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Angela Q. Crispi | About

created the Harvard Innovation Labs, a cross-university initiative to foster entrepreneurship. She has twice served on the Staff Advisory Committee for the Harvard University President search. Before joining Harvard, Angela led the... View Details

25 Jun 2018
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In America, Immigrants Really Do Get the Job Done

the administration has instituted high-profile travel bans and worked to undo the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) policy of the Obama administration, the president has also often signaled a desire to shift the H-1B visa... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Technology; Service

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Introduction

Consumer Credit Built Postwar America,” Enterprise & Society 9, no. 4 (December 2008): 614–618. Copyright © Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College Harvard University Harvard Employment Digital Accessibility View Details

August 2024 (Revised October 2024)
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Discerene Group: Long-Term Public-Markets Investing

By: Luis M. Viceira and Brent Schwarz

This case discusses active investing based on fundamental valuations and price distortions created by market events, and whether contractual terms between investment managers and their investors can help align incentives between long-term investors and active managers.... View Details

Keywords: Financial Strategy; Investment Funds; Valuation; Financial Markets; Financial Services Industry; Connecticut

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02 Mar 2016
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David Moss is Rewriting History

Xs, and arrows in every direction. “What you are doing is writing the Constitution—specifically Article 1, Section 8,” Moss tells the class. It’s no idle practice; Harvard University claims eight United States presidents among its alumni.... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Polaroid: At The Intersection of Science & Art: Edwin H. Land and the Polaroid Corporation

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05 Apr 2004
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Six Ways to Build Trust in Negotiations

had handled the account to find out the concerns Impress had had before the conflict escalated. She arranged to offer Impress a few perks in a new contract as a show of good faith. She asked the president of another RLX client, who knew... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra

01 Mar 2024
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The War Within

for help: two former sectionmates, Elaine Klein and Colin Greenstreet (both MBA 1985). Klein, who is the board president at Heal Ukraine Trauma, had remained a close friend of Ames for four decades. She and cofounder Greenstreet, who were... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; illustration by Daniel Bejar

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HBS Entrepreneurship Summit - Alumni

Gierkink (MBA 1991) , Entrepreneur/Investor, Kadley Holdings LLC Arjun Goyal (MBA 2014) , Co-Founder and Managing Director, Vida Ventures Justin Hakuta (MBA 2010) , Founder, Alpha Wiz Lara Hodgson (MBA 1998) , President & CEO, NowAccount... View Details

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Globalization - Faculty & Research

Guitars employees. The co-founders felt an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) would best preserve the company’s values and distinct culture. In 2024, the co-founders, Powers (now president and CEO), CFO Barbara Wight, and Vice View Details

March 2024
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Teamworks: Tackling a Forecasting Fumble (B)

By: N. Louis Shipley, Stacy Straaberg and Tom Quinn

In late March 2018, Teamworks CEO Zach Maurides learned Q1 2018 sales were at risk for a large forecasting miss. Founded in 2004, Teamworks’s software application assisted support staff in messaging, scheduling, and sharing documents with collegiate and professional... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Communication Strategy; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Business Cycles; Technological Innovation; Sports; Growth and Development Strategy; Resource Allocation; Marketing; Sales; Business Strategy; Expansion; Valuation; Sports Industry; Technology Industry; United States; North Carolina

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01 Feb 2022
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Innovation Isn’t Just for Startups: How Big Companies Can Succeed

president for research when she launched what proved to be the company's most successful "emerging business opportunity," the Life Sciences venture. She disrupted IBM's staid model by hiring genetic scientists and other specialists, and... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

14 Jan 2019
Op-Ed

These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership

Roundtable, working with President Obama and congressional leaders on solutions to restore the industry, including the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act. Described by a fellow CEO as having a “banker body, preacher soul,” Davis believes that bankers... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Health; Banking; Food & Beverage; Consumer Products

01 Oct 1997
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W. Hall Wendel, Jr.

calculated risks." He has followed that philosophy in business as well - and no more so than in 1981, as president of the Polaris E-Z-Go Division of Textron. Says Wendel: "Textron wanted to sell Polaris because the snowmobile business was... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner; mountain; adventure; climbing

02 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 2

David Blood and U.S. Vice President Al Gore. Places students in the position of David Lowish, director of global industrials, who must decide whether to recommend an investment in ABB India. The decision pits economic... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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The Art of American Advertising: 1865 - 1910

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Leadership Transitions | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

President Nixon, took over as head of Lehman Brothers. His restructuring of the firm, including reducing the number of employees and expanding its financial services, resulted in record revenues. Under Peterson’s watch, Lehman Brothers... View Details

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Impact of the New Medium - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

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McCulloch Hall | About

secretary: the first under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson (1865-1869) and subsequently (1884-1885) under President Chester Arthur. McCulloch arrived in Washington in 1862, determined to alter... View Details

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AASU50 - Alumni

1969 Clifford E. Darden, MBA 1969, DBA 1982 A. Leroy Willis, MBA 1969 George Price, MBA 1970 AASU Presidents Five students founded the African American Student Union (AASU) in 1968. Their commitment became a driving force behind the... View Details

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