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- 20 May 2024
- Blog Post
Get to Know Class Day Student Speaker Erik Roberts
to do long term, the type of impact I want to have, and what I need to do to convince people to join me in the fight.” Roberts’ chosen fight is climate change, and he’s aiming to do it via taste buds. After a summer internship at Gramercy Tavern in View Details
- 25 May 2021
- Research & Ideas
White Airbnb Hosts Earn More. Can AI Shrink the Racial Gap?
example, a 2017 study found that across 72 predominantly Black New York City neighborhoods, Airbnb hosts were five times more likely to be white. And the same study found that...
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- 11 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Business Competition Harms Society
Rather than operating its own testing facilities, New York outsources its emissions testing program to the private sector—to service stations, garages, and dealerships—but mandates they charge customers the...
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Competitiveness of States & Regions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma...
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- 01 Oct 1996
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Trading Up — Kenneth D. Brody (MBA 1971)
On a summer evening in 1991, after a small, invitation-only dinner in New York City, Ken Brody took aside the guest of honor for a private conversation. The longer the two men talked, the more Brody sensed...
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Come Sail Away
pre-orders and did personal deliveries around New York City in time for the holidays. But Tombolo’s humorous, funky, retro designs gained traction, taking off at the end of...
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- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Remix
was the dream all along: doing A&R for an iconic rap label and reporting to its legendary executive. Dixon was all of 24, and she had fought tooth and nail to get there. After finishing her degree from Stanford in 1992, she moved to New...
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- 04 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
How a Juicy Brand Came Back to Life
unfolds. An Endearing Artlessness Some brands just want to have fun, and from birth Snapple was one of them. Operating from the back of his parents' pickle store in Queens, Arnie Greenberg and his friends Leonard Marsh and Hyman Golden started selling a fresh apple...
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- 25 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Beauty Entrepreneur Madam Walker
and the Caribbean were using Walker beauty products. The New York Times marked the day of her death with an obituary titled "Wealthiest Negress Dead." Koehn says "Madam C.J. Walker" was...
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- 15 Sep 2017
- News
Christopher Harland (MBA 1984)
Christopher Harland (MBA 1984) Christopher Harland (MBA 1984) A graduate of Harvard College, Christopher Harland (MBA 1984) spent three years at Chase Manhattan Bank in New York View Details
Ralph Lauren
Lauren built a $1 billion+ fashion business, one of the greatest successes in the last half of the 20th century. He is one of the most influential contemporary designers, responsible for developing the American look and establishing New...
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- 29 Aug 2018
- What Do You Think?
What Should Harley-Davidson’s Management Do?
workers but, perhaps more importantly, its loyal customer base. What should Harley-Davidson’s management do? What do you think? References: Annual Reports, Harley-Davidson Inc., for years 2013-2017, AnnualReports.com. Alan Rappeport, Trade Clash Pits Harley Vs. Trump...
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- 08 Feb 2016
- Blog Post
Applying to Business School as a Couple
For Kate Kingen and Patrick Garrison applying to business school was a mutual decision – and coming to HBS was a journey they decided to embark on together. Kate and Patrick first met in New York View Details
- 30 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 30
tracks the origins of sweetriot from Sarah's formative early career experiences, to the company's launch and beyond as Sarah prepares future products, establishes production channels, and seeks future funding. Sarah was not content to just be a small View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 May 2021
- HBS Case
How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups
small fish in a huge, huge ocean. You won’t get into any of the accelerators. It's just too bro-ville." But Tuchman was determined to do business in Miami. “In San Francisco and New York you’re a small fish...
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Harvard Business School
assistant buyer and rose to overseeing buying in Europe and Asia. He was one of the first Black executives at Macy's. Wilkinson later moved to the New York City Transit...
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African American Student Union Spotlight on Social Enterprise - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year...
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Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
assistance of Richard Kriebel, Land presented the science behind his invention in a series of engaging public forums. In 1936, the young entrepreneur introduced his synthetic light polarizing discs at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New...
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- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
business. An eight-year veteran with the prominent New York venture capital firm of J.H. Whitney & Company, he launched his own shop backed by $8 million from the Bass brothers. Seven Honeywell engineers in...
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- 04 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
What MBAs can do in Defense of Black Lives
grassroots activists influence business leaders, public officials, and other decisionmakers. Educate yourself about anti-Black racism to supplement your business school education. Read essays from “The 1619 Project” in the New View Details