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Research Summary

Distributed Innovation in Open Systems—The Role of Modularity

Distributed innovation in open systems is an important trend in the modern global economy. As education levels rise and communication costs fall, more people have the means and motivation to innovate. Supply chains now stretch around the world as firms outsource... View Details

Blog

The Female Executive's Perspective: A conversation with HBS AMP Women on Applying

consider taking advantage of AMP. While the traditional AMP program has taken place entirely on campus over seven continuous weeks, we now deliver the program in two formats,... View Details

31 Aug 2020
News

Future of work: how managers are harnessing employees’ hidden skills

03 May 2023
Research & Ideas

Why Confronting Racism in AI 'Creates a Better Future for All of Us'

During his recent standing-room-only seminar about artificial intelligence (AI) and race at Harvard Business School recently, marketing professor Broderick Turner displayed a slide showing several white... View Details

Keywords: by Barbara DeLollis

24 Mar 2021
News

Inflation Is Harder to Measure After a Year of Pandemic Spending

30 Jan 2008
Working Paper Summaries

Cost of External Finance and Selection into Entrepreneurship

Keywords: by Ramana Nanda

Web

Field Course: Advanced Business Plans for Innovating in Health Care - Course Catalog

is based primarily on class participation ,support of your classmates, and quality of business plan, relative to that submitted in View Details

12 Nov 2015
News

Airbnb Pledges to Work With Cities and Pay ‘Fair Share’ of Taxes

July 2007 (Revised March 2009)
Case

Berkshire Partners: Purchase of Rival Company (A)

Berkshire Partners, a private equity firm in Boston, was pleased with their recent investment in the Holmes Group, a home comfort consumer electronics company. The portfolio company was exceeding key financial targets and Berkshire Partners was confident that it would... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Capital Structure; Decision Choices and Conditions; Investment; Acquisition; Financial Services Industry; Boston

Citation

Educators

Purchase

01 Jun 2002
News

Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth

and brought together faculty and students at HDS and HBS through regular luncheons and joint field studies. In 1993, as a senior Fulbright scholar, Massie served on the faculty View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; management; ethics

17 Jul 2023
Blog Post

From the Panelists: Toward a Decarbonized Future: Who Pays? Who Profits?

On May 10, 2023, Harvard Business School assembled a group of experts to discuss the path “Toward a Decarbonized Future: Why Pays? Who Profits?” In a discussion led by HBS... View Details

31 Oct 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Do Measures of Financial Constraints Measure Financial Constraints?

Keywords: by Joan Farre-Mensa & Alexander Ljungqvist

02 Jul 2021
News

Bezos’ Exit Is One of Many Among Amazon’s Top Ranks

05 Apr 2016
News

Corporate America’s embrace of gay rights has reached a stunning tipping point

07 May 2014
Video

2014 G&WS: Kiran Gandhi & Becky Cooper Present "Evolving Models of Intergenerational Feminist Interaction"

17 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 2/5

warfare. Hopeful due to the multiracial solidarity illustrated in protests across America and the globe. Hopeful because of the humble and... View Details

19 Sep 2019
News

Podcast Roundup: Climate Issues Top of Mind for Faculty and Alumni

January 2022 (Revised March 2022)
Module Note

Analysis of Financial and Non-Financial Information for Forecasting Performance

By: Charles C.Y. Wang

This note describes the main themes and cases of a teaching module on the analysis of information from, and outside of, financial statements for forecasting firms’ future financial performance. The module’s pedagogical goal is to deepen students’ understanding of the... View Details

Keywords: Financial Reporting; Performance; Analysis; Valuation; Accounting; Finance