Knowledge Sharing - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Feb 2023
Blog Post

Meet the Black Investment Club

co-founded a Southern-Africa focused VC firm, Zenga Ventures. At HBS, Akapelwa is able to share his experience both as an entrepreneur and as an investor. Over the course of his career to date, Akapelwa has participated in closed... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Venture Capital; Investment Management / Hedge Fund

27 Mar 2025
Blog Post

IFC India 2025: Driving India's EV Future: Insights from Ather Scooter and Exponent Energy

Professor Vikram Gandhi’s Immersive Field Course (IFC) “Development while Decarbonizing: India’s Path to Net-Zero" delved into the critical aspect of decarbonization and sustainability goals amid India's rapid development. The course presented an opportunity for... View Details

01 Sep 2003
News

Dean Clark Reflects on the School’s Key Initiatives

As we begin the new academic year, I welcome the opportunity to share the exciting initiatives and activities under way at Harvard Business School. All our efforts are designed to pursue with excellence the School’s mission: to educate... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for James Austin

In an email interview, Harvard Business School professor James Austin spoke with HBS Working Knowledge managing editor Carla Tishler about his work on collaboration and his ongoing research.Tishler: You talk about companies transitioning... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

11 May 2020
Op-Ed

Immigration Policies Threaten American Competitiveness

and 2010, America’s share of college-educated migrants within the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development nations fell from about 50 percent to 40 percent. Our recent research captures business leaders’ rising anxiety about... View Details

Keywords: by William R. Kerr

03 Oct 2012
What Do You Think?

Can We Bring Back the “Industrial Commons” for Manufacturing?

has fallen behind in the competition for a share of the "commons." Peter Sebregondi commented that "companies aim to have the least possible ownership of the capital or assets involved in the value chain," but points... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing

04 Sep 2019
News

Advancing Diagnostics that Can Save Lives

who has raised $12 million for DZD, attributes the very existence of the company to the Harvard Innovation Labs ecosystem and is happy to share his experience with other founders. “When we started the company, we asked ourselves whether... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Oct 1998
News

Going Against the Flow

founding Pactual. Over the years, Jakurski has learned that successful investing in Brazil requires intimate knowledge of the country. The two most prominent kinds of outside investors, he observes, are "offshore portfolio managers, most... View Details

Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.

07 Feb 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: February 7

uniformly agreed on the mechanism underlying this relationship: the sharing of tacit knowledge and recombination of ideas that occurs because of intra-firm mobility. But a second mechanism may also be at... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Web

How Alumni Can Recruit When They Aren’t Recruiters - Recruiting

students. Be honest about salary levels/grades, and timelines for interviews and decision making It may feel like you’re sharing a secret by talking honestly about salary, and you may worry about scaring away candidates if your interview... View Details

26 Oct 2017
Research Event

In an Era of 'Fake News,' What is the Future of Advertising and Publishing?

Emily Bell, director of Columbia’s Tow Center for Digital Journalism. Panelist Nicco Mele, director of the Shorenstein Center, noted that all those things we call ads on Facebook are really a wide variety of content: links, posts, images. Using Facebook’s deep View Details

Keywords: by Jen Deaderick; Media & Broadcasting; Journalism & News

05 Feb 2001
What Do You Think?

Do MBA Programs Face “The Innovator’s Dilemma”?

not." As Joshua Doherty puts it, online programs "offer convenience, but not unique knowledge or opportunities to network." Isn't 'adapting to change' almost a synonym for learning? —Jed Bullard Second, distance learning... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

05 Nov 2017
Blog Post

What You Need to Know about SVMP

of sharing perspectives that allows the classroom to come alive. I was surprised by the extent of knowledge and confidence that I gained in such a short period of time. By the end of the week, I was so... View Details

04 Mar 2014
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Innovation

how to innovate if they are going to maintain their edge, or maintain their existence at all. Six Harvard Business School faculty share insights on the best ways to develop creative workers. Can An Alarm Clock Be Innovative? HBS Cases:... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

Profile

Debora Lehrer

sponsorship deals, I want to make a positive, lasting impact on the properties and brands I work with. More importantly, I am excited about one day taking the skills, knowledge and contacts I have acquired from HBS and my later career and... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media

Web

IFC India 2025: From Gray to Green: A Glimpse of the Future of Green Hydrogen in India - Blog - Business & Environment

Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Faculty Author HBS Staff Author Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in Climate Networking Series Business... View Details

21 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

Faculty Research Looks to Latin America

network, the contacts, the knowledge of tropical medicines and the knowledge of many countries where this disease was." Terrorism And Crime Professor Rafael Di Tella teaches the Business, Government and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

20 Dec 2018
Blog Post

A Time For Opportunity In Food and Agriculture

with the Career and Professional Development office to offer an alumni career panel for MBAs. Five alumni came to campus to share their insights about opportunities in the field. Thirty-five students turned out for learning and... View Details

01 Dec 2006
News

HBS Honors Four Alumni

the award winners shared advice and reflections during a discussion, moderated by Sahlman, as well as during a subsequent Q&A session with the students that concluded the program. After Dean Jay Light introduced the honorees and presented... View Details