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- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Elevator Pitch: Common Knowledge
Illustration by Drue Wagner Illustration by Drue Wagner Matthew Ross (MBA 2022) Cofounder and CEO, Trove Health 2022–2023 Blavatnik Fellow Concept: Trove is building the world’s largest longitudinal database of patients and their health information across geographies... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Perfection’s Price
Kaplan realized he had made a classic entrepreneurial mistake. He let his quest for perfection get in the way of progress. “We thought we could find the perfect location, get the right costs, the right... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Letters to the Editor
outstanding private-sector success story: Professor Kanter. Samuel F. Heffner III (MBA ’70) Ponte Vedra Beach, FL Right Wing, Left Wing, West Wing HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter cites 25 years of right-wing ideology as contributing to... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Happy Monday
Illustration by Fabio Consoli Illustration by Fabio Consoli The co-CEOs noticed it right away: Early in the pandemic, staffers at the online children’s clothing company Primary.com were struggling when they logged back into Zoom on Mondays. People were not recharging... View Details
- 28 May 2019
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2019
Hopkins course catalog. I didn’t realize there was a German requirement to study physics, which had all been done in Germany before the war. After three days of German, I switched to engineering.” Unceremonious end: “I loved Salomon Brothers View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
The Race Against Resistance
warning that antibiotic resistance presents one of the greatest threats to health, food security, and development worldwide. And according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, each year in the United States at least 2... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Katharine Graham Offers Advice on Leadership
the Post to look after their four children and coordinate the couple's active Washington social life. Her life changed abruptly in 1963, when Philip Graham committed suicide after a struggle with manic depression, and she took control of... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Case Study: Building the Base
the better version. Yes, you will hit a bigger number, but you are still capped by an inherently limited product-market fit that you have yet to solve. Patel needs to focus on growing the newsletter. Only when he has found the right mix... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Diagnosing DC’s Dysfunction
report “The politics industry is different from virtually all other industries in the economy because the participants themselves control the rules of competition,” write Gehl and Porter. “There is no truly independent regulation of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
on shifting the balance of power in the boardroom away from management. Senator Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) Shareholder Bill of Rights Act, introduced May 19, casts shareholders as the antidote to runaway executive compensation and excessive... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020
1996, Hema Hattangady took over as the CEO of Conzerv, an embattled family-owned firm based in Bangalore that manufactured digital energy meters. Over the next 12 years, she grew it to become India’s largest energy-management company. View Details
- 05 Oct 2021
- News
Launch Signals
tech startup producing stylish bracelets with an inobtrusive control button that can send text messages and GPS tracking to friends, a pre-recorded call to a specific phone number, or a direct connection to the police. “Flare gives you... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
wanted to put that behind me and move forward." In contrast, Steve Belkin, who entered HBS right after graduation from Cornell and was one of the youngest members of the class, was in Harvard Square when the police started shooting tear... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 16 Jul 2019
- News
The Making of a Movement
let our emotions dictate our decision. We had to objectively assess whether we were the right people for that role,” David observes. And so began a conversation about the best path forward—a running dialogue that stretched from their... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
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Sizing Up Social Impact
influence an organization can have on social factors beyond its boundaries." Most research on organizational performance focuses on cause-and-effect situations that assume degrees of linearity and control that exist only in limited... View Details
- 19 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
Zurich and secured European distribution rights for our products, set up a joint venture with a partner in Mexico to build our brand there, and purchased Astro Gaming, a California-based gaming accessories company. Our office in southern... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
BOOK: Ruling the Waves
in their early stages, to threaten governmental control and authority. While aspects of its power may indeed be diminished, government inevitably survives these apparent challenges, Spar observes, because the state provides "the property... View Details
- 19 Feb 2021
- News
A Playbook for Progress
especially Black women, are the most educated segment of the population, and that's according to the US Census. We control some one and a half trillion, with a T, trillion dollars in consumer spending. Studies by American Express show... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The First Five Years: Emmanuel Straschnov (MBA 2012)
something in the technology field. A mutual friend put me in touch with Josh, who was looking for a cofounder. We met in New York and decided right away to partner on this (we actually had to move fast, since I had a job offer expiring... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Action Plan: Rapids Growth
weekend, Holley laughs. “All four days,” he says. “My kids complain about how much we kayak. But I love it.” How to Kayak Like a Pro Find a great dealer. “You can walk into any big-box store right now and walk out with a $250 kayak, but... View Details
Keywords: Ryan Jones