nov 2024

Coffee Chat with MBA Admissions in Edinburgh

Join an HBS Admissions representative for an in-person informal chat to learn more about the MBA Program and life at Harvard Business School. It will primarily be Q&A, so come prepared with your questions! This Coffee Chat will take place... View Details

25 Feb 2020

HBS in NYC: College Programs Information Session

Join us to learn more about the Harvard Business School MBA Program and opportunities for college students to experience life at HBS. This event is designed for current undergraduate students. The event will include a short presentation... View Details

04 Aug 2014

HBS Information Session in New York City

This event is an opportunity to learn more about the MBA program at Harvard Business School. The event will include a presentation from current students, alumni and a member of the MBA Admissions Board. A reception will follow the... View Details

14 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Keeping Credit Flowing to Consumers in Need

real estate at Harvard Business School, and director emeritus of Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies. In addition, the American economy depends on consumers having access to credit. "The... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate

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Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry

href="https://hollis.harvard.edu/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=01HVD_ALMA512223570440003941&context=L&vid=HVD2&search_scope=everything&tab=everything&lang=en_US">Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, Harvard Business... View Details

May 20, 2024
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Porter’s Five Forces and Competitive Advantage in Web3

By: Scott Duke Kominers and Liang Wu

Competitive strategy — the art of crafting and executing plans to achieve an advantageous position in the market — is integral to any business, and especially relevant for platforms because it determines their ability to achieve network effects and scale. But web3... View Details

Keywords: Five Forces Framework; Competitive Strategy; Business Strategy; Network Effects; Digital Transformation

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01 Jun 1996
News

Capitalist Revolutions Analyzed in MBA "Foundations" Course

Capitalist Revolutions (DCR), was born. Taught initially in January 1996 by McCraw and Assistant Professor Nancy F. Koehn, another business historian, DCR drew an enthusiastic response from the first... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

13 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future

private firms differs.” So when Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Joan Farre-Mensa learned he'd been granted access to a database of accounting information on tens of thousands of private American firms, he knew it was an... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

28 May 2019
News

Rise in Unruly Behavior on Planes Is Tied to Stress of Flying

18 Jun 2012
Research & Ideas

Better by the Bunch: Evaluating Job Candidates in Groups

have worked on" —Max Bazerman A recent collaboration between Harvard Business School and the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) reveals that you're much less likely to stereotype by gender if you apply an "evaluation nudge"—an... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

06 Feb 2016
News

Ascension seeks productivity elixir from its joint venture in Cayman Islands

01 Oct 2000
News

After the Revolution: Putting the Internet in Perspective

"Put yourself in 1980," HBS professor Richard L. Nolan challenged alumni during his spring reunion presentation "The Exploding Internet: Impact on Business and Society." "If you're IBM, who's your major... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

10 Feb 2014
HBS Case

Stressing Safety in South Africa’s Platinum Mines

than a meter. "The students wanted to get out right away," recalls Mukunda, an assistant professor in the Organizational Behavior unit at Harvard Business School. "But I said, no! (Luckily I... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing

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Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences - Course Catalog

opportunities for entrepreneurial innovation. This course is primarily designed for students who are interested in exploring entrepreneurial opportunities within the life sciences, including exploring ideation, generating and/or licensing... View Details

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