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Understanding Africa: Business, Entrepreneurship, Political Economy and the Complexities of a Continent General Management, Business, Government & the International Economy Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Ted Berk Private View Details

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Ralph Johnson

education. In what ways has HBS impacted your career? The big thing is access to so many opportunities, and to so many people who have been in various roles and have helped me understand what those roles are really like. Through my peers, I learned, for example, that... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

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Supply Chain Management - Course Catalog

(e.g., operations, marketing, finance) in firms that make, sell and/or distribute physical products, or in organizations (e.g., consulting firms, investment banks, private equity firms, software providers,... View Details

01 Dec 2018
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Democratizing Funding, Diversifying Funders

(founded in 2013) and too small (valuation of $55 million) to pass muster for listing on any exchange. But for the 1,080 people who otherwise would have been shut out of owning a piece of the startup—lacking the wealth or credentials to invest in a View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg

23 May 2019
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These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems

In 1908, Harvard Business School’s first dean, Edwin Francis Gay, welcomed the School’s inaugural class of 59 students by saying that HBS was challenged with encouraging its students to have the “intellectual respect for business as a profession, with the social... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Green Technology

19 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: “The Architecture of Innovation”

equity stakes to these corporate entrepreneurs. Even more troubling, all too frequently the management teams are pushed to accept sketchily defined "shadow equity" rather than a real claim on the new entity. Much of the... View Details

Keywords: by Josh Lerner; Financial Services

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Kayode Ogunro

How has your HBS experience shaped your career path? My HBS experience played a very important role in shaping my career path. More than anything my MBA experience gave me a platform on which to explore my passions and career interests and define my path. I found... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity; Venture Capital / Private Equity; Venture Capital / Private Equity; Venture Capital / Private Equity; Venture Capital / Private Equity

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Jeremy Lipstein

operations," he says. After graduation, Jeremy intends to fulfill finance roles "in private equity or in a corporate-development office. I'm still young and looking for learning opportunities that... View Details

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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Lessons from HBS While Thinking Bigger and Bolder Michael Johnson 01 Oct 2021 Michael Johnson is the President & CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of Dane County, based in Mad... Mobilizing Private Sector Action For Racial View Details

01 Jun 2025
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Origin Story: Mary Chen (MBA 2026)

Address label: Born outside Cleveland, Ohio, Chen grew up in California and Texas before attending Emory University in Georgia, where she majored in business. “My three siblings live in New York now, and I’ll be working there this summer, so that feels closest to... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photo by Leah Fasten; climate finance; MBA; student life

01 Jun 1998
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John (“Bo”) Kemp

prepared a business plan, conducted a usability analysis, and tested the product with thirty HBS students. Currently, he is patenting the methodology. With a post-HBS job at the private equity investment... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry; photograph by Webb Chappell

14 Nov 2007
First Look

First Look: November 14, 2007

Supplements the case "Nestle's Milk District Model: Economic Development for a Value-Added Food Chain and Improved Nutrition." Purchase this supplement: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=907402 A Note on View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Nov 2016
First Look

November 8, 2016

because Patagonia was a private company. The Tompkins dual strategy of exit from business and application of entrepreneurial skills to conservation resulted in large environmental gains, including... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Aug 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Parmigiano-Reggiano, Jane Austen, and Other Things You Didn't Know About Finance

Unlearned? Corporate Debt in Emerging Markets Emerging markets are contending with a worrisome slowdown in economic growth accompanied by the build-up of corporate debt. Is Greed Ruining Private Equity... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

19 Jul 2016
First Look

July 19, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51341 Beyond Symbolic Responses to Private Politics: Examining Labor Standards Improvement in Global Supply Chains By: Hugill, Andrea R., Jodi L. Short, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—Worker... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Apr 2014
News

Changing the way the world sees Africa

of Africa.com to both be a tremendous opportunity and a great responsibility,” she says. Clarke acquired the domain name when she was teaching corporate finance at Wits Business School in Johannesburg, South Africa, and serving on the investment committee of an African... View Details

29 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 29, 2008

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-048.pdf The Private Equity Advantage: Leveraged Buyout Firms and Relationship Banking Authors:Victoria Ivashina and Anna Kovner Abstract This paper examines the impact of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Stock Pitching: company, industry and market research

href="http://www.library.hbs.edu/go/factset.html">FactSet A comprehensive platform used to analyze financial data from global equity and fixed income markets, and public and private companies. Individual... View Details

March 2011 (Revised June 2011)
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Poweo: David and Goliath in the French Electricity Market

By: Noel Maurer and Elisa Farri

Charles Beigbeder, the president and founder of Poweo, an alternative electricity and gas operator in France, needs to decide on the company's strategy in light of electricity deregulation and the dominant position of Électricité de France (EDF) in the French market.... View Details

Keywords: Energy Generation; Competitive Strategy; Competition; Privatization; Monopoly; Market Entry and Exit; Energy Industry; France

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