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17 Dec 2015
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Acquiring Business Skills To Advance A Career Trajectory

As a boy in Asheboro, North Carolina, George Sondecker (MBA 2016) developed a fondness for launching rockets that evolved into a passion for working in the aerospace industry. A fellowship provided by gifts to the HBS Fund is helping him pursue an MBA to acquire the... View Details

Keywords: Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

03 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

The Tricky Business of Managing Web Advertising Affiliates

When the FBI charged Shawn Hogan and two others with defrauding eBay of about $21 million in affiliate marketing sales, Benjamin G. Edelman was watching closely behind the scenes. Edelman's name rarely came up at the time of the 2010 arrests, but the Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Advertising; Publishing

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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online

diverse global network. 1 year 5-9 hours per week 7 courses plus a capstone project Self-Paced with regular deadlines This course earns you a Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business from... View Details

10 Jun 2022
Blog Post

New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures

The New Venture Competition is an annual competition sponsored by the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise Initiative open to all students and alumni who are launching new business and social impact ventures. This year,... View Details

January 2017 (Revised January 2019)
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The Rise and Fall of Lehman Brothers

By: Stuart C. Gilson, Kristin Mugford and Sarah L. Abbott

With nearly $700 billion in assets, Lehman was the largest U.S. bankruptcy in history. In 2007, Lehman achieved record earnings of over $4 billion on revenues of $60 billion. By September 2008 the fourth largest investment bank in the world was bankrupt. How had a... View Details

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Joseph O'Donnell | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

stayed on at HBS in senior administrative roles, but when his son was born with cystic fibrosis, he realized he would have to earn a lot more money just to cover the bills. He decided to strike out on his own and start a business. After... View Details

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Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

contemporaries may have been unaware. It can challenge traditional interpretations of past crises and may help in understanding our present choices. Caitlin E. Anderson earned a Ph.D. in history at the University of Cambridge. She has... View Details

23 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick

Many companies follow a tried-and-true approach to pursuing corporate social responsibility practices. They set aside a certain amount per year to fund a CSR office, which then tries to help clean up the environment or improve the quality of life of people in the areas... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Independent Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Post An Independent Project Independent Projects provide second-year HBS students with the opportunity to earn academic credit while they apply their skills to the real-world challenges facing organizations. Under faculty supervision,... View Details

December 2008
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Merrimack Tractors and Mowers: LIFO or FIFO?

By: William J. Bruns Jr., Sharon Bruns and Susan S. Hameling

At Merrimack Tractors and Mowers in 2008, product manufacturing costs are increasing faster than competitors' costs, and as a result earnings are likely to fall below those reported in 2007. The company president and the company controller have discussed this problem,... View Details

Keywords: International; Financial; Reporting; Standards; Inventory; Business Ethics; Assets; Valuation; Ethics; Taxation; Financial Reporting; Manufacturing Industry

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26 Apr 2022
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What Does Your Business Stand For? Why Building Trust Starts with Purpose

To be successful, companies must build trust with their employees and consumers. But how can companies do so in these turbulent times when they are being pulled in many directions all at once? First, businesses must realize that trust is... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

13 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?

On September 12, 1980, the military launched a coup on the government in Turkey. For many executives, such instability is the worst nightmare of doing business in a developing country. But for Turkish entrepreneur Hamdi Akin, usually on... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Leadership Transitions | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Library, Harvard Business School. BusinessWeek , February 20, 1984, featuring Lehman Bros. Chairman Lewis L. Glucksman. Lehman Brothers Records, Baker Library, Harvard Business School. Used with permission... View Details

01 Oct 2001
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The Eyes Have It: Business Plan Winners Pursue Global Vision

could be prescribed, assembled, and fitted in the field by trained microentrepreneurs rather than by optometrists or ophthalmologists. The next step was to form a "Low Cost Available Eyeglasses" (LCAE) team and enter the HBS Business Plan... View Details

Keywords: eyeglasses

27 Apr 2017
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Helping Veterans Gain Skills to Thrive in the Business World

Goldman, where he has worked since earning his MBA. The company actively looks to hire veterans through its Veterans Integration Program and other initiatives, and York is involved in nonprofit programs supported by Goldman that help them... View Details

23 Oct 2019
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Exploring Big Issues at the Intersection of Business and Society

and mastery of business. “However, they often don’t get to tackle some of the big issues that intersect business and society and that don’t fit neatly into a single course,” says Robert Huckman the Albert J. Weatherhead III Professor of... View Details

Keywords: Educational Innovation

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Doing Business with China 2035: Navigating Uncertainty - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Doing Business with China 2035: Navigating Uncertainty Course Number 1575 Professor William Kirby Spring; Q3; 1.5 credits 7 Sessions Paper Office Hours: TBD, Morgan Hall 147 Note: EC MBA students who are interested in... View Details

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Riding the WAVE | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

percent have been placed in or found jobs in the retail and hospitality sectors, earning at least twice the minimum wage on average. By 2019, its target goal is to train 25,000 unemployed youth annually. “We want to write the playbook for... View Details

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A Life’s Work | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Microsoft, and American Express. Within four months of completing the program, 85 percent of graduates (who now number over 5,000) are employed or attending college, earning an average of $32,000 per year. “The reason we’ve grown is... View Details

January 2023
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EKI Energy Services: One Billion Carbon Credits

By: George Serafeim

Within nine months from the time of its Initial Public Offering (IPO) in April of 2021, EKI Energy Services (EKI) shares had increased by more than 8,000%. Equally explosive was the growth of the company’s revenues and Earnings Before Interest, Taxes and Depreciation... View Details