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12 Oct 2017

HBS Women’s Information Session in Mexico City

This event is designed for prospective women applicants to learn more about the MBA program at Harvard Business School. The information session will include a presentation by a member of the Admissions Board and the opportunity to ask questions to alumni. This is... View Details

15 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

A Mass Crisis Can Overwhelm Health Care. Liberia Found a Solution.

central tension of the case.” Philanthropists looking to help fight COVID-19 in the US may want to evaluate a community health model similar to Last Mile’s. “The argument to philanthropists would be that we need to vastly increase our View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

11 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

How AI Could Ease the Refugee Crisis and Bring New Talent to Businesses

Nations High Commissioner for Refugees settlers, whose number is determined by an annual cap set in advance. These refugees are distributed to 10 resettlement agencies, each of which runs a network of local affiliates that have their own predetermined View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology; Information Technology

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Mobility Policy | About

helper motor, or a non-pedal bicycle which has a motor, with a cylinder capacity not exceeding fifty (50) cubic centimeters, an automatic transmission, and which is capable of a maximum speed of no more than thirty (30) miles per hour... View Details

01 Oct 1996
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Kid at Heart — John H. Eyler (MBA 1971)

group KBB, which bought the chain in 1990, however, Eyler immediately began implementing what he calls a "back to the future" strategy. "It was a matter of looking at what had made FAO Schwarz great in the past -- its capacity to create... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

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Vietnam Competitiveness Report 2010

By: Christian H.M. Ketels, Nguyen Dinh Cung, Nguyen Thi Tue Anh and Do Hong Hanh

The 2010 Vietnam Competitiveness Report contains a broad assessment of Vietnam's current competitiveness, an analysis of the key challenges and opportunities ahead, and a proposal for an economic strategy to enable Vietnam to reach a higher level of sustainable growth.... View Details

Keywords: Economic Growth; Trade; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Labor; Industry Clusters; Performance Capacity; Performance Productivity; Competitive Strategy

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Jonathan Bailey

improving goverance and building the capacity of the private sector at the same time. Few people seemed to understand both sides." Seeking a career "bridging both perspectives," Jonathan entered the joint HBS/Harvard... View Details

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Danelle Radney

Porter fifteen years ago.” As Director of Strategic Initiatives, Danelle will create a master plan for corporate relations. “It’s exactly what I came to HBS to do – become a consultant helping to build the capacity of nonprofit... View Details

01 Aug 2001
News

Amy Schiffman Langer (MBA '77)

in terms of its capacity for consumer impact, social change, and policy influence." Langer's unflagging dedication to her work and those whom she serves would be remarkable under any circumstances. But incredibly, five years ago, her... View Details

Keywords: Alumni Achievement Award; Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 2020
News

Kill Groupthink

field of critical thinking. Just think back to the 2008 financial crisis, when a group of experts ignored the warning signs and arrived at an uncritical consensus. The consequences were disastrous, Bouygues reminds us, but the best defense is to cultivate a View Details

20 Oct 2015
First Look

October 20, 2015

empirical results provide strong support for the view that output prices are a key determinant of vertical integration. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49893 forthcoming Production and Operations Management Technology Choice and View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 13

balances the four drives while avoiding negative leadership and leaders who are missing the drive to bond. Order the Book: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470623845.html Market Heterogeneity and Local Capacity... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Aug 2013
First Look

First Look: August 20

too volatile given the mean reversion in earnings. We show that high current ship earnings are associated with high secondhand ship prices and heightened industry investment in fleet capacity but forecast low future returns. We propose... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

15 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

The Lessons of New-Market Disruption

characterized disk drive capability. In fact, it had been HP's consistently superior capacity that had enabled the DMD to hold a profitable position. DMD's existing customers, high-performance laptop and desktop manufacturers, were not... View Details

Keywords: by Clark Gilbert; Technology

01 Mar 2013
News

Breyer Elected to Harvard Board

China, and India. "Jim Breyer is one of his generation's most creative and admired venture capitalists," says Harvard President Drew Faust. "He combines wide experience in new technology and media with an expansive international outlook and an extraordinary View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

09 Mar 2021
Blog Post

New BEI Director: Lynn Schenk

the HBS community are already familiar with Lynn and her capacity for leadership at the intersection of business and social and environmental issues. Lynn initially joined HBS in 2017 to write case studies for a new course in impact... View Details

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Global Leadership Roundtables | Institute for Business in Global Society

for our Roundtables based on which research centers have the interest and capacity to partner with us and which HBS faculty have expertise in that region. The locations for previous and upcoming Roundtables include the U.S. Midwest, Latin... View Details

01 Jun 2009
News

Social Enterprise Visionary

chair. Key figures in the initiative credit Whitehead with playing a pivotal role in the program’s success. Professor emeritus Jim Austin, a cofounder and former chair of SEI, calls Whitehead “an extraordinary social entrepreneur who envisioned how HBS could channel... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 2000
News

The HBS Show Must Go On: "STARt-up WARS" Continues Tradition of Smash Hits

So began the legend of STARt-up WARS Episode One: The Venture Menace, this year's HBS Show, held in early April before capacity crowds in Burden Auditorium. Spoofing the Star Wars films, STARt-up WARS poked fun at the "growing divide"... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

02 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

Networked Incubators: Hothouses of the New Economy

the United States in 1999 versus $7 billion in 1997, according to the National Venture Capital Association—has attracted thousands of business plans. This sheer volume of funds to be invested and plans to be evaluated has strained the View Details

Keywords: by Morten T. Hansen, Henry W. Chesbrough, Nitin Nohria & Donald N. Sull

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