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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

courses are completed successfully, learners will earn a Certificate of Specialization. HBS Online is currently offering a Learning Track in Leadership and Management , Strategy , Entrepreneurship and... View Details

02 Apr 2008
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Four Companies that Conquered America

maker earned a break when it managed to get a Best Buy buyer to take one of its vacuum cleaners home to test. The buyer was impressed. Fortunately for Dyson, Best Buy became the first U.S. retailer to stock... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

28 Jun 2022
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The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose

How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

03 Jan 2023
What Do You Think?

How Would the Leadership Style of Girl Scouts' Frances Hesselbein Fare Today?

that the Girl Scouts paid for their operations out of money earned from cookie sales. It was a set of assumptions difficult to change; it mattered a great deal in an organization in which each of the 334 councils and the head office were... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

07 Nov 2012
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HBS Cases: Sir Alex Ferguson--Managing Manchester United

earn respect from his players while at the same time driving them to success? A: He is adamant that a manager should never lose control. There's a telling quote in the case in that regard: "You can't ever... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports; Entertainment & Recreation

01 Jan 2010
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James Dimon, MBA 1982

and management practices are legendary — as a strategist who can integrate fractured businesses; as a dealmaker who bought two failing banks during the extraordinary circumstances of the past two years; as a relentless risk View Details

01 Dec 2019
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Remix

running throughout—you have to page back to an earlier chapter of Dixon’s life, in 2017. That’s when the bottom dropped out. That fall, she was raising money for a tech/beauty startup called EverythingDid, designed to help women and girls of color View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Chris Sorensen; #MeToo; DefJam; Arts, Entertainment

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Baker Library / Bloomberg Center | About

was understood to be an endorsement of the need for professional management education. When Harvard Overseer Bishop William Lawrence approached him for a $1 million donation to help build the new campus, Baker refused. After consulting... View Details

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Our Team - Social Impact Collaboratory

Administration Vikram S. Gandhi is a Senior Lecturer in the General Management Unit and Entrepreneurial Management Unit. He has developed and teaches a new course, Sustainable Investing, in the Elective... View Details

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Faculty - Private Capital Project

Hellman Family Fellowship awards for research excellence. Josh Lerner Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking Unit Head, Entrepreneurial Management Josh Lerner is the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard... View Details

01 Jun 1999
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Ikenna Okezie

So far my life has been filled with exciting challenges along with God's blessings," says Ikenna Okezie. Indeed, "challenge" seems to be the operative word for the soft-spoken Okezie, who is about to become one of the first two people ever to View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Mar 2024
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Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

1965) Thousand Acres Anulka Lorenzini is head of the Wealth Management Division at Bankhaus Finsler, a private bank in Zurich. Her clients represent a world of hidden, ill-gotten money. Her secret contempt for that dark underbelly of the... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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Poor’s Manual: The Rise of Business Analysts - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

and useful comparative ratios among states such as net earnings to cost, net earnings to gross, and stocks to bonds. Managers and investors eagerly bought copies of Poor’s... View Details

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Global Business Course | HBS Online

and business on a global scale and prepare for the political, social, and economic factors driving change. 4 weeks 6-8 hours per week 4 modules Self-Paced with regular deadlines This course earns you a Certificate of Completion from HBS... View Details

26 May 2016
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Mary Callahan Erdoes, MBA 1993

Download Mary Callahan Erdoes profile Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1967 Born, Menlo Park, California 1989 Earns BS, Mathematics, Georgetown University 1989 Joins Bankers Trust, Analyst 1993 View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance

01 Oct 1999
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Banking on Success

Kennedy Stephen M. Waters James A. Stern William J. Kneisel Donald H. Layton Kevin W. Kennedy A managing director at Goldman Sachs, where he has spent his entire career, Kevin Kennedy has served the firm in a number of positions,... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

October 2023 (Revised April 2024)
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Accounting Red Flags or Red Herrings at Catalent? (A)

By: Joseph Pacelli, ZeSean Ali and Tom Quinn

Fund manager Janet Curie asked for a recommendation about the pharmaceutical company Catalent. The company seemed like a solid investment. However, a pair of research reports issued over the previous two months complicated this narrative. GlassHouse Research, a short... View Details

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09 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Moving From Bean Counter to Game Changer

top management level." Mikes began her research in 2005 in England, where she earned her PhD from the London School of Economics. (Hall and Millo are both employed there.) Within five years, she had... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Banking

27 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 27, 2009

industry and services. Although each Mubadala investment is supposed to earn large returns, the strategy balances financial against "strategic" returns. ADIA and Mubadala are the institutional architecture to View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online

framework for building and financing new ventures, and make your entrepreneurial dreams a reality. 4 weeks 6-8 hours per week 4 modules Self-Paced with regular deadlines This course earns you a Certificate of Completion from HBS Online.... View Details

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