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New Research on the Region April 2025 Case Campbell's Recipe for Advancing School Nutrition By: Hise O. Gibson , F. Christopher Eaglin and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone In 2021, The Campbell’s Company launched Full Futures, a collective impact... View Details

01 Mar 2019
News

The Burden Legacy

1953, MBA 1955). William A.M. Burden Sr. made a mark at Harvard as First Marshal of his graduating class and captain of the football team. Returning to his native New York, he launched a career on Wall Street with the firm James D. Smith... View Details

Keywords: Linda Kush

19 Dec 2023
Research & Ideas

15 Podcast Episodes That Grabbed Listeners in 2023

an Impact Great business leaders are problem solvers. That’s what sparked Susan Tynan to found Framebridge, a custom framing company. When Tynan couldn’t find a reasonably priced place to frame her beloved posters, she launched a... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

01 Feb 2001
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What Makes a Good Leader

resonated across the MBA and Executive Education curriculum, in 1999 Dean Clark launched the HBS Global Leadership Initiative in order to broaden the School's outreach in this area. Headed by Kotter and Director Alan Price, the initiative... View Details

Keywords: Management

01 Sep 2023
News

In My Humble Opinion: Futures Investor

lesson.” Invest locally: “My State Department job in Africa taught me that small investments informed by local knowledge are more effective than big projects launched in Washington.” Favorite book: William Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom! “It... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; climate change; investment banking; leadership; carbon tax

January 2009 (Revised February 2009)
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Sydney IVF: Stem Cell Research

By: Robert L. Simons, Kathryn Rosenberg and Natalie Kindred

This case examines the strategy implementation and risk management decisions at Sydney IVF, a research-based in vitro fertilization and stem cell company based in Australia. Drs. Robert Jansen and Jock Anderson, who co-founded Sydney IVF in 1986, developed novel... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Innovation and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Risk Management; Genetics; Commercialization; Health Industry; Australia

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26 Mar 2024
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Szu-Chi Huang, Stanford Graduate School of Business

6 PM – 7:15 PM EST, 28 Feb 2022
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A Blessing and Little Black Library at Harvard Business School presents a virtual author chat to celebrate Black History Month

HBSs iconic Baker Library is the largest business library in the worldand its collection expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic. For the first time in its 95-year history, Baker brought in non-business books, over 170 titles (to date) organized by Cathy Chukwulebe (MBA... View Details

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Technology & Operations Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research

under General Management) Regina Herzlinger , Ben Creo Fall 2025 Q1 1.5 Launching Tech Ventures (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Jeffrey Bussgang , Allison Mnookin Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Making Difficult Decisions: The General... View Details

06 Jul 2023
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Lessons from Major League Baseball's Game-Changing Innovations

outcomes have changed a lot. A couple things have happened. There's been a lot more technology that's been introduced to the sport from a performance standpoint. And those of you that watch the game, things like StatCast, which now shows the swing path of the bat, the... View Details

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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

Design (14) Product Development (14) Product Launch (5) Product Marketing (33) Product Positioning (5) Production (8) Product (30) Profit (8) Programs (1) Project Finance (3) Projects (2) Property (1) Public Equity (1) Public Opinion (13)... View Details

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OPM Renew

ways to capitalize on digital disruption in today's competitive global marketplace Examine the unique leadership challenges and market opportunities facing entrepreneurs as they launch new ventures and compete across borders Reenergize... View Details

27 Jul 2021
Op-Ed

What Pirates Can Teach Us About Leadership

In the deep heat of an 18th-century summer, a crew of pirates was sailing off the Virginia coast when a lookout spotted a merchant ship to the south. Springing into action, the pirates launched an attack, rocking the merchant ship with a cascade of musket balls and... View Details

Keywords: by Francesca Gino

28 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 28, 2009

bankers, board members, or consultants). Purchase this case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=209137 First National Bank's Golden Opportunity Harvard Business School Case 208-072 Executives at First National Bank in South Africa are... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 28

social media could be the marketing solution for the launch of the youth-oriented 2010 Fiesta. But with social media came a ceding of control. Some at the company believed that if Ford was going to move beyond its conservative brand... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

People Trust Business, But Expect CEOs to Drive Social Change

Public trust in business remains relatively unshaken amid economic turbulence and a lingering pandemic, even as faith in the media and government falters, but leaders could do more to address social issues, a new global opinion survey shows. However, not everyone... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

19 Apr 2010
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The History of Beauty

not take a great deal of capital nor technological expertise to launch an entrepreneurial venture in many beauty products—although for such a venture to have any hope of success, high levels of imagination and creativity have always been... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics

20 Aug 2020
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From the Plow to the Pill: How Technology Shapes Our Lives

For centuries, the creation of innovative technology—from steam engines and automobiles to computers and smartphones—has dramatically changed the nature of our work. Less deeply understood has been the impact of technology on the inner currents of our personal lives,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang

Start Up Strategy and Management
Bussgang’s research focuses on applying Lean Startup principles to early-stage technology companies as well as the challenges and opportunities when scaling startups. His work led to the creation of the MBA elective... View Details

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War & Peace

By: Deepak Malhotra

A second stream of research looks at issues related to conflict resolution in the context of international and ethno-political conflict, and in particular, at the role of negotiation in ending armed conflicts. I launched a new course at HBS entitled "War & Peace:... View Details

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