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20 Dec 2022
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7 Resolutions for Recruiting in the New Year

better understand where there are opportunities for automation, improved communication, streamlined systems, or increased training.Some questions to ask yourself in your efficiency audit include: How are you posting open positions? How... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

07 Jul 2022
Blog Post

Pathlight: Reimagining the Developer Onboarding Experience

me graduating with a specialization in computing. In my senior year, I picked up a job at a small business selling open source services. This combination of baseline coding skills and View Details

07 Dec 2009
Research & Ideas

Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship

recession. The financial crisis opened the door to massive public interventions in the world's economies, in which the government served as venture capitalist. But these efforts focused on the most troubled and poorly managed firms in the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

19 Mar 2024
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IFC India: Tata Power - Trombay Thermal Power Plant Takeaways

greater energy security. Indeed, from an energy security perspective, Trombay’s value proposition is unmatched with its reliability as a baseload power source and its ability to flex between imported and domestic coal. This brings us to... View Details

21 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Lessons for Retailers from the Rebirth of Indie Bookstores

one way to successfully compete with Amazon,” Raffaelli says. “Indie bookstores offer a story of hope and symbolize the power of community as a source of competitive advantage.” Raffaelli will deliver the View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Entertainment & Recreation

24 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital

Venture capital is a tale of two continents, HBS professor Josh Lerner (coauthor of the book The Venture Capital Cycle) explained in his opening remarks at a Global Alumni Conference panel titled "European Private Equity: Can the... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner; Financial Services

05 Dec 2022
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2022 Climate Symposium: Tackling Climate Together

us achieve our goals. This year's theme 'Tackling Climate Together' is a nod to COP27 but also to our hopes for open collaboration and communication amid a further polarizing world.” The opening keynote... View Details

Profile

Jeff Nelson

can apply to help people pursue the American dream,” Jeff says. “It gives people a stake in their communities, a source of savings for retirement, and an estate for their families.” After graduation, in August 2007, Jeff went to work at... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Turning Point: The Dark Season

optional, but we usually get about 45 players from a 53-man roster. In some ways it’s similar to an HBS case discussion in terms of how it’s structured—I open with a prayer, pose a discussion question, and write responses on the board,... View Details

Keywords: Jonathan Wilkins (MBA 2007, MDiv 2009)

01 Mar 2011
News

On the Outside at HBS

role models for all students. Another positive step would be for HBS to facilitate more open classroom dialogue during case studies, not just in the context of LEAD or LCA but also in TOM and Finance, to create opportunities for... View Details

15 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 15, 2008

external solvers through innovation contests, has to decide if it will enable collaboration in its community. Case covers the basics of a distributed innovation system works and the advantages of having external R&D. Links how... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Nov 2021
Blog Post

How HBS Supported My Career Transitions During and After Graduation

distribute our payments and financial services products through these platforms to their SMB (small and medium-sized business) customers. It is a super interesting and challenging position, as it combines sales, partnerships, and the need... View Details

27 Sep 2017
Research & Ideas

What Happens When Ordinary People Get Creative?

Business School, Emerita, who has studied workplace creativity for more than 40 years. “Those breakthroughs will be made by collaborative groups of ‘ordinary people,’ by open innovation contests and other View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

08 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Koppert Cress: Macro Greenhouses, Microgreens

contained in plastic trays, but the company is searching for alternative carriers to reduce their reliance on single-use plastics. Given the high energy intensity to light and heat greenhouses, the most significant determinant of their sustainability is the View Details

18 Jul 2018
Blog Post

Amira Rashad: An Ambidextrous Mind Meets Consumer Needs in the Middle East

while opening up data insights through artificial intelligence. In May 2017, BulkWhiz was born in the United Arab Emirates. "It's a bona fide startup begun with funding from angels, then VC," Amira says. Today, BulkWhiz is an... View Details

06 Jun 2016
Blog Post

Meet the HBS Africa Business Club

approximately 100 members, and our membership profile is very diverse. We pride ourselves on being a club that is open to anyone who is interested in Africa, regardless of where you are from or whether you have any prior exposure to... View Details

01 May 2007
First Look

First Look: May 1, 2007

countries. Download working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-073.pdf Open vs. Integrated Innovation: A Model of Discovery and Confinement Authors:Esteve Almirall and Ramon Casadesus-Masanell Abstract We present a simple formal... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Jun 2022
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces the 2022-2023 Blavatnik Fellows

consultant at Deloitte. Ilana earned a BS in nursing from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from HBS. Hunter Goble (MBA 2022) is the co-founder and CEO of Transcera, a biotech startup harnessing the biology of sphingolipids to enable oral delivery and amplified... View Details

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Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2016

School. Debt Service HBS finances major capital projects with a mix of three sources of funding. The most important sources are gifts and unrestricted reserves of internally generated cash. The School also... View Details

22 May 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018

show that, even in a world with perfect capital markets and without differences in innate ability, wealthy parents invest, on average, more in their offspring than poorer ones. As a result, persistence of economic status is higher at the top of the income View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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