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executive education program ( Advanced Management Program ) held — a group of sixty executives and recently demobilized veterans. 1959 Women graduates View Details

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Technology & Operations Management Faculty - Faculty & Research

Jane Cizik Baker Foundation Professor of Management Practice in Business Administration Stefan H. Thomke William Barclay Harding Professor of Business View Details

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Technology & Operations Management - Faculty & Research

share of major innovations in the United States. We review a centerpiece policy on this topic: the U.S. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. We trace its legislative history and summarize View Details

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Podcast - Business & Environment

on global carbon finance. Amy explains how ICVCM uses a multi-stakeholder approach to enhance the integrity of carbon credits, including by developing ten Core Carbon Principles (CCPs) and using them to evaluate and strengthen carbon... View Details

18 Jul 2024
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Building the Future: An HBS Alumna’s Journey in Sustainable Infrastructure Investment

nature. This is one of the reasons why the sector continued to thrive in the past year despite slow economic growth. The increasing global focus on decarbonization and climate resilience presents... View Details

22 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

Restoring a Global Economy, 1950–1980

Africa had accounted for 33 percent of global liabilities. In the 1990s, they accounted for 11 percent.2 World trade barriers were reduced under the auspices of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones

23 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn

Whatever the headlines predict these days, there may still be good news for entrepreneurs. Many successful products, services, and pivotal ideas have been launched during an economic lull, according to Bhaskar Chakravorti, a senior... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Outreach Events - Doctoral

than 130 universities granting doctoral degrees in business administration and economics. Its purpose is to promote doctoral education in business throughout the world. Through DocNet events , a group of... View Details

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Courses - Entrepreneurship

across several doctoral programs. Detailed curriculum information for each doctoral program associated with this unit can be found on the doctoral programs website: PhD in Business View Details

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Class Profile - Doctoral

students in our doctoral programs have strong quantitative and analytical skills, as demonstrated by their records of academic performance and test scores. 7 PHD Programs 852... View Details

06 Jun 2024
Research & Ideas

How Younger Immigrants Gain an Edge in American Business

Administration at Harvard Business School. Those who arrived between the ages of 14 and 17 fared better than their 18- to 21-year-old counterparts in education, language fluency, careers, and View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

July 2009 (Revised December 2009)
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Echoing Green

By: Julie Battilana, Thomas J. DeLong and James Weber

This case presents the leadership challenges that Cheryl Dorsey, the president of Echoing Green, faces in early 2009. Echoing Green is a fellowship program that seeks to improve society by identifying and supporting social entrepreneurs who launch organizations to... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Financial Crisis; Social Entrepreneurship; Leadership Style; Organizational Structure; Personal Development and Career; Social Enterprise

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11 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 11, 2007

service program called Unis-Cite, in which youth, particularly from the disadvantaged immigrant population, volunteered nine months of their time to work on community projects. Based in Paris, France,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

27 Oct 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

Achieving Excellence in Nonprofits

the higher the likelihood that we will be able to learn, over time, how to do better. Q: We are headed for some economic turmoil that could affect nonprofits in any number of ways. What should nonprofit... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2023
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Thinking Ahead

from angel investors,” she says. “Creating a business, and understanding the pain points, is still the greatest challenge for any new venture, regardless of the economic climate, but the barriers to entry... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Illustrations by Chris Gash; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

October 2014
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Honeywell and the Great Recession (A)

By: Sandra J. Sucher and Susan J. Winterberg

CEO Dave Cote spent six years turning around an ailing Honeywell and in 2008 Cote and his team face a new challenge: how to respond to the Great Recession. Cote does not want to give up the gains he made in transforming and unifying Honeywell. With a fall-off in... View Details

Keywords: Layoffs; Furloughs; Downsizing; Work Sharing; Short Time Work; Recessions; Earnings Forecast; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Cost Management; Executive Compensation; Crisis Management; Financial Crisis; Manufacturing Industry

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10 Jan 2024
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Technology and COVID Upended Tipping Norms. Will Consumers Keep Paying?

brought along by the pandemic have ushered in changes to the informal customs around who gets tips and how much, according to Jill Avery, senior lecturer of business administration and the Christensen... View Details

Keywords: by Anna Lamb, Harvard Gazette

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Finance - Faculty & Research

code that should allow other researchers to use remote sensing for yield estimation and program evaluation. June 2025 Case (Family) Size Matters: Nico Oprée and the Decreasing Power of Family Unity over Time... View Details

06 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 6

http://www.cengage.com/aushed/instructor.do?disciplinenumber=1028&product_isbn=9781133626701&courseid=MN05&codeid=2A3A&sortBy=copyrightYear&sortByShow=all August 2013 Journal of Financial View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

February 2016 (Revised July 2017)
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Leadership and Independence at the Federal Reserve

By: David Moss and Marc Campasano

“From the Great Depression, to the stagflation of the seventies, to the current economic crisis caused by the housing bubble, every economic downturn suffered by this country over the past century can be traced to Federal Reserve policy.” Ron Paul, a Republican from... View Details