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  • 01 Nov 2024
  • In Practice

Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times

push individuals into starting ventures out of necessity. When this happens, aspiring entrepreneurs often lower the threshold for the quality of the business ideas they pursue. Companies founded during such periods often display weaker... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology
  • 05 May 2003
  • Research & Ideas

What It Takes to Restore Trust in Business

According to Mills, these conflicts of interest include the well-publicized conflicts between chief executives and their shareholders; banks and customers' investments; and auditors and boards of directors and their shareholders. Less talked about are these: View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services
  • 16 Dec 2020
  • Blog Post

Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

HBS alumni have been actively engaged in responding to the racial and social injustice in their communities and around the world. Read their various efforts below: OCTOBER 20 In their new book A Blessing: Women of Color Teaming Up to... View Details
  • Web

Class Profile | MBA

Average GPA (based on US schools that use a 4.0 grading system) Undergraduate Majors Arts / Humanities 5% Business / Commerce 24% Economics 19% Engineering 22% Math / Physical Sciences 18% Social Sciences 12% 5 Years Average Work... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2003
  • News

A Casual Approach to Success

hardly any learning curve,” he says, still sounding surprised. “It was a good fit.” The investment business changed during his tenure at Lehman, and in 1976 he left and moved to Boston to launch Hellman, Ferri Investment Associates, a View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • February 2010
  • Article

Conflict of Interest and the Intrusion of Bias

By: Don A. Moore, Lloyd Tanlu and Max Bazerman
This paper presents evidence of performance persistence in entrepreneurship. We show that entrepreneurs with a track record of success are much more likely to succeed than first-time entrepreneurs and those who have previously failed. In particular, they exhibit... View Details
Keywords: Conflict of Interests; Prejudice and Bias; Performance; Entrepreneurship; Market Timing; Competency and Skills; Perception; Business Startups; Resource Allocation
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  • 22 Feb 2022
  • News

March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Metail Economy: 6 Strategies for Transforming Your Business to Thrive in the Me-Centric Consumer Revolution By Joel Bines (MBA 1999) McGraw-Hill Armed with computers, tablets, smartphones, and View Details
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Polaroid Films - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer View Details
  • 18 Aug 2021
  • News

Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

2021 AUGUST 12 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation recently announced that it has established a $100 million Social Impact Investment Fund “aimed at advancing racial equity through economic development, especially in predominantly Black and... View Details
  • 30 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

New Paths to Success in Asia

Businesses in the Asia-Pacific region today are caught up in a dizzying swirl of economic, cultural, political, technological, and social change. Enormous opportunities await managers who can harness these power currents to drive their... View Details
Keywords: by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg
  • Fast Answer

Sustainable investing and ESG resources

provided to CDP by companies responding publicly to an information request sent by CDP on behalf of its signatory investors. Datasets include Climate Change Data, Supply Chain Data, Water Data, Forests Data, and CDP Scores Data. Private Equity and View Details
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Related Collections - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer Venture in... View Details
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Bibliography - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer Venture in... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2007
  • News

HBS Launches Unique Deferred-Admission Program

To promote the new program, the admissions office has planned visits to some thirty campuses across the country and the School’s first venture into Internet advertising. Promotional links to program information will appear on Facebook,... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • December 2024 (Revised March 2025)
  • Case

WayCool: Addressing Food Loss

By: Rajiv Lal and Kairavi Dey
Headquartered in Chennai, India, WayCool started by focusing on solving the growing challenge of food losses and low farmer incomes. Dasari and Jayaraman, surprised at the amount of fruits and vegetables lost in the agricultural supply chain, set up the company with... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Entrepreneurship; Business Model; Food; Supply Chain; Loss; Expansion; Distribution Channels; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Asia; India; Bangalore; Chennai
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  • July 2020
  • Article

Exploring the Effect of Environmental Orientation on Financial Decisions of Businesses at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Evidence from the Microlending Context

By: Anton Shevchenko, Xiaodan Pan and Goran Calic
Existing research has accumulated substantial evidence on the effect that an environmental orientation has on businesses' economic performance. Yet this research does not cover small businesses from bottom‐of‐the‐pyramid (BOP) markets. In fact, despite increasing... View Details
Keywords: Micro-lending; Environmental Sustainability; Financing and Loans; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Small Business
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  • May 2008
  • Teaching Note

Michael Fernandes at Nicholas Piramal (TN)

By: Michel Anteby and Nitin Nohria
Teaching Note for [408-001]. View Details
Keywords: Conflict and Resolution; Conferences; Mergers and Acquisitions; Integration; Globalization; Pharmaceutical Industry; Canada; United Kingdom
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  • December 1983 (Revised July 1988)
  • Case

General Electric--Thermocouple Manufacturing (A)

By: David A. Garvin
GE is considering introducing a "just-in-time" production system to reduce inventory in its thermocouple manufacturing area. The case presents students with a description of the present inventory management system, the production process, and the perspectives of... View Details
Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Time Management; Production; Supply Chain; Perspective; Energy Industry; Technology Industry
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  • 16 Apr 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019

between immigrants and natives. Results in this paper indicate that, even when diversity is economically beneficial, it may nonetheless be socially hard to manage. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55981... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 02 Jan 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Gurus in the Garage

and growth. That triumph can be attributed to the Valley's distinctive geography, history, and culture. Why The Triumph Viewing the valley from the flight approach to San Francisco International, one is struck by how small the region is. As View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap