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- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Elevator Pitch: Standard of Care
Illustration by Drue Wagner Mike H. M. Teodorescu (DBA 2018) CEO, SurgiBox Dan Brown (DBA 2019) CFO Concept: Founded in the wake of Haiti’s 2010 earthquake, SurgiBox’s lead product is a portable operating room that fits into a backpack and runs on a rechargeable... View Details
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Confronting Climate Change - Business & Environment
about 14% of the world’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and about half of global oil consumption. Transportation infrastructure is particularly at risk of disruption from climate change. Finance & Investing Identifying Risk & View Details
- 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
- 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
- 24 Feb 2021
- Lessons from the Classroom
What History's Biggest Wars Teach Us About Leading in Peace
to success in all three of these areas—leadership, strategy, and negotiation—it’s the need for a high degree of empathy." “It leads to a conversation about how one might recognize opportunities that others miss, and what stands in the way... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 10 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know
these factories. Otherwise, these factories will cause harm to the DACs that they are supposed to revitalize and create opportunities in. Thanks to IRA green manufacturing incentives, General Electric Vernova, a subsidiary of General... View Details
- 13 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 13, 2007
Enterprise Capital Markets Harvard Business School Case 307-078 Seeking to impact global poverty and philanthropy, eBay founder Pierre Omidyar donates $100 million to Tufts University for a trust restricted to investment in microfinance.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation
Managers today have a problem. They know their companies must grow. But growth is hard, especially given today's economic environment where investment capital is difficult to come by and firms are reluctant to take risks. Managers know... View Details
- 12 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Using the Law to Strategic Advantage
legal astuteness appropriate to their firm and industry. At a minimum, they need to know where the lines are on the field: that is, what conduct is legal and what is not. They also need to be able to spot legal problems before they become legal issues and to identify... View Details
- 22 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 22
decision-making is limited. Exploiting exogenous variation in state compulsory schooling laws in both standard and two-sample instrumental variable strategies, we show education increases financial market participation, measured by View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
from the risk that they will live a long time. The funds that individuals contribute to a MIF are invested in a mutual fund. The proceeds from the fund's underlying assets are reinvested until the contributor dies or he turns an age... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
A Continuum of Innovation
reflect a continuum of innovation: incremental changes that ensure a transformative HBS experience. Read more about How is the MBA curriculum preparing students to manage, and even anticipate, the challenges and opportunities of the... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 09 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?
conference at Harvard Business School on self-regulation. What were the highlights? A: The conference, which I co-organized with Andrew King (Dartmouth), Michael Lenox (Duke), and Tim Simcoe (U Toronto), focused on opportunities for... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 17 Apr 2022
- Book
How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray
Nelson says. They will seek them out, be willing to take less money, push innovation, and be more committed than to other companies. “Ethics are an enormous competitive advantage in every way,” she says. “Savvy companies understand this, and View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 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
- News
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
- 23 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
How to Know If Your Neighborhood Is Being Gentrified
familiar arguments both for and against. Private developers and other supporters argue that new restaurants and retail shops, high-rise housing, and other spruce-ups revitalize communities by attracting outside investment and luring new... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 23
of the vision requires leaders to invest in the tools, guide their use, and pave the way for transformation. Perhaps the urgency of the current economic crisis can provide the impetus to overcome resistance to change and turn problems... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Mike Laffin
at Catholic Charities, devoted their lives to serving the less fortunate in Hartford. They taught me to use your gifts to serve others and to never shy away from an opportunity to do the right thing—no matter the risk. I left View Details
- 12 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities
guidelines. Companies at this stage often wait too long to hire people experts—both human resources managers and experienced recruiters who get the startup-to-scale scene. That's a big mistake. Investing money in these roles early will... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin