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  • 20 Nov 2017
  • Research & Ideas

How Independent Bookstores Have Thrived in Spite of Amazon.com

he has found to be the “3 C’s” of independent bookselling’s resurgence: community, curation, and convening. Community: Independent booksellers were some of the first to champion the idea of localism; bookstore owners across the nation... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel (with video by Amelia Kunhardt); Retail
  • 09 Oct 2020
  • Blog Post

4 Things To Know About the MS/MBA Biotech

of career I could be interested in. Currently, I am interested in exploring biotech careers in emerging markets, particularly in the MENA region, and plan to leverage my cohort and faculty to gain exposure to this niche area. 3. You don’t miss out on the View Details
  • Web

Online Business Analytics Course | HBS Online

research in his industry Arjun Bhandegaonkar Film studio executive Strengthen your analytical skills before pursuing an MBA or other graduate program. I majored in engineering and minored in economics as an undergraduate, but the content... View Details
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Our Values | About

campus last Wednesday, which included a troubling confrontation between one of our MBA students and a subset of the protestors, has left many of our students shaken. Reports have been filed with HUPD and the FBI, the facts are being... View Details
  • 28 Jan 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Billions of Entrepreneurs in China and India

defeated the Indian Army in 1962 in a border conflict, and was not generally portrayed positively. China was quite mysterious. After I cotaught an experimental MBA seminar on China and India at HBS, and then cowrote an article on India... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 15 Dec 2023
  • News

The Musts of 2023

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. At fall reunions, we set up shop on campus and asked alumni about what media moved them this year. What changed their minds or their hearts. And their answers ran... View Details
  • Web

Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

universal access to legal representation for all city residents. By 2024, ODL had opened four offices across San Francico. An additional two would realize the nonprofit’s goal in the city. In 2023, Kevin Haah, a lawyer-turned-pastor,... View Details
  • 20 Sep 2022
  • Research & Ideas

How Partisan Politics Play Out in American Boardrooms

New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Texas. “There's been this perception that corporate America has become more ‘woke’ or more liberal. We don't see that showing up in the C-suite at least.” Defining partisanship as the degree to which a... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
  • Web

Electricity - Business & Environment

Esema MBA 2014 Vice President, Renewable Energy Finance, Bank of America Merrill Lynch “Investing in clean energy solutions is necessary to address climate change. Deploying renewable energy globally will... View Details
  • Web

Frequently Asked Questions | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

leaders across all sectors to tackle society’s toughest challenges and make a difference in the world. How can I get involved? The Social Enterprise Initiative at HBS is a focal point for the creativity and energy of its worldwide... View Details
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Partners & Fellows | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Partner Organizations ACCION International ACLU Acumen African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships (ACHAP) American Ballet Theatre Association of Latino Professionals For America (ALPFA) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Boston Ballet... View Details
  • 2015
  • Report

Clusters and Regional Economies: Implications for the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Region

By: Christian H.M. Ketels
The Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Region, covering eight U.S. states and two Canadian provinces located around the lakes and waterways that have given this region its name, is what economic developers call a 'macro region'. It is an area of intensive economic interaction... View Details
Keywords: Clusters; Regional Policy; Great Lakes; Economic Development; Industry Clusters; Economy; Canada; United States
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  • September 2020
  • Case

Keeping It in the Family at the Hayden Saw Company

By: V.G. Narayanan and John Masko
In 2019, Board Chair and third-generation shareholder Helen Fullerton was preparing for a meeting to discuss Ohio-based Hayden Saw Company’s (Hayden) future as a family business. As the company entered its fifth decade, the Hayden family was dealing with three distinct... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Corporate Governance; Family Ownership; Business and Shareholder Relations; Family and Family Relationships; Governing and Advisory Boards; Construction Industry; Ohio; United States
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  • December 1992 (Revised September 1995)
  • Exercise

Negotiation Exercise on Tradeable Pollution Allowances: General Background Information

By: Willis M. Emmons III
Designed to teach students about the trade-offs faced by firms exploring alternative approaches to complying with pollution control regulations. The setting is the U.S. electric utility industry in 1993. In accordance with the provisions of the 1990 Clean Air Act,... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation; Pollutants; Laws and Statutes; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Governance Compliance; Utilities Industry; United States
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  • 04 May 2023
  • News

Class of 2024 Embarks on Global Immersion

This year marks the return of international travel for the MBA Program’s FIELD Global Immersion (FGI) course, an experiential learning opportunity that gives first-year students in the Required Curriculum hands-on exposure to how business... View Details
  • December 2019 (Revised March 2021)
  • Case

Carroll Family Farms

By: Forest Reinhardt, Christian Godwin and James Weber
The Carroll Family, U.S. pig and grain farmers, needed to decide what to plant, whether to purchase land, emphasize pigs or grain, or other investments.

Seven family members across three generations owned and operated Carroll Family Farms (CFF). In... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Operations; Strategy; Family Business; Asset Management; Globalization; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; United States; Brazil; China
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Strategic Management of Product Recovery

By: Michael W. Toffel
Manufacturers of an expanding range of durable products are facing regulatory and market pressures to manage the products they manufactured upon their end of life (EOL). In part, this attention is motivated by a growing number of countries—especially across Europe and... View Details
Keywords: Product; Environmental Sustainability; Cost Management; Government Legislation; Logistics; Risk and Uncertainty; Strategy; Europe; Asia; United States
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  • 07 Jul 2015
  • First Look

First Look: July 7, 2015

think through how CEO Kevin Sharer should handle a positive entry decision given the divided opinions across the senior management team. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/714424-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Oct 2015
  • Blog Post

HBS and the Arts

philanthropists. After three years in finance I was ready to come to HBS to build a more holistic skillset.  At work, it is easy to fall into a given professional function, or limit your engagement to thinking only about the performance of your own team. The View Details
  • 2011
  • Other Unpublished Work

Functional Centralization and the Division of Labor in Management

By: Julie Wulf, Maria Guadalupe and Hongyi Li
This paper shows that the trend towards flatter hierarchies in large US firms since the mid-80's has been accompanied by increased centralization of activities at the top of the organization. In particular, the number of functional managers (e.g., Chief Financial... View Details
Keywords: Executive Compensation; Management Teams; Organizational Structure; Business Strategy; Diversification; Information Technology; United States
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