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- 01 Mar 2024
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The Internet's Next Frontier
While the Crypto, Fintech, and Web3 Lab—one of 13 labs contained within Harvard’s Digital Data Design Institute—might not have the Bunsen burners and test tubes found in science and engineering labs, it does share a philosophical construct: it is a sandbox—an... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information
generated record revenue in fiscal 2021. Revenue (in millions) 800 FY17 856 FY18 925 FY19 861 FY20 805 FY21 Revenue Components 34% Publishing 30% Endowment Distribution & Current 14% MBA Tuition & Fees 10% Executive Education Tuition 9%... View Details
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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Uneven Impact of Generative AI on Entrepreneurial Performance” with Nicholas Otis, Rowan Clarke, Solène Delecourt, and David Holtz. Rembrand M. Koning : Winner of the 2024 Wharton People Analytics White Paper Competition for “The Uneven... View Details
- 18 Sep 2019
- Op-Ed
WeWork—The IPO That Shouldn’t?
corporate leader with a bit of what some call a messiah complex. Facebook, Alphabet, Snap, UBER, Lyft and even Amazon shared one or more of these features, yet none experienced the negative uproar generated by WeWork. "The lessons... View Details
- 27 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 27
explain how to generate ideas with these skills, collaborate with "delivery-driven" colleagues to implement ideas, and build innovation skills throughout your organization to sharpen its competitive edge. They also provide a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 12
as new players enter these markets and change the ecosystem of the industry. Although no single model has been successfully imported from one country to another due to significant country-specific differences in the regulatory financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
valuable business that can scale and attract venture capital. What’s the difference between Launching Tech Ventures and Entrepreneurship Essentials? Entrepreneurship Essentials focuses on entrepreneurship in general and how to identify a... View Details
- October 2016
- Supplement
24 Hour Fitness (B): Ownership Changes, 2005–2016
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
In 2016, 24 Hour Fitness was the number-two fitness chain in the United States, generating revenues of $1.4 billion from 441 clubs serving 3.8 million members. Based in San Ramon, California, 24 Hour Fitness operated clubs in 13 states. Having grown rapidly to become... View Details
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Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "24 Hour Fitness (B): Ownership Changes, 2005–2016." Harvard Business School Supplement 717-423, October 2016.
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Benchmarks Don’t Work
product, or service against the best-known similar activity, so that challenging but attainable goals can be set and a realistic course of action implemented to efficiently become and remain best of the best. In one dramatic benchmarking example, View Details
- 13 Jan 2021
- Research & Ideas
How 'Small C' Change Can Beat Large-Scale Rebuilding
to generate fresh momentum and bring in independent perspectives. It is easy to decipher the purpose. The team in action, after all, is the team portraying the downturn. But how effective is Big C change in reality? The answer may lie in... View Details
- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
a wider sense, Al's legacy was to provide an extraordinary role model for subsequent generations of researchers in business history and far wider. He was so influential because he asked questions that were... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jul 2005
- What Do You Think?
How Can Business Schools Be Made More Relevant?
whether business schools in general have lost their relevance by following "the scientific model" of graduate schools of arts and science as opposed to "the professional model" of medical and law schools. The... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online
strategies Gain insights into the climate risk inherent in investment opportunities Discover how to integrate risks into financial models Think critically about how and where to add value while avoiding “impact washing” Who Will Benefit... View Details
- 03 Nov 2023
- News
Global Networking Night; Sweden Club Holds Climate Forum
opened the forum with a video message offering reasons to be optimistic on climate if leaders can act quickly. “It’s going to take a lot of money and new models of risk allocation,” said Spar. “We need leaders in this space who can be... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 02 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
Applying to the JD/MBA Program
change. To put it simply, I'd like to eventually bring successful business models to important policy objectives. At what point did you realize you wanted to get a joint degree? Joanna: I started thinking about business school as I was... View Details
- 09 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent
HBCUs [historically Black colleges and universities] borrow more than students from non-HBCUs because African American families generally have lower assets and incomes that limit their ability to contribute toward college expenses.” Most... View Details
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Research & Development, Project Code SX-70 - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA... View Details
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Helping and harnessing business to address society’s greatest challenges. | Institute for Business in Global Society
world. Frustration and despair over entrenched inequalities – both economic and societal – are leading to new calls for economic and political models that leave no one behind. And the rapid development of artificial intelligence is... View Details
- 16 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 16
because luck prevails. Piketty (1995) had shown that a similar pattern could arise from standard preferences if initial beliefs about the relative importance of effort and luck in generating income differed across the two societies, while... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Three-Dimensional Strategy: Winning the Multisided Platform
When start-up thredUP launched its peer-to-peer online exchange for used children's clothes two and a half years ago, its creators were the latest generation of entrepreneurs competing online as multi-sided platforms (MSPs), alongside... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna