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About C. Ludens Ringnes Sculpture Collection The C. Ludens Ringnes Sculpture Collection was established in 2018 through the generosity of Christian Ringnes during the Harvard Business School Campaign. This gift supports two primary... View Details

20 Oct 2015
First Look

October 20, 2015

forthcoming NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2015 Networks and the Macroeconomy: An Empirical Exploration By: Acemoglu, Daron, Ufuk Akcigit, and Kerr, William R. Abstract—The propagation of macroeconomic shocks through input-output and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Aug 2020
Blog Post

Innovating in the Hot Market of Cold Brew

remote now, in different parts of the country. Olivia’s apartment has become a 3D printing factory (we’re up to three 3D printers in her childhood bedroom), running almost 24/7. Our testing has gone virtual, with face-to-face interviews turning into online focus... View Details

15 Oct 2019
News

Engaging More Deeply with Business in Africa

members arrived at Kenya’s State House in Nairobi to meet with the country’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta, as part of the School’s faculty immersion in Africa. “Business and entrepreneurship are ingrained in the Kenyan psyche, whether it is... View Details

27 Nov 2012
News

The Beauty of the Network

they worked with me for two months to help write my business plan.” Pao picked up additional investors through meetings and luncheons organized by Bender: “By December 2011 I had raised half the money I needed from family and friends,”... View Details

Keywords: cosmetics; salmon; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade

20 Aug 2024
Book

Why Competing With Tech Giants Requires Finding Your Own Edge

potential participants in their ecosystems.” Leveraging the momentum and great reviews on Amazon, the company started selling through its direct-to-consumer websites as well as penetrating other sales channels. For example, Anker also... View Details

Keywords: by Feng Zhu; Technology; Information Technology

05 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

If Your Customers Don't Care What You Charge, What Should You Charge?

for many types of products,” MacKay says. “It might be really important for more complicated products, or products that you purchase less frequently.” Through its ability to affect purchasing decisions, consumer inertia can alter the... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Energy

30 Mar 2015
News

Reconnecting Californians with their history

As foundation director of LaSeñora Research Institute, Patricia Nettleship (AMP 86, 1981) helps preserve the rich cultural heritage of the Rancho Era of early California through research and education programs. (Published March 2015) View Details

01 Sep 2012
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High Honors

Francisco Opera, helping it through a difficult era—flying, teaching entrepreneurship, track and field, and fishing. Johnson, a nationally ranked runner in college, regularly attends the Olympic Games. From his father, a track coach, he... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Finance; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management; Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

01 Jun 2017
News

Life in Lockdown

She decides to sleep on it. Come morning, Foalea is charged with leading a team of peers to turn one of these kernels of an idea into a business—in one day. This is Startup Lockdown, a small student-created, student-driven program that turns Spring Break into an View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; photography by Chris Churchill

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Global Activities 2020-2021 - Global Activities 2021

and three previous recipients had their funding extended. Moni Alli (MBA 2021) , founder of Front Edge, a lending platform in Lagos, Nigeria, that provides access to affordable working capital solutions. Nelly-Ange Kontchou (MD/MBA 2018) , business development and... View Details

14 Oct 2014
News

A legacy of social and environmental respect

Akshay Kumar Parija (AMP 172, 2007) was already a successful international banker when he arrived at HBS in 2006. Today, however, he credits the AMP with helping him develop his courage and creativity—two character traits that set his life on a new course to preserve... View Details

March 2006
Teaching Note

Fred Khosravi and AccessClosure (TN)

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Erin Seefeld

Teaching Note to (806-044). View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Decision Choices and Conditions; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Exit or Shutdown; Initial Public Offering; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

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Growing up in Nepal at a time when the country was going through immense political turmoil, I wondered how the momentous events I was living through fit in with the broader arc of history. My urge to make... View Details

July 2008 (Revised January 2010)
Case

Affinity Labs, Inc.

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Elizabeth Kind

In November 2006, Chris Michel left Military.com, which he founded in 1999, to start Affinity Labs, a global network of online communities. That month, Michel raised a Series A round of venture funding and established a partnership with Monster, which he had sold... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Demand and Consumers; Partners and Partnerships; Social and Collaborative Networks; Online Technology

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21 Jan 2015
News

Tootsie Roll Chief, Committed to Keeping Company Independent, Dies at 95

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

Profile

Giuseppe Morgana

What’s the one thing you’re most excited about learning at HBS? The number-one thing is the ability to participate in different entrepreneurial ventures. Since coming to HBS, I’ve been able to fulfill that passion through a combination of... View Details

Keywords: CPG; Financial Services

01 Sep 2020
News

We Rise

entrepreneurs and slowing deal volume for VCs. But change cannot wait, says Barna, just one of many alumni and academics in the entrepreneurship and investing sectors who advocate steps toward inclusivity like the ideas offered here.... View Details

Keywords: April White; Finance

01 Jun 2022
News

Case Study: Glass Half Full

Amazon and relying instead on Shopify as an online storefront and on ShipBob for fulfillment. Then came the cold shower of reality: Customer acquisition beyond Amazon can prove very expensive. He decided to offer Neutrall’s products there... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade

30 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018

ready for bots to become the face of its brand to its prospective customers? Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/518067-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 318-114 Verizon 2018 In 2018, CEO Lowell McAdam led efforts to transform Verizon View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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