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05 May 2017
News

Barnes & Noble Names Demos Parneros CEO

gone,” he said. Parneros comes to the job with a long career in retail: Born in Cyprus, Mr. Parneros moved to New York City when he was in elementary school and spoke no English when he arrived. He attended New York University and joined... View Details

09 Feb 2015
News

Remembering John Whitehead (MBA 1947)

later as deputy secretary of state; guided the citizens of New York City through the protracted process of rebuilding and revitalizing following the terrorist attacks of 2001; and applied his philanthropic principles and vision at HBS in... View Details

10 Nov 2011
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again

New York City Ballet, New York Philharmonic, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, the School of American Ballet, and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. The leadership structure is complex. In 2010, Lincoln Center's... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

06 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

The Growth of the Social Enterprise

with very specific practices and identifiable cultures. For example, City Year, the national youth service organization, has programs in fourteen cities across the country. Its founders made a strategic... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

02 Mar 2016
Blog Post

HBS FIELD - A Sneak Peek Into Retail

preliminary work before traveling to the market. My global partner was an Istanbul, Turkey based retailer with several hundred locations in Turkey that wanted to make its retail experience more appealing to young consumers. Istanbul is a dense and modern View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

28 May 2017
Blog Post

HBS on the Road: Ghana, Nigeria, and Côte d'Ivoire

world. 3. What is the alumni community like in Africa? I would use two words, strong and intimate. In each of the cities I stayed in (Accra, Lagos, Abidjan) I met with multiple alums and many came to the admissions events. They are having... View Details

01 Oct 1998
News

New Loan Program Signals Breakthrough in MBA Financial Aid

one-fourth of those using the CitiAssist program would not have qualified for private loan funds before this year. Editor's Note: Citi is no longer in the student loans business and the loan product, CitiAssist, is no longer available. View Details

17 Dec 2015
News

Field 2 Gives Students Hands-On Exposure To Business Practices In Malaysia

the culture, she wasn’t fully prepared for how dynamic Kuala Lumpur has become. “It is an impressive city where people are very smart and business-driven, and where there is a strong focus on innovation,” she explains. Henderson was one... View Details

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About Baker Library | Baker Library

father of New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (MBA 1966). A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School, 1908-1927 In this exhibit, a wide array of architectural guidelines, correspondence, early plans, detailed... View Details

01 Jun 2005
News

NFL Players Tackle Cases at HBS

quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs. As frequent targets of investment pitches, some of which turn out to be scams, several participants said they had already learned enough to be more astute in evaluating proposals that come their... View Details

Keywords: NFL; Ted Johnson; Todd Collins; Mike Haynes; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

February 2011 (Revised September 2013)
Case

Sound Group China: Urban Waste Entrepreneurs

By: John D. Macomber, Chad M. Carr and Fan Zhao

Private sector entrepreneur in China with advanced solid waste management capability competes with state owned enterprises and also government policies supporting a rival technology. Wen Yibo has used engineering expertise and political savvy to build a major privately... View Details

Keywords: Private Sector; Public Sector; Service Delivery; Business and Government Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Wastes and Waste Processing; Urban Development; Utilities Industry; China

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16 Dec 2008
First Look

First Look: December 16, 2008

City from its founding in the 17th century through 2008. Focuses on the decisions made by New York City officials, past and present, highlighting the challenges of economic development at the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

June 2011 (Revised October 2012)
Case

Patagonia Sur: For-Profit Land Conservation in Chile

By: Arthur I Segel, Nicolas Ibanez and Jay Verjee

Warren Adams founded Patagonia Sur in 2007 as one of the world's first for-profit land conservation businesses. His goal was to purchase over 100,000 acres of land in southern Chile and to run a variety of sustainable businesses to generate annual returns for... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Environmental Sustainability; Profit; Investment; For-Profit Firms; Entrepreneurship; Investment Return; Revenue; Risk and Uncertainty; Capital; SWOT Analysis; Real Estate Industry; Chile

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07 Dec 1999
Research & Ideas

Henry Heinz and Brand Creation in the Late Nineteenth Century

percent for the next two decades; these statistics are the products of modern economic analysis. 52 Heinz Preserved Sweet Onions and Pearl Onions usedin a 1910 company publication But the young entrepreneur had done business in a number of View Details

Keywords: by Nancy F. Koehn

01 Mar 2012
News

1st-Year MBAs Learn from Global Partners

months of classroom preparation, teams of MBAs arrived January 8 in 12 cities in 10 developing countries, where they worked to complete new product or service projects for 140 partner organizations. (A small number of students who could... View Details

Keywords: Professor Youngme Moon; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

11 Jun 2018
Blog Post

Reimagining Fashion For The Good Of All

was very grateful that on my first day in the office, my manager took me to the area where the management board is sitting so that I could meet them! In my free time, I am also enjoying the city and exploring the innumerous amount of... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

05 Aug 2014
Blog Post

Leverage the Power of Alumni Networks in Recruiting

example, if your organization is participating in a company presentation, consider sending an alum of the school to help present. Our office will continue to travel to many US and international cities over the coming months and we... View Details

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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Tools

the thousands of indicators already available. Available data includes demographics, home sale statistics, health data, mortgage trends, school performance scores and labor data like unemployment, crime statistics and city crime rates... View Details

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Field Course: Investing for Impact - Course Catalog

involves teams of 4-5 students conducting investment diligence on small businesses who are looking for flexible capital to scale their businesses. In partnership with Boston-area intermediaries (e.g. Boston Impact Initiative, Foundation for Business Equity, LEAF, Mill... View Details

01 Jun 2015
News

Lessons from a Megacity

of formal public transportation options and informal, private buses (combis) that struggled to serve the capital city of a far more economically stable Peru. In interviews with residents, the team learned that Limeans used as many as four... View Details

Keywords: April White; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation

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