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Mike Maples Jr.

was extraordinarily low,” he recalled. “The art of building something is very different from the art of being a good buyer. Not many entrepreneurs really end up making good VCs.” Maples,... View Details

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Black Business Leaders and Entrepreneurship | Baker Library

industry in small areas of the country. Mapping Tools Good for finding tables and maps that include industry-wide or regional statistics, such as the number of companies by employment size and level of... View Details

01 Mar 2012
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Alumni Book Briefs

(MBA '59) ((North American Business Press)) Inside Luxury: The Growth and Future of the Luxury Goods Industry by Maria Eugenia Giron ((LID Publishing)) The Exile: Journey from Life to Death by Ro Kong Kyun... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet)

13 Apr 2016
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What Does 'Diversity' Really Mean?

Mensah recently at Harvard Business School’s fourth annual Gender & Work Symposium. “Men talk to me all the time about wanting to be more effective (with women) in certain settings,” said Mensah, an adjunct faculty member at Baruch College in New York. “I tell most... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

January 2016
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COFCO

By: David E. Bell and Natalie Kindred

In 2015, COFCO, China's state-owned agribusiness giant, was working to protect China's food security (a key national security priority) by extending its control of the global food system through overseas acquisitions. At the same time, COFCO sought to grow its market... View Details

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2019 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Aspiration Towards Safe(r) Spaces Apr 05 Friday, April 05, 2019 Keynote Kira Banks , St. Louis University Courageous Self Awareness for Social Change Keynote Dolly Chugh , NYU Stern School of Business The Person You Mean to Be: How Good... View Details

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Donaldson Room | About

Program for entrepreneurs that ended upon his retirement in 1993. In addition to his teaching, a decade-long study of 12 mature industrial corporations led to two important books in the 1980s, Decision Making at the Top: The Shaping of... View Details

05 Aug 2014
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A Diversified Portfolio

leadership positions that no one was looking at. Hunches aren't proof, however, so Dodi enlisted Dorsen, a former section mate and good friend, to figure out if this opportunity was real. Dorsen brought critical insights to the... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

06 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

Sorting Out the Patent Craze

The great thing about standards, tech industry pundit Andrew Tanenbaum once said, is that there are so many to choose from. In fact, standard setting organizations (SSOs) are the unsung heroes of the technology age. Without standards, Web... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Technology

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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact Life After Rikers: HBS Alumni Volunteers Complete Project Aimed at Reducing Recidivism in NYC... View Details

14 Feb 2005
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The World in Your Palm?

said. Men, on the other hand, "attach everything on the table—we call them Frankenberries." The watch industry might be a good analogy as to how devices will evolve, he said. For next to nothing,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Aug 2001
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William F. Connell (MBA '63)

In June, the School conferred its highest honors, the Distinguished Service Award and the Alumni Achievement Award, on four professors emeriti and five alumni, respectively. This is a profile of an Alumni Achievement Award honoree. In 1985, the overvalued dollar was... View Details

Keywords: Alumni Achievement Award; William F. Connell (MBA 1963); James O.Dunn; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2013
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Faculty Q&A: Playing the Hits

goods are becoming more, not less, concentrated. What about someone like Lady Gaga, whose quick rise to fame came with no previously established brand? What did her management team do right? It's hard to imagine that only 18 months before... View Details

Keywords: Patrick Kirchner; Arts, Entertainment; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy - Course Catalog

political risk, and slower growth. Understanding what constitute good institutions and how institutions influence economic and political behavior is therefore crucial. Finally, the course is intended to develop a simple framework linking... View Details

September 2011 (Revised May 2012)
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GoodGuide

By: George Serafeim, Robert G. Eccles and Tiffany A. Clay

GoodGuide, a high-technology start-up company, founded by University of California Professor at Berkley Dara O'Rourke is at a critical junction. The venture capital funded company has yet to find the business model to monetize a very promising product that provides... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Strategic Planning; Venture Capital; Goods and Commodities; Business Model; Information Technology; Knowledge; Education Industry; California

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01 Dec 2018
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018

firms in the US, why have only 140 companies been able to exceed the $100 million mark? What do these firms do differently from the rest? Do they have a better strategy or talent? Are they simply beneficiaries of good fortune? While each... View Details

01 Mar 2023
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The Exchange: Micro Management

studies that there are many small-business owners who could put capital to very good use, but microfinance has not yet unlocked those potential opportunities. “That paper was very influential and one of the first indications to academics... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

06 Dec 2011
First Look

First Look: Dec. 6

Originators issue too many informationally insensitive securities in good times, blunting investor incentives to become informed. The resulting scarcity of informed investors exacerbates market collapses in bad times. Inefficiency arises... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Oct 2012
What Do You Think?

Can We Bring Back the “Industrial Commons” for Manufacturing?

"over 20% in Germany and at good wages." Peter Sebregondi said that "the German government, companies and unions TOGETHER have defended the German Industrial Commons" in response to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing

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Sadiq Gillani

"Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better. And your better best." With these words my mother inspired me throughout my childhood I am going to apply that energy to help transform the airline View Details

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