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- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
And Viana himself put in 300,000 of his own capital. It all added up to roughly 1.5 million—not the 2.8 million of his original proposal, but enough to be awarded rights to the brand in November 2014. Finding a building for the new... View Details
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Business and Climate Change Course | HBS Online
sustainability manager with a company I can align my values with. This class seemed like the perfect opportunity to give me the right tools to learn more about this field." Desirée Kaplan Writer at Green Matters Understand climate change... View Details
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation
capital and labor. Opportunity-seeking entrepreneurs are plentiful: They can gain access to human and financial capital; they can overcome barriers to entry; and they can succeed in economic, social, and political terms. I suspect that... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
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Commencement 2018 Address | About
core of any vibrant capitalist system, and we should cherish it. At a time when people are losing trust in the role of business enterprise in society, it is your job to restore their confidence in this engine of human prosperity. You... View Details
- 17 Dec 2024
- News
Solving the Underemployment Crisis
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, it’s Dan. Today, we are sharing a brief excerpt from Managing the Future of Work, the critically-acclaimed podcast from my colleagues at Harvard Business School. Each episode, HBS professors Bill Kerr... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
became the third-biggest manufacturer of toys in the United States, right behind longtime industry giants Mattel and Hasbro. The Bulletin recently spoke with three alumni who work for toy companies that develop products considered to be... View Details
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
Chambers announcing further capital expenditure in China but facing growing criticism by U.S. Congress and others for Cisco's human rights record. At the same time, Cisco faced a powerful domestic competitor... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 14 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog
what the human body needs physically and mentally to respond to these challenges. Think of these as your new toolkit for high performance in a business world turned upside down. Let’s start with some executives’ comments from the survey,... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
rudimentary auction technology that would work across the network. What was difficult was getting the right information at the marketplace. It became clear that there needed to be a whole market infrastructure to create these new kinds of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
Greatest Competitor as Our Greatest Teacher by Ann Lee (MBA 1995) (Berrett-Koehler Publishers) Fully aware of China’s shortcomings, particularly in human rights, Lee details the policies and practices—in areas ranging from education and... View Details
- 25 Jun 2014
- News
A Man on a Mission
40 years, and was managing more than 3,300 employees and an annual budget of $773 million. Early training in physics launched his scientific career, but Earls credits what he learned at HBS with giving him the right stuff to soar in the... View Details
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IFC: India; Development While Decarbonizing - India’s Path to Net Zero - Course Catalog
students (due to the nature of IFCs, auditing is not permitted) Course Overview The global race to eliminate greenhouse gases from the atmosphere has started in full earnest. The stakes are high; emissions released by human activities are... View Details
- 16 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
The Rituals of Case Method Teaching
him to every class he has ever taught at the School. It’s a tool that helps Norton center himself before he digs into a lively case discussion—a reliable ritual that ensures a successful session. The role of such a device is one he recognizes from years of research on... View Details
- 25 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
10 Reasons Customers Might Resist Windows 8
version. Still, Kanter wonders, "Has there been sufficient time for the influencers to get used to this and help other people get used to it? And why launch on October 26? There's a lot going on in the world right now." 4.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
governance models, and their integrity.” Immelt, CEO of GE, described his outlook as generally optimistic. Once the crisis is resolved (and, he remarked, “the government always wins” in these situations), the United States can expect at least two quarters of negative... View Details
- 09 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy
Boston has always been fueled by an Enlightenment belief in scientific progress and human perfectibility. It is home to America's first public school, Boston Latin School (1635), and college, Harvard College (1636). After the American... View Details
Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
No Place Like Home
Illustration by Mercedes McDonald. Orchard Gardens photo by Ed Quinn/Saba In many parts of the country, housing costs and shortages have begun to show signs of adversely affecting corporations, workers, and local economies. Affordable housing - such as Boston's Orchard... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Books
sector, and the influence of networks and social capital on accessing human and financial capital. It also provides an in-depth analysis of the venture capital industry and raises questions about why women have so much difficulty getting... View Details
- 29 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 29, 2016
how SAP is also using the program to rethink and re-engineer its Human Resource Management policies and processes to make them more inclusive and effective. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/616042-PDF-ENG... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Mar 2025
- News
What We Can Learn From “The Oracle of Wall Street”
ways, but one of the biggest things is that he was always in my corner. He encouraged me to go here. He encouraged me to leave. He said, I would hate for you to leave Blackstone, but if we're not creating the opportunity for you to stay, I'm going to help you find the... View Details
Keywords: Finance