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09 Jan 2014
News

Tapping into Opportunity

of some nebulous wish to do good, however. She's doing it because being smart about water will save these organizations a lot of money. "Providing dramatic improvements in how much water we use, and the natural View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Business and Environment Initiative; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

25 Jun 2013
First Look

First Look: June 25

firms to alleviate capital constraints and increase capital expenditures. Yet we also find instances in which governments use their minority positions to intervene in the management of firms, especially in natural View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

01 May 2009
What Do You Think?

Do Innovation and Entrepreneurship Have to Be Incompatible with Organization Size?

Summing Up Where are the leaders that can help elephants avoid a stall? Like a good case study, this month's question divided respondents nearly down the middle on the question of whether or not organizations naturally "stall"... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Sep 2006
News

Strange Bedfellows

situation of being able to characterize their income separately depending on the audience. Something as simple as interest expense can be engineered to be an expense for tax authorities and a dividend for capital markets. This confusing state of affairs has View Details

Keywords: Mihir A. Desai; Government

01 Jun 2007
News

Alumni Books

right assistance), “Rebuild heroic stature” (spread the true nature of the adversity), “Prove your mettle” (regain trust and credibility), and “Rediscover the heroic mission” (clear the past and chart the future). What Made Jack Welch... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

19 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Funding Innovation: Is Your Firm Doing it Wrong?

problems inherent in corporate R&D funding and offers up possible solutions. The key to success, he believes, may lie in adopting a hybrid model that combines aspects of both the corporate research lab and the world of VC-backed start-ups. "When you look... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

29 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 29, 2008

effect, these individuals bridge the lacunae between distant groups in the company's social structure. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-004.pdf How Is Foreign Aid Spent? Evidence from a Natural Experiment (revised)... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month | Baker Library

Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month Discover Baker Library resources with a connection to Hispanic and Latinx culture and identity. Want to stay up-to-date on DEI topics? Consider subscribing to our monthly Diversity Equity and Inclusion... View Details

22 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients

instruments intended for worst-case scenarios. If you’re an OldCo leader looking to proactively manage defection risk, you should: Stay close to your teams. Pre-pandemic, office culture functioned as a kind of surveillance by virtue of pattern recognition. People are... View Details

Keywords: by Robin Abrahams, Boris Groysberg, and Steven L. Manchel

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Space, Public And Commercial Economics (SPACE) - Course Catalog

interest in space and justifies devoting time, effort, and resources to it. The course consists of fourteen 80-minute sessions organized around Space to Grow: Unlocking the Final Economic Frontier, a book authored by Prof. Weinzierl and... View Details

20 Dec 2006
Op-Ed

Investors Hurt by Dual-Track Tax Reporting

of being able to characterize their income separately depending on the audience. Something as simple as interest expense can be engineered to be an expense for tax authorities and a dividend for capital markets. Investors On The Short End This confusing state of... View Details

Keywords: by Mihir Desai

03 Jun 2014
Blog Post

Springing Forward on Social Enterprise Career Paths

Enterprise Tracks, many students started their journey of entrepreneurship several months ago inspired by the belief that “one simple idea can change everything.” With kernels of an idea in mind, they tapped into the HBS resources and... View Details

19 Nov 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate

graduates, to address climate change?” Ratnika Prasad (MBA 2020), Associate Director at The Nature Conservancy "There has been a seismic shift in the last few years, whereby concern about the climate and sustainability has finally begun... View Details

03 Nov 2022
Op-Ed

Feeling Separation Anxiety at Your Startup? 5 Tips to Soothe These Growing Pains

anxiety: Openly discuss this situation with your team It is a natural aspect of growth and success, but it requires managing expectations. “Good news, we’re growing! But this means we are going to be shifting how we work and some of us... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

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Financing New Ideas - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Competitiveness Recruit Alumni Recruiting MBA Recruiting Recruiting Resources Alumni Bulletin Baker Library | Bloomberg Center Business History Review Harvard Business Publishing Harvard Business Review HBS Working Knowledge Close Harvard... View Details

19 Jan 2011
First Look

First Look: Jan. 18

of the defective Ford Pinto and the downfall of Bernard Madoff, the authors investigate the nature of ethical failures in the business world and beyond and illustrate how we can become more ethical, bridging the gap between who we are and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Oct 2003
What Do You Think?

Is “the Innovator’s Solution” to Sustained Corporate Growth an Unnatural Act?

forms of innovation: process innovations ... innovations in the way we think ... innovations in organization structure ... and so on." These comments pose the question of whether too many elements, many of them counter to human View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

30 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Managing the Family Business: Preparing to Sell

following six key activities that achieve, then propel, their success. 1. Planning. They develop a family strategic plan—usually with the help of trusted advisors—to specify their goals and values and clarify how they will achieve those goals. This strategic plan View Details

Keywords: by Jonathan Pellegrin; Food & Beverage; Retail

17 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Becoming the Next Real Estate Mogul

real estate industry can make oral agreements seem less binding than they might in other businesses. The illiquid nature of real estate also allows dealmakers more time to back out of an agreement. Staying on top of internal dynamics is a... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Construction; Real Estate

29 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Leni Peterson R. (MS/MBA 2023): Solving Big Problems Through Entrepreneurship

Without water, companies cannot operate. Water is not only a key indicator of climate change, but also a major factor behind supply chain disruptions. Poor water access can exacerbate health and political crises through flooding, scarcity, and fires. Given the macro... View Details

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