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Managing & Investing in a Fast-Growing Emerging Market: India
& Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs): Harvard Kennedy School Think Tank Guide: search across think tanks or navigate to specific View Details
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Protecting Yourself Against Phishing | Information Technology
Protecting Yourself Against Phishing What is Phishing? Phishing is when an email claiming to be from a legitimate source , such as an HBS email address, your bank, or your favorite retailer, attempts to trick you into providing your... View Details
- 09 Nov 2016
- News
The Seeds of Learning
that Harvard opened my eyes to the opportunities in which I could place my unique abilities in order to make a difference. “Gardeneers is a nonprofit organization that does school garden programs for students. We work with about 1,000... View Details
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Field Course: Investing for Impact
commentary from HBS faculty. Demographics, city data, and more: Analyze Boston is the City of Boston's new open data hub, where you can find facts, figures, and maps related to our lives within the city – all in one convenient... View Details
- 19 Oct 2023
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New Venture Competition 2023: Business and Environment Ventures
The New Venture Competition is an annual competition sponsored by the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise Initiative open to all students and alumni who are launching new business and social impact ventures. This year,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
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2017 in Education: Investing in the Next Generation of Workers
Business needs to care about the performance of students in the public education system, from preschool through college. It is the primary source of future employees for every business. It’s also where the vast majority of teachers of... View Details
- 05 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Venture Capital Goes Boom—or Bust?
Ninety percent of new entrepreneurial businesses that don't attract venture capital fail within three years. A software engineer at the government contractor EG&G, Don Brooks had been working on computer systems for the Idaho National... View Details
Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner
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Oded Navon
pivoting from the public to private sector, and getting a Harvard MBA in particular would catapult me toward making large-scale impact. Coming to HBS is like... ...thinking you've reached the top of Mount Everest, only to realize there's a higher peak ahead. HBS View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
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Social Innovation Goes Mainstream
for her opening address at the tenth anniversary Social Enterprise Conference on March 1. The daylong event, heralded in advance by Forbes as one of the top business gatherings for 2009, was organized by students from HBS and the Harvard... View Details
- 08 Dec 2015
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December 8, 2015
Regulate Companies like Airbnb and Uber? By: Edelman, Benjamin G., and Damien Geradin Abstract—New software platforms use modern information technology, including full-featured web sites and mobile apps, to allow service providers and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 1
company. The company specialized in providing its clients with software used for transaction processing and risk management in various commodity markets. Triple Point Technology had grown substantially in its 13 years of existence and was... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Aug 2022
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Clean Slate
For the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport), the pandemic opened up the rare opportunity to rethink “everything we do and how we do it,” says CEO Lisa Wieland (MBA 2001). The independent public authority that owns and operates the... View Details
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Jeff Bussgang
Even a quick glance at Jeff Bussgang’s resume reveals a deep commitment to entrepreneurial innovation. After playing a leading role at Open Market, an Internet commerce software firm that grew to $100... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
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Creativity from Many Angles
interdisciplinary approach to examining creativity, with perspectives from the fields of sociology, psychology, economics, and history. Of 100 papers submitted for consideration, nine authors were asked to present their work, with topics ranging from “The Airplane as... View Details
- 06 Jun 2017
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Many Rivers to Cross
Colombian octogenarian Mariano Ospina-Hernandez (MBA 1951) is the resolute visionary behind an ambitious proposal to improve and expand the country’s transportation infrastructure. His foresight could open new possibilities for... View Details
- 17 Nov 2015
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Carbon Neutral
implement a “cap-and-trade” framework—capping the total amount of emissions and allowing companies to trade permits to pollute on the open market—fell apart in the midst of partisan bickering. As Washington fiddles, the world suffers... View Details
Keywords: Michael Blanding
- 14 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 14
Working PapersIndustry Equilibrium with Open Source and Proprietary Firms Authors:Gastón Llanes and Ramiro de Elejalde Abstract We present a model of industry equilibrium to study the coexistence of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Aug 2004
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Strategy for Small Fish
number of niche firms for long, sustained periods of time. In the software industry, a large number of niche players have endured for many years, constantly generating a variety of product innovations. Despite the contraction caused by... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
- 06 Sep 2016
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The Solution That Doesn’t Get Discussed About How to Get More Women On Corporate Boards
on the topic, corporate boardrooms are stuck. The first challenge to adding women to boards is that there are just not enough open board seats to fill and the second is that of the very few open spots (7% of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
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A U.S. Turnaround?
faces. Some of them are Americans who grew up here, but many are foreign students. In the past, most of them stayed to enjoy the benefits of our open society, but now many are going home. Since September 11, 2001, many have trouble... View Details