Investing For Impact - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2024
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On the Radar

Illustration by Brian Stauffer Illustration by Brian Stauffer Our planet is teeming with trillions of viruses and bacteria, most of which are innocuous or even helpful, but some pose a significant risk to public health, animals, and crops. In recent decades,... View Details

Keywords: Janine White; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

30 Jan 2014
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Modularity and Intellectual Property Protection

Keywords: by Carliss Y. Baldwin & Joachim Henkel

30 May 2023
News

Finding PRIDE

second year, when I was looking for a job as a commercial and investment banker, I would look at their policies for nondiscrimination. Most banks had nothing, but Bank of... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

05 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

How Hormones Foretell Whether People Will Cheat

aggressive (high testosterone) and stressed (high cortisol). Consider Wall Street, where hard-hitting bankers compete for performance-driven bonuses, where "You eat what you kill" is the informal motto, and where View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

December 2017 (Revised July 2020)
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Opportunity Growth at Grupo Torre Médica

By: Juan Alcácer, J. Ramon Lecuona-Torras and Katherine Grozier

Senior management must make a decision for how to grow their search fund to reach the final margins for investors. View Details

Keywords: Investment Funds; Growth Management; Decision Making; Strategy; Mexico; Latin America

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From C-Suite to CEO - Alumni

there an opportunity for me to expand on my responsibilities? Are assessment tools available? Is executive coaching available? Go Small to Go Big A hallmark of those who have been successful in transitioning from C-Suite to CEO is that... View Details

23 May 2018
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Carla A. Harris, MBA 1987

struck a chord with Harris, who has spent much of her life exemplifying his advice. During her three decades at Morgan Stanley, for example, she has led numerous initiatives focused on women and minorities and mentored hundreds of... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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Judging Criteria - Alumni

problem, need or pain-point. What solution does your venture provide? How is your solution innovative i.e. technology, business model, IP etc.? Describe your value proposition. Does your solution have the potential for significant View Details

11 May 2016
Research & Ideas

Fix This! Why is it so Painful to Buy a New Car?

Harvard Business School have as much pain shopping for a new car as the rest of us. For Jill Avery, a senior lecturer in the Marketing Unit, one experience included being ignored by a salesman, who turned... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Auto

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

honest conversation, to undermine their ability to develop a trust-based culture for years to come. Michael Beer is the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, co-founder and director of TruePoint Partners, and the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Faculty and Research - Alumni

scholarship that ensures the School’s continued educational excellence and its impact on business and society. Watch more videos about faculty members' research activities The Insights we need to Educate Leaders Six faculty members... View Details

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Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online

participants throughout the course. Learn about bringing this course to your organization . HBS also offers an executive education version of this program for individuals with extensive work experience interested in on-campus programming.... View Details

20 Apr 2021
Book

A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success

they eschew efforts—even bold, cutting-edge proposals—that are unlikely to generate value for customers, employees, or suppliers. “Companies that raise customer willingness to pay in a distinctive manner attract the very customers that... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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The Idea of Instant Photography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy... View Details

04 Feb 2022
Book

Beyond the Cold War: Reinventing Socialism in 5 Countries

Although many view socialism through the rigid lens of Soviet orthodoxy, it has always been a work in progress and an evolving and adaptable ideology on a global scale, says Harvard Business School Marvin Bower Associate Professor Jeremy Friedman. In his new book, Ripe... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

26 May 2016
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Mary Callahan Erdoes, MBA 1993

Morgan Global Investment Management, Portfolio Manager 2005 Named CEO, J.P. Morgan Private Bank 2005 Joins Board of Directors, U.S. Fund for UNICEF 2009 Named CEO, J.P. Morgan Asset Management 2013 Launches... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance

21 Mar 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 21

navigate nascent markets but overlooks an imperative for entrepreneurial firms that pioneer in these contexts: finding a viable business model. Through an in-depth, multiple-case study of ventures in the nascent social View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 May 2004
Research & Ideas

How Team Leaders Show Support–or Not

daily diary entries from employees working on creative projects—everything from making a new high-strength fabric to developing a database for a global hotel chain—they were able to chart how and why team leaders have enormous impact,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Oct 1996
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Trading Up — Kenneth D. Brody (MBA 1971)

On a summer evening in 1991, after a small, invitation-only dinner in New York City, Ken Brody took aside the guest of honor for a private conversation. The longer the two men talked, the more Brody sensed he had found a kindred spirit.... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

14 Sep 2018
Blog Post

10 Things I Learned During My First Month in the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

faith. Since then, I found the answers to the things I wondered from a distance. Pursuing a joint degree impacts your regular MBA experience, but for the better, giving you another family on campus. It is a... View Details

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