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- 20 Dec 2016
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December 20, 2016
overseas operations in countries with weak governance. Additional tests show that during a financial crisis when creditor recoveries are generally low, organizational complexity exacerbates creditor losses.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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Merit-Based Admissions, Need-Based Aid | MBA
assets, as well as your higher cost of living. Your Financial Aid Package Each financial aid package is different and may include a combination of need-based scholarships and student loans. Some HBS students receive additional funding... View Details
- 16 Sep 2024
- News
Life Preserver
“There’s a massive gap between how many people get to benefit from a lifesaving organ transplant and how many truly need one,” says Sebastian Giwa (MBA 2009). He’s spent the last decade trying to change that. In the United States alone, scientists estimate between... View Details
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
Seeding a Better Future for Colombia
format when he served as his country’s pavilion director during the Shanghai Expo, in 2009. The experience led to his leadership role as commissioner general for Colombia at Expo Milano 2015. This year’s Milan gathering runs through... View Details
- 16 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 16, 2018
react to local changes in the environment. This model is the first exponential smoothing model to incorporate a life-cycle trend. Third, the model relies on multiplicative... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Growth of the Social Enterprise
Social enterprise groups are traditionally organized along one of two lines: The affiliation model favors decentralized control, while the branch model concentrates control at a central headquarters. Most... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 15 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Growing Pains: Prescriptions for U.S. Health Care
below those of general hospitals. On the other hand, says Christensen, the old model still applies to physicians, who are called upon to treat everything from colds to cancer. "Doctors spend most of... View Details
- 12 Feb 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
‘UpTick’ Brings Wall Street Pressure to Students
although the real world outcome ends up being quite close to the prediction of a model that assumes everyone is identical," he says. "But students aren't going to take your word for that. They'll believe the assumptions are... View Details
- 21 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Malcolm McClain (MBA/MPP 2023) Named First RISE Career Fellow
building and well-being. The fellowship’s unique model provides funding for one graduating student to join an organization dedicated to creating local financial and business opportunities. The RISE Career Fellow selects a company and... View Details
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Business of Ideas - Course Catalog
How do idea generators and the businesses surrounding them create and capture value? How do different distribution models impact perception? This course complements RC BGIE, offering students a social and... View Details
- 19 Aug 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
computation to machine learning—a phenomenon known as “quantum AI”—would allow artificially intelligent systems to process vast amounts of data at incredible speed, enabling businesses to train their AI models more quickly and energy... View Details
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Business at the Base of the Pyramid - Course Catalog
the base of the pyramid encompasses 5.0 of the 7.5 billion people in the world. In most nations, it accounts for the largest aggregate expenditure of the economy, yet continues to be significantly underserved. This makes possible innovative, disruptive View Details
- 24 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017
Outlook calendars or email, Dr. Yano’s team could pinpoint with scientific precision which activities, events, or even people generated the most happiness in employees at work. With a firm proof of concept in hand, Dr. Yano was ready to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Latin America's Decade
accordingly. But despite this favorable trend in the business climate, further improvements are urgently needed. HBS professor Pankaj Ghemawat, whose research focuses on cross-border competition, notes, "It's hard to make generalizations... View Details
William Durant
Beginning his career as a carriage and wagon manufacturer, Durant made the switch to automobile manufacturing in 1904 by reorganizing a failing Buick Motors. He believed that the key to success in the automobile industry was creating an organization that made a wide... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Enabling Students to Pursue Their Passions
system in the United States. That dream still seemed far away, because every additional year he studied was one more year he was spending and not earning. “I struggled with that a lot,” Velasquez says. He decided to enroll as an... View Details
Keywords: April White
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Annual Report 2024 | Harvard Business School
Annual Report 2024 Year in Review Notable progress was made during FY24 in advancing the School’s priorities. Year in Review Key Metrics From the Dean “ The knowledge our faculty generates feeds directly into our classrooms and our... View Details
- 12 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
Creating Value Across Borders
being created, while in others, the stock of technical knowledge that can potentially be transferred into new ventures is locked up in companies. The best example is Japan, where most innovations are generated within research laboratories... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 19 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding Innovation: Is Your Firm Doing it Wrong?
problems inherent in corporate R&D funding and offers up possible solutions. The key to success, he believes, may lie in adopting a hybrid model that combines aspects of both the corporate research lab and the world of VC-backed... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 17 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #14: Bonita Stewart (MBA 1983) – A Career Devoted to Creating the Future
startups.” And yet, sustainability has been a consistent theme in Bonita’s choices of corporate boards and investments. She explained, “For my board selections and my investments, I seek innovative products and services combined with a culture of corporate... View Details