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- 01 Dec 2002
- News
What You Know Depends on Where You Go
associate professor Walter Kuemmerle, who developed the elective course International Entrepreneurial Finance by writing cases that involve about twenty different countries. “The largest group to take the course are actually American students — some don't intend to... View Details
- 26 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Learning from Failed Political Leadership
self-defeating. Q: Your book deals extensively with the complexities of public policy. For business readers, what impact do current conditions of policy have on the future of their companies? What should they understand about how to View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 04 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
ClimateCAP 2024
is shaping industries and markets, where the biggest financial and operational risks lie, and what promising innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities are emerging. The theme for ClimateCAP 2024 was Sustainability in Motion which... View Details
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An Emerging Entrepreneur | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
for the Collective Academy, a for-profit institution of higher learning expected to enroll its first students in early 2016. Initially based in Mexico City, Bichara hopes to expand operations around Mexico and beyond with a curriculum... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Jeffrey Deitch (MBA 1978)
art. “Even though you can’t apply sophisticated financial models to it or the complex structures that I learned in Production and Operations Management,” he says, “art is a business.” And Deitch, in his... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 25 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
More Than the Sum of Its Parts: The Impact of Modularity on the Computer Industry
a problem of nightmarish proportions [because of] the growing complexity of the systems and the interdependent structure of their designs. Each new computer system had to be designed from the ground up, and only new systems could take... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Lighten Up
Coup says. “Timberland’s on two orders of magnitude larger than us in terms of people, in terms of sales, in terms of complexity of operations, and in terms of the number of countries it operates in.” But... View Details
- 23 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Management’s Role in Reforming Health Care
Bohmer teaches an MBA course on health-care operations management, codirects the joint MD/MBA program, and serves as faculty chair for two Executive Education programs in health-care delivery. A native of New Zealand, he teaches and... View Details
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Engineering Meets Advocacy: Driving Innovation in Women’s Health - Blog: Health Supplement
by the lack of innovation. Many of the tools still in use hadn’t changed in over a century. That contrast lit a fire in me. The issue wasn’t complexity; it was a lack of attention and investment. As one of the few women with deep technical and View Details
- 01 May 2015
- News
Celebrating and Supporting Leadership
more complex world, and to increase our scale and reach to bring our mission to even more people, requires a relentless dedication to innovation." John Hess, CEO of the Hess Corporation and chair of The Harvard Business School Campaign,... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 05 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018
IPO underwriting exhibits seemingly collusive pricing despite its low level of market concentration. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53003 Complex Disclosure By: Jin, Ginger Zhe, Michael Luca, and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Drawing on the Crowd for Innovative Problem-Solving
Long before HBS professor Karim R. Lakhani used crowdsourcing to develop pioneering research on the science of innovation, his experiences working at General Electric and the Boston Consulting Group piqued his curiosity about how such companies could involve thousands... View Details
- 09 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Education, Technology, and Business: What’s the Catch?
Enterprise held on campus on February 22nd. The panel, moderated by Lumry Family Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Alan MacCormack, examined the $50 billion education industry, discussing the business opportunities and hidden pitfalls of entering this... View Details
- 12 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Electric Mobility in India
company evolved into India's first smart electric scooter. Operating manufacturing facilities in Whitfield, Bangalore, and Hosur, Tamil Nadu, Ather Energy has established Ather Grid, India’s largest two-wheeler electric charging network.... View Details
- 07 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Revolutionizing Wellness: Kate Twist (MBA 2008) Shapes the Future of Consumer Health Brands
consumer retail clients, including luxury retail brands like Oscar de la Renta, BCBG, and Badgley Mishka. During this time, Twist found that she was a “marketer at heart” and entered HBS with a plan to transition from banking into an View Details
- 25 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Powerful Strategic Tool Companies Should Not Try to Control
cultivate, support, or even just observe their fan groups stand to gain valuable insights and build loyalty at a much lower cost." In a new working paper, Why Do User Communities Matter for Strategy?, Nagle and Shah discuss the benefits, pitfalls, and View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 06 Dec 2011
- Op-Ed
Greater Fiscal Integration Best Solution for Euro Crisis
the European Financial Stability Fund, have been remarkable. Nevertheless, the markets have discounted every announcement and have continued to operate in a state of quasi-panic, as they move at a different speed than the political... View Details
Keywords: by Dante Roscini
- 03 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
2017 Emerald Group Publishing Extreme Teaming: Lessons in Complex, Cross-Sector Leadership By: Edmondson, Amy C., and Jean-François Harvey Abstract—Today's global enterprises increasingly involve collaborative work by teams of experts View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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“It’s like a pie-eating contest” | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
review my options after a year. I felt comfortable having an exit option.” As it turns out, neither party has wanted to exercise that option. Now entering his fourth year at BMC, Josh has been able to leverage his fellowship into an in-depth exploration of View Details
- 30 Apr 2021
- News
Revealing the Rules
undermine the success of employees once they arrive. In your book you describe a dawning realization that you didn’t know what you didn’t know about how to succeed in the workplace. That’s true for everyone, of course, but there are additional layers of View Details