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RGE Report - Race, Gender & Equity

Nobel Prize winner Professor Claudia Goldin presented her research on how the women’s movement in the United States led to today’s economic and financial freedoms. This look at the past gave us necessary insight into the forces that... View Details

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

led you to write the book? Noel Maurer: The idea of the book grew out of two conundrums. First, why wasn't Panama richer in 1999, after [nearly] 100 years of the Panama Canal? After all, the United States and Panama were joined at the hip... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation

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Angela Q. Crispi | About

created the Harvard Innovation Labs, a cross-university initiative to foster entrepreneurship. She has twice served on the Staff Advisory Committee for the Harvard University President search. Before joining Harvard, Angela led the... View Details

01 Jan 2013
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Roger W. Sant, MBA 1960

classroom with a completely different perspective than I came in with," he recalls. Sant's career path led him through a series of finance positions in the Bay Area before he moved to Washington, DC, for a two-year stint at the Federal... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

09 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Where Will You Be in 30 Years: Behind the Scenes of the 5 Big Life Decisions Documentary

to do everything twice as well. In addition, John Rice’s (MBA 1992) experience as a Black professional led him to create Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT), a national non-profit organization that fights racial and economic... View Details

25 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

In America, Immigrants Really Do Get the Job Done

immigrant “gateways” such as New York and California seeing more than 40 percent of new businesses led by immigrants. The study also found that immigrant-led companies start smaller but grow at a faster rate and are more likely to survive... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Technology; Service

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Fostering Innovation in Life Sciences - Health Care

SCIENCE ENTREPRENEURSHIP is led by Professor Peter Barrett , and provides a select group of alumni with the opportunity to work with Harvard inventors to promote the commercialization of life science technologies with significant market... View Details

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit in a Consumer Society

hands also led them to undertake new financial obligations—like installment buying—which in turn gave rise to temporary liquidity problems. Small lenders like pawnshops and salary lenders proliferated in nineteenth-century cities, but... View Details

25 Apr 2024
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Origin Stories

embassies around the world. Later, as an MBA, it also inspired him to write to Laurance Rockefeller after reading about Rockefeller’s early investments in what would become Eastern Air Lines and McDonnell Douglas. That initial contact led... View Details

01 Feb 2022
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Innovation Isn’t Just for Startups: How Big Companies Can Succeed

The EBOs generated revenues that far exceeded the corporation’s acquisitions portfolio in the same period. Carol Kovac led the most successful EBO, IBM Life Sciences. The innovation for this team was to create solutions relevant to a... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

22 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?

of information and perspectives between the two firms, and led to a novel type of agreement. ABB would design and build the plant at a far lower cost than standard. Then, if ABB could reduce the cost even further, it would receive a... View Details

Keywords: by Benson Shapiro; Manufacturing

09 Jan 2020
Book

Rethinking Business Strategy in the Age of AI

John Foley was irritated with his local gym. He was constantly getting elbowed out of his favorite spin classes as other cyclists snapped up spots in sessions led by the most popular instructors. Foley’s frustration inspired him in 2012... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

04 May 2023
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Class of 2024 Embarks on Global Immersion

15 locations—from Argentina to Vietnam, plus Boston, which is included for students unable to travel outside the United States—a cohort of up to 72 students is led by a faculty member who is assisted by two HBS staff members serving as... View Details

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Gallatin Hall | About

as part of the School’s original master plan, Gallatin Hall was constructed in 1926. For many years the four-story, Georgian Revival-style building also housed a first-floor snack bar and pub, a popular gathering place for generations of HBS students. A 2008 Gallatin... View Details

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Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

retail stores, textile manufacturers, clothing or cigarette makers—to say nothing of the indignity of mail-order houses and five-and-ten operations—Philip Lehman led his cousins directly into such businesses with quickly profitable... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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Venturing Forth

Illustration by Adam McCauley Venture capital is a heady industry: Big bets mean big checks when the deals hit right. And for most of the last decade, those taking part in the funds were riding high: Capital was abundant, valuations were soaring, and the stock market... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

09 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?

compliance through internal compliance auditing. If the firm self-discloses a regulatory violation, the EPA waives the punitive portion of the penalty. But a condition of giving this waiver is that the firm has to not only fix the problem that View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

17 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Sustainability Career Advice from the Career & Professional Development Office

Four years ago, I got involved with coaching and career education programs. This led me to working with students interested in industries such as consumer products, retail, sustainability, agribusiness, and hospitality. Living sustainably... View Details

19 Jan 2024
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The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Speed has gotten a pretty bad rap, says Anne Morriss (MBA 2004). The Silicon Valley mantra of moving fast and breaking things has led to waves of high-profile... View Details

24 May 2017
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Adebayo O. Ogunlesi, JD/MBA 1979

for their first fund and bought 12 companies: airports, ports, pipelines, power plants, and a wind farm, to name a few. “We found that by applying some basic business techniques we could really make a difference,” he says. That simple strategy has View Details