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Introducing One-Step 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 & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details

24 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach

institution where the top twelve executives had Executive Scorecards detailing their goals, measuring their contributions, and defining their priorities. Because Executive Scorecards state the exact role that managers are to play, they... View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu

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John H. McArthur | About

Boston region as well as organizations and institutions around the globe, including in his home country of Canada. McArthur’s association with HBS began in 1957 when he arrived on campus from Vancouver. His standout performance in the MBA... View Details

19 May 2015
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First Look: May 19

surrounding growth of a nonprofit institution and the United Kingdom's socialized health care system. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/315012-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 415-050 Continental Hope Group... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

How to Predict if a New Business Idea is Any Good

innovation and entrepreneurship. When dealing with something truly innovative, it’s difficult to compare it to anything that came before. That uncertainty makes the line between a tremendous success and a phenomenal flop a thin one.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Accommodations; Financial Services

14 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53461 2017 Making Research Matter: A Psychologist's Guide to Public Engagement Government and Organizations: Transforming Institutions Using Behavioral Insights By: Dalton,... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Events - Private Capital Project

David Coats (Managing Director & Co-Founder, Correlation Ventures), and Lea Stern (Assistant Professor, University of Washington and the Allen Institute for AI), moderated by Professor Victoria Ivashina (Co-head of HBS Private Capital... View Details

06 Sep 2022
Blog Post

To Go-Go: A Foodtech Startup Serves Up Scale in Latin America

would return to consulting afterward. But Izquierdo, who spent six months at an Italian culinary institute after high school, had long wanted to open her own eatery as a side venture. In the meantime, Azuero had been mulling... View Details

29 Feb 2024
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on Social Enterprise

consulting for foundations and nonprofits with the Monitor Institute by Deloitte. What has been the highlight of your HBS experience thus far? HBS has been the greatest learning experience for me. I feel privileged to have the opportunity... View Details

17 Dec 2007
Research & Ideas

The Rise of Medical Tourism

handful of medical institutes that are really first-rate, and the doctors they produce are extremely well trained. When my colleagues and I began to research this case, some other countries had already stolen a march on India—Singapore,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies

18 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 18

business model and analyzes how his firm evolved into a diversified business group. The research supports prevailing explanations of business groups, which identify the role of institutional voids, government policies, and contact... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Oct 2010
Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

Editor's Note: Christian Ketels wrote this paper for the World Bank's Development Debate, "What Do We Mean by Export Competitiveness and How Do Countries Achieve it in an Uncertain World?" held March 29, 2010. Ketels is Principal Associate at the View Details

Keywords: by Christian Ketels

16 Mar 2020
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How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

stakeholders leads to vulnerabilities. Companies are dependent not only on global supply chains and what might be happening in other countries, but also on the state of institutions in their own communities. The ecosystems in which... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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HBS - The year in Review

2021 Annual Report From The Dean Financials PDF Downloads Archive The Year in Review The 2020–21 fiscal year was one of innovation and adaptation. While the pandemic disrupted lives and activities around the world, Harvard Business School... View Details

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Faculty - Race, Gender & Equity

Business School and the Alan L. Gleitsman Professor of Social Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School, where she is also the... Max H. Bazerman Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration Max H. Bazerman is Jesse Isidor Straus... View Details

20 Dec 2011
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First Look: December 20

stereotype-incongruent information. Implications for impression formation are discussed. Inducement Prizes and Innovation Authors:Liam Brunt, Josh Lerner, and Tom Nicholas Publication:Journal of Industrial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 May 2013
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Edward E. Matthews, MBA 1957

“Some people detest asking people for money, but I’m not one of them.” And because he believes in making contributions that give institutions flexibility, Matthews gives to the HBS Fund. “The Dean needs the resources to View Details

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

the prior year. Current use giving—both restricted and unrestricted—provides crucial funding for innovation across the School. Because current use gifts can be spent immediately, they have a significant impact on the net operating surplus... View Details

30 Jun 2021
In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021

What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details

Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland

March 2019 (Revised March 2023)
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Accion's Fintech Strategy

By: V. Kasturi Rangan, Michael Chu and Tricia Gregg

Accion, an NGO, had been a pioneer in microfinance since its entry into that sector in the early 1970s. Its investments in Banco Compartamos paid off, when the microfinance bank went IPO in 2007, leaving an influx of $138 million for Accion. Under a new CEO, Michael... View Details