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Casey Gerald

“If you want to understand the entrepreneur, study the juvenile delinquent. The delinquent is saying with his actions, `This sucks. I’m going to do my own thing.’” Yvon Chouinard. When Casey Gerald is asked about his View Details

05 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017

leading design firms, and its human-centered innovation culture and processes. It is an example of what managers can do to make their own organizations more innovative. In reaction to a rapidly changing competitive landscape, a team of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Law, Management and Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog

Covenants not to Compete Day 16: Coming Together – Forming a Business Day 17: Choice of Organization Day 18: Financing a Start-up Company Day 19: Employers and Employees Day 20: Employment – Compensation Day 21: Break All The Rules?... View Details

25 Feb 2020
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020

leader―one who emphasizes creativity, collaboration, and inclusivity. Drawing on a global survey of 700 mid-tier to senior executives and interviews with C-level executives from around the world, Mukherjee explains how digital technologies are already reshaping View Details

01 Sep 2014
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2014

photography and reporting by Susan Young See full profiles and more photographs here. There’s a common thread among the stories of this year’s recipients of the School’s highest honor: every one of them answered a daunting challenge with an View Details

01 Mar 2014
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Book Review: The Old West

stagnation and the East's rapid climb: "Entrepreneurial capitalism has changed hands." Although the West rose to the top of the economic ladder with its entrepreneurial spirit and collaboration among innovators, government, and markets,... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

03 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 3

explaining entrepreneurial phenomena by discussing three primary questions for entrepreneurship researchers: Under what conditions are individuals likely to found new organizations? What are key influences on the kinds of View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Oct 2014
News

Network Effect

Alzheimer’s research. At McCance’s urging, they based the organization on venture capital principles: locate visionaries and invest in them; run a lean, frugal institution; and take the risk on bold ideas with enormous promise. Having... View Details

Keywords: Linda Kush

28 Mar 2004
Research & Ideas

HBS Celebrates Social Enterprise Initiative

have a better understanding of how both commercial and non-profit organizations can contribute to improving not only society but also the economy as a whole. According to the SEI, the nonprofit sector comprises 7 percent of U.S. gross... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

01 Mar 2007
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The Joy of Work

AMABILE: A decade of research shows that to be creative, people need to feel good about their work. After thirty years of research, I am still passionate about creativity,” says Teresa M. Amabile, the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration, head of the... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

15 Jan 2013
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First Look: January 15

Organizing for Society: A Typology of Social Entrepreneuring Models Authors:Mair, Johanna, Julie Battilana, and Julian Cardenas Publication:Journal of Business Ethics Abstract In this article, we use content and cluster analysis on a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Sep 2018
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Havana Rising

Collin’s father-in-law helps with accounting. Gordon works with her mother-in-law on marketing projects; her own mom is trying to help the company break into the Japanese market; and her grandmother sets up meetings with organizations... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North

13 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

Corporate Venturing: Entrepreneurship on the Inside

Can big companies ride the entrepreneurial tiger to transformation and renewal? Yes, said participants in the panel discussion "Corporate Venturing: Entrepreneurship on the Inside" at the HBS Entrepreneurship Conference. But... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

21 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases

training-up to be 'as good as' men," says Ely. "They don't take the systemic gender biases in organizations into account when educating women about how to move into and exercise leadership." How People Become Leaders The... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

12 Sep 2007
Op-Ed

Building Sandcastles: The Subprime Adventure

the subprime lenders—willing to take the risk on riskier borrowers, for a price. Thus far the tale testifies to America's entrepreneurial spirit. New mortgage banks specializing in subprime loans sprang up. Their panoply of products... View Details

Keywords: by Nicolas P. Retsinas; Banking; Construction; Real Estate

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Sustainable Investing - Course Catalog

students will also be learn to rigorously assess investments in the context of non-financial objectives. Investing – Sustainable Investing is a finance course, which could be taken on a stand-alone basis or as a complement to Private Equity Finance, VC/PE, and View Details

16 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Delivering Solutions During a Crisis with Hans Kristian Furuseth (MBA 2019)

through crisis while operating an ecommerce organization during Brexit. With business in the UK and across the EU, Furuseth and his team had to adjust to foreign exchange rates and find ways to quickly cut costs. The experience of rapid... View Details

01 Dec 2015
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015

Strategic Services in 1944 to train European resistors, this is the essential handbook to help stamp out unintentional sabotage in any working group, from major corporations to volunteer PTA committees. While the manual was written decades ago, these sabotage tactics... View Details

01 Feb 1997
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OPM Celebrates 21st Anniversary at Gala Florida Reunion

Florida's Walt Disney World®, this year marking 25 years of extraordinary entrepreneurial success, was the venue for the celebration of the 21st anniversary of Harvard Business School's Owner/President Management Program (OPM). Under the... View Details

01 Jun 2007
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Letters

publish his recommendations. We truly lost a legend! Leonard (“Ted”) Marks Jr. (MBA 3/’48, DBA ’61) Prescott, AZ Supporting Inner-City Start-ups Congratulations to Catherine Rohr for recognizing the entrepreneurial talent in Texas... View Details

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