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16 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Advice on Advice

full picture on their own. That's why it's important for both the advice-seeker and the advice-giver to ask questions of each other. The advice-seeker needs to get clarifications on the adviser's thinking to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Understanding Africa: Business, Entrepreneurship, Political Economy and the Complexities of a Continent - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Understanding Africa: Business, Entrepreneurship, Political Economy and the Complexities of a Continent Course Number 1557 Senior Lecturer Hakeem I. Belo-Osagie Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits 12 Sessions Paper This course is... View Details

31 Mar 2022
Op-Ed

Navigating the ‘Bermuda Triangle’ in Professional Services

to join the platforms, and vice-versa. Not all firms need scale Simply becoming bigger is not the key to success for professional service firms. In contemplating whether to scale up, leaders of a... View Details

Keywords: by Ashish Nanda

09 May 2017
What Do You Think?

Should Management Be Primarily Responsible to Shareholders?

But the ascendancy of agency theory—the idea that shareholders are owners of the corporation and managers their agents in a quest to maximize shareholder value—need not be one View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

Aticus Peterson

Aticus Peterson (apeterson@hbs.edu) is a PhD candidate in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. His research focuses on how entrepreneurs and investors can... View Details

04 Jan 2017
What Do You Think?

How Much Bureaucracy is a Good Thing in Government and Business?

concluded that, “Bureaucracy in those examples was very effective.” Among the few suggestions for improving the functioning of bureaucracies was this from Guy: “If you want to have an efficient and effective bureaucracy, then you View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett

08 Dec 2021
Blog Post

The Drive to Succeed: Silvio Memme (MBA 2020) of OMERS Ventures and His Career Switch into Venture Capital

lifestyle for a really long time, five days a week in Detroit and then coming back to Toronto on the weekends and I just got exhausted,” Memme shared. “I needed to make a change because I was starting to lose motivation and felt out View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital

27 Nov 2023
Blog Post

Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Opportunities for Green Entrepreneurship in the Face of Policy Inaction

the spread of diseases such as malaria – a health concern that has bolstered the need to address this severe environmental threat.[6] Freee Recycle continues to grow its operations in Nigeria and plans to... View Details

10 Jan 2023
Research & Ideas

How to Live Happier in 2023: Diversify Your Social Circle

The classic advice to investors is to diversify—put wealth into a combination of assets. Perhaps some cash goes into mutual funds, some in blue chips, and a little in growth stocks, spreading out risk as well as opportunity. What if... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

Teaching Interest

Strategic Financial Analysis

By: Suraj Srinivasan

In a competitive climate, how do some companies outperform others? Managers, consultants, analysts, and investors must understand financial analysis to answer that question and make strategic decisions that drive business profitability and... View Details

Keywords: Strategic Change; Restructuring; Strategy

29 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Time Pressure and Creativity: Why Time is Not on Your Side

need to keep creative thinking in their organizations even as time pressures increase. Silverthorne: What was the genesis of the project? What fascinated you about the question View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education; Fine Arts

06 May 2025
Blog Post

The Incredible Land of Ice and Fire: Exploring Iceland's Renewable Energy Model for a Changing Planet

charging on a Reykjavik street Renewable energy for everyone, big or small When we think about renewable energy, it’s easy to picture massive dams or huge wind farms. But many cities with small populations don’t actually need that much... View Details

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Louis-Philippe, "King of the French" - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Louis-Philippe were published during his reign, especially in newspapers such as Charivari and La Caricature. His conservative ministry, led by François Guizot and supported mainly by the upper bourgeoisie, was unresponsive to the economic View Details

24 May 2023
Blog Post

Innovating, Funding, and Scaling Climate Solutions at Harvard Business School: Day Three of Harvard Climate Action Week

Capital, drew applause for challenging the notion that digital apps, instead of skilled people, could solve climate problems. “We don’t need more digital solutions to save the world, we View Details

31 Mar 2008
HBS Case

JetBlue’s Valentine’s Day Crisis

You don't need to be a frequent flier to know that the friendly skies aren't so friendly anymore. Cramped, overloaded planes, flight delays, and bare-bones amenities are the norm on most of the legacy... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Air Transportation

30 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

Your Crisis Response Plan: The Ten Effective Elements

organization's crisis response plans. Effective crisis response plans include the following ten elements: 1. A representative set of planning scenarios. It's essential to create a set of crisis scenarios... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Watkins

October 2023 (Revised November 2023)
Case

Rheaply: Circularity For Every Business

By: Rembrand Koning and Alicia Dadlani

In March 2023, Garry Cooper, cofounder and CEO of Chicago-based Rheaply, needed to demonstrate that Rheaply’s expanded vision could translate into building cash flows and metrics needed to raise a Series B and turn the business into a model for financial and... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Social Entrepreneurship; Technological Innovation; Environmental Sustainability; Entrepreneurial Finance; Technology Industry; Green Technology Industry; United States; Illinois; Chicago

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28 Nov 2023
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Economic Growth Draws Companies to Asia. Can They Handle Its Authoritarian Regimes?

democracies, which are imperfect and messy, but endeavor to fundamentally protect the rights and safety of people.” Sean Silverthorne: In general, what do business leaders need to know about operating in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

March 1986 (Revised July 1986)
Case

Applications for Financial Futures

Consists of a series of four brief descriptions of the use of financial futures as hedging vehicles: a savings and loan hedging the rollover of three-month money market certificates with T-bill futures, a corporate debt issuer hedging the cost of a future debt issue... View Details

Keywords: Financial Instruments