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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer
did total operating expenses. This landmark reflected the expansion of core programs and higher MBA enrollment. The growth also reflected the rising costs required to maintain those revenue sources while continuing to invest in the... View Details
- 25 Aug 2015
- News
Sunset in the East?
Illustration by Daniel Bejar The Chinese economy seems to have finally hit the brakes. Thanks to stalling real estate and export markets, this year China reported first and second quarter growth rates of 7 percent—its lowest numbers in... View Details
- 11 Apr 2017
- Blog Post
Why I Love My Job: Andrew Grochal on His Path to CarGurus
side of the business, working closely with each department across the entire company including sales, customer success, engineering and marketing. I lead a team of product managers and we all collaborate with engineering to prioritize... View Details
Keywords: Technology
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Systems for Scaling Ventures (SSV) - Course Catalog
management systems necessary to bring new ventures from early-stage startups to growth-stage and beyond. Early-stage ventures initially (and naturally) rely on informal interactions to develop their offers, connect with customers and investors, and launch operations.... View Details
- 10 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017
critical purpose of allowing employees to recharge, but in the short term, translate to a loss of time that usually leads to reduced productivity. We evaluate the effects of two types of breaks (expected versus unexpected), and two... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
HBS Impact Investing Fund Course: An Experiential Education in Social Financing
report. Small businesses are a major growth lever for wealth creation and employment in Massachusetts and across the country. Yet, many BIPOC-led and -owned businesses currently face systemic barriers to raising capital, including... View Details
- 15 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Calderón: Economic Arguments Needed to Fight Climate Change
growth are mutually exclusive endeavors. "We believe it's possible to do both," he said. "We need to switch from talking about carbon emissions to talking about economic growth, jobs, and profits for companies." Time... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Insatiably Curious
acquisitions at Morgan Stanley, and then to private equity, asset allocation, and now, to leading operations. Ma recently was appointed chief operating officer (COO) of Index Ventures, a 25-year-old international venture capital firm. “We... View Details
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Rakhi Mehra
communities around me," Rakhi says. "The intensity of intellectual discussion and debate gave me a new perspective on my home country. I felt a new sense of responsibility for the effects of growth on India." Applying an... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Rankings Game
Illustration by John Kachik Depending on which business school ranking you consult, the best MBA program in 2010 was at the University of Chicago, HBS, the London Business School, or Stanford University. Among the five leading media... View Details
- December 1999
- Case
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (A): An Enterprise of Change
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Jane Roessner
In 1999, Sun Microsystems, Inc., was claiming a leadership position in the burgeoning world of e-commerce and networking computers. Its goal: "to dot-com the world." What was it about Sun's culture that made it so conducive to innovation and entrepreneurship? And how... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
entrepreneurship and a fascinating case study of a large media business both experiencing and driving change. In their groundbreaking book, The Venture Imperative: A New Model for Corporate Innovation, Heidi Mason and Tim Rohner — leading... View Details
- 17 Sep 2015
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: Innosight
Catherine Curtis, Global Recruiting Manager, Innosight Describe your organization in three to five sentences. Innosight is a growth strategy consulting firm that helps leading organizations to design and... View Details
Keywords: Consulting
- 10 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Numbers Talk to People
approaches were really leading to a sale. Megibow commented, "We didn't know we were leaving money on the table." THE EUREKA STORY The Eureka story is similar to the CSI story, except that it typically involves a purposeful... View Details
- 15 Feb 2012
- Op-Ed
Occupy Wall Street Protestors Have a Point
the future of the global market system. In keeping with the School's learning model, we provided participants with a "case"—this one consisting of the World Bank's scenario for global economic progress, looking toward 2030. While cheered by the prospect of... View Details
- 25 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
China’s Economic System has Difficult Road Overcoming its Political System
overcome the limits placed upon it by the Party. Or, as the authors call it, "Party, Inc." It's not spoiling anything to say that the book answers its own question with, if not an outright no, then at least a highly qualified maybe. Click on image to enlargeChina's... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 14 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Your Balance With Customers
Industrial Era, product innovation and operations management predominated. Product innovation ensured the continuous flow of new products that would sustain growth or market share or both. Operations management ensured that costs and... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
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Adam Kanner
2014. ScoreBig is Kanner’s fourth new venture and clearly his most successful. It was recently named by Forbes magazine as one of America’s Most Promising Companies. According to George Kliavkoff, co-president of Hearst Entertainment & Syndication, Hearst Ventures... View Details
- 01 Apr 2020
- Blog Post
How Scott Linzmeyer Crafted a Business He Loves at Reveler Beverage
shifts in his personal life that lead to a move out of state, plans for the company changed and Linzmeyer went back to the drawing board. “I knew with this original hospitality and brewing concept I needed someone to jump into the... View Details
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History | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
entrepreneurs moving their organizations from start-up to growth phase. 2019 Celebrated SEI's 25th anniversary with the Frontiers of Change convening of over 300 alumni, faculty, leaders in the field, students and staff. Published... View Details