CORe - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Jul 2017

Harvard Graduate School Information Session in New York City

This event is designed for prospective applicants to learn more about Harvard Business School, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Law School and the HBX CORe online program. The event will include an admissions panel followed by a fair to... View Details

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Harvard Business School

Baker Library Special Collections Exhibits More Exhibits Explore the Exhibit Student Pioneers The Value of Business Education The Golden Age of Black Business AASU Early Years & Influence AASU Founders Core Demands & Proposals Early Years... View Details

James E. Preston

Preston re-focused Avon on its core product offerings growing revenues from $3 billion to $5 billion, and more than doubling the number of sales representatives to 2.6 million. Preston produced 10 years of consecutive increases in... View Details

Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products

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Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - Site Credits

Baker Library Special Collections Exhibits More Exhibits Explore the Exhibit Student Pioneers The Value of Business Education The Golden Age of Black Business AASU Early Years & Influence AASU Founders Core Demands & Proposals Early Years... View Details

Michael A. Volkema

Volkema was devoted to turning the office furniture company into a profitable enterprise. Developing an extensive 12 person Executive Leadership team, Volkema redesigned HM’s core value system, launching the Blueprint for Corporate... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

01 Mar 2017
News

HBX: Reimagining HBS for the Digital Age

team built two platforms. The first platform, launched in 2014, houses HBX Credential of Readiness (CORe) and HBX Certificate Programs. CORe introduces students to business fundamentals through three courses — Business Analytics,... View Details

Robert E. (Ted) Turner

Taking over his father’s outdoor advertising company in 1963, he immediately began expanding it beyond its core billboard business, acquiring Atlanta television’s Channel 17. Securing programming from national networks, showing “light... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

Lew R. Wasserman

actors, directors and other staff for television programming, but also creating and producing much of the programming itself. MCA went on to buy the Universal City studio and production lot, and also invested in some tourism enterprises. The company became so... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

15 Feb 2016
Blog Post

Coming to HBS with a Non-Finance Background

to campus. One example of this is that they put tools in place to identify incoming students who will benefit from completing certain pre-requisite work. As one of these students, I completed CORe (online coursework) over the summer and... View Details

01 Jun 2004
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How Nonprofits Dilute Their Efforts

strategy can stretch an agency’s core capabilities and push it in unintended directions. If a nonprofit doesn’t develop (its) operating mission and strategy platform in a disciplined way, its management tends to think every program is... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Dec 2015
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Preparing Future Leaders for Tomorrow’s Challenges

puts students in the shoes of case protagonists, helping them develop the skills and judgment required to be an effective general manager. While case discussions remain core to the School’s learning model, HBS is continually exploring... View Details

Jul 2014
Working Paper

The State of Small Business Lending: Credit Access During the Recovery and How Technology May Change the Game

Small businesses are core to America's economic competitiveness. Not only do they employ half of the nation's private sector workforce—about 120 million people—but since 1995 they have created approximately two-thirds of the net new jobs... View Details

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Eligibility & Criteria | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Social Enterprise must be a core element of the Independent Project, and grants will be awarded based on the strength of this component in the application. Social Enterprise projects may include work with specific organizations or... View Details

February 2003 (Revised October 2003)
Case

Versity.com

By: Leslie A. Perlow

Versity.com has grown from four college students working out of a dorm to a $125 million venture capital-backed company. The young founders and new professional managers struggle to create a company vision and grapple with the question of whether to acquire another... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Growth and Development; Organizational Design; Mission and Purpose; Strategic Planning; Conflict and Resolution; Mergers and Acquisitions; Management Teams; Core Relationships

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Rent The Runway Joins the Unicorn Club

two core tenets, saying that “Rent the Runway has consistently demonstrated an ability to innovate and improve its customer experience and technology.” READ MORE View Details

Keywords: Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

01 Sep 2006
News

Spring Reunions

place at its core has remained the same,” said Light. “We have the same values, the same learning model, and the same high standards. Our philosophy is to hold on to what made the School distinctive, but to innovate and lead in a changing... View Details

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

28 Jan 2002
Research & Ideas

Read All About It! Newspapers Lose Web War

Many newspapers saw the emergence of the Internet as an attack on their core business, and responded with online products of their own. Unfortunately, says HBS professor Clark Gilbert, the papers failed to take advantage of the Web as a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation; Information; Publishing

01 Dec 2009
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Taking the Plunge

innovation adopted as well as inward-facing company concerns such as launching innovative products while managing an existing core business. “The second half of the course focuses in part on how a company’s identity can serve as a source... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing

Portrait Project

Glenn Bean

expectations. Better grab some blueberries for brain food. Naturally, I will enjoy the meal with others. Through exchanging ideas, fellowship, and celebration, a shared meal allows relationships to flourish. These relationships are the View Details

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