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July 2012
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31 Jul 2012
Two Harvard Business School Teams Win Chef Ferran Adrià's Global Ideas Challenge Competition
BOSTON—Two teams from Harvard Business School (HBS) have won first prize in the “Ideas for transformation” Global Ideas Challenge Competition, organized by Chef Ferran Adrià and Spanish telecommunications company Telefónica. The competition is intended to shape the new era of elBulli, the renowned restaurant Adrià closed in July 2011 to focus on establishing the elBullifoundation, a place of creativity and innovation that he will launch in 2014. The HBS teams, Team A and Duende, will each receive a prize of 10,000€. A third finalist team from London Business School won second prize. A total of 31 projects were entered in the competition. Read more.
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25 Jul 2012
Summer Venture in Management Program Introduces College Students to Harvard MBA Experience
BOSTON—"Who is the average user of Cityville?" asked Harvard Business School associate professor Misiek Piskorski, as he taught a case study he had cowritten on Facebook, social networking, and one of the games people play on the popular site. Read more.
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12 Jul 2012
HBS Alumni Achievement Award Winner Marvin Traub Dead at 87
BOSTON—Marvin S. Traub (MBA 1949), former CEO and president of Bloomingdale's and a transformational figure in the field of retailing, died of cancer yesterday at his home in New York City. He was 87 years old. Read more.