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- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
himself had detected a groundswell of impending postwar entrepreneurialism among his fellow GIs, based on conversations with them during his service in the Pacific. Back at Soldiers Field in 1946, Mace, with the backing of Dean David, set... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
every field of business endeavor. Their impact has been significant and broad-based: according to research by Associate Professor Amarnath V. Bhidé, more than one-third of HBS alumni currently manage their own firms twenty years after... View Details
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Oral Histories | Baker Library
largest number of Harvard-Radcliffe Program women accepted into the second year of the MBA. And so I went on to the second year of the MBA, not quite knowing what to do, and certainly the placement office didn't know what to do with us. HRPBA & HBS View Details
- 16 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation
and other top executives representing fields as diverse as telecommunications, financial services, and pharmaceuticals, as well as government entities in the US and overseas-debated the pluses and minuses of Data.gov's decisions, its... View Details
- 02 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
account, we present six studies, conducted in the field and in the lab. A pre-registered field experiment indicated that diners were 21.1% more likely to buy a bowl of chicken... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 22
experience high costs of capital that are only partly mitigated by the presence of venture capital, the evidence for high costs of R&D capital for large firms is mixed. Nevertheless, large established firms do appear to prefer... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 13, 2007
of the microfinance industry and the challenges of investing in this new field of the emerging markets. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=307078 Organic Growth at Wal-Mart Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
about what Madhav should do next. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/110001-PDF-ENG An Overview of Project Finance and Infrastructure Finance—2009 Update Benjamin C. Esty and Aldo Sesia Jr. Harvard Business School Note 210-061 Provides an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 7
with those who allocate resources might affect innovation outcomes and the matching of resources to individuals within a distributed organization. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52163 Can CEO Activism Spark Sustainability Transitions?... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Aug 2014
- HBS Case
The Business of Behavioral Economics
specializing in the burgeoning field of behavioral economics. "Standard economic theory suggests that as long as people understand the full consequences of their actions, they tend to act in their self interest," says John. "If they want... View Details
- 27 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 27
education; provide case studies showing how leading MBA programs have begun reinventing themselves for the better; and offer concrete ideas for how business schools can surmount the challenges that come with reinvention, including securing faculty with new skills and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Valuing an MBA: Beyond Dollars and “Sense"
perspectives. The result is that the MBA prepares students for roles that rely on contribution through interdependence rather than through independence. At HBS, there’s a mentality that some skills can be taught, but others can only be learned. View Details
- 29 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 29, 2016
Guidance Systems to Create Dynamic Capabilities By: Kanter, Rosabeth M., Matthew Bird, Ethan Bernstein, and Ryan Raffaelli Abstract—How do strategic leaders create change-adept organizations? Based on qualitative field research, this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
That experience led him to assign several Bain teams to analyze the viability of setting up a nonprofit consultancy. The need quickly became evident. Bain research turned up “some 3,000 solo practitioners who offered consulting services... View Details
- 08 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 8, 2008
hyperbolic discounting and shows in the field that the impact of intrapersonal conflict can be large in magnitude. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-099.pdf How Is Foreign Aid Spent? Evidence from a Natural View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
literacy may slow adoption of these products. This article reports on a field experiment that offered an innovative new financial product, rainfall insurance, to 600 small-scale farmers in India. A... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 05 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Developing Black Talent for Leadership
For too long companies and governments in the U.S. have under-funded and under-resourced the anti-racist organizations leveling the playing field for the black communities we stand in solidarity with today. 100+ Historically Black... View Details
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Early Years at HBS - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
factory, and it was here that he became fascinated with mechanics and factory operations. With experience in the automobile industry, Georges was chosen to serve as an engineering officer in the French heavy artillery regiment during... View Details
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Authentic Leader Development - Course Catalog
behaviors. We expect you to be absolutely honest with yourself and others. While few of our students are completely comfortable or sure about this type of work coming in, you must be at least open to experimenting with a different kind of... View Details
- 17 Nov 2016
- News
Wired for Innovation
exploring the feasibility of canopy tours of the rainforest. “I was interested in startups and had experience in Latin America, so it seemed like a good fit after HBS,” recalls Skelly. “We wound up building what was essentially a... View Details