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- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Excitement Building for HBS Global Conference in Chicago
established companies and examine how emerging growth firms are developing competitive products and strategies for the global marketplace. Over a dozen presentations and panel discussions on topics such as entrepreneurial marketing, View Details
Lillian M. Vernon (Katz)
Arden, Avon and Revlon as well as imported goods. She also invested in several new distribution centers throughout New York and built a high-tech communications system to handle the increasingly large volume of orders. By the late 1980s,...
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Retail
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Steven Murch: Philanthropist-in-Training
Murch: from high-tech success to hands-on development (photo courtesy of Steven Murch) Murch: from high-tech success to hands-on development (photo courtesy of Steven Murch) Another in a series of occasional...
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- 01 Jun 2011
- News
An Economy Undermined
negotiable CDs, and so on. Across Wall Street, with takeovers, LBOs, S&Ls, over-the-counter derivatives, high-tech stocks, telecoms, subprime mortgages, and of course mortgage securitization, innovation was too often accompanied by abuse....
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- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Tech Trekker
have similarly discovered over the past 25 years. By supporting Lang's creativity and unconventional thinking, high-tech startups and established computer firms alike have found their assets turning to gold under her fingers. "I've always...
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Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
Year-End Roundup: Dean's Award, Other Honors Conferred as Class of '98 Graduates
exceptional leadership and service to the HBS community. Jill S. Schaeffer and Philip L. Terry were honored for cochairing this year's fifth annual HBS Cyberposium, a student-organized high-tech and new media conference. Held last...
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- 01 Dec 1999
- News
EMC's Ruettgers Finds Gold in Data Storage
"During the Gold Rush," EMC Corporation's Michael C. Ruettgers (MBA '67) reminded a Burden Hall audience last September, "a lot of infrastructure people got rich, along with a handful of gold panners." That's why, amid the glitz and glory of the View Details
- 05 Jul 2011
- News
Driving Innovation
Stewart: Helping brands navigate the complexities of today’s media. Photo courtesy Bonita Stewart What can a high-flying, high-tech giant learn about marketing from an industry that is about as nuts-and-bolts as you can get? Plenty, if...
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- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Where Innovation Rules
incubators of innovation. Issue Focus: Innovation Innovating in Your Business Will This Alum Change Education? HBS Simulations Go High-Tech A Lesson in Israeli Entrepreneurship In the modern era, beginning after World War II, business’s...
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- 16 Mar 2018
- News
Douglas Spreng (MBA 1967)
organization, and think strategically,” says Spreng. “It benefited me tremendously throughout my career.” He went on to a 40-year career in high-tech manufacturing and marketing, including serving as a group general manager of...
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- 27 Jan 2011
- News
The Joys of Cooking
THE JOYS OF COOKING: Bibi Kasrai (MBA '96) has hit an entrepreneurial sweet spot as the Harvard Cookie Girl. After years in high-tech marketing and non-profit fundraising, Bibi Kasrai (MBA ’96) found a way to blend her talent for business...
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- 02 Nov 2020
- What Do You Think?
Is Antitrust Just a Quaint Notion in the Digital Age?
etc.” Several responses questioned whether there was damage to the consumer, often at issue in antitrust. As Shoshanna Zuboff pointed out, in “free” high-tech services, the consumer benefits and resulting satisfaction are highly visible;...
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by James Heskett;
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Service
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Great Expectations
Moon Investing in HBS Model Teamwork Donor Spotlight Balanced Scorecard and Beer Game Go High-Tech FIELD 2: Global Intelligence FAQ Innovation is hard. But it is also what drives progress. So while it would be easy to just stay the...
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- 10 Aug 2015
- News
Seeding a Better Future for Colombia
countries with the highest potential to increase the world’s agricultural production.” Roughly 4,000 visitors walk through Colombia’s pavilion each day, experiencing high-tech simulations of its five different climate zones. In addition...
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- 01 Oct 2000
- News
HBS to Host Venture Capital Forum for Women
the investment channels for women entrepreneurs and to facilitate the flow of deals. "In the last few years we have seen a tremendous increase in the numbers of women launching fast-growth ventures in both the high-tech and the...
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Finance
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Siebel Addresses HBS Northern California Club
make a profit. And then two cents, and then four, and then eight." In 2000, Siebel's revenues were $1.79 billion. "This was one of the most well-attended speaker events we've ever organized," said Jacobsohn. "It was a great opportunity for HBS alumni to come together,...
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- 01 Apr 1999
- News
AASU Looks Ahead
meeting titled "How Will We Maintain Unity as a Race in the New Millennium?" Six panel discussions took on issues that ranged from global capitalism to emerging high-tech opportunities to balancing work, home, and community...
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- 18 May 2011
- News
U.S. Manufacturing Comeback?
going to scale back in the U.S. to keep their options open by continuing to operate a plant in America,” he noted. But the damage done by offshoring high-tech manufacturing may be irreversible, he warned. Once factories relocate abroad,...
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- 18 Oct 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Venture Capital’s Disconnect with Clean Tech
MBA students often fall into one of two categories—those hungry to rush into careers as venture capitalists, and those eager to found a venture-funded start-up. For all of them, Harvard Business School professor Joseph Lassiter has some intriguing advice: Spend a few...
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- 01 Dec 2022
- News
The State of Play
up. This is the category in which you’ll find a growing list of concepts like escape rooms, high-tech art animations, virtual-reality pop-ups, and interactive, Instagram-ready dreamscapes. On the more traditional side, it also includes...
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