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K–12 Education | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

help them catch up? We answer this question using two orthogonal sources of v... Pratham 2.0: Sustaining Innovation By: Brian Trelstad, Samantha Webster and Malini Sen March 2023 (Revised June 2023) | Faculty View Details

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In the News - Creating Emerging Markets

Dimensions of leadership The subject of leadership permits opposite conclusions to be drawn from the same observations and data... 24 May 2021 HBS Working Knowledge Can Fabric Waste Become Fashion’s Resource? 29 May 2020 Center for View Details

05 Feb 2019
News

The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)

the fact that it is sustainable and eco-friendly, immediately struck a chord with her, and the idea to create a luxury brand was born! After two years of research and hard work, we officially launched MAYU... View Details

08 Feb 2023
Op-Ed

Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears

jobs and others will follow, perhaps losing some people hired during the past few years. Companies will look to shore up spending, perhaps investing less in diversity and inclusion. It could be a precarious time. Leaders, you will be in a position to View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore

16 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer

attracted the research attention of Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, a professor at Harvard Business School, and Andres Hervas-Drane, a PhD candidate in Economics at the Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona and a Visiting Fellow at Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Music

28 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 28

and the internal processes that create sustained advantage. Download working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/15-027_a00eeeb6-c5c6-41cc-b4f4-8047926c067a.pdf Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

16 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 16

relationship; (b) reviews the literature on antecedents, consequences, and integration of M&A in the context of innovation; and (c) identifies potential directions of further research on this topic that have both theoretical and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

Team Success Starts with the Individual—and with Love

If you’re a fan of American football, you probably know that Seattle Seahawks Head Coach Pete Carroll is one of only three coaches in National Football League history to win both a Super Bowl and a college national championship. View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati; Sports

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HBS - Key Metrics

/ Latinx 2% 2% 2% 2% Multi-Race / Non-Hispanic 4% 4% 4% 4% Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander — — — — White 72% 71% 71% 72% Did Not Report / Unknown — — — — Teaching Materials 637 668 676 626 Research Articles on HBR.org 296 307 231... View Details

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Industry Information - Alumni

of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism. Newsletter available for subscription, and most reports are freely available. Hospitality - Food Services National Restaurant Association Browse news and View Details

02 Jun 2010
What Do You Think?

How Do You Weigh Strategy, Execution, and Culture in an Organization’s Success?

sustainable without a framework of cultural values and rules." Drew Williamson pictured the relationship as "a virtuous circle that can break at any of the three points. It starts with a happy, innovative culture that generates... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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Social Progress Imperative - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

between economic growth and a wide variety of social indicators, yet there is growing awareness that economic measures alone do not fully capture social progress. In April 2013, the Social Progress Imperative launched its first research... View Details

13 Apr 2009
Research & Ideas

Kind of Blue: Pushing Boundaries with Miles Davis

spark and sustain innovation for competitive advantage—can learn a lot of new notes from Davis's example. "The album Kind of Blue was also a commercial success—the most commercially successful jazz album ever, in fact, which makes it... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Music

08 Sep 2008
HBS Case

The Value of Environmental Activists

There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

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Career Support - Business & Environment

search tips and resources. Students can also view and apply for job opportunities, research organizations (login required) that recruit on campus, schedule interviews, and sign up for programs and coaching appointments. 12twenty Internal... View Details

27 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 27, 2007

participated in several major research initiatives during the 1980s and early 1990s, before becoming Dean of the School in 1995. And even as Dean, he continued to pursue research until 2005, when he left... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Judges - Alumni

Start-up culture and operations · Business model development · Team building and coaching · New business development Industry Consumer Products and Services (B2C), Technology Verticals Beauty, E-Commerce, FemTech, Lifestyles of Health and View Details

01 Jun 2023
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An Engine of Innovation

pursue. What are the support systems and resources provided at the labs to student and alumni ventures? What sustains this community is the incredible team here that works fully in service to students and alumni so they can be in service... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

02 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

Negotiating in Three Dimensions

trying to discern who influences the target player and to whom that player defers. For example, when we were advising a client who was eager to sell his company, we counseled him against his instincts to quickly open serious negotiations with a potential acquirer's... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

30 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 30, 2008

optimal foreign reserve holdings take the level of international debt as given. However, given the sovereign's willingness-to-pay incentive problems, reserve accumulation may reduce sustainable debt levels. In addition, assuming constant... View Details