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- 06 Feb 2020
- News
HBS Alumni Join Forces on Virus Outbreak in China
initially over the next three years. In addition, the group is also laying out plans for the children’s long-term success, including a commitment from donors to assist with other forms of guidance, mentorship, internships, and other... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
House of Bread on the Rise
the first location, McCann leaves the baking to her staff while she manages a growing enterprise. “I love people, and franchising is basically about relationships with people,” she explains. McCann is well on her way to achieving her View Details
- 29 Feb 2016
- HBS Case
Bigbelly's Big Bet on the Digital Trash Can
to a subscription model to ensure that they gain buy-in from the sales force, provide the right incentives to spur sales, and, perhaps most importantly, facilitate a shift away from one-time sales to managing an ongoing, long-term... View Details
- 02 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Excerpt: ‘A Social Strategy’
costs related to the awkwardness of asking acquaintances for money. Third, and perhaps most important, the two benefits co-occur and are tightly integrated. This is critical to the broad acceptance and long-term success of any such... View Details
- 09 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Catching Up With Boards--Jay Lorsch
board's job is to approve strategy, and management's job is to propose strategy for the long-term direction of the company in terms of its products, pricing, customers, service, etc.,—all major decisions for scoping out a firm's... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
For the Records
financing for this, since it’s not a 10X return kind of company,” she says. But thanks to the magic of a Google search, Kelleher discovered the Small Business Administration 7(a) program that allows for low-interest and long-term loans on... View Details
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IFC India 2025: Decarbonizing Rice Paddy Farming - Pioneering Sustainability in Indian Agriculture - Blog - Business & Environment
rice strains that require less water and produce lower methane emissions offers a long-term solution to climate risks. Exploring Alternatives to Rice Transitioning from water-intensive paddy farming to alternative crops presents an... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Books
bibles of business success, the silver bullets of top performance, the secrets to long-term accomplishment and growth. And you’ve heard all about the importance of information technology, total quality management, and recruiting that... View Details
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
rate shocks has a muted effect on portfolio risk at long horizons and does not diminish the benefits of global portfolio diversification to long-term investors. Empirically, we find that increased correlations of discount rate shocks... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Apr 2025
- News
Challenge Accepted
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Nietzsche said it first: What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger. There’s a reason that saying has legs, nearly 140 years later. We all, at some point... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
innovation leaders’ trajectories from heading up a new team and generating first results to navigating the inevitable crosswinds, complications, and conflicts—and ultimately delivering success. Rethinking Investing: A Very Short Guide to Very View Details
- 18 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is Greed Ruining Private Equity Firms?
performance doesn’t merit higher rewards. This creates a ripple effect, where other senior partners become resentful, disenchanted, and leave their jobs, causing instability that spooks potential investors and could lead to a firm’s collapse. “Short-term greediness is... View Details
- 06 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Announces 2023-24 Leadership Fellows
MBAs in roles that produce immediate results and build long-term capacity. "This program gives a group of highly skilled graduating MBAs first-hand experience working with organizations who are tackling some of society’s toughest... View Details
Keywords: Social Enterprise
- 21 Dec 2016
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: CPP Investment Board
at approximately $300 billion (CDN), CPPIB is a professional investment management organization that globally invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan to help ensure its long-term sustainability. CPPIB invests in all major asset... View Details
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Akshay Ghulati
his summer internship, Akshay will join the Parthenon Group in London to consult in private equity firms as they conduct due diligence. "As a potential entrepreneur – one of my long-term goals – I want to be able to evaluate the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
An Authentic Leader
meeting the expectations of security analysts. What’s wrong with focusing on the short term? If you do it long enough, it will destroy long-term value. You stop investing in R&D, stop being innovative, stop expanding sales forces, stop... View Details
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Curt Willener
to acquire knowledge With a couple years of hands-on experience under his belt, Curt felt ready for an MBA. "I felt it was the right thing for my long-term goals in general management," he says. Choosing HBS was easy for him:... View Details
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Takedown Policy | Baker Library
result in the library ceasing to provide long-term preservation resources to the content. After the review process is complete, the Manager of Public Services will communicate its findings to the requestor and the claim will be saved as... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Research Brief: Ending the Legacy of Poverty
grow up in home environments that complement investments in human capital,” the authors state. “You can’t fix it by simply reducing credit constraints and giving people more access to funds,” Kominers says, adding that the researchers tested this. A better View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Energy: A Future of Lower Energy Prices
States will continue to play the role of swing supplier for years to come. And because improving technology will allow the North American oil and natural gas production sector to respond ever more quickly to global demand spikes, this trend of lower oil and gas prices... View Details