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17 Aug 2011
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Businesses Don't Really Care About You

2016
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Algorithmic Foundations for Business Strategy

By: Mihnea Moldoveanu

I introduce algorithmic and meta-algorithmic models for the study of strategic problem solving, aimed at illuminating the processes and procedures by which strategic managers and firms deal with complex problems. These models allow us to explore the relationship... View Details

Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Business Strategy

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1 Feb 1992
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Information Technology and Business Transformation

By: L. M. Applegate

Keywords: Information Technology; Business Ventures; Transformation

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02 May 2022
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Business Ethics: What Everyone Needs to Know

June 2005 (Revised June 2007)
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Introduction to Management of the Family Business

By: John A. Davis

Provides an overview to the content and structure of the Management of the Family Business course. View Details

Keywords: Family Ownership; Business or Company Management

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February 2009 (Revised November 2010)
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Marquee: The Business of Nightlife

By: Anita Elberse, Ryan Barlow and Sheldon Wong

In December 2008, nightlife impresario Noah Tepperberg is celebrating the fifth anniversary of his New York City nightclub Marquee. While most clubs are over within their first one-and-a-half years, Tepperberg has succeeded in keeping Marquee one of NYC's hottest clubs... View Details

Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Customer Focus and Relationships; Cost; Marketing Strategy; Competition; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; New York (city, NY)

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15 May 2019
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The Unconventional Capitalism That Shapes Business History

08 Mar 2022
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When Should Business Take a Stand?

31 May 2023
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Why Business Leaders Need to Hear Larry Miller's Story

for business leaders to rethink their hiring practices and start giving the formerly incarcerated more opportunities to prove themselves, say Hise Gibson and coauthors of a Harvard Business School case study... View Details

Keywords: by Jamal Meneide; Entertainment & Recreation; Consumer Products

02 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Digital Initiative Summit: The Business of Crowdsourcing

Gaining the community's trust is vital to building a successful business with crowdsourcing, agreed business leaders at the Digital Initiative Summit at Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

July 1997 (Revised April 2000)
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Competition and Business Strategy in Historical Perspective

Describes the contributions of strategic concepts in the business world, and how they came to be influenced by competitive thinking. View Details

Keywords: Competition; Business Strategy

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23 Aug 2016
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Harvard Business School Announces 2016 Kaplan Life Sciences Fellows

2017
Working Paper

Patent Trolls and Small Business Employment

By: Ian Appel, Joan Farre-Mensa and Elena Simintzi

We analyze how frivolous patent-infringement claims made by “patent trolls” affect small firms’ ability to create jobs, raise capital, and survive. Our identification strategy exploits the staggered passage of anti-patent-troll laws at the state level. We find that the... View Details

Keywords: Patent Trolls; Patents; Small Business; Employment; Venture Capital

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09 May 2016
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Plugged In: Anita Elberse, Harvard Business School

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Business in Global Society - Alumni

Giving Business in Global Society Giving Business in Global Society Solve Problems Strengthen business’s role in addressing complex societal challenges The belief that business... View Details