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HBS Entrepreneurship Summit - Alumni

investors gathered together for an unprecedented two-day convening which provided a rich opportunity to forge connections through Harvard Business School with leaders of high-growth, deep tech, and biotech ventures. The goal was to... View Details

28 Mar 2024
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Rooms with a View

Mirza notes—and provide them with opportunities to develop and advance. Bringing greater equality to the hospitality industry is one of Mirza’s guiding principles: “Our industry is probably the most egregious example of inequality there... View Details

Keywords: April White; photos by Christina Gandolfo; Hospitality

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Entrepreneurial Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research

into account external opportunities and threats, the availability of internal resources relative to requirements, the aspirations and values of senior management, and obligations to stakeholders and society. In the context of TEM, this... View Details

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Your Alumni Community - Alumni

HBS alumnae who get together monthly to discuss a myriad of issues. Circles are designed to foster genuine relationships between alumnae, and give women the opportunity to learn from, support and inspire one another – both personally and... View Details

24 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Rethinking Activity-Based Costing

profit-enhancement opportunities through the repricing of unprofitable customer relationships, process improvements on the shop floor, lower-cost product designs, and rationalized product variety. Its potential on a larger scale... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & Steven R. Anderson

30 May 2024
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How to Have Effective Conversations

has said that being lonely is the equivalent of smoking 15 cigarettes a day. And 15 cigarettes a day is a lot of cigarettes, right? That's not a small number of cigarettes. Having these relationships, they not only make us happier and healthier, but they oftentimes... View Details

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Business for Social Impact | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

the publication of a book, the development of an MBA elective course on Business at the Base of the Pyramid, and the creation of an executive education program for leaders in the microfinance industry. Today, SEI continues to examine the challenges and View Details

14 Dec 2007
Op-Ed

When Your Product Becomes a Commodity

profits? If you've heard it, you've probably wondered if it was just a convenient excuse or if the manager had a valid point. The truth is, even when a raw material has no value added and quality standards are set by law or the industry, there is still plenty of View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

24 Aug 2010
First Look

First Look: August 24

Publication:In Innovation Policy and the Economy. Vol. 11, edited by Josh Lerner and Scott Stern. NBER Book Series. University of Chicago Press, forthcoming Abstract In this paper we explore the innovations in governance that have promoted View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Jan 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 9, 2018

head CT scanning has a significant impact on patient waiting times. This study suggests opportunities to improve wait times through future research to understand the causes of delays in CT ordering, CT completion, and timeliness of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Sustainable Strategies and Net-Zero Goals

By: Mark L. Frigo, Robert S. Kaplan and Karthik Ramanna

In a recent Harvard Business Review article, Kaplan and Ramanna describe a rigorous approach, the E-liability method, for companies’ ESG reporting, especially as it pertains to GHG emissions measurements. They argue that the current standards for measuring... View Details

Keywords: Measurement; Sustainability; Net-zero Emissions; Environmental Sustainability; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Measurement and Metrics; Strategy

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Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab | About

The Harvard Innovation Labs is a vibrant, cross-disciplinary ecosystem for the Harvard community to explore innovation and entrepreneurship while building deeper connections. The Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab gives Harvard students and other members of the University an... View Details

01 Mar 2023
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How Much Does 'Deep Purpose' Matter to the Bottom Line?

importance for a concept that inevitably will become confused with other developments in management. For example, how will answers to that question be clouded by the political debate surrounding the importance of ESG (environment, social, and governance) and View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

15 Nov 2022
Op-Ed

Why TikTok Is Beating YouTube for Eyeball Time (It’s Not Just the Dance Videos)

create more opportunity for advertising, so TikTok is building out its ad sales force. More advertising means that it can offer creators the revenue opportunities long available on YouTube. TikTok recently... View Details

Keywords: by John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld

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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

, Harvard Business School case, 2022. With Karim R. Lakhani and Kerry Herman. Threadless: The Renewal of an Online Community , Harvard Business School case, 2021. With Karim Lakhani and Christian Godwin. Digital Infrastructure , Economic Analysis and Infrastructure... View Details

06 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Short Intensive Programs 2024 Preview: From Climate Change to Formula 1

year of exploring the direct-to-consumer market. Schlesinger considers it a perfect module for their subject and a unique opportunity for all MBA students. “We have all the flexibility in the world to design something that is uniquely... View Details

26 May 2022
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Apple vs. Feds: Is iPhone Privacy a Basic Human Right?

Apple debuted new privacy measures that blocked law enforcement from accessing its customers’ data. “There is an opportunity to do work that is infused with moral purpose.” He said shareholders who were only looking for a return on View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

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Impact Stories | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Filter Results: (52) Submit People Alumni Executive Education Faculty MBA Students Topics Business for Social Impact Impact Investing K-12 Education Nonprofit Strategy & Governance Public Sector Social Entrepreneurship Format Text Video A... View Details

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Strategy and the Internet

offering a different set of features, a different array of services, or different logistical arrangements. The Internet affects operational effectiveness and strategic positioning in very different ways. It makes it harder for companies to sustain operational... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter

01 Jun 2023
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Curb Appeal

really like the modernizing piece of it,” she says. “Not modernizing for the sake of modernizing, but modernizing for the sake of delivering better service to our customers.” From that perspective, the sanitation department Tisch inherited had plenty of View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photography by Vance Jacobs; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

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