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OWN: The Power of Company Ownership - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog OWN: The Power of Company Ownership Course Number 1235 Senior Lecturer Josh Baron Spring; Q3; 1.5 credits Exam or Paper Overview: This course explores the power of ownership in View Details

01 Apr 1996
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Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World

shaping the business environment and, in turn, influencing performance at the industry and firm level. Since joining the faculty in 1989, Emmons... View Details

02 Sep 2002
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The Role of Government When All Else Fails

party to another, spreading it out over large groups, and (in some cases) simply reducing it outright. These policies, in turn, have profoundly shaped the environment in which business operates. Public risk... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard

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From the Chief Financial Officer | Annual Report 2024

analytics in shaping the future of education and research. Reflecting these investments, IT operating expenses increased by $16 million, or 14 percent, to $128 million in fiscal 2024. This figure represented... View Details

November 2023
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Apple Inc. in 2023

By: David B. Yoffie and Sarah von Bargen

Under CEO Tim Cook, Apple became the first trillion dollar market cap company, the first two trillion dollar company, and the first three trillion dollar company. Since the COVID pandemic, Apple gained over 20% of the world smartphone market and 50% of the U.S. market,... View Details

Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Product Positioning; Emerging Markets; Competitive Strategy; Technological Innovation; Revenue; Technology Industry

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Jan 24 2017
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Creating a Culture of Leadership in Africa

31 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?

Lovett, Bohlen, and Kennan. They had similar educational backgrounds (Groton, Harvard, Yale, Princeton). Four had successful private sector careers as well as extensive public service. They shaped the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Information; Publishing

01 Jun 2014
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How to Make Robots Seem Less Creepy

01 Jul 2019
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The Airbnb Lesson for Startups? Success Takes More Than Technology

Investors riding the wave of technology public offerings have been waiting for a powerhouse debut from Airbnb, which logged its 500 millionth customer booking in March. After all, View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Travel; Tourism

09 Jun 2025
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Alumni Career Video | Naana Winful Fynn (MBA 2004)

try { var kalturaPlayer = KalturaPlayer.setup({ targetId: "kaltura_player_903895386", provider: { partnerId: 1423662, uiConfId: 56210002 } }); kalturaPlayer.loadMedia({entryId: '1_vkflrds4'}); } catch (e) { console.error(e.message) } Naana Winful Fynn (MBA 2004) shares... View Details

10 Sep 2020
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Founding a Company at the Intersection of Medicine and Technology

remote organization. Alife Health was created and critically shaped under the direction of mentors across the Harvard community. Their support has helped propel View Details

19 Dec 2011
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Anthony J. Mayo: An interview by Bob Morris

24 Aug 2020
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My Journey to Joining the first MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Cohort

learned more about ways to speed up testing in the US. He taught us about potential at-home COVID tests that, if used broadly across the country, could possibly help contain View Details

July 1994 (Revised December 1994)
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CIGNA Corporation, Inc.: Managing and Institutionalizing Business Reengineering

Provides a longitudinal view of business reengineering at CIGNA Corp., a leading provider of insurance and related financial services throughout the United States and the world. CIGNA has been practicing business reengineering since 1989, completing over 20 projects.... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Business Processes; Financial Services Industry; Insurance Industry

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15 Feb 2022
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Health is Wealth | The Path to Creating a Venture

elsewhere.” Leveraging the HBS alumni network, Rachel secured an internship between her RC and EC years at naviHealth, Inc... a digital health company. This internship allowed her to make an impact at the... View Details

Prof. Thales Teixeira returns to Cannes to speak about Digital Disruption

In recent years, a new wave of digital disruption has been taking over the Internet. It is characterised by business models focusing on the separation of consumption activities that traditionally went together such as content and advertising, or browsing and purchasing... View Details

21 May 2018
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How Would You Price One of the World's Great Watches?

there are very few references. There are no anchors here. So the perceived value or perception then becomes an important factor, and by pricing you can shape perceptions.” "Underprice an innovation, and... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Fashion

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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer

learning. The HBS Economic Model What distinguishes the HBS economic model is a commitment to research that is largely internally funded. At the heart of this research is View Details

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Melvin Edwards Searching for the Word 1989/2019 | About

civil rights. Searching for the Word is based on an earlier 1989 maquette Edwards created for New York's Governor’s Arts Awards and recalls his other public sculptures from the same period, such as Southern... View Details

14 Jul 2023
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Harvard Business School Announces Its 2023-2024 Blavatnik Fellows

offers HBS alumni and Harvard-affiliated postdocs the opportunity to work closely with leading biotech industry and biomedical authorities, receive mentorship, and join a community of entrepreneurs shaping... View Details

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