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03 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

The Basics of Consumer Marketing in Asia

are very exquisite in design and consumers also have very high expectations of the [look] and materials," he said. And companies must be fleet of foot to keep up with changing consumer demands. Duan said that since 2000, the updating View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

06 Sep 2018
Blog Post

How to Thrive in an Unstructured Environment

and cons in real time, and picked the one that worked best for us. You want to expedite the virtuous cycle of trying, learning, and adapting. 3. Surround yourself with the best resources: people. Books, blogs, and articles are great... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

02 Jun 2015
News

Pointing the Way to a Better World

that—whether it’s building wells in an Ethiopian village, improving educational opportunities for girls in Kenya, or stopping the cycle of violence in American cities—WuDunn and Kristof aim to show the profound impact that even one person... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

05 Apr 2016
First Look

April 5, 2016

instance. The essay also features the leading proponents of this program, especially Charles Hook of ARMCO, and reasons for its eventual decline. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50915 Wesley Mitchell’s Business View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

23 Nov 2011
News

Manufacturing a Recovery

Keywords: Manufacturing

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Entrepreneurial Finance (Q2) - Course Catalog

receivables financing. Course Content and Educational Objectives The goal of Entrepreneurial Finance is to help managers make better investment and financing decisions in entrepreneurial settings. The course covers all stages of the venture's life View Details

09 Dec 2020
News

How to Fix America

HBS alumni and a faculty member were among the respondents. Kwame Owusu-Kesse (MBA/MPP 2012), CEO of Harvard Children’s Zone, writing with the organization’s founder, Geoffrey Canada, suggested that, “[i]f we are going to break the cycle... View Details

01 Dec 2016
News

Cast of Characters

new Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death, Chu brings a modern sensibility to the DC Comics seductress: “I thought it was time to update her as a smart scientist with more powers, character complexity, and antihero aspirations.” THE NAVY... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Aug 2006
First Look

First Look: August 1, 2006

Innovation Life Cycle Author:George F. Westerman, Warren McFarlan, and Marco Iansiti Periodical:Organization Science 17, no. 2 (March-April 2006): 230-238. Differing bases of competition in early and later stages of an innovation's life... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2008
News

The $4 Billion Question

It’s no secret that private equity firms have enjoyed massive profits in recent years. In Private Equity Finance, a course in the second-year MBA elective curriculum, students follow the life cycle of a deal in order to learn more about... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Finance; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Management

08 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

A Manager’s Guide to International Strategy

flexibility," Collis says. "These are the cycles and choices that companies go through." The answers to these four questions, Collis says, flow out of an understanding of a firm's international advantage. "We talk about competitive... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

26 Sep 2024
Blog Post

Syngenta Tomato Vision

growing, high yields) and retailers. It usually takes 8-10 years to develop a completely new tomato variety. Using modern gene mapping technologies to identify traits and accelerate the screening, crossing of existing varieties, and selection of new cultivars, shortens... View Details

10 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

Celebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later

whole context. Ely: In Men and Women of the Corporation, you dig into roles and structures, and you weave it all together into cycles of advantage and disadvantage. I’m curious to know how you think about actually intervening in those... View Details

Keywords: by Robin J. Ely

01 Feb 1999
News

All in the Family

fact," says Davis, "more than two-thirds of all business enterprises worldwide are owned or managed by families, and 30 percent of the Fortune 500 companies are family owned or controlled." In Generation to Generation: Life Cycles of the... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

20 Dec 2022
News

Singing to the Corn

soil-depleting cycle of pesticides and fertilization. Sacred Seed started with a simple question one of Keen's mentors asked him over 15 years ago: "What are you doing to protect your corn?" But another part of the story is more personal,... View Details

08 Jan 2020
Blog Post

Know Your Audience - Recruiting HBS Students for Private Equity

determine which format, large or intimate, is the best fit for your goals. Making the Investment in Recruiting An emerging trend in Private Equity recruiting is the use of the summer internship as a feeder for full-time hiring. The private equity deal View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity

01 Jun 2002
News

In VMI Partnerships, the Devil is in the Data

decade, however, influential manufacturers such as Procter & Gamble and Campbell Soup initiated such partnerships to help smooth production cycles and improve profits. Retailers were wooed by the potential efficiencies of better inventory... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA 1988)

01 Dec 2001
News

BOOK: Ruling the Waves

by Debora L. Spar (Harcourt) In her new book, Ruling the Waves: Cycles of Discovery, Chaos, and Wealth from the Compass to the Internet, HBS professor Debora Spar looks back over the centuries and examines how revolutionary technologies,... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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FAQs | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

positions includes but is not limited to: 5 U.S.C. 5379 and §931 of Public Law 110-315 of Aug. 14, 2008. Am I eligible for the program if I am in a term position (including a position in the HBS Leadership Fellows program)? The annual program View Details

28 Mar 2019
News

California Alumni Explore Role of Capitalism in Addressing Climate Change

take action on climate now, while Roland Hwang, Managing Director, Climate and Clean Energy Program, NRDC, closed with a talk on reimagining the role of government and opportunities to create virtuous cycles with business leaders. “It was... View Details