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Curriculum - Business & Environment

equality, and poverty reduction. For the full listing, click here . Tough Tech Ventures (Spring 2025) Joshua Lev Krieger & Jim Matheson While tough technology has the potential to transform incumbent... View Details

14 Sep 2023
Blog Post

MBAs Accelerate Their Social Enterprise Ventures

investments. Through Solara’s IoT-enabled systems with dynamic pricing, digital payments, and booking features, farmers can operate their own irrigation businesses, serving their non-pump owning neighbors water at rates below current... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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Venturing Forth

Illustration by Adam McCauley Venture capital is a heady industry: Big bets mean big checks when the deals hit right. And for most of the last decade, those taking part in the funds were riding high: Capital was abundant, valuations were soaring, and the stock market... View Details

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

18 Apr 2016
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Meet the HBS Family Business Club

to pursue. Some students also consider starting their own business post-MBA. This is a touchy subject which students often struggle with. Members also often battle with issues like succession planning, wealth regeneration, nepotism, etc.... View Details

02 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters

the wealth to walk away. Put well-regarded, powerful executives in charge of acquisition integration. Divest them of all other responsibilities during an important integration. Make this into a core competency, View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower

01 Sep 2023
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Made in Italy

HBS faculty members and students visited Lamborghini’s headquarters in Bologna during the immersion to learn how the company became experts in electric car technology. Photo courtesy Lamborghini IMMERSIVE FIELD COURSES OFFERED AS ELECTIVES IN 2023 Denmark and... View Details

Keywords: April White

12 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities

and managers), and they need to self-actualize (assigned interesting work, able to reach career goals, achieving wealth to reach personal goals or making a social impact). The... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

18 May 2023
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India's New Money Managers

experiences came together for Gupta. A project for her business strategy class asked her to select a business and create a go-to-market strategy for it. Gupta and her team presented an investment platform... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

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Baker Library / Bloomberg Center | About

city’s resurgence. He spearheaded the rebuilding of Lower Manhattan, fought poverty with new programs that became national models, and turned around a failing school system. He also reduced carbon emissions... View Details

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

response to climate change, and resulted in confusing metrics, lack of transparency, and blatant greenwashing. Yet it is not apparent that government regulation was practical or would have produced better... View Details

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Aldrich Hall | About

Aldrich Hall Aldrich Hall was made possible through a gift from John D. Rockefeller Jr. and is named in honor of his father-in-law, Nelson W. Aldrich. When it opened in 1953, Aldrich Hall provided much-needed classroom space on the HBS... View Details

21 Feb 2005
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Is Business Management a Profession?

ethics curricula and corporate ethical codes (Enron famously possessed one of the latter while its top managers were busy destroying the wealth of their shareholders and the... View Details

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice

20 Feb 2017
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Having No Life is the New Aspirational Lifestyle

demonstrated either busyness (“I have been working non-stop all week!”) or leisure (“Enjoying a long lunch break!”). The researchers then asked some 300 participants to rank Sally’s wealth and importance. On... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

22 Sep 2023
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Skydeck Voices: The Most Important Person I Met at HBS

for myself was informed by those experiences, which is why I wanted to work at the intersection of real estate, women's rights to wealth to property, and building community. So I was writing it back then... View Details

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The Challenge of Shared Prosperity: Findings of Harvard Business School's 2015 Survey on U.S. Competitiveness

By: Jan Rivkin, Karen G. Mills and Michael E. Porter

In the 2015 survey on U.S. competitiveness, HBS alumni weigh in on the current state and future trajectory of U.S. competitiveness as well as the structural strengths and weaknesses of the U.S. business environment. In addition, alumni delve deeper into two aspects of... View Details

Keywords: Competitiveness; U.S. Competitiveness; Shared Prosperity; Wealth; Competition; United States

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22 Mar 2024
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Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015)

leveraging MBA internships and exposure to various industries that HBS provided. However, she knew creating opportunities in emerging markets was a stronger calling. “Facing inequality and View Details

14 Jun 2010
Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact

Assessing an organization's impact on a large-scale societal issue such as poverty is a complex and costly effort. In the aftermath of Haiti's earthquake, for example, an organization like Oxfam America... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

13 Sep 2010
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The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding

distributions of income and wealth have grown more unequal, and rates of socioeconomic mobility have declined. Millions of households have had to work longer hours, add... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

02 Mar 2021
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The Tulsa Massacre: Is Racial Justice Possible 100 Years Later?

might say we need to equalize Black and white household wealth because communities have been deprived of economic opportunities,” Desai says. “It’s really a question of: How do we address this deep wound in... View Details