Filter Results:
(856)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(3,750)
- People (15)
- News (856)
- Research (2,077)
- Events (7)
- Multimedia (62)
- Faculty Publications (1,465)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(3,750)
- People (15)
- News (856)
- Research (2,077)
- Events (7)
- Multimedia (62)
- Faculty Publications (1,465)
Sort by
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Reinventing perceptions of Africa through wine
their country. After visiting a wine festival in Soweto, South Africa, in 2005, Cuffe and her husband, Khary Cuffe (MBA 2007), realized that by establishing Heritage Link Brands and distributing these quality wines, they could show that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Style Check
Benetton Brain Trust: After learning at the knee of his father, Luciano, Alessandro is taking the family business forward. Working for his family’s company, whose colorful sportswear and controversial advertising made it a brand of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
A Smooth Stretch
is a certified yoga instructor, has created a foundation to help spread yoga teaching and practice throughout society, including among at-risk youth. Said Hanna, “I wanted to build a brand that inspires people to be the best versions of... View Details
- 29 Jan 2021
- News
Holding Business to Account
consumer and employee loyalty, the brand equity it has built. And if you take a slightly longer-term view, you see that,” she observes. “We’re in the business of asking our companies for more accountability and transparency, and really... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Anand G. Mahindra, MBA 1981
Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business, by David Mamet “My penchant is for building brands that find a place in the customer’s mind and for developing businesses that live or die by how well they connect with the consumer.”... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Vision: To Go-Go
conventional restos by dealing strictly in virtual brands that rely on “ghost” or “cloud” kitchens, that is, standalone cooking facilities that lack physical dining spaces and serve customers exclusively through delivery apps. A single... View Details
- 31 Aug 2016
- News
Managing McDonald’s Makeover
that the iconic brand is “keeping pace with changing tastes and habits.” The move was reportedly unexpected, given McDonald’s history of promoting from internal ranks. (Kempczinski was brought on last year.) In quickly tapping a relative... View Details
- 01 Jan 2009
- News
William K. Bowes Jr., MBA 1952
Silicon Valley’s burgeoning venture capital industry. Founding U.S. Venture Partners in 1981 provided Bowes the opportunity to help create, rather than merely finance, initiatives at their earliest stages. The firm has shaped the software, health-care, e-commerce, and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Action Plan: Fruit of the Vine
Knudsen Cowles: building for the future at the family vineyard in Oregon’s Willamette Valley (photo by Hilary Bobel Cronon) When they inherited the family vineyard a decade ago, Page Knudsen Cowles (MBA 1983) and her three brothers knew they’d been entrusted with a... View Details
Keywords: Ryan Jones
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
In 1995, Boston's Museum of Fine Arts reopened its grand front entrance on busy Huntington Avenue. The symbolism was hard to miss. After decades of attracting a scholarly, sophisticated, highbrow crowd to its side entry, the MFA was opening its doors to a wider... View Details
- 07 Feb 2019
- News
A Course Correction at Chris-Craft
Julius (MBA 1988) helped steer venerable boating brand Chris-Craft into calmer waters. Heese and Julius are the founders of the private equity firm Stellican, which—as detailed in the story—focuses on “rescuing neglected heritage brands,”... View Details
- 01 Nov 2018
- News
Showing Girls the Possibilities
Ann Fudge (MBA 1977) is the former chairman and CEO of marketing giant Young & Rubicam Brands and serves on a number of corporate boards. In this interview, she talks about another, more personal focus of her efforts and energies. “If I... View Details
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
Giving Kids Tech Tools to Make an Impact
and brands to build robust apps, Kadomatsu says Mouse programs have served more than 33,000 students nationwide. “More than 50 percent of public school students in America are considered low-income, and I am always thinking about the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Elevator Pitch: Spread the Wealth
Illustration by Drue Wagner Illustration by Drue Wagner Sabine Tejerina (MBA 2009) Cofounder and COO, Upstreet Concept: Launched in 2020, Upstreet makes it easier and more economical for companies to reward employees and customers with shares to improve engagement and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Invisible Trillions: How Financial Secrecy Is Imperiling Capitalism and Democracy—and the Way to Renew Our Broken System By Raymond W. Baker (MBA 1960) Berrett-Koehler Publishers Over the last half century, capitalism has created... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2015
study of brand relationships outside of traditional areas by applying new theoretical frameworks and considering new contexts (online digital spaces, consumer collectives, global brands, luxury brands, and View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
By Invitation Only: How We Built Gilt and Changed the Way Millions Shop by Alexis Maybank and Alexandra Wilkis Wilson (both MBA 2004) (Portfolio) The founders of Gilt Groupe reveal how they built the web’s most famous fusion of high tech and high fashion. Sample sales... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
The Sparkles in Our Skies
Hagemann. “It’s really about focusing on an industry that has for so long been allowed to use the planet as a bank that it will continue to borrow from and never pay back.” Consumer education is a long and ongoing process, but Hagemann has reason to be hopeful. When... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Reinventing Marketing
advertising industry. Other important work is being done by four new assistant professors, including Narakesari Narayandas's study of long-term relationships between manufacturers and vendors, Susan M. Fournier's work on customers' brand... View Details
- 12 Jan 2017
- News
Personalizing Women’s Path to Success
child-rearing hiatus. Lisa Skeete Tatum (MBA 1998) has designed what she calls the ideal “playbook” for those situations, and more, with Landit, a technology startup that offers personal brand and network building, skill development,... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken