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- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Solving for Z
With nearly 20 years of experience as a senior human resources executive, Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) has seen a lot of change in the corporate talent space. But what’s happening now looks like a tectonic generational shift. From his perch as global head of human...
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- 20 Oct 2023
- News
Highlights from the Fall 2023 Alumni Board Meeting
a cost of customer acquisition that has more than doubled. In addition to managing those challenges, HBS Online is focused on staying engaged in the market, experimenting with emerging trends like AI, and launching new products. Notable...
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- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
‘Your tribal corn.’” Walker told Keen that big ag was displacing indigenous seeds in India with GMO crops, a story later told in the 2016 documentary Seed. At the time, Keen was serving as a representative on the Cherokee National Council. During a meeting of its...
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- 22 Feb 2022
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Breaking News
the Colorado Sun. The acquisition was backed by a mix of national and local impact investors. “While impact capital has made a huge difference in other social-problem areas, there has been no front door for impact capital in the news...
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- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
adds, big acquisitions and IPOs started happening in the MENA region, catalyzing a virtuous cycle of entrepreneurial activity and investment: Amazon acquired Souq for $580 million in 2017 and Uber purchased Careem for $3.1 billion in...
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- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Blockbuster Deals
and acquisitions are back - with a vengeance - in the 1990s. Across the global business landscape, some $1 trillion in M&A; deals were completed last year. That figure includes one hundred transactions of $1 billion or more in the United...
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- 28 Sep 2017
- News
Alumni-Founded Aerospace Pioneer Orbital Acquired for $7.8 Billion
capital supplied by maxed-out credit cards, Orbital Sciences Corporation launched in April 1982, the first corporate entrant at the prime contractor level in nearly three decades. According to Bloomberg, the acquisition is the largest...
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- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Faculty Books
From Resource Allocation to Strategy by Joseph L. Bower and Clark G. Gilbert (Oxford University Press) Drawing on thirty years of research on resource allocation, Professor Bower and Assistant Professor...
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- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Gazprom Goes Global
confirmed the fears of many in the West that the wounded Russian bear, smarting from its diminished role in the post-Soviet era, could be a cruel and dangerous troublemaker. With about one-quarter of the world’s reserves of natural gas, Russia was judged to be using...
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- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Case Study: Your Call Is Important to Us
If you’ve ever tried to call an airline or almost any service business of a certain size, you’re probably familiar with the problem: After navigating a seemingly endless set of options, you’re asked by an automated message to share information, but it fails to...
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- 01 Jun 2000
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VC Luminary John Doerr: Education Reform Critical to Success of New Economy
explained his focus on education and literacy by saying that "education is the key" for a new economy characterized by, and based upon, lifelong learning, multiple careers, and the acquisition and creation of intellectual property. His...
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- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Roger Ullman: Going Green with E2
Can white-collar corporate America do business with “green” environmentalists? Roger Ullman (MBA ’89) thinks so. Ullman, who worked in the mergers and acquisitions division of Merrill Lynch for twelve years, retired from his post as a...
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- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Crisis and Creativity
from People magazine to CNN, happened during downturns, as did the growth of cosmetic companies such as Estée Lauder and Revlon. How to Deliver. A common outcome of downturns is an abundance of underutilized resources that may be...
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Bhaskar Chakravorti
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Case Study: Something New
the largest player in this industry is still pretty small,” says Malkina. “The biggest thing to figure out is how we can grow at or below our optimal customer acquisition cost at a much greater scale. We have the cash to invest in...
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April White
- 12 Apr 2012
- News
HBS Welcomes Eleven Alumni Startups
Association of Germany Matthew Perkins, MBA 2009 Founder Yield Pop agricultural resource platform latin america HBS Club of Brazil Jonathan Assayag, MBA 2010 CEO Lema21 Brazilian eyewear mid-atlantic us HBS Club of Washington, DC Angela...
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- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Q&A: Andrew Kendall
committed to maintaining it forever. Over time, that cost will far exceed the acquisition price. We've got to be ready to invest significant resources to endow the preservation of these properties so that my...
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- 02 Nov 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)
Julianne White (MBA 2017) is vice president for food acquisition at the Greater Boston Food Bank. How did you become interested in the food industry? “I grew up with a lot of ties to agriculture. I was raised in a small community where...
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- 01 Jun 2018
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June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
population of poor, underserved people and a severe shortage of skills and capacity, some resourceful private enterprises have found a way to deliver high-quality health care, at ultra-low prices, to all patients who need it. This book...
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- 01 Feb 2001
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Drilling Down
The news last October of Chevron's proposed acquisition of Texaco for $36 billion in stock was hardly surprising to industry analysts. The planned merger — which would streamline projects and save some $1.2 billion annually — was...
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