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Cluster Studies - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
foundational work on cluster mapping that Prof. Michael E. Porter has led at the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness (ISC), Harvard Business School over the last two decades. He launched the U.S. Cluster Mapping Initiative in the... View Details
- 26 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
Two sides, same coin: How I left the Bay Area as an operator and returned as an investor
the RVPs select and work with HBS entrepreneurs entering the Rock Accelerator. While this was a low-risk exploratory program for the RVPs, many of the Accelerator applications were not simply pitch decks to evaluate; they represented my... View Details
- 20 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Open Source Science: A New Model for Innovation
In a perfect world, scientists share problems and work together on solutions for the good of society. In the real world, however, that's usually not the case. The main obstacles: competition for publication and intellectual property... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Published CSV Cases - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
locally produced raw materials, and work with local farmers to increase productivity. By the late 1990s, however, the entire processed food and beverage sector was facing severe challenges. In the face of these challenges, Nestle began in... View Details
- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
disastrous mistakes that can splinter a founding team, strip founders of control, and leave founders without a financial payoff for their hard work and innovative ideas. He highlights the need at each step to strike a careful balance... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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Nonprofit Strategy & Governance | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Executive Education for Nonprofit Leaders Driving Nonprofit Performance and Innovation-Virtual Designed to help nonprofit leaders use performance measurement to enhance their organization's ability to achieve their mission, this program... View Details
- 14 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Getting Down to the Business of Creativity
The diary findings also showed a positive carry-over effect in creativity and productivity, one day and even two days after a worker reported being in a good mood. So what can managers and entrepreneurs do to promote a healthy, positive inner View Details
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Ethan Li
"There's always something unexpected that happens that can be very valuable. When I'm rewarded for taking risk, I want to take more risk. Ethan’s work at Alibaba "involved a lot of work between... View Details
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Nika Duan
they needed to leave all they'd ever known and come to the US for a better life with zero safety net. What’s the best thing about your home town? We had some of the best educators! Huge shout outs to Ms. Eddy who instilled a love of US... View Details
- 28 Feb 2019
- News
New Program Will Develop Leaders of Innovative Ventures
Roberts’ interest and expertise in technology was honed over nearly 30 years in the business. A magna cum laude graduate of Princeton University, Roberts worked in consulting at Booz Allen for several years before graduating from HBS as a... View Details
- 28 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
Celebrating Socioeconomic Diversity and Inclusion at HBS (Part 1)
sometimes through their own sacrifices. So here I am, proud of where I come from and proud of where I am going. Abi Chen, Class of 2023 I grew up in the restaurant industry. To make ends meet, my parents worked in a number of restaurants... View Details
- 04 Apr 2011
- HBS Case
Reinventing the National Geographic Society
case study in 1994 when Fahey was CEO of Time Life, ironically facing many of the same challenges with earlier generations of media and technology. Fifteen years later it was an opportunity to observe an elite general manager at work in a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Case Study: Staking a Claim
Illustration by Nhung Lê Kate Terry (MBA 2005) knows that no one attends their fifth-grade career fair and comes home hoping to pursue a career in insurance—but that’s exactly where she wound up. “I really fell in love with it,” she says. As cofounder and CEO of... View Details
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Reunions - Alumni
Volunteers work collaboratively with their Reunion Liaison, who supports the planning and execution of reunions. Help with Reunion Fundraising Reunion fundraising volunteers work in collaboration with their... View Details
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Funding Opportunities - Business & Environment
range of career choices: Horace W. Goldsmith Fellowship: Grants awards of approximately $10,000 to 7 to 10 first-year MBA students who have exhibited leadership and an extraordinary commitment to working in the not-for-profit sector. HBS... View Details
- 31 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Team Leaders Show Support–or Not
daily diary entries from employees working on creative projects—everything from making a new high-strength fabric to developing a database for a global hotel chain—they were able to chart how and why team leaders have enormous impact,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Melcolm Ruffin
"It was definitely the right decision," he says. "UMass had a supportive ecosystem I wanted and needed." While there, Melcolm fulfilled two sports-related internships: a summer at Octagon sports agency, where he worked... View Details
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- 09 May 2023
- Blog Post
Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS (part 1)
realized that I can’t resent a person for not understanding a culture they had never been exposed to. It wasn’t until I began working that I realized that my ethnicity might cause others to have different expectations of me. And so,... View Details
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Jiaojun Wang
Why did you choose this path at this point in time? After seven years of working, I wanted to take a step back, reflect upon my major life decisions, and start afresh. I miss campus so much! Walking on the tree-lined roads, studying in... View Details
- 04 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Money Connection—Understanding VC Networks
faculty, Toby Stuart studies networks and how they enable or impede certain organizational and entrepreneurial behaviors. In a working paper, "The Evolution of Venture Capital Investment Networks," he and coauthor Olav Sorenson... View Details