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21 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

Searching for Better Practices in Social Investing

philanthropy and a search for 'give us better practices,' " said Nancy Roob, president and CEO of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (EMCF). Joining her on the panel were Matt Bannick (HBS MBA 1993),... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

02 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Stuck in Gear: Why Managers Don’t Act

just one company but an entire community of firms latches onto the same success formula" as happened with Akron, Ohio with tires; Detroit, Michigan with automobiles; Sheffield, England with steel; and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

24 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

Financial Meltdowns Are More Predictable Than We Thought

Red-zone or “R-zone” for short. Countries fall into the “business R-zone” when: Credit extended to firms rises for three years at a rate that reaches the top 20 percent of past... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services

01 May 2000
What Do You Think?

Can You Hard-Wire Performance?

Summing Up Hard-wiring Performance Is Great In Concept...but.... The responses to the concept of promising and delivering results rather than selling products or services are in, and you've agreed that... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Disability Pride Month | Baker Library

[Frontispiece and title page]. Earnest Elmo Calkins was a deaf American advertising executive who helped shape modern marketing by blending visual storytelling with persuasive design. As co-founder of the View Details

26 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Where will Pokémon Go with Your Personal Information?

all time. Data analytics firm Similar Web reported that in its first week alone, the app had been installed on nearly 11 percent of all Android phones in the United States, and... View Details

Keywords: Re: Willy C. Shih; Video Game; Entertainment & Recreation

05 Jun 2013
What Do You Think?

Do We Need to Extend ‘No Surprises Management?’

In it, I compared data collected from the offices of a large marketing services firm to which I had been given unusual access. Here are some data from employee engagement studies, human resource reports, and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Jan 2006
News

Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969

graduating from Harvard Business School, Ronnie Cohen made a smooth transition to the high-powered world of McKinsey & Company. Thus, it came as a surprise to his colleagues when he decided to depart two years later to cofound a View Details

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IFC: Singapore; Shaping a Global Innovation Hub - Course Catalog

Tuesday, January 13 Course Fee: $3,600 (see note on financial aid) Immersive Field Courses : IFCs require a firm commitment and carry a financial obligation. Financial aid is available in the form of a... View Details

01 Feb 2001
News

Books

Radical Innovation: How Mature Companies Can Outsmart Upstarts, by Richard Leifer, Christopher M. McDermott, Gina Colarelli O'Connor, Lois S. Peters, Mark Rice, and Robert W. Veryzer, is a groundbreaking book that identifies the new... View Details

Keywords: books; research; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Mar 2009
News

Your Taxi Is Waiting

Clinton’s advance staff, experience launching a low-cost airline in China, and time at UBS Warburg’s London office. Ogden, whose CV includes various roles in finance and the nonprofit sector, worked most recently for Bridges Ventures, a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Air Transportation; Transportation

23 Sep 2021
News

Confronting Sustainability in Business; Pro-Bono Consulting for Black-Owned Companies

volunteers. They have also participated in HBS Social Enterprise Initiative events and invited several management consulting firms to participate in the program beginning in 2022. While both Rogers and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Entrepreneurial Finance - Course Catalog

board member, advisor, or investor. The course is also relevant to students broadly interested in the financing landscape for young firms. We will learn how to evaluate and finance young, high-potential... View Details

13 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Global Investments Are Still a Good Bet

a bet that the global economy will be in a better position in 20 or 30 years than it is today” The other possibility for increased market correlation is not because national economies have become more... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

01 Jan 2002
News

Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)

more than $500 million, Esquel makes more men's cotton shirts than any other company in the world. Guiding the firm to such prominence has been Margie Yang, a combination of... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017

marketing, organizational behavior, psychology, sociology, and strategy—to explore the many ways that locations matter for firms. In eleven varied papers, the authors draw on newly available data, recently... View Details

24 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Global Brands: Connecting With Consumers Across Boundaries

significant advances in technology and productivity, was the pottery firm founded by Josiah Wedgwood in 1760—"the first example I can find," said Koehn, "of a company using a brand as a... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner

09 Sep 2024
News

Basket Chase

school and worked for about half a decade and then left to look for a smaller firm to buy. Tell Rick and me about your career and what made you decide to leave your job and buy your own business. Is it because you had a terrible job? Were... View Details

28 Oct 2021
News

Capital Considerations for Black Entrepreneurs; Pivoting for Gender Equity

failure in the startup and tech ecosystems. I think the HBS community is particularly well-suited to be a problem-solver here. We have so many leaders in VC, startups, and entrepreneurship. Our alumni... View Details