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26 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Tap into Top Talent with the HBS Leadership Fellows Program

around the country, and he credits the HBS Leadership Fellows Program as the springboard that launched his career. Now he is back at Harvard Business School as the Director of the Social Enterprise Initiative helping develop more leaders... View Details

Keywords: Social Enterprise

01 Jun 2015
News

Fast Forward

Anthony Foxx discussing America’s infrastructure challenges, Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter last month released MOVE: Putting America’s Infrastructure Back in the Lead to offer a road map for a more mobile future. Tax Code In an effort to... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Articles - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC About Michael Porter About Michael Porter A Letter from Michael Porter Biography The Essential Porter Honors & Awards Affiliated Organizations & Institutions VBHCD Initiative Affiliated Organizations & Institutions Affiliated... View Details

05 Apr 2017
Research & Ideas

For Women Especially, It Pays to Know What Car Repairs Should Cost

offer a price concession if asked to do so by a woman than by a man. “We show that the price a consumer expects to pay can alter the negotiation of consumers with individual firms directly by changing the price View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild Swearingen; Auto; Service

01 Sep 2004
News

Books

theories outlined in Christensen’s The Innovator’s Dilemma and The Innovator’s Solution, Seeing What’s Next offers a practical model that helps decision-makers spot the signals of industry change, determine the outcome of competitive... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

13 Apr 2021
News

Face Value

skincare products initially deemed too “niche” and “exotic” by retailers; in 2019 Unilever acquired the company for a reported $500 million. Tsai stepped down as CEO after being asked to do so, but was recently asked to return; that... View Details

01 Dec 2000
News

Stevenson Named Director of External Relations

Conferences have augmented the traditional reunion programs and encouraged cross-class contacts," he notes. "In addition, we are now offering special courses tailored to our alumni. These initiatives, combined with the lifelong e-mail... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

09 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off

nonetheless offer a host of principles (the Reverend Louis Sullivan's Global Sullivan Principles), management standards (the Institute of Social and Ethical Accountability's AccountAbility 1000), best practice guidelines (the OECD... View Details

Keywords: by Joshua D. Margolis & James P. Walsh

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Buy Now, Pay Later: The Secondary Credit Market

The Rise of Installment Selling Home Finance Cars on Time The Secondary Credit Market The Usurer's Grip Research Links Credits “We must divorce the three golden balls from the three Furies.” — Charities Review , 1892 Installment plans, home mortgages, and auto loans... View Details

01 Apr 2002
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

presentation that outlines the major initiatives currently under way at HBS. The presentation is being designed so that a club officer or a member of the board can deliver it with ease at club sessions and other meetings. In addition, the... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2005
News

Exploring the Galápagos

and ten minutes later Marty, with life vest on, is aboard a panga (dinghy) approaching Darwin Bay for a “wet landing.” Last summer, HBS Alumni Travel took a group of nineteen, ages 14–87, on a trip that can only be described as fantastic. With Quito, Ecuador, as the... View Details

Keywords: Ted A. Adams; Arts, Entertainment

19 May 2014
Research & Ideas

Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy

targeted ads on the lockscreen and home screen, consumers clamored for an ad-free version. Amazon backtracked and extended its Special Offers program to the tablet, allowing consumers to opt out from the ads. Q: You're expecting that more... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products

01 Mar 2013
News

Two Decades of Social Progress

The Social Enterprise Initiative began in 1993 with a pioneering mission: develop new insights and innovative approaches to contribute to the well-being of society. Driven by the vision of John Whitehead (MBA 1947) and the leadership of... View Details

03 Apr 2019
News

Finding Common Ground

name inspired by the Roman philosopher’s civic-minded teachings—has grown into a successful company with offices in Salt Lake City, Dallas, and Washington, DC, offering big data and analytics services to hundreds of corporations,... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

October 2019 (Revised April 2020)
Background Note

Note on Funding Deep Tech Startups

By: Karim Lakhani, Peter Barrett and Noubar Afeyan

This Background Note provides essential information on funding deep technologies—those technologies that were inherently capital intensive, time consuming, risky, and potentially disruptive. Both dilutive and non-dilutive sources of investment are highlighted, along... View Details

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Educators

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25 Mar 2016
News

Putting Faith in a Good Education

HBS alums Greg Avis (Summit Partners, MBA 1984), Chad Keck (Needham & Co., MBA 1976), Tom Volpe (Prudential Volpe, MBA 1976), and Tony Blenk (Everen Securities, MBA 1976), Crane led the company in acquiring 13 companies, raised four rounds of venture capital, and took... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

08 Jun 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Twenty-first Century Skill: Trading Carbon Credits

Cap and trade has become an increasingly popular mechanism used by governments to induce green behavior among corporate polluters, with news emerging almost daily. Just recently New Jersey Governor Chris Christie withdrew his state from the Regional Greenhouse Gas... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities

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Financing New Ideas - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

1970s, the seeds of change for ARD were in the air. The Small Business Investment Act of 1953 had promoted the creation of small business investment corporations (SBICs) through financial support and loans. Over time, the financial benefits View Details

06 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces 2023-24 Leadership Fellows

fellows—are offered once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to experience high-impact management positions in nonprofit and public sector organizations for one year at a competitive salary. At the same time, the hiring organizations leverage the... View Details