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02 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Digital Initiative Summit: Who Has the Power in the Music Industry?

music that consumers encounter? Those questions were debated at the "Digital Music: Recreating the Industry" panel on March 30 the at the Digital Initiative Summit at Harvard Business School. "It's interesting to think about the source of... View Details

Keywords: Re: Felix Oberholzer-Gee; Music

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Global Trade, Capital and National Institutions - Course Catalog

intermediate goods led by Multinational Corporations (MNCs). Foreign direct investment (FDI) became the dominant source of foreign private capital for many emerging markets, promising additional productivity gains for recipient countries.... View Details

06 Feb 2020
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HBS Alumni Join Forces on Virus Outbreak in China

items to hospital and response personnel, while another seeks to raise funds from HBS alumni to support the families of victims of the virus. The Wuhan Task Force, aims to quickly source and distribute... View Details

March 2024 (Revised June 2024)
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Governing OpenAI (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine, Suraj Srinivasan and Will Hurwitz

In late November 2023, OpenAI’s new board of directors took stock of the situation. The company, which sought to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI)—computer systems with capabilities exceeding human abilities—was looking to regain its footing after a chaotic... View Details

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Business of Sports

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29 Sep 2011
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Leveraging Intellectual Property

preventing IP theft in other countries? Is my IP threatened by open innovation? What Are The Keys To Monetizing Ip? Monetizing IP: The Executive's Challenge Many companies fail to develop a strategy around protecting and monetizing their... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

24 Apr 2014
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Transforming the landscape of agriculture in Nigeria

Mezuo Nwuneli (MBA 2003) is focused on improving the quality of food, its production, and its distribution in his native Nigeria. Nwuneli is cofounder of AACE Food Processing & Distribution, a company he launched in 2009 with his wife,... View Details

01 Jun 2018
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Sustaining HBS’s Unique Economic Model

Harvard Business School’s continued excellence requires ongoing investment—in people, programs, and ideas. The HBS economic model is tightly aligned with its mission of educating leaders who make a difference in the world, where the revenue View Details

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Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2016

2015. In contrast, for Harvard University as a whole, the corresponding amount for fiscal 2016 was 45 percent of total operating revenues. The largest of the School’s three philanthropic revenue sources is the annual endowment... View Details

Bernard A. Edison

Taking the helm of the family business from his father and uncle, Edison went on to lead it through its strongest period of growth and financial performance. He dramatically expanded operations, opening new designer footwear stores... View Details

Keywords: Retail

24 Apr 2014
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SHE builds confidence, promotes education, and creates jobs

countries, including Rwanda, where they miss up to 50 days of school or work per year because women lack access to these basic necessities. Through her work at SHE, Scharpf has created the enterprise’s first initiative, SHE 28, a franchise model to manufacture and... View Details

17 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Protecting against the Pirates of Bollywood

Mumbai, and an ongoing investigation of the transfer of land from agricultural to industrial use in China. Pirates On The Horizon There are two primary types of IP theft for copyright industries, which include movies, music, books, and software. Piracy—the illegal... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Motion Pictures & Video

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CFO Letter - Annual Report 2017

self-sustaining cycle, operating surpluses at Executive Education and HBP supplement revenues from MBA tuition and alumni gifts as the primary source of funding for faculty research. In short, the success of the HBS economic model starts... View Details

24 Jul 2006
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How Kayak Users Built a New Industry

annoyed and annoyed and annoyed, and one day you do something about it. Eric Raymond, of open source fame, calls this "scratching an itch." (Open source software... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation

November 2010 (Revised February 2013)
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Energy Security in Europe (A): Nord Stream

By: Rawi E. Abdelal and Sogomon Tarontsi

Russian and German energy firms initiated the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline project with strong political support from their home governments but encountered resistance from other states. Although the pipeline would connect Russia with Germany directly, the project... View Details

Keywords: Non-Renewable Energy; Leadership; Distribution; Business and Government Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Energy Industry; Russia; European Union; Germany

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24 Oct 2007
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Innovation

Solutions? Open Source Science: A New Model for Innovation Borrowing a practice that is common in the open source software community, HBS... View Details

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Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2014

distribution from the HBS endowment and current use gifts, are equally important to the School’s economic model. Funds from alumni giving provide additional financial stability and flexibility that are crucial to the School’s ability to... View Details

01 Sep 2005
News

Get Ready for Saudi Oil Shock

been at for the last 50 years. It starts opening doors to rationalize a new economy that isn’t as dependent on oil as the economy we created. What steps should we take now to prepare for an oil shortage? You’ve really got to go to a sort... View Details

Keywords: Lewis I. Rice; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; Manufacturing

30 Mar 2022
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Giving Hope and Comfort

Jeff Feingold (MBA 1997) aims to put himself out of business. “That’s the real goal,” says the founder of Hope and Comfort, a Massachusetts-based nonprofit that distributes basic hygiene products. Feingold estimates that, in Massachusetts... View Details

01 Sep 2018
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An SUV Built for African Roads—by African Workers

improve challenging last-mile distribution on rough terrain. Even before doing any marketing for the Mobius II, Yong reports that they have a couple hundred preorders and are building a sales and service network across the country to... View Details

Keywords: Amy Yee

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