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- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Point, Click, Give: Internet Fuels Philanthropic Fundraising Revolution
confront several hurdles besides raising money. To channel donations, many need to create links to nonprofits and often face mistrust. Some dot-com CEOs said they were perceived as Internet “robber barons,” out to take advantage of the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
How Sports Should Use Its Timeout
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Angela Ruggiero (MBA 2014) is cofounder and CEO of the market research firm the Sports Innovation Lab, and when we spoke in May, it... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
relatively high costs for labor and energy as well as the investment and time required to build factories in a country that has much more stringent environmental standards. “COVID-19 has changed only a few of the variables across industries,” observes Fuller. “And... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Back to School
the grill. Don’t overcook the meat on the fire, because it’s going to continue to cook while it rests,” says Dan Gertsacov (MBA 2004), who has traveled the world studying live-fire cooking and is now CEO of grill producer Big Green Egg.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
balls are really worth. And perhaps you hope to find a trove of sports cards in your uncle’s attic or have rushed to buy boxes of new cards, looking for that limited-edition card that could pay off big. Sports memorabilia and cards, which... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Get Creative
questioning go hand in glove. Innovators observe things, then question why. If you want to be an innovative person, when you see things, you have to pay attention and then wonder why. A good illustration of observing and questioning is... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Profits and Purpose
Professor George Serafeim (left) and Professor Rebecca Henderson (right); image by John Ritter CEOs are increasingly being asked to take the lead on some of the most vexing problems of our time, from climate change and data privacy to... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
The Class of 1977
commission rates. Strategic planning was the newest and the best management tool. A young HBS professor named Michael Porter was giving fascinating lectures on competitiveness. In those days before the kinder and gentler CEO came into... View Details
Keywords: Desmond Wong
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
New Wave
Shendure, who stepped down as CEO in 2016 but continues to serve as chair of the company’s board. The Oscilla team therefore abandoned its original approach and began modifying off-the-shelf generators for use with its Triton system. The... View Details
- 29 Jan 2021
- News
Holding Business to Account
competitors had recently been forced to pay a record $108 million to settle a class action suit brought by female employees who had been denied advancement opportunities. Aiyer wanted to know what Albertsons was doing to avoid this costly... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Ron Shaich’s Café Society
Ron Shaich (MBA 1978) is cofounder, chairman, and CEO of Panera Bread, the fast-growing bakery-café chain with over six hundred locations in mostly suburban markets across the United States. Panera’s ability to deliver high-quality food... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
to package the maize. Masha's company warehouses the grain at the end of the process, commoditizes it, and sells it to food conglomerates like Nestlé, which uses it to make baby food and breakfast cereal sold in Nigeria and abroad. Babban Gona then View Details
- 09 Sep 2024
- News
Basket Chase
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. On this episode, we’re featuring an excerpt from a new HBS podcast called Think Big, Buy Small. The show is hosted by Professors Richard Ruback and Royce Yudkoff... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
from disparate backgrounds.” During his final year at HBS, he heard a talk by WWF president and CEO Carter Roberts (MBA ’88). “In Ghana,” says Murphy, “I had come to the conclusion that sustainable business development was key, and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Latin America's Decade
been particularly active) is a major factor in this phenomenon. Gaston Azcarraga (MBA 1983) is chairman and CEO of Mexico City-based Grupo Posadas (www.posadas.com), the leading hotel company in Mexico with operations in Brazil,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
point is not whether public or private providers deliver the service but the efficiency, quality, and cost-effectiveness of that service,” says Jeremy Pelczer (AMP 162, 2002), president and CEO of American Water. “We agree that water is a... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Chasing the Silver Tsunami
after retirement. Levy was seeing the same set of circumstances play out in her day job at the time, as president of Thrive Global, a wellness company she founded with CEO Arianna Huffington. “Something that was quite frustrating to me... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
New Releases
successor, Dean Kim B. Clark, set out to honor McArthur's contributions to the School, the natural forum for doing so was a research symposium. In a new book that pays tribute to McArthur and the research that he both inspired and... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper
most people had the best market data. But not anymore, says Dubrowski. Today, his 22-person firm pays upward of $400,000 a year for subscription data services, the same services that are available to large and small industry participants... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
even if the pay does not increase immediately. Advocate on your own behalf, but also find mentors who will advocate for you. Remember that to whom much is given, much is expected. Always take the time to mentor others. Thank those who... View Details