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- 30 Oct 2017
- News
Giving Minorities a Playbook for Career Success
list began in 1955. The figures are only slightly better beyond the corner office. According to a 2016 report on corporate diversity, black men and women account for 4.7 percent of executive team members in the Fortune 100, a percentage... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
One-on-One with Tom Oreck
Oreck Illustration by Zachary Pullen When Tom Oreck (OPM 26, 1998) took over the family vacuum cleaner business seven years ago, his biggest challenge was to transform the firm from an entrepreneurial “one-man band” founded by his father,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
A Capital Asset
people. When Cohen visited Nairobi to survey the damage, she found the embassy site a “tangled, chaotic mess,” with stairs that ended in midair and entire floors blown open to the elements. SaysCohen, “The bombings were horrific. The... View Details
- 28 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 28, 2015
handbags, accessories, and fragrances. Founded in 1996 in London by couture shoe designer Jimmy Choo and Vogue accessories editor Tamara Mellon OBE, the brand enjoyed immediate success and rapidly acquired a sophisticated clientele. The... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 2, 2010
2009: All Talk As They Prepare to Walk? Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria, and Dalia RahmanHarvard Business School Case 411-024 Max Anderson, HBS Class of 2009, founded the MBA Oath Initiative. The oath was a voluntary pledge "to create... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 3, 2008
surgical service that is constantly improving. The case has many details about how Dr. Shingleton works with his staff and patients and how the provider team focuses on patient care. A key measure of productivity for the surgery center is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
her yard. Interested in a “green” career post-HBS, she found it difficult to locate the alumni and networking opportunities that would provide a leg up on the job hunt, so she joined forces with Fishman to create an alumni organization to... View Details
- 11 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Hackathons Help Decide Platform Winners and Losers
breeze about a trendy new third-party tool over a game of Super Smash Bros. in the breakroom. “In most software hackathons, the formal competition aspect is really just a façade to put everyone in a time-bound and high-energy environment. Most View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?
obsessed with the terms ‘new’ or ‘improved’. The economy simply changes What we’re witnessing is simply another evolution. Albeit a pretty significant one.” Others found themselves unable to respond without criteria that they could apply.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
to help our customers ‘compete with anyone, anywhere in the world,’ and that’s what we do.” Those customers can be found worldwide and in diverse industries. Examples of the range of metal-component parts CGM produces include air-bag... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
launch Bridgespan. Over the years, the firm has assisted HBS professors in writing several social enterprise cases, and two have been written about Bridgespan itself. For his part, Tierney is chair of the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative’s advisory board, having... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
crushing it. Sprayed with glass, Lhota scrambled from the wrecked vehicle and made his way to a nearby fire command center, a location previously designated as an emergency rendezvous point, where he found the mayor and other city... View Details
- 13 Feb 2015
- News
Lessons in Perseverance
By 1998, Pilar Deza (OPM 30, 2001) had weathered several storms on her way to becoming a leading education entrepreneur in Peru. Deza had gone from founding a nursery school in her garage with four neighborhood children to operating two... View Details
- 16 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 16, 2008
PC, the organization faced challenges in doing things outside of its established processes. Though many of the team members had worked together for years, they had to find new ways of working as they tried to launch the new mobile... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Q+A on the Socioeconomic Inclusion Task Force with Holly Fetter (MBA 2020) and Alexxis Isaac (MBA 2020) - 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... View Details
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Want to join a startup and are looking for tools to evaluate companies and founding teams they are considering working with Intend to invest in startups or serve as startup advisors and board members Are... View Details
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth
evolved into a complex solution instead of the simple small business software that originally was envisioned. Its features got specified and locked in before a single paying customer had used the product. The Pandesic team did a lot of... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Raynor
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
business. I can’t say enough about the people I met at the School. During the IPO road show, for example, at one of the group lunches, I found myself sitting across from Josh Clark, an HBS classmate who was managing a $1 billion–plus... View Details
- 24 Sep 2020
- News
The Race for a Vaccine
Above: illustration by Matthew Roharik/Getty Images In November 2019, a team from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, visited Moderna, Inc.’s manufacturing plant in... View Details
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Israel Addressing Water Scarcity with Precision Irrigation Netafim, founded in Israel, is the global leader in drip irrigation systems—the most efficient way to deliver water to crops. In spite of this, as a case study about the company... View Details