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Augustine Heard & Co.: Building a Family Business - A Chronicle of the China Trade

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

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

said, there are certain deadlines that must be met with the goal of keeping the majority of the group focused on the same topics to maximize social interactions. Details on individual course or program requirements are communicated to... View Details

03 May 2021
Blog Post

Celebrating the First HBS African-American Mother-Daughter Duo

that she might not have felt as comfortable with otherwise, like following her passion to found and build The Partnership, a sustainable social enterprise that has forever changed the fabric of Boston’s... View Details

17 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Why Quiet Quitters Need More Than Money to Re-Engage

Employees are feeling alienated Abdelal and DeLong see all of these phenomena as stemming from a common cause: the rise of contractual relationships with employees in place of emotional investment. “We’ve moved more and more from the human side of View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Rare Disease Day – Small Numbers, Big Challenges… and Big Opportunities - Blog: Health Supplement

initiatives, I learned of the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative and their non-profit board resources . The team also introduced me to the Health Care Initiative, who were able to connect me to their vast... View Details

08 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: A Sense of Urgency

The enterprise continued to make money even as it turned slowly to lose market share in a post-monopoly world. The positive net income helped greatly in supporting complacency. In frustration, his change agents waited and waited for a... View Details

Keywords: by John P. Kotter

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Industry Information - Alumni

fashion and luxury through the lens of digital and tech. (Tiered subscription model) + – Social Enterprise Stanford Social Innovation Review Professional journal that targets... View Details

03 Nov 2023
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Global Networking Night; Sweden Club Holds Climate Forum

countries participated via a live webcast. Jonströmer co-hosted the forum with Ingmar Rentzhog, the CEO of We Don’t Have Time, the world’s largest social media platform focused on engaging world leaders to address climate change.... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

can be a catalyst for system-level change in the face of significant global issues, such as climate change and income inequality Examine the broader environmental, political, and social landscape in which you operate, including the role... View Details

14 Dec 2020
Working Paper Summaries

Nonprofit Boards: It is Time to Lift Your Gaze and See the System

Keywords: by Shamal Dass, Kristy Muir, and V. Kasturi Rangan

14 Jun 2023
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Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in East Asia

Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS), which he described as an interdisciplinary research enterprise that will position HBS as an intellectual hub for examining the most critical issues and opportunities of our times—from climate... View Details

01 Mar 2024
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The Internet's Next Frontier

from being just consumers to also creators (publish posts on social media) Interactive web pages User-generated content; can be shared and customized Rise of social media, e-commerce, online services User... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

12 Feb 2020
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Trying Out New Career Options with SIPs (Short Intensive Programs)

Rising” will offer big picture understandings of the continent, and the ways in which its past informs the present. Effective Strategic Philanthropy Faculty: Brian Trelstad Non-profit organizations and social View Details

13 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 13

PublicationsHigher Ambition: How Great Leaders Create Economic and Social Value Authors:Michael Beer, Russel A. Eisenstat, Nathaniel Foote, Tobias Fredberg, and Flemming Norrgren Publication:Harvard Business Press, 2011 Abstract... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry

begin with consumer electronics. That industry began with radio. Two enterprises commercialized, that is, brought the technology into public use: Radio Corporation of America (RCA), a joint venture of the three leading U.S. electrical and... View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Consumer Products

01 Mar 2023
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Step Change

City to work for the Egyptian-American Enterprise Fund (EAEF), a $300 million investment initiative focused on strengthening Egypt’s private sector. On a trip to Cairo to renew her work visa, she met entrepreneur Tayssir Hawary; they were... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Abdelrahman Gabr – Koree; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

30 May 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30

company had performed well and was gaining momentum. Interline was a rare asset in terms of the scale it had reached. However, there were still unknowns. Would buyers reward Interline with a high valuation multiple that reflected its... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Jun 2021
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Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class

are big questions but especially in today’s environment it’s important to continuing asking them of ourselves.” Ari Medoff Current Role: CEO and Co-Owner, Arosa – a social enterprise that seeks to build new... View Details

21 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 21

States, Neeley argues that an organization’s lingua franca is the catalyst by which all employees become some kind of “expat”(someone detached from their mother tongue or home culture). Through her unfettered access to the inner workings of Rakuten, she reveals three... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

06 Jun 2023
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Harvard Business School Announces 2023-24 Leadership Fellows

McNair Professor of Marketing, Emeritus, and co-chairman of the Social Enterprise Initiative. “HBS educates leaders who make a difference in the world, and as the Leadership Fellows grow in their careers,... View Details

Keywords: Social Enterprise

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