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Alan Neider Archives | Social Enterprise

Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact 1 Results Empowering Cleveland Communities Through Homeownership:... View Details

20 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 20

and a little understood provision in the federal tax code that is implemented at the state level, the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC). The relationship is complex because, while the federal government uses the CRA to control bank View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2018
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Preparing Our Students for a Changing World

CEO and cofounder Michael Martin (MBA 2015). Through the three labs—the i-lab, Launch Lab X, and the Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab—students and alumni can access a network of peers at Harvard as well as faculty and practitioners across fields... View Details

06 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?

School’s Hong Luo, an assistant professor in the Strategy Unit, studies entrepreneurship in Hollywood. Like other entrepreneurs, screenwriters struggle with the decision of how to advance their product. Should they pitch just a story line... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Motion Pictures & Video; Entertainment & Recreation; Banking

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Casey Gerald

Casey applied, and was accepted into, HBS’ deferred admission 2+2 program, using the two years of work experience to explore options in both social policy and business: the former, through staffing assignments at the Center for American... View Details

01 Sep 2008
News

Business Plan Contest Winners

and technology taught by HBS professors Vicki Sato and Lee Fleming. DFA also won MIT’s $100K Entrepreneurship Competition, the first nonprofit to do so; it is also the first team to win both the Harvard and the MIT awards. In the... View Details

Keywords: awards; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

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Jonathan Assayag

entrepreneurship – and a realization that he would need formal business training before he could move forward. "I did my research going through the MBA application process," he says,... View Details

17 Oct 2014
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Laying the groundwork for a career in Africa

Nneka Ezeigwe (MBA 2015) is looking to make an impact in her native Nigeria through entrepreneurial ventures and work in the public sector. (Published October 2014) View Details

13 Jan 2021
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Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”

That was a great moment. Morrell: Nicole was no stranger to the Silicon Valley model of entrepreneurship when she launched Energicity in 2015. Until its IPO, she had been a part of US-based OPower, a software-as-a-service company that... View Details

29 Jul 2013
News

Opening New Markets for Black South African Winemakers

established Heritage Link Brands and, almost before they knew it, were in the wine-distribution business. "Founding the company wasn't about wine; it was about hoping that we could transform the way the world perceived Africa and the African diaspora, View Details

Keywords: wine; wine making; wine importing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

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Norton Group PLC: To Be or Not to Be in the Motorcycle Business (A)

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Jon Skofic

Norton, a once famous motorcycle manufacturer, soundly beaten by Japanese competition, turns its attention to developing rotary engines. The company is acquired by Norton Group PLC, which is headed by a dashing entrepreneur. The new management must decide what... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Decision Choices and Conditions; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Crisis Management; Resource Allocation; Production; Competition; Auto Industry; Motorcycle Industry; Japan; United Kingdom

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24 Jun 2015
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Upgrading School with a Startup Mentality

areas of our lives, we expect and demand incredible personalization," Kim said. "But right now, there's more personalization in the music you listen to through applications like Pandora and Spotify than the average school system... View Details

Keywords: Re: John Jong-Hyun Kim; Education

02 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

Foreign Multinationals in the U.S.: A Rocky Road

primarily by material rewards, the staff acquired in an acquisition cannot be relied on to stay. The greatest care is needed also if entry is through an acquisition, as many corporate problems have arisen... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston & Martha Lagace

16 May 2017
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Facing the Board

startup than an asset management firm. BlackRock, she said, was about “performance and collaboration in a real way.” Bill Gluck (MBA 1970), managing director of the Farmington Group, countered, saying BlackRock could use the acquisition... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; photos by Susan Young; Blackrock; The Boardroom

July 2001
Teaching Note

Virtualis Systems (A) TN

By: Michael J. Roberts

Teaching Note for (9-800-003). View Details

Keywords: Internet and the Web; Business Model; Financing and Loans; Entrepreneurship; Mergers and Acquisitions

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Polaroid Films - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details

01 Dec 2009
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The Fab Four

to that time, things are more normalized and sane. We’re seeing more experienced, repeat entrepreneurs who have created valuable companies and been through the IPO cycle and the M&A cycle. I think View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; contests; Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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Danny Cho

coming to HBS, I thought I'd pursue a career in the defense industry after school and this has remained unchanged. HBS has, however, helped me articulate why this is a passion of mine and allowed me to increase the scope of my goals. View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

27 Apr 2023
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Life Preserver

three-month program, held at NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, was designed to move entrepreneurs out of their silos and encourage them to work together to identify a worldwide problem and a high-impact solution. Through... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Dec 2017
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HBS Online Certificate Programs Offer Unique Insight Into Business

which means participants set their own schedules. They spend about six hours each week on coursework and assignments in tandem with fellow global cohort members so that all progress through the six-week course together. Videos featuring... View Details

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