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- 01 Sep 2011
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Water for Life
has invested over $1 billion in laying 2,000 miles of water lines and building 33 wastewater treatment plants while returning strong profits for shareholders. Equally important, the company has emerged as a model for integrating financial... View Details
Diane S. M. von Furstenberg
Von Furstenberg emerged on the fashion scene with three simple black jersey-style silk dresses in 1970. In the denim craze of the seventies, the silk dresses stood out for their elegance and sophistication, and it was upon this basis that... View Details
Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
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Laying Down the Principles: Management - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School/title>
profitably. The fact that operations did not occur in a single place, but rather over widely dispersed areas made management both imperative and challenging. “An important question in the management of a large railroad system is how to get local View Details
- 28 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?
Source: Cecilie_Arcurs George Serafeim has a startling suggestion to fix the world’s biggest environmental, social, and governance (ESG) problems such as water pollution, deforestation, and wealth inequality: encourage companies within industries to do less competing... View Details
- 17 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 17, 2007
Working PapersPlatform Envelopment Authors:Thomas Eisenmann, Geoffrey Parker, and Marshall Van Alstyne Abstract Due to network effects and switching costs, platform providers often become entrenched. To dislodge them, entrants generally... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Philly Club Hosts Nonprofit Execs
Sixty nonprofit executives from the Philadelphia area attended the HBS Club of Philadelphia’s fifth annual nonprofit conference in November. The one-day event provided attendees with leading-edge thinking on executing strategy in nonprofit organizations as well as a... View Details
- 15 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Building Bridges to Sustainable Infrastructure with Allied Climate Partners
The summer between my RC and EC years at HBS, I joined Allied Climate Partners (ACP) as a Summer Associate in New York. ACP, a philanthropy-backed investment firm, dedicates itself to catalyzing climate-related infrastructure projects in View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Opinion: Making It Better
costs. A variety of coverage plans have emerged in response to a desire for lower-cost insurance, as would be expected in a consumer-driven market. BRIC countries are home to many health-service innovations,... View Details
- 08 Dec 2015
- Research Event
Research Trends Discussed at India and South Asia Conference
Scholars from around the world discussed the history and current business trends in India and Southeast Asia at Harvard Business School. The Business History of India and South Asia: Recent Trends in Research conference covered topics including India and the great... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The HBS Fund
climate change and income inequality. They also learn how to drive change at their own companies. One student credits the program with completely changing his perspective: “I feel like a new person, with a new thought process, driven by purpose.” Speeding Up View Details
- 21 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Shabana Azmi: Leveraging Bollywood Fame into Social Good
fighting intolerance and religious extremism. All of which makes her seemingly an unusual interview subject for Harvard Business School's Creating Emerging Markets series, sponsored by the HBS Business History Initiative, which has... View Details
Michael C. Ruettgers
Ruettgers was responsible for EMC’s focus on storage systems vs. memory boards – a move that enabled EMC to corner the storage network market and become one of the fastest growing companies in the United... View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
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Kartik Sahni
strategy/management consulting and policy advisory roles. Particular sectors of interest: climate, education, international development. Kartik is particularly well-equipped to help international students, including but not only students from View Details
- 15 Feb 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Delivering Information Services: A 30-Year Perspective
to today's Network Era characterized by the Internet. From roughly 1970 to 1980, DIS concentrated on the management of mainframes and the chief individual responsible for information technology, the... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
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Introduction - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership View Details
- 24 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
SuperCorp: Values as Guidance System
posted on walls and websites by using their codified set of values and principles as a strategic guidance system. They gain business advantages from actions they take based on the societal responsibility these statements imply, as Banco... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
that are more responsible socially and environmentally. Q: How prevalent are vanguard companies? A small parade? A: It's a growing parade, but it's not clear yet whether they are the exception or the rule—that's true of every change. And... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Excitement Building for HBS Global Conference in Chicago
established companies and examine how emerging growth firms are developing competitive products and strategies for the global marketplace. Over a dozen presentations and panel discussions on topics such as entrepreneurial marketing,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
HBS Faculty Explore Ideas Around the World
Building an Evidence Base for Emerging Markets It’s one thing to research the history of companies in Europe, the United States, or Japan, where libraries, archives, and public records are abundant. But what about View Details
Keywords: faculty research
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IFC: Cape Town; Africa Rising - Course Catalog
in a continent where infrastructure is often poor, data absent, and capital constrained. Many of the lessons in this IFC are applicable to Global Emerging Markets, especially those in Asia and Latin America.. While in South Africa and... View Details