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Business History - Faculty & Research
management education. In 1927, the School created the first endowed professorship in the field. It also founded the field’s first journal, the Business History Review . Since the work of Joseph Schumpeter at Harvard's Center for View Details
- 21 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 21, 2009
risks they present for brands. The case allows students to grapple with the strategic and tactical decisions that accompany marketing communications strategy and to combine information on consumer behavior with an understanding of brand... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Curriculum - Business & Environment
Telkes must assess the financial merits of the project, as well as understand the regulatory and technological risks associated with going forward or choosing to delay. Financial Reporting and Control Driving Decarbonization at BMW Key... View Details
- 10 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 10
paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-008.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsThe Shaw Group Inc.: Entrepreneurial Innovation Lynda M. Applegate and Edward WatsonHarvard Business School Case 810-135 The case describes the founding and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Era Jain
skills to complement my technical background and provide me with a launch pad to kick start my entrepreneurial journey. Coming to HBS is like.... Taking risks with no downside. HBS has given me the freedom... View Details
- 07 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 7
and how quoted prices might reflect expectations that are hard to justify. Regardless of which valuation method is employed (e.g., residual income, discounted cash flow, multiples), the case provides a platform (i) to map the firm's key success and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Nov 2011
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First Look: Nov. 1
and teaching on risk management, we identify three categories of risk and elaborate on the ways companies can identify and mitigate them, with particular emphasis on strategy execution risks. Managing the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work
Extension School. She has also played a leading role in developing and delivering HBS Executive Education Programs for entrepreneurs and business owners, most recently as Faculty Chair of the Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Faculty... View Details
- 21 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 21, 2009
Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-117.pdf Barriers to Household Risk Management: Evidence from India Authors:Shawn Cole, Xavier Giné, Jeremy Tobacman, Petia Topalova, Robert Townsend, and James Vickery Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Buy Big, Sell Small
If you live in a rural village or small city in India and run low on toothpaste, rice, or cooking oil, you’ll likely visit your local kirana, the equivalent of a US neighborhood variety store and a mainstay of the country’s $932 billion retail economy. The shops are... View Details
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Search Funds
IBISWorld and S&P’s Net Advantage are good resources to start for industry overviews. IBISWorld also includes the Industry Wizard tool, allowing for a narrowing of industries by a number of measures - performance (ex. revenue growth),... View Details
- 02 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Four VCs on Evaluating Opportunities
What makes for the ideal entrepreneurial opportunity? To learn about the frameworks firms use when evaluating potential venture opportunities, Mike Roberts, executive director of the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship, and HBS senior... View Details
Keywords: by Lauren Barley
- 09 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Where Will You Be in 30 Years: Behind the Scenes of the 5 Big Life Decisions Documentary
with a rigid structure that discouraged risk taking. For some, learning flex-leadership styles helped them to find success and others found company cultures outside of their home countries where they could thrive. Finally, a common thread... View Details
- 28 Jun 2016
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June 28, 2016
forthcoming Management Science The First Deal: The Division of Founder Equity in New Ventures By: Hellmann, Thomas F., and Noam Wasserman Abstract—We examine the trade-off between efficiency and equality within the context of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Do Private Equity Buyouts Get a Bad Rap?
benefit society: asset stripping, short-term profit at the expense of workers, and long-term stability. “There are certainly a lot of concerns around whether these kind of transactions are indeed fomenting inequality by getting rid of high-quality jobs—and concerns... View Details
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Faculty - Private Capital Project
Hellman Family Fellowship awards for research excellence. Josh Lerner Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking Unit Head, Entrepreneurial Management Josh Lerner is the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard... View Details
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Health Care - Faculty & Research
chronicles the transformative entrepreneurial path of Demond Martin, co-founder and CEO of WellWithAll, a health and wellness startup. Motivated by a pivotal life experience and deep concern for racial health inequities, Martin... View Details
- 31 Jan 2023
- Op-Ed
Can Insurance Technology Solve the Uninsured Driver Problem?
Despite mandates requiring motorists to carry car insurance, 13 percent of US drivers operate vehicles without any coverage—a problem that exposes uninsured drivers to catastrophic financial risks and leads to higher premiums for insured... View Details
- 11 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #17: Leni Peterson Redondo (HBS MS/MBA 2023), Founder & CEO of Celeste
aggregate information or map out where and how water is impacting a company’s supply chain.” Leni and Taryn see multiple entrepreneurial opportunities in the water space, among them: “assessing water risks... View Details
- 28 Jan 2020
- Book
Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking
change. Look at how we personify buildings: “Headquarters wants . ” “The Pentagon says ....” In today’s fast-paced world, fixed structures can weigh you down, can make agility and resilience very difficult, and can stifle the View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne