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- 20 Feb 2013
- News
Thanking Veterans Online
surprised than I was when I got in," Hall said. HBS proved to be an ideal and welcoming setting for Hall as he dealt with the trauma of combat and began to decide what he would make of his life after the military. The demanding academic program and View Details
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
"Will we make something strong and good and wise out of all the destruction of the past two years?" Koehn is an authority on entrepreneurial leadership and history. Her previous books include Brand New: How Entrepreneurs Earned... View Details
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS
technologies and the eventual creation of a regulatory structure to prevent entrepreneurial chaos. LR: To follow up on that, Professor Spar, you've created a four-phase model of how companies develop along the technological frontier—from... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
Founder, Co-CIO, and Chairman, Bridgewater Associates I always had little jobs. I had a paper route. I would shovel driveways. And then I started caddying. This was the 1960s, when everyone was talking about the stock market, and the View Details
- 31 May 2016
- First Look
May 31, 2016
management will inhibit innovation and entrepreneurial activities. We disagree and argue that risk management should function as a Revealing Hand to identify, assess, and mitigate risks in a cost-efficient manner. Done well, the Revealing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Life in Lockdown
(MBA 2016) picked up the mantle in 2015; Sapone and Beck made end-of-day calls to the team. The program has since been handed down each year, an organic part of the growing HBS entrepreneurial ecosystem, which now also includes Startup... View Details
- 19 Jan 2017
- News
Finding Purpose in Profit
Demetri Coupounas (MBA/MPA 1994). “He and I had conversations that made me realize I had a very weak understanding of how traditional capital markets and business worked,” she says. To strengthen that understanding, Coupounas, after... View Details
- 10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009
Working Papers An Investigation of Earnings Management through Marketing Actions (revised) Authors: Craig J. Chapman and Thomas J. Steenburgh Abstract Prior research hypothesizes managers use "real actions," including the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition
2024), Hilary Gallin (MBA 2024), Northeastern U.S./Boston. Success Stories Many people are aware of HBS entrepreneurial successes such as Tom Stemberg (HBS ’73) of Staples and Michael Bloomberg (HBS ’66); more recent examples include Mark... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Women at the Top
Professor of Business Administration, gave the second case presentation on First Direct, a "virtual" bank in England that has built tremendous market share by providing services via telephone. MBA Class of 1960 Professor of Business... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young
- Web
Winning with Digital Platforms Online Course | HBS Online
for building and financing new ventures, and make your entrepreneurial dreams a reality. 4 weeks, 6-8 hrs/week Pay by August 21 $1,850 Certificate Disruptive Strategy Professors Rory McDonald & Clayton Christensen Strengthen your capacity... View Details
- 08 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 8
Entrepreneurs in U.S. Financial History, 1775-1914 Author:T.K. McCraw Publication:Capitalism and Society 5, no. 1 (2010) Abstract Throughout its history, the U.S. has been the beneficiary of a worldwide in-migration of entrepreneurial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
instead for consumer attention. We model and characterize how households allocate their scarce attention in arguably the largest market for attention: the Internet. Our characterization of household attention allocation operates along... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
badly. Other apparent areas of interest in the last 12 months included corporate social responsibility, marketing techniques, and, of course, the ubiquitous Lady Gaga. Here are the Top 10 most-read articles and 10 most-read working papers... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Technology for Learning's Sake
for classroom discussion. Recently augmented by advances in technology, his concept is leading to a significant shift in the nature of case discussion and classroom dynamics. Starting in 1991, Bhide asked students in his Entrepreneurial... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig
- 03 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 3
Organizations. Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2011 Abstract Social enterprise organizations (SEOs) arise from entrepreneurial activities with the aim to achieve social goals. SEOs have been identified as alternative and/or... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom
of marketing at EnerNOC USA, which helps large organizations in the US, Canada, and the United Kingdom track their electricity use. “Human beings don't like to change, and everything involving energy management does imply the need to... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 30 Oct 2017
- News
Giving Minorities a Playbook for Career Success
underrepresented minorities with the skills, coaching, and relationships that are required to become high-impact leaders in corporations, nonprofits, and entrepreneurial ventures. “When I was coming out of college, one of the learnings... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 29 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy
revolutionized by bringing in market forces in a way that they never were before. Competition that we take for granted in most sectors of the economy is now driving efficiencies and innovations in the space sector, making it much more of... View Details
- 23 Apr 2018
- News
Sowing the Seeds of Leadership
leadership of the Costa Rica–based university in January 2017. To this most recent task, he brings his entrepreneurial mindset, global perspective, and firm belief in the power of young people to change the world. The innovative... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg