Commercials - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jan 2013
News

André R. Jakurski, MBA 1973

wanted to go back to Brazil because at that time the country was really booming," he says. He was soon put in charge of developing the bank's leasing company. During his 10-year career at Unibanco, he quickly rose through the company, running parts of the investment... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

10 Sep 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Branding Yoga

5,000 Bikram Yoga studios worldwide. Deshpandé notes that in a world where the majority of yoga teachers were just scraping by Bikram succeeded through strategic use of branding and legal protections. Bikram also gained an edge by starting early in the United States... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog

2026 J 3.0 Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy Vincent Pons Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Managing International Trade and Investment Meg Rithmire Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 RoGME: Role of Government in Market Economies Matthew Weinzierl Spring 2026 Q4 1.5 SPACE:... View Details

Research Summary

The Panama Canal

The Big Ditch is the first quantitative economic history of the Panama Canal and its effect on Panama, the United States, and the world economy. It makes three general arguments. First, that the Panama Canal was very important to... View Details

12 Jan 2023
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‘Debiasing’ Debt with Data

white men. When Ballard was a boy growing up in southeastern North Carolina, his father started a pulpwood logging company. “People would pay him to clear commercial and residential property, and he would take the lumber and sell it to... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

30 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Finding Pride

was part of the radical gay liberation movement. He had nothing to do with it, except to coordinate with me to publish it. He took a lot of heat for me back then. Thanks, David! In my second year, when I was looking for a job as a View Details

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Student Activities - Health Care

students from within HBS and from other schools to develop presentation/pitch skills, work with faculty, and potentially commercialize a health care innovation. Initiatives focus on societal challenges that are too complex for any one... View Details

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Student Spotlight: 2023 HCC Co-Presidents Reflect on Their Time at HBS and the Current Health Care Systems - Blog: Health Supplement

technology, and commercialization decision-making in the life sciences. They complemented the case method with applied learning through projects and written assignments–for example, a mock diligence report for a biotechnology company.... View Details

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Entrepreneurial Support - Business & Environment

early-stage start-up. GreenTown Labs A climate tech startup incubator founded by entrepreneurs that offers equipment, labs space, advice, workshops, networking opportunities, and access to investors. The Engine Blueprint Program Helps Tough Tech leaders navigate the... View Details

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Research & Development, Project Code SX-70 - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

of the Polarizer A RESEARCH & MANUFACTURING COMPANY Commercialization of the Polarizer Innovation and the War Effort A Rewarding Working Life INSTANT PHOTOGRAPHY The Idea of Instant Photography Research and Development, Project Code SX-70... View Details

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Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

2016. Amy C. Edmondson : Included on the 2015 Thinkers50 list—a list of the world's most influential management thinkers. Shane M. Greenstein : Winner of the 2016 Schumpeter Prize for How the Internet Became Commercial (Princeton... View Details

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

modern venture capital industry. "We are a movement, not just a company. A commercial bank lends only on the strength of past successes and proven assets. I want money to do things that have never been done before." Georges F. Doriot, in... View Details

22 Dec 2022
Blog Post

TOP 10 MBA VOICES BLOGS OF 2022

problem in 2016 was autonomous vehicles and I was fortunate enough to join Ford as a Machine Learning Researcher. I wrote software, generated intellectual property, and talked about autonomous vehicles in international industry conferences. In late 2018, I realized... View Details

09 Jun 2024
Blog Post

The EC Formula: MBA Class of 2024 Looks Back

help anyone succeed in any industry: Entrepreneurial Sales 101 with Senior Lecturers Mark Roberge and Lou Shipley. It helps students develop tangible tools to improve dynamic sales techniques. Whether you’re out fundraising with investors, trying to acquire app users,... View Details

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Sarah McConville | About

named co-President in 2023, Sarah was Executive Vice President, Group Publisher of Harvard Business Review Group, where she led the commercial aspects of the consumer media business including all revenue lines, strategic partnerships,... View Details

09 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

When Benchmarks Don’t Work

setting targets for these financial measures, organizations may be tempted to turn to commercial benchmarking services, such as the Hackett Group's Best Practices surveys. Hackett regularly produces a "book of numbers" for... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan; Service

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Augustine Heard & Co.: Building a Family Business - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Elizabeth Heard, November 6, 1841. EH. Jacques M. Downs, The Golden Ghetto: The American Commercial Community at Canton and the Shaping of American China Policy , 1784–1844. Bethlehem, PA: Lehigh University Press, 1997, p. 219. John Heard... View Details

06 Aug 2019
Cold Call Podcast

Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?

Kenny: : "This flat tire needs a man," says the narrator of the Goodyear Tire commercial that aired during the inaugural Super Bowl between the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs in 1967. The ad featured a damsel in... View Details

Keywords: Advertising; Sports; Entertainment & Recreation; Media & Broadcasting

01 Oct 2021
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From Scholarship to Life-Saving Impact

continuing her pursuit of expanding access to therapies for children with rare diseases. This past summer, she interned at Genentech in San Francisco, where she worked on the commercial marketing team for the neuro rare disease group. “I... View Details

16 Aug 2018
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Working with a Giver’s Spirit

that we call the ‘high-impact entrepreneur.’” There are three things that define high-impact to Endeavor. First is having the commercial skills to create something that’s large and successful, creating a lot of jobs and revenue. Second is... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

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