Sectorization - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Jul 2023
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The Network Effect

whose background was in investment banking and health care consulting, wanted to become a health care investor. Both were attracted to the health care sector for the same reason: the ability to make a meaningful difference in the world,... View Details

14 Aug 2014
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The State of Small Business Lending: Credit Access During the Recovery and How Technology May Change the Game

Keywords: by Karen Mills & Brayden McCarthy; Banking; Financial Services

June 2016
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When Doctors Go to Business School: Career Choices of Physician-MBAs

By: Damir Ljuboja, Brian W. Powers, Benjamin Robbins, Robert S. Huckman, Krishna Yeshwant and Sachin Jain

There has been substantial growth in the number of physicians pursuing Master of Business Administration (MBA) degrees over the past decade, but there is continuing debate over the utility of these programs and the career outcomes of their graduates. The authors... View Details

Keywords: Medical Education; MD; MBA; Physicians; Executive Education; Training; Personal Development and Career; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; United States

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December 2024
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Enerjisa Üretim: The Digital Era of Electricity Generation

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury and Sadika El Hariri

Launched in 2017, Enerjisa Üretim was one of Türkiye’s largest private sector electricity companies. In its early days, the company faced some financial and operational troubles. When İhsan Erbil Bayçöl, the current CEO of Enerjisa Üretim, joined the business in 2018,... View Details

Keywords: Turkey

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Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work - Alumni

break, pivoting careers, starting a new venture or looking to make a change in response to a personal transition. Evolve equips women with the community, mindsets and professional toolkit needed for successful reinvention. We bring together talented women across... View Details

16 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

It’s never been easy to make money in the restaurant industry. A highly fragmented sector dominated by 70 percent independent owners and operators, the average restaurant’s annual revenue hovers around $1 million and generates an... View Details

Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage

21 Aug 2020
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Pursuing a JD/MBA Joint Degree

(IFCs), writing programs, and independent clinics. It’s a remarkably versatile degree that gives you a great amount of flexibility. Viroopa: What I have taken away from the program is that JD/MBAs follow a wide variety of careers after graduation. It makes you think... View Details

02 May 2005
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Four VCs on Evaluating Opportunities

of time focused on the CEO and the members of the management team: the quality of the people they attract, their biases, their strong points, and their overall depth. We've also done some analysis that suggests another big determinant of success is the sector; it's a... View Details

Keywords: by Lauren Barley

13 Feb 2020
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Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations

New Video: Books@Baker Virtual Session with Michael Beer After prospering for more than 100 years, General Electric found itself in trouble in the early 2000s, facing the double wallop of a depressed energy sector and the financial crisis... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Jana Kierstead | About

opportunities for HBS students and maintained strong recruiting relationships with hundreds of global organizations. Before HBS, Jana worked in the private sector as a director at A. T. Kearney’s media and entertainment executive search... View Details

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Alumni Engagement | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Program reduces the educational debt burden for qualifying alumni serving in managerial positions in nonprofits, public sector organizations, or for-profit social enterprises. Alumni Recruiting Organizations interested in hiring HBS... View Details

01 Feb 2021
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Choosing the Right Student Loan

repayment options. Students who go into the non-profit or social enterprise sector may be eligible for loan repayment assistance. Not only does the federal government currently offer loan forgiveness programs for federal borrowers, but... View Details

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Investing for Impact | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Initiative, Boston Industrial Development Financing Authority, and Third Sector New England Deval Patrick, JD 1982 Professor and Co-Director, Harvard Kennedy School Center for Public Leadership; Founder and Honorary Chair, Project 351;... View Details

29 Nov 2011
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Local Industrial Structures and Female Entrepreneurship in India

Keywords: by Ejaz Ghani, William R. Kerr & Stephen O'Connell

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The role of the manager in cross-sector interactions

My second stream of research takes the individual manager as the unit of analysis in examining cross-sector interactions. Two papers explore processes and mechanisms that allow managers to cross sectoral boundaries more effectively.

The first paper... View Details

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

entrepreneurship and business history. Dr. Roberts has worked in a variety of private sector roles. Prior to and during business school, he worked for McKinsey & Co. and Morgan Stanley, respectively. From 1989 to 1991, he served as... View Details

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Funding Opportunities - Business & Environment

eligible for project-related expenses during their second year of study. HBS Leadership Fellows (login required): Second-year students entering the nonprofit or public sectors may apply to the Leadership Fellows as a pathway to work with... View Details

29 Jan 2024
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Do Disasters Rally Support for Climate Action? It's Complicated.

Environmental disasters like wildfires can ignite awareness of climate change and boost eco-friendly politicians’ careers. But do voters perceive a tradeoff between environmental policies and local economic growth? In Brazil, home to a majority of the Amazon tropical... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

19 Sep 2023
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2023 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

by committed mission-driven investors, EH2 is building solutions to help cost-effectively decarbonize the massive industrial sectors that we all rely on. Karishma's role prior to HBS was a Consultant at BCG. Sadok Kechaou (MBA 2024,... View Details

25 Jun 2020
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Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

project-based coursework.” HOME REGION Tallahassee, FL UNDERGRAD EDUCATION Stanford University PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE Heliotrope Technologies, MadeSolid Abena Nyantekyi-Owusu Born and raised in Ghana, Abena Nyantekyi-Owusu saw “the impact that business and the private... View Details

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