Institutional Development - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Dec 2010
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Doing Business in Emerging Markets

late 19th and early 20th centuries. Khanna and Palepu outline how to identify and respond to institutional voids in product, labor, and capital markets. Investors and entrepreneurs can respond to niches in View Details

13 Dec 2011
News

Harvard Business School Launches US Competitiveness Project

RELATED LINKS Video: Dean Nohria introduces the Project U.S. Competitiveness home page HBS Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness The Path to Economic Revival Made in America — Making Their Way How Boeing Competes — James McNerney Jr.... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2003
News

Christian Bjelland

to success. “Museums give people a sense of their roots,” he observes, “a chance to look back at their cultural heritage, which is especially important for a small country like ours. But they also give people wings to explore new aspects of their imagination. People... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions

03 Apr 2019
Book

Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business

PayPal, and Square developed lending operations, and American Express and Capital One entered the field. Now there is a wide array of large and small companies investing deeply in tech, all centered around recreating the lending... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Banking; Financial Services

01 Dec 2006
News

Quelch in Vietnam

assistance. Said Dung, “Vietnam is in great need of support from international organizations and academic institutions for developing good human resources.” Quelch was in Vietnam to conduct research. View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

27 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 27

(forthcoming) Abstract Over the past decade, one of the most important developments in the corporate loan market has been the increasing participation of institutional investors in lending syndicates. As... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Jul 2008
News

An Educational Start-Up

entrepreneur in his own right. The program has some 250 alumni from 128 institutions and more than 40 countries. Program classes included “Transforming an Educational Institution—Getting Participant-Centered Learning to Work” (with... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

26 Jul 2022
Blog Post

Driving Change in Education-to-Employment

are working around the world to develop skills and knowledge while having significant responsibility and high impact. What are you working on this summer? I’m working at Year Up, a leading workforce View Details

01 Sep 2007
News

Stem Cell Man

Last year, Brock Reeve (MBA ’88) was named executive director of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute to bring his managerial and diplomatic skills to bear on achieving organizational cohesion and help speed laboratory innovations to market.... View Details

Keywords: biology; stem cell science; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

18 Mar 2021
News

Authentically Leading with Blind Ambition

In a recent virtual fireside chat, HBS Senior Fellow Bill George spoke with Chad E. Foster (PLDA 21, 2016), who learned that, though he lost his vision in his early 20s, blindness was a “gift” from which he developed the mental stamina... View Details

22 Feb 2022
News

Q&A: The Post-Pandemic Path

published by the Brookings Institution in the fall of 2020, predicted that business bankruptcies in the United States could increase as much as 140 percent that year, clogging courts and causing confusion in the allocation of capital. “We... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Mar 2011
News

HBS Faculty Approves Curriculum Innovations

develop listening, communication, and feedback skills, Moon explained. While the Required Curriculum reflects an institutional philosophy that all first-year students need a common knowledge base, the... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

24 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

The Trick of Balancing Business and Government

Asked which institutions must be in place in order for African countries to grow, experts on a panel at the Africa Business Conference had no shortage of suggestions. One panelist, representing the International Monetary Fund, voted for a... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Oct 2001
News

New Economy Notables: Eileen M. Rudden

to HBS to gain the business skills she found she needed at the paper. Stints at The Boston Consulting Group and Wang were followed by a stellar fourteen-year career at Lotus, where Rudden ran the teams that developed Lotus 1-2-3 and Lotus... View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

2008
Working Paper

The Contingent Nature of Public Policy and Growth Strategies in the Early Twentieth-Century U.S. Banking Industry

By: Christopher Marquis and Zhi Huang

While effects of public policy are one of the foundations of organizational theory, less explored is how these effects may depend on other external environmental factors. We focus on how policy is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition to understand the growth... View Details

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Business History; Growth and Development Strategy; Business and Government Relations; Banking Industry; United States

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01 Jun 2010
News

Rethinking the MBA

were a time for institutions to reconsider their goals and direction, it is now. There is, for example, a growing social perception that the MBA degree needs to do more around the roles and responsibilities of business and business... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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Robin Greenwood | Working Knowledge

Robin Greenwood George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research , Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research Robin is the George Gund... View Details

07 Dec 2016
HBS Case

Why Millennials Flock to Fintech for Personal Investing

competitive with someone who is personally advising you, and at a fraction of the cost,” says Luis Viceira, George E. Bates Professor and Senior Associate Dean for International Development at Harvard Business School. Viceira explores... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

20 Feb 2007
First Look

First Look: February 20, 2007

Working PapersNone this week. Cases & Course MaterialsFemale Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries Harvard Business School Note 807-018 Examines the extent of and challenges facing female entrepreneurs in View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace