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- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Crash Pad
When 4753 North Broadway opened in 1924, the neoclassical tower represented the height of American architectural design, a terra-cotta temple of capitalism at the heart of Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. Over the next century, a series of banks occupied the spacious... View Details
- 25 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
10 Reasons Customers Might Resist Windows 8
for Microsoft. Alas, when it comes to embracing the latest technology, consumer hardware and corporate software are as different as apples and orang well, as different as Apples and corporate software. "Software is the method by which people do their work, and if... View Details
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Field Course: Go to Market Sales Playbook Field Study - Course Catalog
company’s product. Too often, students graduate from HBS, raise capital and then investigate how to sell their company’s product or service. In this course, students are expected to experiment with different sales models and create a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Books
authors write. “They require new mind-sets, creativity, and — most important — the ability to envision how the business can exploit the changes that are under way.” By providing a theoretical framework for scrutinizing existing projects... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)
road or power grid is a competent counterparty. Make the cash flow tradable. Don't require the early investors to tie up risk capital for the 30-year life of an infrastructure project; get the debt or equity... View Details
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
team's knowledge-integration capability. We test our theoretical framework using data on knowledge workers in professional services and discuss implications for research and practice. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-009.pdf The Cost of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
The First Five Years: '30 under 30' Edition
“put yourself out there.” Akash Pradhan (MBA 2017), Kiran Gandhi (MBA 2015), Anthony Tucker (MBA 2017), and Anish Pathipati (MBA 2016) How did you find out you had been named to the 2019 "30 Under 30?" Akash Pradhan, investor, TPG View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Empowering Entrepreneurially Minded Students
and even a required course, The Entrepreneurial Manager? William Kerr is the Dimitri V. D’Arbeloff-MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration, unit head of Entrepreneurial Management, co-director of HBS’s Managing the Future... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
Alison Berkley WagonfeldHarvard Business School Case 812-133 For some time, 1366's co-founders, Frank van Mierlo and Ely Sachs, had faced a choice, which was now made all the more stark: 1366 could expand to produce silicon wafers itself, raising the View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer
incentives at each stage of the process. We need to ensure that mortgages are appropriate for the resources of borrowers, and that mortgage brokers have skin in the game when they sell loans. We need to control the conflicts of interest of credit-rating agencies and... View Details
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
capital as well as financial capital is required to forge relationships, influence opinion leaders and gatekeepers, and ensure cultural appropriateness. This note incorporates... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
IFC: Ghana; Africa Rising - Course Catalog
5 and Depart Wednesday, January 15 Course Fee: $4,000 Immersive Field Courses : IFCs require a firm commitment and carry a financial obligation. Financial aid is available in the form of a student loan, a need-based HBS scholarship, or a... View Details
- 22 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 22
require a grand organizational makeover or buy-in from the CEO. All it takes is collaboration between you and your team-working together and making small, doable changes. What started as an experiment with a six-person team at The Boston... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
Reflecting on the Value of an MBA
You get a lot of good advice at HBS. I’ve kept pretty much every single sheet of paper I’ve received while I’ve been here, trying to retain it for later. One sticks with me now as I head back into the world of work. On the last day of my Venture View Details
- 27 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement
investment in Duck Creek Technologies, a technology provider for property & casualty insurance companies. The deal required a complex carve-out from Accenture, Duck Creek’s parent organization, and several operational improvements to... View Details
- 10 Nov 2008
- Research Event
Social Media Leads the Future of Technology
the Internet, to what extent they can capitalize on these transformations remains an open question. HBS professor David Yoffie moderated the session on "The Technology Revolution and its Implications for the Future," with... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
require construction of broader coalitions of policymakers, place more constraints on executive decision making, and have more competitive selection processes. As a result, there are stronger political motivations for Vietnamese leaders... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Global Change in the Built Environment
estate investment trusts (REITs) are now in countries all over the world with total capitalization five times more than only five years ago. Whether real estate lends itself to being corporatized without losing its entrepreneurial spirit... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Teaching and Learning Center Established, Honors Christensen’s Legacy
Many HBS faculty members make it look easy. But anyone who has ever tried to lead a discussion among eighty students will quickly realize that case-method teaching is an art. It is an art that requires a tremendous amount of training,... View Details
- 25 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Harvard Climate Leaders Program
startup after graduation. Through my experiences with BEI and CLP, I've realized that addressing climate change requires more than just technological advancements and capital funding. We need a business... View Details