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24 Feb 2021
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How to Negotiate and Avoid Costly Medical Bills

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New Venture Growth

Young and no Money? Never Mind: Strategies for New Venture Growth. Being revised (R&R) for Organization Science.

Mukti's dissertation, "Great Oaks from Little Acorns Grow: Strategies for New Venture Growth," explored how intangible resources such... View Details

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Sarah wants to help students understand the various options for careers in healthcare, including finance/investing, consulting, pharma/biotech, managed care, and other healthcare start-ups. She can also advise on how to best position your... View Details

06 Aug 2001
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Go Global—or No? Can You Make the Case?

being." Tom frowned but, feeling that Susan had the momentum, decided to hold his fire. After lunch, it was Group B's turn. They suggested using autonomous software distributors in each country. That would help DataClear keep a tight... View Details

Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle

March 2020 (Revised September 2020)
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Opportunity Insights: Research and Policy for Social Mobility

By: Scott Duke Kominers, Jeffrey Huizinga and Allison Ciechanover

Opportunity Insights -- a non-profit that researches drivers of economic opportunity and develops policy solutions to help families achieve better life outcomes -- seeks to expand its impact. View Details

Keywords: Economic Opportunity; Social Mobility; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Issues; Housing; Policy; Opportunities

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27 Apr 2023
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IFC Intro: Greg Marsh

25 Apr 2022
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IFC Intro: Jeffrey Rayport

31 Mar 2023
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Pando: Sacerdote Runner-Up Prize Winner, Social Enterprise Track, 2023 New Venture Competition

Games Are Where Work, Play, and Art Meet

Games are where work, play, and art meet. Harvard experts are exploring how playing games can help people develop practical skills, make tough decisions, and connect with others. View Details

Eliodoro Matte Larraín

Keywords: Pulp and Paper

April 2005 (Revised January 2006)
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Protege Partners: The Capacity Challenge

By: Randolph B. Cohen

In February 2005, Jeffrey Tarrant (HBS '85) and Ted Seides (HBS '99) considered their strategy for Protege Partners, founded in July 2002 as a fund of hedge funds (FOHF) specializing in small hedge funds. Protege's assets under management had grown to $1.1 billion, and... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business Growth and Maturation; Investment Funds; Financial Services Industry

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April 2014
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15 Rules for Negotiating a Job Offer

By: Deepak Malhotra

The author, a professor of negotiation at Harvard Business School, offers specific pieces of advice for job candidates: Don't underestimate the importance of likability. Help prospective employers understand why you deserve what you're requesting. Make it clear that... View Details

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Celia Chen

what the job experience will look like, and how they can help meet your personal criteria in a post-MBA career. Tactically, Celia can help with career visioning, interview prep (including consulting or PM... View Details

November 2023 (Revised April 2024)
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Paytm: A Payments Journey in India

By: Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui, Amram Migdal and Kanika Jain

Paytm was an Indian financial technology company. Since its launch in 2010, it had built a dominant payments system in India, comprising mobile wallets, offline payments via QR codes, and a payments bank that offered no-frills banking. However, in 2016, the Indian... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Situation or Environment; Business Ventures; Business Model; Banks and Banking; Business Strategy; Competition; Financial Services Industry; Banking Industry; Technology Industry; Asia; South Asia; India

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10 Sep 2024
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What Happens When Business Owners Turn to ChatBots for Advice

AI can help you become a better writer, coder, and researcher. But can the powerful technology boost business acumen and economic performance? Sort of, says a recent study. An experimental artificial intelligence (AI) mentor designed to... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

27 Apr 2018
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A conversation with Flora Taylor, Zachary Green, and Diane Forbes Berthoud at the 2018 Gender & Work Symposium: Race, Work and Leadership: Learning about and from Black experience

22 Apr 2019
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How Fintech Can Push Small Businesses to the Next Level

Mihir A. Desai

Mihir A. Desai is the Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance at Harvard Business School and a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. He received his Ph.D. in political economy from Harvard... View Details

03 Feb 2014
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The Tricky Business of Managing Web Advertising Affiliates

been helping eBay gather evidence for months. "eBay asked me to catch anyone I could," Edelman says. "From litigation documents, it's now known that I caught them." “I looked at the diversity of views and wondered, who has it right?”... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Advertising; Publishing

June 2014 (Revised September 2014)
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Johnson & Johnson: The Promotion of Wellness

By: John A. Quelch and Carin-Isabel Knoop

To create the world's healthiest workforce, diversified health care giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) mandated participation in its "Culture of Health" program globally, customized by location, culture, and specific health needs to offer prevention-focused education,... View Details