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- 2021
- Working Paper
Capitalism, Slavery, and the Legacy of Cesare Beccaria
The Milanese Marquis Cesare Beccaria (1738-1794) dedicated his life first to theorizing a more just and equal society grounded in individual rights, anchored in secular political economy rather than in religious dogma, then to realizing this bold vision...
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Reinert, Sophus A. "Capitalism, Slavery, and the Legacy of Cesare Beccaria." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-034, December 2021. (Revised January 2022.)
- 01 May 2015
- News
Celebrating and Supporting Leadership
create an inclusive environment where the world's best talent can thrive and be inspired to do their best work in support of the School's mission. Integration—Pursuing opportunities to encourage and support...
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Educational Services
- 11 Jan 2017
- Blog Post
Leadership and Diversity at HBS
memory so far? My favorite memory has to be the end of semester roast my section did for our BGIE class. At the end of each semester, students put together funny skits that gently mock the professor and make fun of how the class has...
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Git and GitHub - Research Computing Services
her/his scripts and code changes over the course of a research project (see our Best Practices page). Version control can be used to keep track of versions of a piece of work that either a single person is...
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- April 1999
- Teaching Note
Value Networks and the Impetus to Change: Managing Innovation: Overview Teaching Note for Module 1
By: Clayton M. Christensen
Provides instructors with an overview teaching note for the first module of the Managing Innovation course in which the disruptive technology framework is explored and used. Summarizes this framework and provides a brief synopsis of each of the cases used in the...
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- 13 Jul 2016
- HBS Case
How Uber, Airbnb, and Etsy Attracted Their First 1,000 Customers
who have rides to offer. (Same idea as Airbnb, which connects people needing rooms with home-owners.) So to launch as a platform service, these companies need to find users on both the supply and demand sides. “Poaching customers is...
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- January 2018
- Technical Note
Business at the Base of the Pyramid: Understanding Impact and Impact Evaluations
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Tricia Gregg
Unlike financial success, there is no clear consensus regarding how best to define and measure social impact. This HBS Technical Note written for students of the HBS MBA course Business at the Base of the Pyramid (BBOP), offers readers pragmatic perspectives on how the...
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Developing Countries and Economies;
Social Issues;
Value Creation;
Human Needs;
Performance Evaluation
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Tricia Gregg. "Business at the Base of the Pyramid: Understanding Impact and Impact Evaluations." Harvard Business School Technical Note 518-057, January 2018.
- 30 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
Repugnant Markets and How They Get That Way
places and not in others, I like it because it seems uncomplicated. If you talk about slavery, of course slavery isn't just about whether I can sell you something, it's about whether I can sell you a person....
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by Martha Lagace
- 19 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy
is maintained indefinitely. And of course there's always the possible outcome that these interventions are just a bad idea." Maurer's research will take him to Afghanistan this fall, where he will be...
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by Julia Hanna
- March 2023
- Module Note
LCA Module Overview: Society
By: Nien-hê Hsieh
Leadership and Corporate and Accountability (LCA) is a required course in the first-year MBA curriculum at Harvard Business School to help managers determine and deliver on their economic, legal, and ethical responsibilities. This note summarizes the cases and outlines...
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Hsieh, Nien-hê. "LCA Module Overview: Society." Harvard Business School Module Note 323-096, March 2023.
- 08 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Representation Matters: Building Case Studies That Empower Women Leaders
truly diverse curriculum and ensure that business education includes everyone. Tackling the systems at the root of inequality Long before there were women protagonists in the classroom, the HBS Women’s...
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by Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg
- Teaching
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By: Rory M. McDonald
Technology and Operations – MBA Required Curriculum
This course enables students to develop the skills and concepts needed to ensure the ongoing contribution of a firm's operations to its competitive position. It helps them to understand the complex processes...
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- 17 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
The Art of Perseverance and Resilience: Reapplying to HBS
My name is Omar Aboulezz, and I’d like to share with you a bit about my journey to HBS and how I persevered through multiple setbacks. Nearly four years elapsed between starting my first HBS application...
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News - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
HBS ISC Resources Resources Video Courses Data Events & Presentations Frameworks News Publications News In The News Here you will find a curated collection of the media coverage of the work of the Institute in value-based health care....
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- March 2016
- Teaching Note
Advanced Leadership Pathways: Richard Fahey and Robert Saudek – Lighting Liberia
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Tessa Natanay Hamilton and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
After successful careers as lawyers and Fellows in Harvard's Advanced Leadership Initiative, Richard Fahey and Robert Saudek set out to tackle a large-scale infrastructure challenge in a complex environment by ultimately using advanced leadership skills to increase...
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Energy
- 06 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
What We Learned from Reading Jeff Bezos’ Patents
inventor We were surprised to find that Bezos was named in 154 of Amazon’s published patents (see figure). Of those patents, he was named as first inventor in 35 and was the sole inventor of 11. In the View Details
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Competitiveness & Economic Development - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
learn more about the "Microeconomics of Competitiveness" (MOC) course led by Michael Porter and offered at Harvard and 100+ affiliated universities around the world. Frameworks...
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- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Psychology, Pathology, and the CEO
In recent years, I have been inside nearly two dozen turnaround situations, in various stages of progress, in which new leaders were bringing distressed organizations back from the brink of failure and setting them on a healthier course....
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by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 17 Dec 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
An Outside-Inside Evolution in Gender and Professional Work
- 09 May 2016
- Blog Post
What Is the Difference between RC and EC Year?
ten courses from the same professors, and sits in the exact same seats every day. Outside of class, your section plans events to get to know each other in the first semester, View Details