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Newsletter - Creating Emerging Markets

Newsletter Join our mailing list to receive updates. We often feature news and updates about the project on the Creating Emerging Markets project website. We also publish regular regional newsletters focused on Africa, Latin America, South Asia and the Middle East.... View Details

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Design Thinking Course | HBS Online

not complete. What materials will I have access to after completing Design Thinking and Innovation? + – You will have access to the materials in every prior module as you progress through the program. Access... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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A Continuum of Innovation

As senior associate dean and chair of the MBA Program, Matt Weinzierl has a running list of questions that he and Jana P. Kierstead, the executive director of MBA and Doctoral programs, always keep in mind. They range from the curricular (How can we ensure that the MBA... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online

communicated at the start of the course. No grades are assigned for Leading with Finance. Participants will either be evaluated as complete or not complete. What materials will I have access to after completing Leading with Finance? + –... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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Made in Italy

a commodity, and Italy has centuries and centuries of practice.” BAKER LIBRARY'S Medici Family Collection HBS’s Medici Family Collection comprises more than 150 ledgers and other manuscript volumes and contains an abundance of unique View Details

Keywords: April White

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Resources for Investment Management and Financial Analysis

news. S&P Capital IQ Pro News, data, and analysis covering a selection of industries, with strong coverage on financials, energy, materials (including metals and mining), insurance, Tech, Media and Telecom (TMT) and more.... View Details

17 Sep 2018
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Welcome to Retirement. Who Am I Now?

friends and relatives or start small businesses as a new source of fulfillment. One woman who had been mentoring junior workers at her old firm volunteered her coaching services through a community organization. Putting a material stake... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Entertainment & Recreation

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Polaroid: At The Intersection of Science & Art: Edwin H. Land and the Polaroid Corporation

material in the Polaroid corporate archives at Baker Library, bringing into focus the formative years and trajectory of the Polaroid Corporation and the career of Edwin Land, whose life, biographer Victor K. McElheny observes, "is a... View Details

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About Us - Research Computing Services

Python to Large Data in R. Workshops, Tutorials, & Reference Materials HBSGrid (Compute Cluster) Training Terms of Service Generally, an active appointment or enrollment with Harvard Business School, or sponsorship by someone with an... View Details

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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

angles between those planes. In 1852, Dr. William Bird Herapath discovered that combining iodine with quinine salt produced tiny crystals with light-polarizing characteristics that could direct and block planes of light. But low-cost polarizing View Details

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Launching Technology Ventures
Launching Technology Ventures (LTV) is designed for students who are actively working on their own startups or who will work at early-stage startups. The course material is, in particular, focused on new businesses in the... View Details

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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni

and additional supporting materials as outlined below. PERSONAL STATEMENT (approximately 500 words) explaining: Your interest in Africa and how you hope to make a difference by working in the region. Your long-term career goals and how... View Details

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Climate Impact - Business & Environment

rural India.” Danielle Colson MBA 2022 | Co-founder & COO, Mantel “Mantel is developing the first liquid phase materials that capture CO2 at high temperatures. Our molten borate technology enables new process designs that reduce costs by... View Details

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Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online

course. Your workbook will also be the basis for your Capstone assignment for the course, which includes several short essay questions that will help you reflect on what you’ve learned throughout the course, and consider how you will implement your new skills in future... View Details

31 Aug 2021
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Feeling Powerless at Work? Time to Agitate, Innovate, and Orchestrate

predictable ways: through the material accumulation of riches and status, or through psychological feelings of achievement, of being loved and belonging, of autonomy of choice, and of moral character. You can also solicit the observations... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

transporting Asia-bound exports down to the Gulf and through the canal and shipping them out to Seattle by land. Conversely, eastern-bound cargoes no longer consisted of strategic raw materials from California but inexpensive manufactured... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation

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Gallatin Hall | About

was replaced with energy-efficient systems, and sustainable building materials were used throughout, earning Gallatin LEED Gold for new construction certification, an internationally recognized green building standard. More than 80... View Details

25 Oct 2010
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Tesco’s Stumble into the US Market

makes ideal Harvard Business School case material for teaching everything from multinational strategy to on-the-ground logistics. Marketing professor John A. Quelch recently introduced Tesco PLC: Fresh & Easy in the United States,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

23 Mar 2022
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Learning Curve: The Brother-and-Sister Team Behind a New Edtech Nonprofit

approximately 150 million children ages 3 to 8, making it an ideal partner for working at scale. Rocket develops and delivers digital training materials focused specifically on boosting the skills of this group of public-sector educators.... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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Case Study: The Home Team

Illustration by Jon Krause Illustration by Jon Krause Brendan Kennealey (MBA 2006) wasn’t even searching for a business idea. A couple of years ago, the Wilmington, Delaware, native met up with an old friend who’d bought a new house. Over dinner this friend enumerated... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Real Estate

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