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2020
Chapter

Climate Change Is Going to Transform Where and How We Build

As fires, floods, and droughts increasingly threaten homes, businesses, and other institutions, climate risk has become financial risk. This implies that homeowners and investors have been making location decisions without properly pricing the cost of potential peril,... View Details

Keywords: Climate Change; Housing; Mortgages; Geographic Location; Real Estate Industry

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06 Sep 2022
Blog Post

Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business & Environment

Foods is a cultivated meat company using synthetic biology to create the next generation of meat alternatives that use cell-based ingredients in combination with plant-based meat, enabling the creation of products that taste more like View Details

03 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

The Box Office Power of Stars

in your research? Does the HSX accurately reflect a movie's predicted and actual profitability? A: The Hollywood Stock Exchange is an online market simulation that revolves around movies and movie stars. It is a game—no real money is... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Entertainment & Recreation; Motion Pictures & Video

21 Jan 2022
Blog Post

Tipping Point: Investing in the Women of Kenya’s Coffee Farms

from B2B sales to a consumer-focused business plan. The shift allowed Nyamumbo to more fully realize her initial goal of connecting producer and consumer. According to Nyamumbo, payments through Kahawa’s QR code average $5—about a third... View Details

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Recent Alumni - Alumni

substantive, and meaningful relationship with HBS, click on the Volunteer Now button and a staff member will follow up shortly with more details. Volunteer Opportunities: Career & Professional Development Volunteer your time and... View Details

30 Oct 2019
Research & Ideas

How to Recover Gracefully After Shutting Down Your Startup

interviewed dozens of founders of failed businesses for his upcoming book, tentatively titled Why Startups Fail. He has also been sharing his insights with MBA students in a new course called Entrepreneurial Failure. Knowing when it’s View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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Fundraising - Alumni

to join you in supporting your class's reunion campaign? Volunteers can choose to focus their efforts on broad-based gift participation, leadership gift commitments, or planned giving—and they can do this within their section or across the class. The View Details

Profile

Enrico Ferrari

Accelerator program. Taking the time to do it right Even with successes under his belt, Enrico still saw investing two years in graduate studies as a necessity. "It takes a lot of energy to run a company. I want to take the View Details

Keywords: Tech

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Organizational Leadership Course | HBS Online

This course is part of the CLIMB program and Leadership & Management track. Introduction to Organizational Leadership LIMITED TIME ONLY Extra learning at no extra cost. Enroll now and unlock a GenAI Bonus Bundle featuring complimentary... View Details

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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Goldfaden Land, who studied physics, and Harry Land, who ran a scrap metal and real estate business in Connecticut. In high school at the Norwich Free Academy, Land excelled in physics and became enthralled with the classic Physical... View Details

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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

A. Cole : Winner of the 2021 Teaching Recognition Award for Excellence in Sustainable Finance Education from the Financial Times and the Impact and Sustainable Finance Faculty Consortium for the course, "Investing for Risk, Return, and... View Details

07 Apr 2015
News

Warrior Spirit

passion in life, martial arts. By his own description, Sityodtong lived a blessed childhood, watching his architect father build a real estate business from humble beginnings. But in the years leading up to the Asian financial crisis,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services

25 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 25

Corporate Performance By: Brochet, Francois, Maria Loumioti, and George Serafeim Abstract—Using conference call transcripts to measure the time horizon that senior executives emphasize when they communicate with investors, we develop a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Dec 2023
News

Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem

Clubs News Clubs News Webinar illuminates broad array of business opportunities across Africa On December 5th, the HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) hosted ‘Doing Business in Africa: From Opportunity to Action’, a webinar panel of HBS alumni who shared... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

15 Jun 2021
News

Zone Defense

beginning to change. That same year, the US Department of Defense established the Defense Innovation Unit in Silicon Valley to encourage early-stage companies in the sector. Tseng continued to work on Shield AI during his time at HBS, and... View Details

Keywords: April White; drone technology; military; security; entrepreneurship; leadership; Air Transportation; Transportation

03 Jul 2015
Blog Post

What is HBS Bridges?

launched Bridges, three days during which all graduating students, led by a faculty teaching team, take time to reflect on the past two years and consider next steps on their career and life journeys. Here's what Tim Leach, a member of... View Details

20 Oct 2010
Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

specific data and econometric approach used (Rodriguez/Rodrik, 2000; Median-Smith, 2001). There are also questions as to whether the relationship between specific trade policy instruments such as tariffs and growth has not been stable over View Details

Keywords: by Christian Ketels

04 Feb 2014
What Do You Think?

Has Listening Become a Lost Art?

people feel they can't afford." That is why, she continued, it is so important to have real friends with good memory who can be our sounding boards. "Listening to others works better if you can show empathy and put yourself in the other... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

02 Mar 2021
HBS Case

The Tulsa Massacre: Is Racial Justice Possible 100 Years Later?

able to begin talking about such a difficult episode and fraught question.” Those opposed to reparations point to the fact that so much time has passed since the damage, and that neither the victims nor the perpetrators are still living.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online

community. Stephanie Laguna Health Care Strategy & Innovation Leader Read more learner stories * Source: 2022 surveys and course data All FAQs Launching Tech Ventures FAQs When will I get access to the course? + – Once your payment is... View Details

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