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- 27 Jan 2016
- Blog Post
A Summer Internship in the Music Industry
structured summer project plan for me, and they wondered whether they “needed” an MBA level intern. Not to mention, budgets are tight. With some great advice from Harvard friends and faculty, as well as the incredible HBS Media &... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Turning Point: Sparking Change
confidence I had gained by growing up in Detroit and going to Howard University to say, “I would raise that ad budget by $5 million.” Professor Starr said, “You would?” After I’d explained my reasoning, he said, “Ms. Hilliard, you did an... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
In My Humble Opinion: The Business of Burning Man
Beach in 1986—where a few dozen people watched an 8-foot high wooden man burn—Burning Man, now a nonprofit with a $36 million budget (and over 400 pieces of large-scale art to boot), saw some 70,000 Burners come together this year, united... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 02 Jun 2011
- News
Serious Fun
Alvarez through a six-city tour, with the ultimate goal of finding fame and fortune in Los Angeles. Along the way, as Angel earns money dancing in competitions (and working a side job), users make decisions about budgeting for short- and... View Details
- November 2009
- Background Note
Business Valuation and the Cost of Capital
By: Timothy A. Luehrman
This note is an introduction to the cost of capital as used in discounted cash flow valuation analyses. The note covers basic financial economic principles and practical problems encountered in calculating the cost of capital, especially WACC. It concludes with... View Details
Luehrman, Timothy A. "Business Valuation and the Cost of Capital." Harvard Business School Background Note 210-037, November 2009.
- November 2001
- Case
Sigma Networks, Inc.
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Christina L. Darwall
Sigma Networks, a venture capital-based telecommunications start-up, provides metropolitan area networks (MANs) that use fiberoptic lines to connect local Internet service providers (e.g., ISPs, hosting firms) with a long-haul ("backbone") network. MANs represent a... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Customers; Capital Budgeting; Venture Capital; Strategic Planning; Technology Networks; Telecommunications Industry
Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Christina L. Darwall. "Sigma Networks, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 802-103, November 2001.
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
One Two Punch
noted, were some one hundred thousand jobs lost due to the economic downturn and a multibillion-dollar budget gap. The new mayor has said he will not raise taxes but will cut expenses and impose a hiring freeze. Bloomberg took the oath of... View Details
- Web
Staff | Information Technology
Setting Up Two-Step Verification Training Daily Work Resources that enable you to be productive both on and off campus. Adobe Creative Cloud Budgeting ChatGPT Edu Computer Upgrades Generative AI Tools at HBS Information Security Marketing... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
School’s Financial Picture Brighter than Expected
HBS finished fiscal year 2011 with a stronger financial performance than expected despite the lingering effects of the recent recession. Revenue for the year July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2011, exceeded the budget by nearly 9 percent,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
The Key to Innovation: Flexible Funding
business and other sectors so that we continue to produce and disseminate research and teaching materials with power in practice. To fulfill the School's enormous potential, a larger portion of the HBS annual budget will be invested in... View Details
Keywords: Robert Steven Kaplan
- Web
HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer
of digitalization across the globe, the need for a seamless digital infrastructure at HBS has never been more clear. In that regard, a growing part of future budgets will involve digital transformation. Launched as a strategic priority by... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Using an online platform to reinvent education
site. “Our annual budget is equivalent to a medium-sized high school. We’re reaching 10 million students a month today and hope to reach hundreds of millions in the not too far off future,” says Khan. “The Khan Academy team and I feel... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Ask the Expert: Energy’s Next Era
time, and allow demand to follow supply. Are global R&D budgets being allocated efficiently to the most promising technologies to prepare for the next era—or to those technologies in which our industrial champions have the largest stakes?... View Details
- 02 Dec 2014
- Blog Post
Building a Consumer-Centric Strategy: Highlights from the Marketing & CPG Club’s Conference
for female athletes around the world. Students learned how marketers are dealing with shrinking budgets and measuring the ROI of their marketing mix on the panel “A Marketer’s Reality: Building Brands on a Budget” and how to resonate on... View Details
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Faculty | Information Technology
Creative Cloud Budgeting ChatGPT Edu Computer Upgrades Generative AI Tools at HBS My Requests Information Security Marketing & Communications Templates O365 SharePoint OneDrive O365 Teams Personal Devices Printing Travel Information... View Details
- May 1996 (Revised May 1997)
- Case
Colliers International Property Consultants, Inc.: Managing a Virtual Organization
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Carin-Isabel Knoop
In less than 20 years, the real estate firm Colliers International expanded into a federation of 180 offices with close to 4,500 professionals in over 30 countries. Because Colliers expanded by signing up existing firms strong in their local markets, its leaders had to... View Details
Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Globalized Firms and Management; Management Practices and Processes; Service Operations; Information Technology; Organizational Structure; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Strategy; Budgets and Budgeting; Real Estate Industry
Applegate, Lynda M., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Colliers International Property Consultants, Inc.: Managing a Virtual Organization." Harvard Business School Case 396-080, May 1996. (Revised May 1997.)
- Mar 2012
- Article
Fixing What's Wrong with U.S. Politics
history shows it's not new. Moreover, sharp ideological battles have often proved highly productive in policy terms, delivering the best ideas from both sides. In the 1840s, for instance, state politicians who were deeply skeptical of government pushed hard for... View Details
- April 2010
- Teaching Note
Groupe Ariel S.A.: Parity Conditions and Cross-Border Valuation (Brief Case)
By: Timothy A. Luehrman and James Quinn
Teaching Note for 4194 View Details
- June 2003
- Case
Peabody Simpson at the Crossroads
By: Rajiv Lal, Nitin Nohria and Leslie Freeman
Three managing directors at Peabody Simpson had just returned from a firm-wide recruiting event at Columbia University, which they had covered together, as all were alumni. They were commiserating about having to submit revised forecasts to their division heads by the... View Details
Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Capital Budgeting; Recruitment; Reports; Organizational Design
Lal, Rajiv, Nitin Nohria, and Leslie Freeman. "Peabody Simpson at the Crossroads." Harvard Business School Case 503-112, June 2003.
- 23 Sep 2019
- News
Leading Schools that Change Lives
Salesianum. “I wanted to help the school navigate to a place of firmer footing,” says Kennealey, who has focused on reversing declining enrollments and budget deficits while reinforcing Salesianum’s historic tradition of serving... View Details