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  • 03 Sep 2013
  • Working Paper Summaries

How the Zebra Got Its Stripes: Imprinting of Individuals and Hybrid Social Ventures

Keywords: by Matthew Lee & Julie Battilana
  • January 2022
  • Background Note

Common Prosperity? China Shifts Left

By: William C. Kirby and Noah B. Truwit
Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been mistrustful of entrepreneurs and the private sector that operates outside the government’s authority. In its first decades under Mao Zedong, the CCP... View Details
Keywords: Market Reform; Gdp; Government Administration; Government and Politics; Private Sector; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Economy; Globalized Economies and Regions; Entrepreneurship; Business and Government Relations; Globalized Markets and Industries; Social Issues; Society; Economic Growth; China
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  • Web

Accelerating Solutions - Business & Environment

Climate Change: Accelerating Solutions Climate Change: Accelerating Solutions A Roadmap for Leaders Key Insights There’s no time to waste when it comes to figuring out business’s role in driving global climate solutions. But it’s... View Details
  • 13 Jun 2011
  • HBS Case

Mobile Banking for the Unbanked

In many developing countries it's common for a person to have a mobile phone but not a bank account. In fact, more than 1 billion people fit this description, and the number is only likely to increase. To... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking; Communications; Telecommunications
  • October 2013
  • Article

Corporate Venturing

By: Josh Lerner
For decades, large companies have been wary of corporate venturing. But as R&D organizations face pressure to rein in costs and produce results, companies are investing in promising start-ups to gain knowledge and agility. The logic of corporate venturing is... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Knowledge Acquisition; Corporate Strategy; Research and Development; Business Startups; Innovation and Invention
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  • July 2020
  • Supplement

Instabeat—Crossing the Finish Line

By: Shikhar Ghosh, Nicole Tempest Keller and Alpana Thapar
Lebanese entrepreneur Hind Hobeika was just 21 years old when she launched her startup, Instabeat, which had developed the first real-time bio-feedback device for swimmers to monitor and improve their performance. It had been an extremely testing 10-year journey to... View Details
Keywords: Start-up; Wearables; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Information Technology; Information Infrastructure; Strategy; Operations; Management; United States; Lebanon
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  • 09 May 2013
  • Working Paper Summaries

Clusters of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Keywords: by Aaron Chatterji, Edward Glaeser & William Kerr
  • Web

Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

Across a field setting (three entrepreneurial pitch competitions in the United States) and two experiments, we identify a profound and consistent gender gap in entrepreneur... View Details
  • 2024
  • Working Paper

Migration, Climate Similarity, and the Consequences of Climate Mismatch

By: Marguerite Obolensky, Marco Tabellini and Charles Taylor
This paper examines the concept of “climate matching” in migration—the idea that migrants seek out destinations with familiar climates. Focusing on the US, we document that temperature distance between origin and destination predicts the distribution of migrants across... View Details
Keywords: Migration; Climate; Immigration; Residency; Weather; Ethnicity; Climate Change; Geographic Location; Policy; United States
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  • Web

Leadership Initiative - Leadership

leveraging AI solutions in highly creative environments. Ann holds a Masters Degree in Law from the University of Antwerp in Belgium. Originally a Belgian native, Ann is... View Details
  • Web

Student Journey - Entrepreneurship

students as you learn how to launch a new venture. Spend time in one of the Harvard Innovation Labs for opportunities to meet student entrepreneurs across Harvard. Explore HBS Initiatives — A great way to... View Details
  • 18 Feb 2019
  • Book

What’s Really Disrupting Business? It’s Not Technology

many entrepreneurs in action and to follow their thinking as it has evolved. Some entrepreneurs conceptualize their new business model all at once, View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Beauty & Cosmetics; Insurance; Service; Retail
  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

Wide Horizon

There were three critical events that led John Rodakis (MBA 1997) to form the nonprofit N of One in 2014 and ultimately dedicate his life to surfacing breakthrough autism research. The first occurred on Thanksgiving of 2012. He had driven about four hours with his wife... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson
  • Web

Team - Entrepreneurship

that culminates with a capstone event for students who have worked to develop new ventures while at HBS. All participants present live to top investors and entrepreneurs and receive invaluable feedback at each round of the Competition.... View Details
  • 26 Feb 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 26

call in sick to retain eligibility. Second, employees with perfect pre-program attendance or high productivity suffered a 6% to 8% productivity decrease after program introduction, suggesting they were demotivated by awards for good... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Research Summary

Experience and description-based decision making.

Prof. Barron and his co-authors study the effect of the economic environment on decision making. One example involves the effect of rare (low probability) events. People behave as if they overweight these events in some settings (e.g., when buying insurance and... View Details
  • 06 Jan 2021
  • Blog Post

My HBS Student Loan Story: Gorick Ng (MBA 2018)

about their loan repayment journeys. Gorick Ng Class: MBA 2018 Career: Author of The Unspoken Rules and Social Entrepreneur Could you please share a little bit about your upbringing and background? I was born and raised View Details
  • Profile

Soltan Bryce

The evolution of Soltan Bryce’s early career path – health care and agriculture – have their roots in his experiences as a Palestinian refugee in rural North Carolina. “The first health care we received... View Details
  • 01 Nov 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 1

C. Fritz Foley, and James R. Hines Jr. Publication:National Tax Journal (forthcoming) Abstract Deferral of U.S. taxes on foreign source income is commonly characterized as a subsidy to foreign investment, as reflected in its inclusion... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Apr 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Does Spirituality Drive Success?

successful entrepreneurs discussed the role beliefs and values play in keeping grounded among the turbulence and long hours that surround new ventures. Jim Sharpe (HBS MBA '76) , CEO of Extrusion... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace, Sean Silverthorne & Wendy Guild