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Your Social Entrepreneurship checklist | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
The Social Enterprise Initiative has long supported students and alumni starting organizations with a social impact focus. Our curriculum, career support, community building, and funding supports students in exploring social... View Details
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Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online
Strategy Andreas Andresen Professor of Business Administration "Business Strategy will equip you with a framework that you can apply immediately." Dates & Eligibility No current course offerings for this selection. Starting Sep 03 7 Weeks... View Details
- January 2010 (Revised December 2012)
- Case
Knight the King: The Founding of Nike
By: Noam Wasserman and Kyle Anderson
It had taken Phil Knight 16 long years to build Nike into the number one athletic-shoe company in the country. When Knight had first conceived of the company for an MBA class project, Adidas had had more than 80% market share, but Knight's marketing approach had... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Initial Public Offering; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Apparel and Accessories Industry
Wasserman, Noam, and Kyle Anderson. "Knight the King: The Founding of Nike." Harvard Business School Case 810-077, January 2010. (Revised December 2012.)
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Gender & Race in Organizations Research Group - Race, Gender & Equity
(Lizzie) Sheprow is a doctoral student in the Organizational Behavior program jointly offered by Harvard Business School and the Department of Sociology at Harvard University. Her research is focused on relational dynamics, emotions, and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
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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
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
E. Roe Stamps IV, MBA 1974
of their philanthropy, however, is the Stamps Scholars Program, which they initially launched at Georgia Tech and have since expanded into two dozen universities across the country. The program offers top... View Details
- 05 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Anchor Investors Help Impact Funds Succeed
investments. "Funds with anchors are, on average, $9 million larger than those without anchors at last close." The initial anchor investment can serve as a quality indicator to other investors, including those that are more risk... View Details
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Frequently Asked Questions - Health Care
second-year elective courses How does the Health Care Initiative differ from the student club? Led by faculty and staff, our Health Care Initiative serves the entire HBS community of faculty, alumni, and... View Details
- 19 May 2015
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First Look: May 19
urban development at the national level and in three cities in a single Chinese region. The study reveals that the initial liberalization of land was reversed after China's first contemporary real estate bubble in the early 1990s and that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
How Paid Promos Take the Shine Off YouTube Stars (and Tips for Better Influencer Marketing)
their findings in the newly updated working paper “Reputation Burning: Analyzing the Impact of Brand Sponsorship on Social Influencers.” They initiated the study because they were fascinated by the growing overlap between e-commerce and... View Details
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About - Business History
Horizons Re: Melanie Sheehan BHI's Postdoctoral Fellowship in Business History offered me an incredible opportunity to learn and grow as a business historian. I arrived at HBS with research and teaching experience in the history of US... View Details
- 09 Apr 2024
- Research & Ideas
When Climate Goals, Housing Policy, and Corporate R&D Collide, Social Good Can Emerge
For almost four years, Omar Asensio and his colleagues have been studying the impact of federal energy programs on low-income neighborhoods. The intersection of technology—artificial intelligence, in particular—and public policy has long been an area of focus for... View Details
Keywords: by Glen Justice
- 17 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Our Brain Determines if the Product is Worth the Price
products were offered at sub-retail prices. Sometimes participants saw the price first, and sometimes they saw the product first. But in every case, they eventually saw an image of both the product and the price presented together. At... View Details
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Impact of the New Medium - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
110, a higher-end camera, and in 1954 the "Highlander" Model 80A, a smaller, more moderately priced camera. 73 Polaroid instructional literature offered clear and precise illustrations that showed customers how to "drop load" the negative... View Details
- March 2022 (Revised August 2022)
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Swvl: Smart Mobility for the Masses
By: Krishna Palepu, Esel Çekin and Menna Hassan
The case focuses on strategy and governance issues at Swvl, a tech-enabled mass mobility marketplace. It describes the journey of CEO and Chairman Mostafa Kandil on his journey from founding the company to its listing on Nasdaq. Since its founding in Egypt in 2017,... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Growth and Development Strategy; Initial Public Offering; Innovation and Invention; Business Startups; Transportation Industry; Technology Industry; Middle East; North Africa
Palepu, Krishna, Esel Çekin, and Menna Hassan. "Swvl: Smart Mobility for the Masses." Harvard Business School Case 122-097, March 2022. (Revised August 2022.)
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About Us - Research Computing Services
expertise. Statistical & Data Services RCS provides consulting services and assistance for HBS faculty research, along with guidance for RAs, doctoral students, faculty support specialists, and other collaborators supporting faculty research. View Details
- January 2022 (Revised January 2024)
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ReNew Power: Leading the Energy Transition in India
By: Gunnar Trumbull and Malini Sen
Founder-CEO of one of India’s largest clean energy companies, ReNew Power, which develops, builds, and operates utility-scale wind and solar energy projects, has to decide the way forward for the company as the country and the world stand poised at the cusp of an... View Details
Keywords: Energy Generation; Renewable Energy; Energy Sources; Entrepreneurship; Private Equity; Initial Public Offering; Forecasting and Prediction; Trends; Transformation; Private Ownership; Environmental Sustainability; Energy Industry; India; Asia
Trumbull, Gunnar, and Malini Sen. "ReNew Power: Leading the Energy Transition in India." Harvard Business School Case 722-028, January 2022. (Revised January 2024.)
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Online Management Course | HBS Online
and shape organizational processes to your advantage Influence the context and environment in which decisions get made Implement strategies, plans, and projects on time, on budget, and at the highest quality Spearhead learning initiatives... View Details
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Companies: social responsibility
Where can I find social responsibility ratings and reports for companies? The following databases rate or rank the social responsibility of companies: MSCI GMI Ratings: GMI Ratings, formerly known as Corporate Library, offers annual... View Details
- 25 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Meet the HBS Women's Student Association
on negotiating your offer letter, and more. Social Events Of course, a large part of the HBS experience is meeting new people and making lifelong friends. Whether it’s exercise classes or happy hours, the WSA regularly hosts events to... View Details