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- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Inside the Bestseller List with James Andrew Miller
the curtains.” Miller’s new book fits that successful mold—but comes with a marketing challenge. Powerhouse is about Creative Artists Agency, a powerful force in the entertainment industry but a lesser-known brand than SNL or ESPN. He spent much of the fall on the road... View Details
- 14 Oct 2014
- News
A man on a mission
gives high school juniors and seniors interested in STEM subjects an early immersion in the college environment, and helped an organization win a $5 million grant to promote entrepreneurship to high school students. “It’s an opportunity... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Positive impact that hits home
to the discussion, which she experienced as “very emotional,” Seck Mercier pointed out both myths and misconceptions. Her work in this area continues as a leader of the Islamic Society, a role that has Seck Mercier organizing mixers and functions to View Details
- 29 Jul 2013
- News
Opening New Markets for Black South African Winemakers
Selena Cuffe On a trip to South Africa in 2005, Selena Cuffe (MBA 2003) happened across an advertisement promoting the first Soweto Wine Festival. Cuffe, the director of an exchange-student nonprofit, didn't know a lot about wine. Yet the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Case Study: Gazelle's New Predators
million in revenue in 2013, up from $58 million in 2012. And it touts a Net Promoter Score—a customer-satisfaction indicator—in the low 80s, saying it is "significantly higher than Apple and Amazon, and nearly 50 points higher than phone... View Details
- 07 Sep 2016
- News
Appreciating the Big Role of Small Business
the conventional path promoted by many business schools—leading students to aspire to join large-scale corporations or to pursue the fast track of the startup world, versus following the less glamorous or seemingly less lucrative work of... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A wild ride from adventure travel to social media marketing
When Victoria Ransom (MBA 2008) wanted to promote her travel company by giving away a trip on Facebook, she couldn’t find the software to do so. Ransom solved the problem, creating an app, and in the process saw the opportunity to develop... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Decision Points
say we didn’t have one.” His book is not intended to change people’s minds, Bush observed; rather, “I’m trying to give modern-day readers and future readers a context for my administration.” After promoting the book, he will be happy to... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Short Takes
new working paper, "How Promotions and Stockpiling Affect Brand Competition," HBS assistant professor Samuel S. Chun looks at the ways in which retailers influence competition among manufacturers when they take advantage of special deals... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 21 May 2019
- News
Confronting the Future of Climate Change in the Midwest
New weather patterns brought on by climate change will require updated farming practices, effective water management, and innovative pest and disease management in the Midwest and around the globe. Increasingly, the business community is stepping up to address the... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
HBS and SEAS Explore Opportunities for Innovative Thinking
Professor Lauren H. Cohen (photo by Eliza Grinnell) Professor Lauren H. Cohen (photo by Eliza Grinnell) Professor Karim R. Lakhani (photo by Richard Howard) Professor Karim R. Lakhani (photo by Richard Howard) Collaboration between faculty members at Harvard Business... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
World Economic Forum
Merge: Is Bigger Always Better?" The World Economic Forum is a membership organization that promotes interaction among leaders from government, business, academia, and the arts with the objective of "improving the state of the world." View Details
- 21 Dec 2017
- News
Finding Opportunities to Grow and Lead
Ilene Lang (MBA 1973) is the former president and CEO of Catalyst, where she worked to promote women in leadership in business and beyond. In this interview she talks about finding and creating opportunities for growth and leadership. “I... View Details
- 25 May 2016
- News
Supporting Critical Initiatives
focuses research and teaching on the advancement of women leaders and the promotion of gender equity in business and society. Raun Schlesinger, managing director/head of self-storage investments at W.P. Carey Inc., applauds Dean Nitin... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Chao Family Donates $40 Million to HBS
Chu Chao. The Chaos, émigrés from Taiwan and a remarkable immigrant success story, are the only family ever to have four daughters attend HBS. "Because Ruth devoted her life to promoting excellence in education and enhancing US-China... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
“invisible handshake” of collaborative networks. The Secret of Teams: What Great Teams Know and Do by Mark Miller (AMP 170, 2006 ) (Berrett-Koehler Publishers) What is the secret of high-performance teams? Miller tells a business fable about a newly View Details
- 16 Nov 2021
- News
Getting Back Together for Global Networking Night; Healthcare Conference Draws New Interest
address on leadership and responsibility, Frazier spoke about co-founding OneTen, a coalition of leading organizations committed to “upskilling, hiring, and promoting one million Black Americans into family-sustaining jobs” over the next... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Primer on Patents
product and so-called paper competitors who have intellectual property rights but aren’t involved in the industry in any real sense. This abuse of the system certainly wasn’t what the Founding Fathers had in mind when they gave Congress the right “to View Details
- 18 Jul 2014
- News
Team Players
media—website, Facebook, and Twitter—as the primary information hubs, in part because of their interactive capabilities, and to back these up with print promotion and special events throughout the region that would give fans a... View Details
- 25 May 2016
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A Focus on Sustainability
in more than 100 middle-market companies and currently has $11 billion under management. Since officially retiring in 2012, he now oversees a family office that focuses primarily on environmental and educational organizations. His multipronged approach has included... View Details