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- 09 Aug 2011
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A Toast to Macchu Pisco
increases of 30 percent annually for the last five years. It holds 60 percent of market share in a number of U.S. cities, including Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. The company came to... View Details
- 16 May 2018
- News
ALUMNI NVC Finals and Regional Roundup
investment bank Bpifrance’s incubator space “Le Hub,” where the three teams pitched their concepts before a panel of 11 HBS alumni judges and a crowd of more than 100 alumni, family and friends. In the end, Benoit Dupont (PLDA 20, 2016)... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
inherent, universal desire, one that the beauty industry meets and manipulates. Passing the Smell Test The broadest level of globalization remained in toiletry brands. Toiletries were the only category other than perfume in which foreign View Details
- 14 May 2014
- News
(Re)moving the Needle
that of his father, who was trained as an engineer and ended up in the pharmaceutical industry. He holds MSc and PhD degrees in mechanical engineering from ETH Zurich and MIT, respectively, and he spent a year pursuing advanced studies in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: Reemerging Technologies
industry. Ironically, in the late 1960s the Swiss introduced the first bat-tery-powered quartz watch. But within seven years, the Japanese brought the price of quartz watches down by 100-fold because of their expertise in electronics. A decade later, two-thirds of all... View Details
- 26 May 2016
- News
2016 Alumni Achievement Awards
you from a different perspective than you see yourself, who takes an interest in giving you feedback and doesn’t hold back. That is a really hard thing to find in life. When you do, grab it.” “In the summers, Philip and I take a trip out... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Thomas S. Volpe
But his longtime fascination with both the stock market and inventors came to the fore when he entered the New York investment world. After setting up a science and technology investment banking group at Blyth Eastman PaineWebber, he... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Inside the Partnership
mischievously saying: “I don’t speak Russian. Who the hell could I talk to over there?” ... In 1939 Weinberg got another assignment: conducting an exhaustive study of investment banking for FDR, with particular attention to the wholesale... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Is AI OK?
Illustrations by Dan Bejar Illustrations by Dan Bejar When she began investigating Airbnb’s smart-pricing algorithm several years ago, Assistant Professor Shunyuan Zhang wasn’t looking for evidence that it generated discriminatory outcomes, a problem known as... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
A. Malachi Mixon, III, MBA 1968
the company puts a premium on new product development and innovation, while providing help and hope to people of all ages with disabilities. Mal Mixon takes his guest on a tour of the product showroom on the first floor of the Elyria,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Reaching Out
Suchismita had resolved that she was going to open a bank account. "That morning," Nundy recalls, "Suchismita spent hours in preparation, bathing and dressing up as if for a wedding. As we drove to the bank, she told me it was the first... View Details
- 25 Jun 2018
- News
An Unfinished Story
grout that hold it together. Without this bond it is nothing but a pile of rocks. You argue that immigrants are essential to the cultural fabric of the nation, but you also make a strong business case for immigration. We need immigrants... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
especially when I am in transit. Is there a talent that you wish you had? There are many. I’d like to have been a long-distance runner. I wish I could read more quickly and retain every word. What makes you the proudest in your career to date? My two terms at the World... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Donna L. Dubinsky, MBA 1981
When Donna Dubinsky joined Palm Computing in 1992, the eight-person start-up was one of several companies developing a personal digital assistant. Under her leadership, Palm introduced the first successful PDA, creating a multi-billion... View Details
- 05 Jul 2011
- News
The Business of Champions
triumph since 1972 hold lessons for other kinds of organizations and companies? Sports and games serve as a handy source of metaphors for business. Performance metrics abound, and success and failure are on the scoreboard for all to see.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
School Ties
education and business competitiveness." Balancing the Books Four ways that business is partnering with PK-12 Enabling innovation. Companies in San Antonio, Texas, worked to gain voter approval for a tax increase to fund quality... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
HBS Expands Global Presence
the region's business issues and the research opportunities they present. "The integration of Europe is leading companies to devote more attention to their pan-European strategy," says Crane. "Cross-border mergers, for example, have... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Private Equity under Investigation
capital.” Now modern-day trustbusters have again launched an investigation into collusion in financial services, this time focusing on private-equity firms. The Justice Department is concerned that private-equity firms are teaming up to bid in auctions of View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
An Eye to the East
demonstrates "the depth of the School's commitment to building intellectual capital in the region," says Yeh. The former investment banker and longtime Hong Kong resident has already welcomed several faculty members to this "home away from home" in the View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
associate professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee drew on recent World Bank survey data on 3,899 Chinese firms. He and HBS professor Tarun Khanna have analyzed the data to find predictive indicators for business success and guides for investors to... View Details