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10 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 10

Fink had asked Global Head of HR Jeff Smith to outline to the GEC the firm's Diversity and Inclusion efforts, benchmarking its progress against eight practices associated with building more inclusive cultures. At the July 2014 off-site, Smith and Kara Helander, Global... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

24 May 2011
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First Look: May 24

construct," "build operate transfer," and other forms of public-private partnership. The handling of municipal solid waste takes up to 50% of the annual budget of many urban areas in the developing world. The ability to use private sector View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

The Unfulfilled Promise of Educational Technology

inventory without the use of technology," says John Jong-Hyun Kim, a senior lecturer and William Henry Bloomberg fellow at Harvard Business School. "And yet, schools have been slow to adopt and integrate technology in the classroom." Despite a doubling... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

04 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Advice from My HBS Career Journey in Renewable Energy

500 company was a big transition. Over the summer, I worked at BlackRock and really enjoyed the culture and work atmosphere. The summer internship is a great opportunity to get a sense of what role would look like full time. When I tried out View Details

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Dana Hoffmann

science graduate, and the pair immediately began discussing new venture ideas. They entered the startup world with a company to sell a sensor for tennis rackets to help improve performance. But it was classes such as the Founders’... View Details

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Marcela Sapone

For Marcela Sapone, 2014 was a good year. The fast-rising entrepreneur not only graduated from Harvard Business School, but Boston-based Alfred, the venture she and her classmate Jessica Beck launched a year earlier, won both the... View Details

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Innovation & the War Effort - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

H. Land speech files, Polaroid Corporation Records, Baker Library, Harvard Business School. 26. After the war Compton helped establish American Research and Development, the first publicly funded U.S. View Details

09 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

What Really Drives Your Strategy?

to do whatever was necessary to gain scale and capture market share. They discovered that they generally didn't have enough to fund all the businesses in which they were trying to compete. So they had to get out of some businesses or at... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2006
News

The Producers

so long.” * * * * * As president of Echo Lake Productions, Douglas Mankoff (MBA 1995) is doing his bit to foster movies that might fall through the cracks at a big-budget studio. In 1997, Mankoff raised a private equity fund to finance... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information

01 Apr 2002
News

Professorship Brings Brierley's HBS Connection Full Circle

blend of financial planning and creative thinking," says Brierley. "I'd design loyalty programs as a hobby, if I weren't blessed to have been able to make it my vocation!" Brierley's most recent loyalty venture is e-Rewards. Participating... View Details

Keywords: Charles M. Williams; Epsilon Data Management; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

07 Jan 2009
What Do You Think?

Is the World Really Flat?

concluded that "governments should fund education in math and science ... Markets will take care of entrepreneurial innovation." Jay Somasundaram asked whether we are even asking the right question. In his words, "The... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

26 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

A Clear Eye for Innovation

no way out of the conundrum—that established companies simply lack the flexibility to explore new territory. Some have suggested that big companies adopt a venture capital model, funding exploratory... View Details

Keywords: by Charles A. O'Reilly III & Michael L. Tushman

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Year in Review | Annual Report 2024

progress as well as future surveys that will be conducted every 3–4 years. New Venture Competition New Venture Competition Press Release The 27th annual HBS New Venture... View Details

17 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 17

theoretical and practical implications of our research. Publisher's link: http://francescagino.com/#/motivation_research August 2013 Journal of Economics and Management Strategy Doing Well by Doing Good? Community Development Venture... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

24 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 24

their funds on demand even if consumption takes place later. Capitalized institutions serving overoptimistic depositors emerge in equilibrium even if depositors and bank owners have identical preferences and investment opportunities.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 May 2019
News

Case Study: Building the Base

traditional political reporting, analysis, and video? If News Bling could establish itself as the major news outlet for the digital generation, the product and market would dwarf its current vision. But investing in video would also require View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

18 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 18, 2009

millions of African farmers and their families achieve food security and lift themselves out of poverty. By 2008, AGRA had assembled a strong leadership team and had funded numerous small projects ranging from seed development to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Feb 1997
News

Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS

embarked on a career as a successful venture capitalist. Then, in 1980, the role of entrepreneurship at HBS changed dramatically with the appointment of Dean John H. McArthur. In one of his first acts as Dean, McArthur elevated the status... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry and Susan Young; profiles by Garry Emmons

08 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 8, 2008

investors' initial reactions to the IPO, analyst coverage and affiliations with experienced venture capitalists and prominent underwriters combine to enhance the IPO firm's visibility and reduce uncertainty, thereby influencing its... View Details