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

1970s, the seeds of change for ARD were in the air. The Small Business Investment Act of 1953 had promoted the creation of small business investment corporations (SBICs) through financial support and loans. Over time, the financial benefits View Details

26 Oct 2021
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Tap into Top Talent with the HBS Leadership Fellows Program

around the country, and he credits the HBS Leadership Fellows Program as the springboard that launched his career. Now he is back at Harvard Business School as the Director of the Social Enterprise Initiative helping develop more leaders... View Details

Keywords: Social Enterprise

10 Jun 2022
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New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures

The New Venture Competition is an annual competition sponsored by the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise Initiative open to all students and alumni who are launching new business and social impact ventures. This year,... View Details

01 Aug 2002
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

alumni volunteers through the club system. Perry Driggs (MBA '61) skillfully led the Lifelong Learning Committee in discussions on how alumni perceive lifelong learning, what role HBS might play in that arena, and how best to market the programs View Details

18 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Ideas, April 18

Scale Global This case tracks Jerome Chouchan’s strategies and execution for a successful turnaround of Godiva Japan’s operations, which were experiencing a decline in sales when he became the managing director of the company in 2010. Through various View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

10 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Disruption: The Art of Framing

offered by the CMOS technology. And he committed additional resources only when the management team identified and began developing new markets. Rather than pour money into the initial framing, he helped... View Details

Keywords: by Clark Gilbert & Joseph L. Bower

08 Sep 2016
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4 Unexpected Things I Learned at HBS

was able to achieve a level of understanding financial concepts that I would not have otherwise reached. In addition, by making myself vulnerable, I was able to return the favor and share my own expertise with the classmate who I View Details

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Systems Leadership Project | Institute for Business in Global Society

conventional management playbooks. Can a systems approach offer a more tangible way of making interdependencies, assumptions, and relationships visible and actionable? How do leaders collaborate successfully at scale in low-authority,... View Details

06 Aug 2020
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Defining Flex Work

estimated that some 30 percent of women would leave the professional world to become caregivers, but that 70 percent would have stayed if they had access to a flexible schedule. It was an “aha” moment for Auerbach. She initially launched... View Details

19 Mar 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

8 Ways To Be An Environmentally Conscious Manager

iPhoto In an interview about his recent book Profits and Sustainability, which portrays the iconoclastic entrepreneurs who built green startups in the 19th century, Harvard Business School historian Geoffrey Jones notes that being a business-environmentalist can be... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy

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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

2023 For its 24th edition, more than 500 students, faculty, and practitioners gathered again at Harvar... New MBA Course Asks Students: What’s More Important—Purpose or Profits? Barbara DeLollis 16 Mar 2023 Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS)... View Details

19 Jun 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018

Applied Corporate Finance Investors as Stewards of the Commons? By: Serafeim, George Abstract—Over the past few years, there has been a significant increase in the number of initiatives seeking to mobilize investor voice towards positive... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Oct 2000
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Linda B. Kanner: All in the Family

healthy perspective during her recent initiation into the topsy-turvy world of start-ups, as cofounder of Boston-based edu.com. "If I was able to get through HBS under those circumstances, I figured I could handle anything," Kanner... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

06 Jun 2023
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Harvard Business School Announces 2023-24 Leadership Fellows

fellows—are offered once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to experience high-impact management positions in nonprofit and public sector organizations for one year at a competitive salary. At the same time, the hiring organizations leverage the... View Details

Keywords: Social Enterprise

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Matthew Mariner

father's encouragement, allowing Matthew to "put HBS on his radar." Matthew's first exposure to business came through the LEAD program, a national, minority-business initiative that hosts activities throughout the U.S. "I... View Details

25 Mar 2016
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New Head of MBA Admissions Is 2013 Grad

and economics for managers. In addition, he worked with HBS professor Clayton Christensen to develop an HBX course on Disruptive Strategy, an offering designed for executives around the world. Losee also served as an observer with the HBS... View Details

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Adam Kanner

laptops. Savvy entrepreneurs often find opportunity where others find flaws. For Adam Kanner, a former vice president for marketing and business development for the National Basketball Association, the empty seats triggered a startup idea. If he could create a business... View Details

15 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

In the Virtual Dressing Room Returns Are A Real Problem

products that are difficult for consumers to find locally. The ability to customize clothing for fit, fabric, or style should also provide an impetus to increase online sales of fashionable garments. Several initiatives are under way to... View Details

Keywords: by Jan Hammond & Kristin Kohler; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Consumer Products; Manufacturing; Retail

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Private Equity Finance - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Private Equity Finance Course Number 1440 Senior Lecturer Ted Berk Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits 28 Sessions Exam Overview This is an advanced corporate finance course focused on private equity (PE) investing. The course View Details

20 Jan 2015
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Patient Medical Records, Pocket-sized

While his friends have retired, 79-year-old Merle Bushkin (AB 1956, MBA 1960), a laid-back guy with the energy of a man half his age, is rocketing full speed into the challenges of entrepreneurship—launching a startup company offering a... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

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