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Advancing Health Equity: Social Enterprise Summer Fellow Simona Stancov (MBA 2025) - MBA
to develop skills and knowledge while having significant responsibility and high impact. What are you working on this summer? As an intern at the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), I am spending the summer working on Regional Malaria View Details
- 13 Mar 2018
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March 13, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54177 Countering Political Risk in Colonial India: German Multinationals and the Challenge of Internment (1914–1947) By: Lubinski, Christina, Valeria Giacomin, and Klara Schnitzer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Apr 2019
- News
Finding Common Ground
not adequately addressing,” he notes. Analytics-Focused Consulting A dual political science/business major at Brigham Young University, Shumway says he has always been drawn to the intersection of business, economics, and public policy.... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 10 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 10
Business School Case 313-096 Wanxiang Group: A Chinese Company's Global Strategy (B) Supplements the (A) case 308-058. With an almost forty-year history as a business in China, the Wanxiang Group has navigated through the significantly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Patrick Moreton
will carry the day.” An assistant professor of organization and strategy at Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis, Moreton has focused his research on economic and organizational models of business strategy,... View Details
- 12 Sep 2007
- Op-Ed
Building Sandcastles: The Subprime Adventure
homebuyers felt the first draft. Those no-down payment "adjustable" mortgages proved toxic. After 2 years (sometimes less), new homeowners faced steep increases in monthly payments. Owners who counted on selling their homes as an exit View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
gained influence. Influence transcended power, and power politics contrasted with quiet service. Canadian Women in the Sky: 100 Years of Flight by Elizabeth Gillan Muir (HRPBA 1958) (Dundurn Press) This is the story of how women in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
acknowledgment of the government’s intentions surprised Abrami. “Before China’s accession such a comment may very well have jettisoned domestic political support for the WTO,” she commented afterward. “Everyone knew that domestic View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Rival Visions
exemplifies energetic government and vigorous federal programs for economic growth. Gallatin symbolizes low taxes and less intrusion by government." Not surprisingly, the two men (after whom two HBS buildings are named) were political... View Details
- 29 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
Why CEOs Are Not Plug-and-Play
competitive, and yet Fresco's attention was diverted by investments in technology and Web presence, as well as by acquisitions meant to diversify the company's portfolio. After the carmaker slid into a protracted liquidity crisis, Fresco and his board supported a View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
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One-on-One with Carter Roberts
countries and annual revenues in excess of $126 million. The privately financed organization has nearly 5 million members. Under his leadership, the WWF has launched an ambitious new strategy to focus its efforts on protecting nineteen of... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- March 2011 (Revised March 2012)
- Case
Fraunhofer: Innovation in Germany
By: Diego A. Comin, J. Gunnar Trumbull and Kerry Yang
Fraunhofer is one of the largest applied research organizations in the world. With 17,000 employees and a 1.6 billion euros budget, Fraunhofer has 60 institutes in Germany that cover most fields of science. The case examines the consequences that Fraunhofer has for the... View Details
Keywords: Economy; Entrepreneurship; Financial Markets; Government and Politics; Labor; Markets; Outcome or Result; Research and Development; Competitive Strategy; Germany
Comin, Diego A., J. Gunnar Trumbull, and Kerry Yang. "Fraunhofer: Innovation in Germany." Harvard Business School Case 711-022, March 2011. (Revised March 2012.)
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2023 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
times. She has leaned on the insights she has gained from her research and teaching to advise organizational leaders, board directors, investors, and business school faculty on effective strategies for cultivating DEI in organizations.... View Details
- 22 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 22
and observable stability using reduced form regressions. The other is an institutional economics conception of how to measure performance. It is focused on understanding whether foreign entry gave rise to difficult-to-reverse changes in the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Leading Change and Organizational Renewal | HBS Online
What you earn . Overview Syllabus Enrollment Stories FAQs Enroll Now Key Concepts Explore the roadblocks to change and how to overcome them Analyze the root cause of your organization’s performance and opportunity gaps Develop strategies... View Details
- January 2007 (Revised October 2008)
- Case
H&R Block 2006
By: Peter Tufano
Mark Ernst, the Chairman, CEO and President of H&R Block, has to decide how to respond to a competitive threat posed by a competitor's refund-lending product. Block is the largest U.S. tax preparation firm, which competes not only on its tax preparation services, but... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Financing and Loans; Personal Finance; Taxation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Competition; Financial Services Industry
Tufano, Peter, Arijit Roy, and Emily McClintock. "H&R Block 2006." Harvard Business School Case 307-091, January 2007. (Revised October 2008.)
- 01 Jun 2018
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June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
authors argue that meticulous integration management is the key to success in M&A transactions, half of which are unsuccessful because this key factor is neglected. This practical manual helps managers optimize and streamline their growth View Details
- 2010
- Working Paper
Corporate Governance and Internal Capital Markets
We exploit an exogenous shock to corporate ownership structures created by a recent tax reform in Germany to explore the link between corporate governance and internal capital markets. We find that firms with more concentrated ownership are less diversified and have... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Capital Markets; Corporate Governance; Taxation; Ownership; Performance Efficiency; Diversification; Germany
Sautner, Zacharias, and Belen Villalonga. "Corporate Governance and Internal Capital Markets." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-100, May 2010.
- November 1999
- Case
IBM Ireland: Reinventing Education Crosses the Atlantic
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and John R. R Scannell
IBM has just launched an innovation partnership with the Irish Ministry of Education to bring information technology to Irish schools. Wired for Learning was developed in the United States; how well will it be applied in Ireland? View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Partners and Partnerships; Innovation Strategy; Education; Technology Adoption; Government and Politics; Technology Industry; Education Industry; United States; Republic of Ireland
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and John R. R Scannell. "IBM Ireland: Reinventing Education Crosses the Atlantic." Harvard Business School Case 300-034, November 1999.
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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog
Entrepreneurial Management and General Management) George Serafeim Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Strategy Execution Dennis Campbell Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Systems for Scaling Ventures (SSV) (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Tatiana... View Details