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Sustainable Investing - Course Catalog

these new practices actually alter company behavior, or create social value? How is and how should social value be defined and measured? In public markets, we evaluate the costs and benefits of negative... View Details

28 May 2019
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Planting the Seeds of Positive Growth

Mehta reached out to the student-run Africa Business Club for advice. She also participated in the School’s New Venture Competition. In 2014, Tomato Jos won $25,000 as runner-up in the Social Enterprise... View Details

Keywords: April White; Crop Production; Agriculture

04 Apr 2023
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African American Student Union Spotlight on Tech

where I had confirmed my love for marketing but felt held back by my lack of business background. I studied Political Science as an undergrad, and my daily responsibilities focused on the "promotion" side of the function (i.e. social... View Details

07 Mar 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 7

in press Academy of Management Annals Scaling: Organizing and Growth in Entrepreneurial Ventures By: DeSantola, Alicia, and Ranjay Gulati Abstract—Entrepreneurial ventures face unique challenges related to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Nov 2014
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The Power of Yes

money to good use: Dichter would simply open his wallet. At the time, Dichter was director of business development at Acumen Fund, a nonprofit global venture fund that invests in early-stage companies to solve issues stemming from... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Dec 2009
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The Fab Four

submitted were quite a bit different from what they first showed me.” A member of Staples’ original management team, Krasnow is currently a domain expert in marketing at Highland Capital Partners, a Boston-based venture capital firm. I... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; contests; Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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Poletown Dilemma, The

By: Thomas R. Piper

Senior management of General Motors must select a site for a new assembly plant to replace two plants located in Detroit. The economics strongly favor a site in an adjacent state. However, a relocation would have substantial, negative impact on the existing work force,... View Details

Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Business and Government Relations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business Offices; Management Teams; Restructuring; Economics; Auto Industry; Michigan

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Kwame Owusu-Kesse

senior year at Harvard, he had formed, with two classmates, a social network called "Triumph," which sponsored social events for young professionals and doubled as a fundraising platform for... View Details

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Turning a Moment into a Movement: How the Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders are Fighting Racism and Encouraging Other Companies to Do Their Part - Recruiting

and Community Outreach & Social Justice Advocacy - donations rolled in quickly and that money was put to use in the community. Looking towards the future, the ARF leadership team wants to build on their momentum and increase long term... View Details

02 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2017

Elizabeth Baily Wolf discusses a technique to reframe distress as passion. . The Three Types of Leaders Who Create Radical Change Every successful social movement requires three distinct leadership roles: the agitator, the innovator, and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Creating Brand Value - Course Catalog

appropriate for: Marketing professionals charged with creating, nurturing, and managing brand value; Entrepreneurs looking to create their own brands in the consumer/retail space; Consumer/retail general managers and consultants engaged in stewarding brand strategy;... View Details

01 Sep 2012
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Alumni Books

The Decline & Fall of Europe by Francesco M. Bongiovanni (MBA 1980) (Palgrave Macmillan) Bongiovanni gives an overview of the intractable challenges Europe faces today: the unsustainability of current entitlement levels, the question of Turkey’s accession, the seeds of... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

29 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Rich or Royal: What Do Founders Want?

research and suggests ways that entrepreneurs can work toward being both rich and royal. Sarah Jane Gilbert: Tell us about the conflict entrepreneurs face when establishing a new venture between the profit motive and the control motive.... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Financial Services

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Exploring Trade Links in the Interior - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer Venture in... View Details

28 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World

market actors who support them would have only one shot at success, and this would typically be a shot in the dark, given the many uncertainties new ventures face. Evolving commitments are basically the managerial version of a... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Badaracco

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Harvard Business School and Polaroid - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer View Details

31 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018

addresses interventions that firms, governments, and other parties deploy to shape household financial outcomes: education and information, peer effects and social influence, product design, advice and disclosure, choice architecture, and... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Harvard Business Review Family Business Handbook: How to Build and Sustain a Successful, Enduring Enterprise

By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer

Navigate the complex decisions and critical relationships necessary to create and sustain a healthy family business--and business family. Though "family business" may sound like it refers only to mom-and-pop shops, businesses owned by families are among the most... View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Entrepreneurship; Family and Family Relationships; Outcome or Result; Business Model; Conflict and Resolution; Organizational Culture