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Olivia Wenzel | MBA
Olivia Wenzel Computer Science Eliot 2024 Cohort 6 Technology will disrupt the elder care space. It can democratize access to resources, enable more personalized care, and bridge social connections. In my journey to unite the power of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
China Dominates HBS Business Plan Contest
45 million Chinese women. In the social enterprise track, Jose Dias de Barros and Shawn Tan (both MBA ’06) took top honors for Yashmere, a venture that would export yashmere (yak) yarn from one of China’s... View Details
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When Being a Model Minority Is Good...and Bad: Realistic Threat Explains Negativity Toward Asian Americans.
By: W.W. Maddux, A. Galinsky, A.J.C. Cuddy and M. Polifroni
The current research explores the hypothesis that realistic threat is one psychological mechanism that can explain how individuals can hold positive stereotypical beliefs toward Asian Americans yet also express negative attitudes and emotions toward them. Study 1... View Details
Maddux, W.W., A. Galinsky, A.J.C. Cuddy, and M. Polifroni. "When Being a Model Minority Is Good...and Bad: Realistic Threat Explains Negativity Toward Asian Americans." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 34, no. 1 (January 2008): 74–89.
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Mike Maples Jr.
has nearly 300 million monthly users and has become a major social media platform.) If this sounds a bit esoteric and challenging, Maples agrees. “The venture business, like the startup business, is... View Details
- 08 Nov 2016
- Blog Post
Alumni: Where Are They Now? Featuring: Phil Strazzulla
amazing content about working at their business that lives on career pages, social media, etc. And, because we're data geeks, we've built some really interesting analytics on the back end. I spend most of my days talking to potential... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 20 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 20
challenge to centuries-long traditions in design and construction that green building represents. The contributors consider the changes associated with green building through a sociological and organizational lens. They discuss shifts in professional expertise created... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- January 1998 (Revised May 1999)
- Case
Fitzpatrick Hotel Group (B1): Niall Carroll
By: Paul A. Gompers and Catherine M. Conneely
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Perspective; Financing and Loans; Accommodations Industry; Republic of Ireland
Gompers, Paul A., and Catherine M. Conneely. "Fitzpatrick Hotel Group (B1): Niall Carroll." Harvard Business School Case 298-003, January 1998. (Revised May 1999.)
- July 19, 2021
- Article
Do Most Family Businesses Really Fail by the Third Generation?
By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer
Perhaps the most commonly-cited statistic about family businesses is their failure rates. Most articles or speeches about family businesses start with some version of the “three-generation rule,” which suggests that most don’t survive beyond three generations. But that... View Details
Baron, Josh, and Rob Lachenauer. "Do Most Family Businesses Really Fail by the Third Generation?" Harvard Business Review (website) (July 19, 2021).
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A Model for Managing System Conflict during Franchise Expansion
By: P. J. Kaufmann and V. K. Rangan
Kaufmann, P. J., and V. K. Rangan. "A Model for Managing System Conflict during Franchise Expansion." Journal of Retailing 66, no. 2 (Summer 1990): 155–173.
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
HBS Business Plan Contest
The School’s eighth annual Business Plan Contest proved that entrepreneurship is alive and well at HBS: Close to forty teams entered plans to be judged by a panel of experts. This year’s traditional track winner was Extend Fertility, Inc., a View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Planting the Seeds of Positive Growth
Mehta reached out to the student-run Africa Business Club for advice. She also participated in the School’s New Venture Competition. In 2014, Tomato Jos won $25,000 as runner-up in the Social Enterprise... View Details
- 19 Nov 2014
- News
The Power of Yes
money to good use: Dichter would simply open his wallet. At the time, Dichter was director of business development at Acumen Fund, a nonprofit global venture fund that invests in early-stage companies to solve issues stemming from... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Right Connections
From genome research to e-commerce, new ventures are popping up everywhere, competing for the cash needed to turn them into successful enterprises. When trying to secure backing for a high-risk start-up, whom you know can be just as... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 14 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society
answers to issues of capitalism? A: Think of a Russian doll. Business is inside capitalism, but capitalism is inside society, and society is inside history. The forms that capitalism takes in different eras reflect the social changes that... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Dec 2016
- News
In Memoriam: Bill Bowes (MBA 1952)
Legendary venture capitalist and philanthropist Bill Bowes (MBA 1952) passed away on December 28. Bowes founded San Francisco’s US Venture Partners in 1981 and helped shape some of Silicon Valley’s biggest... View Details
- 12 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs
the candidate who probably feels like getting board/investor visibility is a strong positive in their career development." —Rob Go, partner, NextView Ventures Marketing, sales & partnerships Table stakes: Introductions to potential... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Making History, Starting Over
“To bring lasting peace to the area, you have to strengthen the private sector, and the best place to start is the banks,” he explains. Cohen compares social investment today to a small but building wave, much like View Details
- 12 Aug 2002
- Op-Ed
Using Big Business to Fight Poverty
amount of talk about free markets or balanced budgets will make a difference. The solution is an entirely new engine of change: a World Development Corporation (WDC). This entity could be chartered by the United Nations and established as a joint View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge
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Operations Management) Suraj Srinivasan Spring 2026 Q4 1.5 Strategy Execution Robert Simons Spring 2026 Q4 1.5 Systems for Scaling Ventures (SSV) (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Tatiana Sandino Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0... View Details