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HBS Alumni Research Tips: Finding Company News & Industry Research

needed. Industry Reports: ABI provides in depth research reports from BMI Research, First Research, The Economist Intelligence Unit, and others covering hundreds of markets and countries. 1. Click “Browse” in the page header.... View Details

04 Jan 2016
News

Making Things Right for Those Who’ve Been Done Wrong

helped clients gain market share.’ I wanted to look back on my career and say, ‘I did my part to make the world a better place.’ “I talked to a lot of people about work that they did and what they found satisfying, and I realized that the... View Details

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Government data and information sources for public entrepreneurship

Services (GIS). SimplyAnalytics generates tables and maps for the United States including population, age, race, income, employment, and education. Our subscription also allows access to Experian Simmons Local for View Details

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Ildi Nielsen

job market. Students and alumni appreciate her direct approach that includes breaking down the job search into action steps. Ildi is a graduate of Dartmouth College and is an active alumni interviewer. She and her husband manage a View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Commercial Banking; Financial Services (All); Consumer Finance; Financial Services (All); Corporate Finance; Financial Services (All); Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Retail

13 Mar 2019
Blog Post

There's No Quick Shortcut to Success: Zorpads Takes Off

member – don’t worry, they won’t reveal who – took off her shoes, they knew they had found their problem to solve. "She knew [the smell] was bad, but then she started listing out all the reasons current products on the market don't... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Consumer Products / Retail

21 Dec 2022
News

HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion

Ukraine will likely intensify, roiling energy markets further and raising questions about the future of globalization, says HBS Professor Rawi Abdelal. Putin’s iron fist vs. Zelensky’s moral clarity Historian and HBS professor Nancy... View Details

01 Jan 2005
News

Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965

1776, by David McCullough In any survey of great American corporations that have left their mark on business history, IBM would always hold a special place. Its origins date back to the late 1880s, when mechanical time recorders and... View Details

Profile

Hayling Price

you look at neighborhoods of persistent poverty, you see failures, not just of policy, but of markets. To lead the kind of change I see, I needed a different set of skills. To speak truth to power, I need to use the language of markets to... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; Nonprofit/Government/Education

Profile

Ben Steiner

greenhouse-gas emissions by fifty percent,” Ben says. Some of the proposal’s ideas have already been implemented, such as installing no-flush urinals in all new construction. Two college internships consolidated Ben’s attraction to View Details

27 Apr 2017
News

Fellowship Fuels a Passion for a Career in Aviation

fellowship for students from emerging markets interested in careers in infrastructure- or property-related sectors. His second act also includes serving as a senior advisor to Global Infrastructure Partners, a private equity investor in... View Details

01 Jun 2009
News

Entrepreneur’s Rwandan Start-Up Gets HBS Support

miss school each year for this reason, estimates UNICEF. “Our goal is to turn what has been an obstacle into a business opportunity and vehicle for economic growth in Africa, Asia, and Central America,” says Scharpf. The Rwandan venture... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

February 2010 (Revised April 2010)
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China: Getting Richer Still

By: Diego A. Comin and Richard H. K. Vietor

In the last quarter of 2009, China's GDP growth rate again approached 10%. While the global financial crisis had certainly hurt - causing layoffs of as many as 20 million factory workers - a huge stimulus package on top of continuing domestic demand had restored... View Details

Keywords: History; Resource Allocation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Issues; Policy; Business and Government Relations; Macroeconomics; Demand and Consumers; Leading Change; Economic Growth; China

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03 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance

As waves of globalization wash across the business world, tremendous new opportunities for financing and investment present themselves to savvy enterprises. In a new casebook, HBS professor Mihir A. Desai discusses the numerous challenges... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

09 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

The Manager in Red Sneakers

confidence in their dressed-down rejection of the traditional pricey business suit and tie. It happens in academia, too. Anat Keinan, assistant professor of marketing at Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion

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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer

Consolidated Balance Sheet Supplemental Financial Information From the Chief Financial Officer After a year and a half of disruption caused by the global pandemic, fiscal 2022 was a year of renewal and growth for Harvard Business School.... View Details

18 Aug 2009
First Look

First Look: August 18

is constrained. We assess these predictions by examining how the 1996 repeal of certificate-of-need (CON) legislation in Pennsylvania affected the market for cardiac surgery in the state. We show that entry led to a redistribution of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020 - Recruiting

analyzing its marketing and the sales data. NOTE: Full list of client partners included Calendly, Branch Furniture, Coconut Cartel, Halen Brands, OWYN, Birchbox, Young Invincibles, Color Camp, Women 2.0 and Casper. WHAT WERE YOUR GOALS... View Details

22 Nov 2022
Blog Post

Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combatting Climate Change

How the US’s Inflation Reduction Act has opened new business opportunities across multiple sectors Re: Julia Brady (MBA 1997); Christian Weeks (MBA 2010); Matt Arnold (MBA 1995); Heather March Takle (MBA 2006); Monica Varman (MBA 2016);... View Details

01 Jun 2006
News

Profiles from the Class of 2006

2003. The experience of starting two inner-city schools fueled Kennealey’s interest in applying to HBS, where he has focused on developing skills in finance, strategy, and operations. “I realized that the fastest, most effective way to achieve my career goals was to... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Margie Kelley;Lewis I. Rice;Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

June 2024
Case

Building Innovation at VINCI

By: Dennis Campbell, Aluna Wang and Carlota Moniz

This case study explores how the VINCI Group, a French multinational operating in concessions, energy, and construction, bolstered awareness and adoption rates of new technologies within the organization. Through its separate innovation hub, Leonard, VINCI aimed to... View Details