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Press website. Apr3 03 Apr 2023 Seminar Hybrid Seminar: William Kirby (HBS), "Empires of Ideas: Creating the Modern University from Germany to America to China" William Kirby, T.M. Chang Professor of China Studies and Spangler Family...
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- 25 May 2018
- Video
Celebrating the 2018 Harvard Business School Commencement
- 25 May 2017
- Video
Celebrating the 2017 Harvard Business School Commencement
- November 6, 2017
- Article
The Common Traps of Working in Your Family's Business
By: Josh Baron
When your family’s name is on the door, you will never just be one of the gang — and everything you do could be fodder for the office rumor mill. Your actions are amplified because of your status in the company, and even seemingly small gestures can unintentionally...
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Keywords:
Family Business;
Attitudes;
Behavior;
Personal Development and Career;
Mission and Purpose
Baron, Josh. "The Common Traps of Working in Your Family's Business." Harvard Business Review (website) (November 6, 2017).
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Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Debora L. Spar, Paul Healy, Tricia Peralta and Julia Comeau Since 1834, eight generations of the Ayala family have used their conglomerate to fund nation-building projects in the Philippines, including investments in tramcars,...
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- 27 May 2022
- Video
Celebrating the Harvard Business School Class of 2022
- 03 Jun 2021
- Video
Commemorating the Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Graduation
- June 2013
- Supplement
AME Learning Inc. (Video Supplement)
By: Jim Sharpe
This is the Video Supplement for AME Learning, Inc., HBS Case #810065.
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurial Management;
Entrepreneurs;
Angels;
Angel Investors;
Growth Planning And Management;
Growth Strategy;
Family Businesses;
Family-owned Business;
Careers;
Venture Capital;
Entrepreneurship;
Personal Development and Career;
Family and Family Relationships;
Family Business;
Publishing Industry;
Education Industry;
Canada;
United States
Sharpe, Jim. "AME Learning Inc. (Video Supplement)." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 813-719, June 2013.
- 08 Feb 2016
- Blog Post
Applying to Business School as a Couple
For Kate Kingen and Patrick Garrison applying to business school was a mutual decision – and coming to HBS was a journey they decided to embark on together. Kate and Patrick first met in New York City when they were both working as...
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- December 2017 (Revised January 2018)
- Case
Alltech
By: David E. Bell and Natalie Kindred
Alltech was a Lexington, Kentucky–based producer of supplements for animal feed, with revenues of over $2 billion (projected to reach $3 billion in 2018), sales in 120 countries, 5,000 employees, and 100 manufacturing plants worldwide. For nearly four decades, Alltech...
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Alltech;
United States;
Agribusiness;
Agriculture;
Animal;
Animal Agriculture;
Animal Feed;
Livestock;
Family Business;
Vertical Integration;
Strategy;
Growth;
Feed Additives;
Feed Supplements;
Kentucky;
Growth Strategy;
Family Businesses;
Animal-Based Agribusiness;
Acquisition;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Model;
Change Management;
Trends;
Governance;
Entrepreneurship;
Growth and Development;
Intellectual Property;
Leadership;
Management;
Markets;
Organizational Culture;
Private Ownership;
Science;
Quality;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Research;
Sales;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
United States;
Kentucky;
Brazil;
China
Bell, David E., and Natalie Kindred. "Alltech." Harvard Business School Case 518-001, December 2017. (Revised January 2018.)
- March 2020 (Revised April 2021)
- Case
Odebrecht's 'Transformation Journey' (A)
By: Suraj Srinivasan, Lynn S. Paine, Ruth Costas and Mariana Cal
At the center of one of the largest corruption scandals in Latin America, Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht signed a leniency agreement with American, Swiss and Brazilian prosecutors in 2016 admitting to paying bribes in 12 countries. In an effort to regain financial...
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Keywords:
Board Of Directors;
Organizational Transformations;
Business Ethics;
Corruption;
Internal Controls;
Business And Government;
International Business;
Engineering And Construction;
Family Businesses;
Corporate Misconduct;
Corporate Governance;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Transformation;
Organizational Culture;
Crisis Management;
Ethics;
Engineering;
Family Business;
Crime and Corruption;
Emerging Markets;
Construction Industry;
Brazil;
Latin America
Srinivasan, Suraj, Lynn S. Paine, Ruth Costas, and Mariana Cal. "Odebrecht's 'Transformation Journey' (A)." Harvard Business School Case 320-002, March 2020. (Revised April 2021.)
- 04 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Life
A few years ago, a colleague at Harvard Business School visited Clayton Christensen's office to talk about leading a values-driven life. "He told me that he had decided against having religion in his life," Christensen recalls, explaining...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Demola Gbadegesin - In the Right Direction
Photography by Robert Schoen Democracy. Family values. The promise of technology. The themes that arise when talking to Demola Gbadegesin are ones that many Americans assume to be their own. But for this native of Nigeria, their potential...
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- 13 Oct 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Building a Business in the Context of a Life
When MBAs start the second semester of their second year at Harvard Business School, most have already lined up new jobs--but that doesn't mean they have a clear idea what they want out of the rest of their lives. The same could be said...
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- July 2012 (Revised August 2013)
- Case
Lyric Dinner Theater (A)
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Jim Sharpe
Looking back at five years of losses, Rivka Belzer, a newly minted MBA, steps into her family owned business with their mandate to turn it around or close it. In her first six months, she has made a number of changes, with mixed results, but is beginning to show a...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurs;
Entrepreneurial Management;
Crisis Management;
Family Business;
Turnarounds;
Financial Crisis;
Boards Of Directors;
Operations Management;
Strategy Implementation;
Career Planning;
Entrepreneurship;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
United States
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Jim Sharpe. "Lyric Dinner Theater (A)." Harvard Business School Case 813-043, July 2012. (Revised August 2013.)
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
send e-mail to the author: Garry Emmons photos by AP/Wide World September 11, 2001, was a day that New Yorkers will never forget, particularly those who live and work in Lower Manhattan, the city’s business and financial center. With the...
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- April 2005 (Revised April 2005)
- Background Note
Corporate Strategies in Media and Entertainment Businesses
By: Bharat N. Anand
In recent years, many debates in corporate strategy have centered around information goods markets, and the media and entertainment sector in particular. Vertical integration is the norm in many parts of the media sector, despite conventional wisdom that it offers no...
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Keywords:
Corporate Strategy
- 15 Apr 2015
- HBS Seminar
Raymond Fisman, Columbia Business School
- 04 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
How To Do Business in Islamic Countries
The business scene in the Islamic world may be as complex as its 1.3 billion people, but one rule is nevertheless quite straightforward for Westerners who want to do deals. "One thing you do not bring up is the Palestinian-Israeli...
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by Martha Lagace