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01 Dec 2003
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HBS Releases 2003 Financial Report

30, up from $1.34 billion a year earlier. The total investment return was 12.5 percent. This gain is a reflection of both strong returns and new endowment gifts. The HBS endowment includes more than eight... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Sep 2015
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Building a Startup at HBS

fellow classmates at HBS to better the product. Throughout this time, we were continually impressed by people’s willingness to help and the resources HBS and the university... View Details

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Juner New Materials: On the Road to IPO (TN)

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Donglin Xia, Ning Jia and Ziqian Zhao

Juner New Materials (Juner) is a private China-based company that develops, produces, and distributes modified plastic compounds. Founded in 1995 by female serial entrepreneur Xiaomin Chen, Juner has exhibited strong performance and growth potential in the past fifteen... View Details

Keywords: Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; Financial Statements; IPO; Valuation; Women Executives; China; Plastics; China

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01 Oct 2001
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New Economy Notables: Scott D. Cook

best-selling software package, while watching his wife do their finances by hand twenty years ago. "Computers — especially the ones we were working with in 1982 — are crummy at a lot of things, but they happen to be very good at... View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2004
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Baker Library Gets New Executive Director

Mary Lee Kennedy, the new executive director of Baker Library, can hardly wait for the renovated and expanded facility to reopen next summer. “It is going to be a hub of campus intellectual activity,” says Kennedy, whose appointment was... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Online Business Essential Courses | HBS Online

behind the numbers in financial statements, such as balance sheets and income statements. 8 weeks, 6–8 hrs/week Pay by August 28 $1,850 Certificate What You Earn Certificate Boost your resume by completing... View Details

August 1, 2015
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New Product Development Flexibility in a Competitive Environment

By: Janne Kettunen, Yael Grushka-Cockayne, Zeger Degraeve and Bert De Reyck

Managerial flexibility can have a significant impact on the value of new product development projects. We investigate how the market environment in which a firm operates influences the value and use of development flexibility. We characterize the market environment... View Details

Keywords: Product Development; Projects; Management Style; Situation or Environment; Innovation and Invention; Competition

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17 Dec 2012
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Oliver Burkeman on Failed New Year's Resolutions

15 Jul 2023

The MBA Tour: New York City

Interested in learning more about the Harvard MBA? Join us on July 15th at The MBA Tour: New York City hosted by GMAC. This in-person event is a great opportunity to learn more about the Harvard MBA and meet... View Details

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Sustainability Resources for HBS MBAs

Compiled by HBS Business and Environment Initiative and Katie Kross, this list is included as a part of the Sustainability research guide via Baker Library's website. Section Resources... View Details

06 Aug 2020
Blog Post

WHY WE STARTED THE HBS BLACK INVESTMENT CLUB

Hedge funds are no different. Despite recent evidence showing hedge funds led by females or minorities performed better than their non-minority counterparts, the industry still suffers from a severe lack of diversity in ownership.... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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Leading in Tough Times: HBS Faculty Member Amy C. Edmondson on Psychological Safety

questions may have been lurking in people's minds but held back. Simply put, the act of not speaking up with an important work-relevant idea is not visible. WHY IS PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT IN TOUGH TIMES? Today's organizations face more uncertainty... View Details

01 Oct 1999
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A Constructive Summer at HBS

York City, is responsible for both the interior and the exterior design of the new building, which has been made possible by the generosity of C.D. ("Dick") Spangler, Jr. (MBA '56), and his family. Not far... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

23 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Learning Curve: The Brother-and-Sister Team Behind a New Edtech Nonprofit

company’s materials are designed to be as user-friendly as possible. A parent might help a child with pattern recognition by having them tap out rhythms with household utensils, or teach them to count by... View Details

02 May 2017
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First Look at New Research: May 2, 2017

pursuing an international expansion strategy by increasing demand for its range of traditional and electric bicycles and shifting its product mix toward higher-margin models sold through specialty bicycle retail shops. However, the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Business Track | New Venture Competition

Business Track Presented by the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship, this track is for new ventures whose economic returns drive substantial market impact. How to Register & Key Dates Eligibility $ 75,000 Grand... View Details

01 Oct 2000
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HBS Club Flourishes in London

The British have never been known to shrink from a challenge, and the intrepid members of the United Kingdom's HBS Club of London are no exception. When the club was bested by alumni of INSEAD in a... View Details

Keywords: Amy E. Dean

01 Mar 2015
News

New Idea: State of the Art

suggestion, it was an action plan. Less than a year earlier, he’d been invited to join the board of Manhattan’s Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, which was in the midst of a three-year, $79 million transformation. A New York... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs; Adobe; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

01 May 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018

largest organized chai retailer. It has missed its target for retail store openings by approximately 25%, goals that are very important to its investors who are also board members. However, it has developed an exciting View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2000
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New York Club Focuses on Entrepreneurship

awards dinner. More than five hundred attendees listened to a compelling keynote address by America Online CFO Michael Kelly and participated in a seminar led by HBS associate... View Details

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