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- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Byte-Testing Bitcoin
Crypto-currency expert Santiago Subotovsky (MBA 2009), principal at Emergence Capital Partners, fields alumni questions on Bitcoin—a digital, virtual, and unregulated currency that allows for anonymous transactions and has quickly moved from the tech underground to the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Case Study: Alumni Advice for a Health Care Startup
Illustration by Chris Gash Illustration by Chris Gash The New York City–based startup Wellthy began with a personal challenge. Lindsay Jurist-Rosner (MBA 2009) has helped arrange care for her mother, who suffers from a progressive form of multiple sclerosis, for 26... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Venture Capital’s Comeback
haven’t been able to close their funds,” says Breyer. “I think that 2005 and 2006 will be bellwether years in terms of firms closing.” Cash-starved funds are victims of the post-meltdown “flight to quality,” explains Rob Chandra (MBA... View Details
- 18 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Advertisers Get Serious About Playing With Their Brands
seemingly in mid-air (he later admitted the hoax) and "who's playing whom?" such as Toronto mayor Rob Ford's selfie-mania with constituents. Click to watch. Going Too Far Given the loose, spontaneous nature of social media marketing,... View Details
- 21 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Music Downloads: Pirates—or Customers?
file sharing has robbed them of billions of dollars after four consecutive years of falling music sales, they criticized the team's methodology, which consisted of monitoring 1.75 million downloads over 17 weeks in 2002, scouring through... View Details
- 02 Sep 2021
- News
Back to School
keeps me going is remembering my former students who I taught as seventh graders and imagining them at home, scared, and robbed of many of the experiences that are part of being a normal young person. It’s a way to help them and their... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 23 Jan 2019
- News
The Promise of Personalized Medicine
think he tracks it more than he alludes to. That’s a good question. I mean, at the end of the day it’s his life, right? I’m scared for him, and fear is a really good motivator and a better motivator’s love. At the end of the day, he wants to live and he should. He’s... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Teachable Moments
because it’s about the process of assessing someone else: How do you do that structurally? How do you do it as an individual? And it shows that your history plays a huge role in how you behave. Rob Parson believed in his bones that if he... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
Entrepreneurs supports the growing number of leaders who are helping expand civic and grassroots engagement, providing resources and connecting leaders in pursuit of these goals. Rob Zeaske (MBA 2002), president and cofounder Issue One is... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
Rob Ristagno (MBA 2005) Independently published Ristagno guides you step-by-step through the five forces of dramatic online revenue growth and shows why it is vital to identify your very best customers and focus relentlessly on their... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
Rule Them All: Lord of the Rings Online and the MMO Market Hanna Hałaburda, William Collis, Rob McKeon, and Ivan NausiedaHarvard Business School Case 712-434 Turbine Inc. is releasing a massively multiplayer online (MMO) game, The Lord of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
What We’re Reading
people while visiting 34 diverse countries—places without available medical care, where corruption and poverty have ruled, and where armed people are part of the daily scene. In the Philippines, strangers tried to kidnap me. I was robbed... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
Here? What It Takes to Create an Authentic Organization by Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones (AMP 184) (Harvard Business Review Press) The authors make six key recommendations leaders should follow to transform their organizations to attract... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
of management practice Rob Kaplan, a former vice-chairman of Goldman Sachs who served recently as acting head of the Harvard Management Company, observed that the financial crisis is symptomatic of another very serious issue, a severely... View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
took six months off and then founded Castle Rock Entertainment with four partners, including actor and director Rob Reiner. Our first film was When Harry Met Sally.... We also launched a number of TV series, but only one lasted. Happily,... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
D. Margolis, Adam M. Grant, and Andrew Molinsky Publication:Chap. 16 in Human Resource Management: Ethics and Employment, edited by Ashly Pinnington, Rob Macklin and Tom Campbell, 15 pages. U.S.: Oxford University Press, 2007 Abstract The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
Doriot’s Impact on Europe The article about General Georges Doriot in the June issue is quite informative about his great accomplishments. Left without mention, however, was the first venture capital firm in Europe, called European Enterprises Development (EED).... View Details
- 24 Apr 2020
- Op-Ed
Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19
rebuilt at the new team.” Is there a way to reduce the performance risk associated with changing teams? Yes; bring your teammates along with you. Tom Brady signed a two-year, $50 million deal with Tampa Bay on March 20th. One month later it was announced that Brady’s... View Details
- 24 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 24
time. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711414-PDF-ENG Product Development at OPOWER Thomas Eisenmann and Rob GoHarvard Business School Case 811-075 OPOWER, a software startup that helps utilities engage their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne