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  • October 2020
  • Case

HOPE and Transformational Lending: Netflix Invests in Black Led Banks

By: John D. Macomber and Janice Broome Brooks
Following the killing of George Floyd on Memorial Day in 2020, the large US corporation Netflix elected to make a "transformational deposit" of $10 million into Hope Credit Union (HCU), a small Black led community development finance institution (CDFI) based in... View Details
Keywords: Banking; Rural Entrepreneurship; Economic Development; Black Entrepreneurs; Economic Growth; Credit; Banks and Banking; Entrepreneurship; Rural Scope; Development Economics; Race; Investment; Decision Making; Banking Industry
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  • September 2021 (Revised March 2024)
  • Case

Bühler: Mobilizing Industry around a Common Purpose

By: Ranjay Gulati, Franz Wohlgezogen and Malini Sen
Bühler Group, a Swiss multinational processing technology provider, started by selling machines for processing grains and later transitioned into selling food processing solutions. A family-owned business in the fifth generation, Bühler’s high-end milling, grinding,... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Customer Focus and Relationships; Machinery and Machining; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Innovation Leadership; Switzerland
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Loan Reduction - Entrepreneurship

Loan Reduction ROCK CENTER LOAN REDUCTION PROGRAM The Rock Center Loan Reduction Program helps to reduce the educational debt repayment burden for a limited number of graduating student founders committed to... View Details
  • March 2025 (Revised March 2025)
  • Case

Good for the Seller, Good for the Buyer and Good for Society: Sampo-yoshi, Sustainability and Trust at ITOCHU

By: Sandra J. Sucher and Bethelehem Y Araya
In 2024, ITOCHU CEO Masahiro Okafuji was at a crossroads. As the thirteenth CEO since ITOCHU’s founding in 1858, he had fueled the company’s growth since 2011 by bringing ITOCHU’s founding philosophy of Sampo-yoshi (good for the seller, good for the buyer and... View Details
Keywords: Sustainability; Trust; Profit; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Japan
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  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

Wide Horizon

There were three critical events that led John Rodakis (MBA 1997) to form the nonprofit N of One in 2014 and ultimately dedicate his life to surfacing breakthrough autism research. The first occurred on Thanksgiving of 2012. He had driven about four hours with his wife... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson
  • 16 Jan 2018
  • Blog Post

How Can I Prepare to Apply for Financial Aid at HBS?

While the financial aid process begins after you’ve been accepted at HBS, there is a lot you can do in the months (and even years) beforehand to put yourself in the best position to access funding. HBS will help you meet your full financial need through a combination... View Details
  • 24 Oct 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Bernie Madoff Explains Himself

of the White-Collar Criminal, devotes an entire chapter to Madoff and his Ponzi scheme. For starters, Soltes wants students to understand that while Madoff possesses an extraordinary lack of empathy for his... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services
  • January 2009 (Revised April 2009)
  • Case

The Carlyle Group

By: Robert G. Eccles and Carin-Isabel Knoop
This case describes the investment philosophy, organizational structure, management processes and culture of the largest private equity firm in the world measured in terms of assets under management ($89 billion). The Carlyle Group is distinctive in several ways,... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Assets; Private Equity; Investment; Global Strategy; Innovation and Invention; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Structure; Information Technology; Asia; Washington (state, US)
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  • 25 Mar 2021
  • Blog Post

Meet the Student Academic Services Support Team at HBS!

maintains a strong relationship with the HBS MoMBA group, which offers a support network of students, faculty, and staff committed to ensuring that female students are supported in their family-planning... View Details
  • 26 Apr 2022
  • Book

What Does Your Business Stand For? Why Building Trust Starts with Purpose

founders “had no hierarchy between themselves, committed to consensus-based decision-making and agreed that clear communication should be a core value of their start-up, going as far as to conduct regular... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
  • 18 Apr 2011
  • Research & Ideas

It’s Not Nagging: Why Persistent, Redundant Communication Works

redundant communication, coupled with an escalating sense of urgency, is integral to communicating because it gets the job done. New research shows that getting employees to listen up and deliver isn't so... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
  • Web

About - Business & Environment

Reynir is Partner of Summa Equity, an investment firm focused on companies that address key global challenges. Reynir enjoys everything from being part of the deal teams to driving performance and innovation... View Details
  • 06 Oct 2010
  • Research & Ideas

John Kotter: Four Ways to Kill a Good Idea

escalating conflict there. These can require immediate attention, but rarely 100 percent of people's attention. With death by delay, the point is to focus people 100 percent on the crisis so that a good idea... View Details
Keywords: by John Kotter & Lorne A. Whitehead
  • Web

Measure Outcomes & Cost for Every Patient - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

already committed to other quality measurement activities. The longstanding focus on process measures has slowed the development of clearly defined standardized outcomes at the medical condition level.... View Details
  • Web

Research Services - Faculty & Research

industry and with expert reference support. Dissemination of research As an institution committed to impacting practice, HBS helps its faculty members disseminate their research via its impressive network... View Details
  • 16 Mar 2021
  • Blog Post

2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Smitha Das (MBA 2018)

commitment to learning and community – I’m excited to stay connected to the school and its network to broaden and deepen my understanding of business and leadership and ultimately realize my goals. Are you... View Details
  • 08 Mar 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens

pullout from New York was not foreordained. Beyond cultivating supporters early, Amazon should have taken the initiative to listen and address concerns of skeptics. While Amazon would not likely have changed its no-union stance, for... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius; Real Estate; Construction
  • 18 Mar 2016
  • Blog Post

What is an IFC?

An IFC (Immersive Field Course) is a class for second year students where the vast majority of content consists of an on-the-ground assignment to learn about and advise on real problems. I enrolled in an IFC... View Details
  • 27 Jul 2020
  • Book

Reflection: The Pause That Brings Peace and Productivity

Many of us feel time-pressured, tethered to our smartphones so we can stay on top of work and home responsibilities. It can be tough to step off the daily merry-go-round, put our phones, laptops, and to-do... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • Web

Mid-US - Global

Company, retail giants like Target and Thrive Markets, and health equity partners such as Advocate Health and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. While tackling the challenges in the crowded supplements and energy drinks... View Details