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- 24 Mar 2016
- Blog Post
Learning to Code at Business School
the problem and created something awesome out of scratch. You get to be creative and analytical at the same time. Plus, it's always fun to make something tangible. How do you plan to use this skill set in the future? Samuel: I now work...
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Summer Fellowships | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
arts and culture; business at the base of the pyramid; CSR; community and economic development; education; environment; human services; impact investing; international relief; nonprofit consulting; and philanthropy. Details for Students...
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- 21 May 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
CORe: HBS Powers Up Online Program on Business Fundamentals
As a Harvard Business School professor for 20 years, V.G. Narayanan has significant experience using the School's pioneering case method to teach business concepts—introducing a real-world management...
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- March 2019 (Revised July 2020)
- Case
MoviePass: The 'Get Big Fast' Strategy
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel W. Fisher
In August 2017, MoviePass dramatically lowered its subscription price from $50 per month to just $10 for up to one movie per day. The idea was to rapidly scale the business to the point where they could generate incremental revenue streams from related businesses...
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Keywords:
Market Entry;
Growth Strategy;
Profit Vs. Growth;
Subscription Business;
Cash Burn;
Data Analytics;
Get-big-fast;
Buyer Power;
Strategy Implementation;
Movie Industry;
Racing;
Entrepreneurship;
Market Entry and Exit;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Value Creation;
Disruption;
Motion Pictures and Video Industry;
United States
Esty, Benjamin C., and Daniel W. Fisher. "MoviePass: The 'Get Big Fast' Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 719-455, March 2019. (Revised July 2020.)
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Leadership Fellows | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
The Leadership Fellows program offers nonprofit and public sector organizations the opportunity to leverage the experience, energy, and analytical skills of MBAs for one year. In addition to the salary provided by the organization, HBS...
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For Organizations | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management The Public Education Leadership Program PELP Accelerating Board Capacity (ABC) Institute Working with MBA Students Summer Associates Students play a valuable role for organizations in tackling issues that utilize their...
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- January 2017 (Revised January 2017)
- Case
Susan Cassidy at Bertram Gilman International
By: Jeffrey T. Polzer and Michael Norris
In 2016, Susan Cassidy, VP of sales and marketing for the packaged foods division at CPG firm Bertram Gilman International, has to make a promotion decision. Should she choose the person she has been grooming for the position or another candidate recommended by central...
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Keywords:
People Analytics;
Algorithms;
Promotion Decision;
Human Resources;
Business Processes;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States
Polzer, Jeffrey T., and Michael Norris. "Susan Cassidy at Bertram Gilman International." Harvard Business School Case 417-053, January 2017. (Revised January 2017.)
- July 16, 2015
- Article
How Small Businesses Can Fend Off Hackers
By: Lou Shipley
If you wanted to hack a business, which one would you pick: A Fortune 500 company with a large digital-security budget and a team dedicated to protecting its cyberassets? Or a small enterprise that doesn’t employ a single IT security specialist? Security breaches at...
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Keywords:
Hack;
Data Security;
Small Business;
Analytics and Data Science;
Safety;
Information Technology;
Cybersecurity
Shipley, Lou. "How Small Businesses Can Fend Off Hackers." Wall Street Journal (July 16, 2015).
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Leng Lim: The Spiritual Face of Business
themselves fully heard and recognized.” This degree of openness is equally apparent when Lim describes the reasoning behind his application to HBS, where he has served as copresident of the Leadership & Ethics Forum. “It dawned on me that View Details
- February 2017 (Revised August 2018)
- Case
Sarah Powers at Automated Precision Products
By: Jeffrey T. Polzer, Michael Norris, Julia Kelley and Kristina Tobio
In 2017, Sarah Powers, VP of Sales at an automation hardware firm, is trying to understand why some members of her sales team have been underperforming. She is tasked with analyzing her firm’s email and calendar data to try to find relationships between communications...
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Keywords:
People Analytics;
Sales Attainment;
Communication Networks;
Data;
Human Resources;
Business Processes;
Sales;
Communication;
Analytics and Data Science;
Analysis;
Industrial Products Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
United States
Polzer, Jeffrey T., Michael Norris, Julia Kelley, and Kristina Tobio. "Sarah Powers at Automated Precision Products." Harvard Business School Case 417-072, February 2017. (Revised August 2018.)
- November – December 2008
- Article
Chief Risk Officers at Crunch Time: Compliance Champions or Business Partners?
By: Anette Mikes
Risk management departments in financial institutions have been undergoing major transformations. New regulatory requirements have raised the bar on compliance, and expanded the remit of risk management significantly. The compliance imperative requires banks to... View Details
Keywords:
Banks and Banking;
Corporate Governance;
Governance Compliance;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Managerial Roles;
Risk Management;
Partners and Partnerships
Mikes, Anette. "Chief Risk Officers at Crunch Time: Compliance Champions or Business Partners?" Journal of Risk Management in Financial Institutions 2, no. 1 (November–December 2008).
- March 2021
- Teaching Plan
The Black New Venture Competition
Black entrepreneurs encounter many unique obstacles when raising capital to start and grow a business, some stemming from deep systemic discrimination. During their second year at Harvard Business School (HBS), MBA students Kimberly Foster and Tyler Simpson decided to...
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Keywords:
Analytics;
Startup;
Start-up;
Startup Financing;
Financing;
Startups;
Start-ups;
Business And Community;
Business And Society;
Business Growth;
Discrimination;
Women;
Women-owned Businesses;
African Americans;
African-american Entrepreneurs;
African-american Investors;
African-American Protagonist;
African-American Women;
Early Stage Funding;
Early Stage;
Innovation & Entrepreneurship;
Innovation Competitions;
Entrepreneurial Financing;
Business Plan;
Business Startups;
Diversity;
Gender;
Race;
Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Small Business;
Leadership;
Information Technology;
Competition
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Business Suits You: Experimenting with Professional Identity
technical and analytic skills to craft a 'well-prepared' provisional self," she writes. "By rehearsing these clumsy, often ineffective, sometimes inauthentic selves," Ibarra concludes, "junior managers learn more about the limitations and...
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Factiva | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Library Databases Ask Us Special Collections Fast Answers All Services Hours Plan Your Visit Exhibits Hollis Working Knowledge HBS Home About Academic Programs Alumni Faculty & Research Baker Library Campaign Harvard Business Review...
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- July 2013
- Case
Sample6: Innovating to Make Food Safer
By: Robert F. Higgins and Kirsten Kester
Tim Curran, CEO of Sample6, a start-up biotechnology company developing a novel food safety diagnostics platform, must decide how to partner with food industry players. How can he best convince leaders in this mature industry to adopt a new technology and improve food...
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Keywords:
Data Analytics;
Food Safety;
Biotechnology;
Nutrition;
Entrepreneurship;
Product;
Partners and Partnerships;
Food;
Technological Innovation;
Business Startups;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Product Development;
Agribusiness;
Information Technology;
Globalization;
Performance Improvement;
Safety;
Technology Adoption;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Biotechnology Industry;
Information Industry;
United States;
Boston;
Massachusetts
Higgins, Robert F., and Kirsten Kester. "Sample6: Innovating to Make Food Safer." Harvard Business School Case 814-014, July 2013.
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
New HBS Portal Offers Alumni Just-In-Time Business Information
Two years ago, Thomas J. Michalak, executive director of Baker Library, got a phone call from a Boston-area HBS alumnus. The graduate was researching a management project and wanted online access to the School's extensive range of View Details
- January 2020 (Revised July 2020)
- Supplement
MoviePass: The 'Get Big Fast' Strategy
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel Fisher
In August 2017, MoviePass dramatically lowered its subscription price from $50 per month to just $10 for up to one movie per day. The idea was to rapidly scale the business to the point where they could generate incremental revenue streams form related businesses...
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Keywords:
Market Entry;
Growth Strategy;
Profit Vs. Growth;
Subscription Business;
Cash Burn;
Data Analytics;
Get-big-fast;
Buyer Power;
Strategy Implementation;
Movie Industry;
Racing;
Business Strategy;
Value Creation;
Consolidation;
Cash Flow;
Growth Management;
Business Startups;
Entrepreneurship;
Disruptive Innovation;
Mobile Technology;
Motion Pictures and Video Industry;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Advertising Industry;
Information Industry;
United States
- Web
PatentSight | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Library Databases Ask Us Special Collections Fast Answers All Services Hours Plan Your Visit Exhibits Hollis Working Knowledge HBS Home About Academic Programs Alumni Faculty & Research Baker Library Campaign Harvard Business Review...
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- March 2016 (Revised April 2017)
- Teaching Note
Bridj and the Business of Urban Mobility (A): Introducing a New Model
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jonathan Cohen
This note is for the purpose of aiding classroom instructors in the use of the Harvard Business School case "Bridj and the Business of Urban Mobility: Introducing a New Model." Instructors may use it to help students understand the challenges that come with disrupting...
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Keywords:
Startup;
Startup Management;
Big Data;
Smart Transit;
Stakeholder Engagement;
Stakeholder Management;
Urban Vehicle;
Mobility;
Mass Transit;
Uber;
Government Relations;
Technological Innovation;
Analytics and Data Science;
Entrepreneurship;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Business Startups;
Transportation;
Business and Government Relations;
Transportation Industry;
United States
- Web
Real Estate | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Library Databases Ask Us Special Collections Fast Answers All Services Hours Plan Your Visit Exhibits Hollis Working Knowledge HBS Home About Academic Programs Alumni Faculty & Research Baker Library Campaign Harvard Business Review...
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