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- March 2020
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Girls Who Code
By: Brian Trelstad, Amy Klopfenstein and Olivia Hull
In 2012, Reshma Saujani founded Girls Who Code (GWC) with the mission of closing the technology (tech) industry’s gender gap. While GWC offered coding education programs to middle- and high-school-aged girls, the organization also sought to alter cultural stereotypes... View Details
Keywords: Coding; Gender Stereotypes; Information Technology; Gender; Education; Programs; Performance Effectiveness; Technology Industry; Technology Industry
Trelstad, Brian, Amy Klopfenstein, and Olivia Hull. "Girls Who Code." Harvard Business School Case 320-055, March 2020.
- June 2003
- Case
IBM and Linux (A)
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin, Siobhan O'Mahony and James Quinn
In the fall of 1998, Dan Frye, member of IBM's emerging technologies and business team, is trying to decide whether to forge a strategic alliance with the Linux Development Community (LDC). Just two years earlier, IBM had its first exposure to an "open source" software... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Open Source Distribution; Problems and Challenges; Alliances; Cooperation; Computer Industry; Computer Industry
Baldwin, Carliss Y., Siobhan O'Mahony, and James Quinn. "IBM and Linux (A)." Harvard Business School Case 903-083, June 2003.
- Program
Driving Digital Strategy
you participate in an Executive Education program on the HBS campus, you enter an immersive experience where every aspect of the learning model has been carefully designed to facilitate your growth. Your... View Details
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Technology & Operations Management - Doctoral
industry partners, giving them a unique perspective on academic research and the ability to test their ideas in the field. Curriculum & Coursework Our programs are full-time degree View Details
- July 2019
- Case
Piramal Foundation: The Business of Philanthropy
By: Vikram Gandhi and Mahima Rao-Kachroo
The Piramal Foundation was launched by diversfied Indian conglomerate, the Piramal Group, to improve the healthcare services and quality of education of India’s economically and socially disadvantaged. The foundation operates under three verticals—‘Piramal Foundation... View Details
Keywords: Social Enterprise; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Education; Health Care and Treatment; Performance Improvement; Growth and Development Strategy; Education Industry; Education Industry; India
Gandhi, Vikram, and Mahima Rao-Kachroo. "Piramal Foundation: The Business of Philanthropy." Harvard Business School Case 520-011, July 2019.
- December 2009 (Revised May 2012)
- Case
Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center: Breast Cancer Care in Taiwan
By: Michael E. Porter, Jennifer F Baron and C. Jason Wang
Taiwan's Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center has developed an integrated, team-based care delivery model for breast cancer care that is being expanded to other cancer types in 2009. A decade earlier, President and CEO Dr. Andrew Huang and the Center had worked... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Medical Specialties; Service Delivery; Outcome or Result; Performance Effectiveness; Quality; Integration; Health Industry; Health Industry; Taiwan
Porter, Michael E., Jennifer F Baron, and C. Jason Wang. "Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center: Breast Cancer Care in Taiwan." Harvard Business School Case 710-425, December 2009. (Revised May 2012.)
- 26 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
If a Car Can Drive Itself, Can It Make Life-or-Death Decisions?
Badaracco says. “You want really good, honest back and forth with thoughtful, knowledgeable people. We don’t fully understand how these AI programs work, but we don’t fundamentally understand how our own brains make decisions either.” Tom... View Details
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Changing the Game
in an Executive Education program on the HBS campus, you enter an immersive experience where every aspect of the learning model has been carefully designed to facilitate your growth. Your learning will take... View Details
Michael Beer
MICHAEL BEER
Mike Beer is the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School and author Fit to Compete: Why Honest Conversations About Your Company’s... View Details
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Leadership for Senior Executives
you participate in an Executive Education program on the HBS campus, you enter an immersive experience where every aspect of the learning model has been carefully designed to facilitate your growth. Your... View Details
- 21 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 21, 2015
(the exogenous component of the variation in industry imports from China and changes in federal spending) and two supply-side ones (TFP shocks and variation in knowledge/ideas coming from foreign patenting). In each case, we find... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Mar 2016
- Blog Post
Learning to Code at Business School
These days more and more MBA students are choosing to pursue a career in tech. At HBS, 20% of the Class of 2015 went into the tech industry after graduation and the Code Club is an active student group on campus. For many, having some... View Details
- May 2010 (Revised July 2010)
- Case
Bank of America Acquires Merrill Lynch (A)
By: Robert C. Pozen and Charles E. Beresford
On December 22, 2008, Bank of America (BofA) chairman and CEO Ken Lewis convened a special board of directors meeting to review his company's pending acquisition of investment bank Merrill Lynch. Negotiations for the acquisition had begun a few months earlier, during... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Crisis; Corporate Governance; Government Legislation; Crisis Management; Business and Government Relations; Banking Industry
Pozen, Robert C., and Charles E. Beresford. "Bank of America Acquires Merrill Lynch (A)." Harvard Business School Case 310-092, May 2010. (Revised July 2010.)
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Finance for Senior Executives
core skills in a broad strategic context Blended Learning and Living at HBS When you participate in a blended Executive Education program at Harvard Business School, you get the best of both worlds—a powerful learning experience that... View Details
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
Industry Location and International Regulatory Variation Author:Arthur A. Daemmrich Publication:Chap. 16 in Ways of Regulating: Therapeutic Agents between Plants, Shops, and Consulting Rooms. Vol. 363, 271-290. Berlin, Germany: Max Planck... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- February 2017
- Article
How Much Is a Win Worth? An Application to Intercollegiate Athletics
By: Doug J. Chung
Intercollegiate athletics in the United States have become a multibillion-dollar industry over the past several decades. In this study, we investigate the short- and long-term direct monetary effects of operating a winning athletics program for an academic institution... View Details
Keywords: Dynamic Panel Data; Heterogeneity; Instrumental Variables; Intercollegiate Athletics; Educational Finance; Entertainment Marketing; Higher Education; Marketing; Sports; Revenue; Education Industry; United States
Chung, Doug J. "How Much Is a Win Worth? An Application to Intercollegiate Athletics." Management Science 63, no. 2 (February 2017): 548–565.
- 05 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
The Women’s College Cohort at Peek Weekend
Peek has changed a lot since its founding in 2015! Please visit the Peek website for the most up to date information on dates, registration, and program events. As a senior in college, prepared to graduate with a job in consulting and a... View Details
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Strategy - Doctoral
Strategy The doctoral program in Strategy encourages students to pursue multi-disciplinary research that utilizes multiple methodologies—quantitative, as well as qualitative—to study how companies and View Details
- February 2018 (Revised August 2019)
- Case
The Rise Fund: TPG Bets Big on Impact
By: Vikram S. Gandhi, Caitlin Reimers Brumme and Sarah Mehta
It is March 2017, and TPG, a global alternative investment firm with $74 billion assets under management, has recently launched its inaugural impact-investing fund—the $2 billion Rise Fund. In an effort to “take the religion out of impact investing,” Maya Chorengel,... View Details
Keywords: Impact Investing; Impact Measurement; Equity; Investment; Measurement and Metrics; Financial Services Industry; California; San Francisco
Gandhi, Vikram S., Caitlin Reimers Brumme, and Sarah Mehta. "The Rise Fund: TPG Bets Big on Impact." Harvard Business School Case 318-041, February 2018. (Revised August 2019.)
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Mergers and Acquisitions
HBS When you participate in an Executive Education program on the HBS campus, you enter an immersive experience where every aspect of the learning model has been carefully designed to facilitate your growth.... View Details