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25 Feb 2008
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Starting a Business

legitimacy, status, and reputation. Key concepts include: Small companies can grow by developing intangible social resources such as legitimacy, status, and reputation. In some cases the location of a new venture is a critical facilitator... View Details

01 Jun 2006
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Bridging the Success Gap

Academy, an accelerated education program that helps at-risk young adults prepare for community college and for careers in professional fields. Located at Cabrillo College’s Watsonville, California, campus, the Digital Bridge Academy is... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

22 Nov 2011
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A Storybook Beginning

off-the-grid locations are difficult,” notes Risher. “For schools in these areas, e-readers, which are rapidly coming down in cost, are ideal.” With a one-time donation of 30 Kindles from Amazon, Risher launched Worldreader last winter in... View Details

Keywords: Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

02 Apr 2008
Research & Ideas

Four Companies that Conquered America

market. There are no national furniture retail chains, making market penetration easier. IKEA's location selection expertise and their established global supply chains enable them to offer exceptional category-killer prices that are... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

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Resources for Harvard Economics Students

the country in which the company is located.) Think of Orbis when you want to: Get extensive data about a company including locations of subsidiaries Screen for companies based on geography, financial performance, industry, deals,... View Details

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The Hunger Relief System | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

and ultimately to end hunger. Robert Zeaske Job Title CEO, Second Harvest Heartland Location St. Paul, MN, USA Topics Business for Social Impact More Impact Stories A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations Mizuho Kanai 2018 While Mizuho Kanai (MBA... View Details

11 May 2011
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In a Good Place

everything from handmade jewelry (think cufflinks made from old typewriter keys) to custom-made furniture (perhaps a coffee table constructed from recycled barn siding?). Incorporated in 1985, founded by parent volunteers (Gehrke took the reins in 1993), and View Details

May 2013
Supplement

Studio Moderna—A Venture in Eastern Europe

By: Jim Sharpe

This is the Spreadsheet Supplement for Studio Moderna—A Venture in Eastern Europe (HBS Case #808110). Includes Exhibit 3a, Exhibit 3b, Exhibit 5, and Exhibit 6. View Details

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April 2012
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Big BRICs, Weak Foundations: The Beginning of Public Elementary Education in Brazil, Russia, India, and China

By: Latika Chaudhary, Aldo Musacchio, Steven Nafziger and Se Yan

Our paper provides a comparative perspective on the development of public primary education in four of the largest developing economies circa 1910: Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRIC). These four countries encompassed more than 50% of the world's population in... View Details

Keywords: Perspective; Growth and Development; Middle School Education; Developing Countries and Economies; Data and Data Sets; Geographic Location; Public Administration Industry; Brazil; Russia; India; China

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10 Nov 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

Research News and Tips: Innovating Across Time Zones

zones As companies expand operations across the globe, they must grapple with time gaps during which employees cannot collaborate (i.e., lost productivity). To study this phenomenon, a research team studied communication patterns among 250 offices of a multinational... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

21 Jan 2014
Blog Post

Kick-off to summer internship recruiting starts today

located on the West Coast and you’re interested in interviewing students for summer or full-time positions, our office is hosting interviews in the Bay Area on March 17 & 18. Please email cpd@hbs.edu for more information. View Details

01 Jun 2001
News

Hawes Hall Makes Tip-Top Progress

sacrificed in building a new structure, marked the halfway point in the construction of the new addition to the HBS campus, located at the northeast corner of Aldrich Hall and facing Baker Library. The building, which honors the... View Details

Keywords: Construction of Buildings; Construction

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Andrea Kimmel

banking prior to HBS and then led to consumer and retail brand marketing and finally to the start-up she began in the childcare industry in 2011 which she has grown to 2 locations and soon to be a franchise. Work Experience: Deutsche... View Details

Keywords: Education; Entrepreneurship; Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Retail

22 Apr 2020
Research Event

How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities

the capital markets had not paid attention to this yet." Wellington Vice Chair Wendy Cromwell explained during a panel discussion how her firm uses a heat index developed in conjunction with the WHRC to consider geographic location... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services

25 Jun 2018
Blog Post

The Internship Search: “Is this just a personal interest, or is there a real professional opportunity here?”

marketing. And he wanted to test his interest in health and wellness. “Is this just a personal interest, or is there a real professional opportunity here?” Aaron asked himself. With an eye toward experiencing a new location outside the... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

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Connections & Relationships | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

role, I am able to draw on my HBS general management training to lead organization-wide strategy and operations planning and help coordinate and enhance the work of the senior management team. Stephen Chan, MBA/MPP 2009 Job Title Chief of Staff, The Boston Foundation... View Details

01 Oct 1998
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Supplying Demand

company's leader is justifiably proud: twelve years ago, he was minding one store - located just down Soldiers Field Road from HBS. Today, he oversees an empire of almost one thousand stores - not bad for someone who was unemployed only... View Details

Keywords: Paul Michelman

01 Feb 2000
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Youth Movement: HBS Clubs Make Students a Top Priority

sponsored by the HBS Club of Puget Sound (HBSPS) to link students with job contacts and to foster student-alumni interactions. "It's like having a career counselor located in the city where you want to work," DeBono continues. "The club... View Details

Keywords: Amy E. Dean

01 Mar 2015
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Providing an Environment for Ideas to Grow

company located in eight countries. “With close to 800 interviews conducted in a variety of languages, more than 3,500 survey results, and thousands of pages of archival material, a project of this scope would have been nearly impossible... View Details

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

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