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- 18 Dec 2020
- News
Progress Update on Racial Equity Plan
This week, HBS offered a progress update on its Racial Equity Plan—a seven-part action plan developed by the Dean’s Anti-Racism Task Force and released in September. In the past three months, the School’s progress has included launching a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
with comical tales are perceptive looks at things as different as family Christmas rituals, and the impact of 40 years of communism on society. When Climate Change Hits Home by Diogo Castro Freire (MBA 2012) (Amazon Digital Services LLC)... View Details
- April 1985 (Revised March 1986)
- Case
Seven-Up Division of Philip Morris
By: Michael E. Porter and Edward J. Hoff
In 1979, Philip Morris acquired the Seven-Up Co., the number three concentrate producer in the U.S. After four years of losses, Seven-Up had registered an operating profit in 1984. Industry analysts were debating the role that Seven-Up would play in Philip Morris's... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Business Divisions; Debates; Profit; Production; Personal Development and Career; United States
Porter, Michael E., and Edward J. Hoff. "Seven-Up Division of Philip Morris." Harvard Business School Case 385-321, April 1985. (Revised March 1986.)
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Breaking Free from Fear of Change
organizations in the process of change, DeLong is a former chief development officer and managing director at Morgan Stanley. His new book draws on conversations with top executives in business, law, and other professional organizations... View Details
- 23 Feb 2015
- News
Preserving a Musical Tradition; Inspiring Future Generations
music as if it were a language they were speaking constantly and through that were able to develop their musical senses and abilities to a very high level. And that was just this idea floating around in my mind: Wouldn’t it be great if... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Courting the Poor
they can look at images of it on the computer from every angle. The employees teach people how to use the computer and let them come back to surf the Internet. It’s not about offloading work to the customer; it’s about treating them with dignity.” Magazine Luiza has... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
A New Approach to Contact Tracing
access encrypted data on the phone so contact tracers can notify those who have been near the person and provide them with health care guidance. The development of the app—an example of government-supported technological innovation for... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Beantown as a Beacon
Facilitating private-sector progress while benefiting the taxpayers "Governments need to think more like partners, not order-givers," said Massachusetts Secretary of Housing and Economic Development Greg Bialecki. "Government can play an... View Details
- 11 Jun 2015
- News
Making connections at Harvard and beyond
In his role as executive director of External Relations at HBS, Ralph James (MBA 1982) takes the work of developing connections to a whole new level. While embracing the work of building lasting relationships between the School and its... View Details
- Article
Selling to Many Countries Within the U.S.
By: Frank V. Cespedes and Michael Wong
In pursuing growth, many companies have plans to sell to emerging markets like the so-called B-R-I-C nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China), but they overlook significant ethnic markets within the United States. For example, the combined African-American and Hispanic... View Details
Keywords: Management Style; Ethnicity; Sales; Business Growth and Maturation; Marketing Communications; Business Plan; Emerging Markets; Debates; Business Strategy; Growth and Development; Growth and Development Strategy; United States
Cespedes, Frank V., and Michael Wong. "Selling to Many Countries Within the U.S." MIT Sloan Management Review 52, no. 1 (Fall 2010).
- 28 Oct 2021
- News
Capital Considerations for Black Entrepreneurs; Pivoting for Gender Equity
failure in the startup and tech ecosystems. I think the HBS community is particularly well-suited to be a problem-solver here. We have so many leaders in VC, startups, and entrepreneurship. Our alumni network literally runs the largest... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Value of Difficult Conversations
Great Conversation In the virtual classroom, Ratajczak steered the conversation away from past harms to the Black community to the current issues that stem from them. He wondered how payments could address modern inequities and if such... View Details
- 18 Sep 2017
- News
Chronicling a Legacy of Alumni Social Impact
commitment to social impact. He also wanted to know what motivated it, as well of its ultimate impact. In March 2016, Stevenson and a team of researchers launched a project to better understand and communicate that impact. To date, the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Scientific Research and Development Services; Scientific Research and Development Services; Scientific Research and Development Services; Scientific Research and Development Services; Scientific Research and Development Services; Scientific Research and Development Services; Scientific Research and Development Services; Scientific Research and Development Services; Scientific Research and Development Services
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Higher Ground
started to report levee failures. “So we didn’t dodge the bullet,” an email said. And then communication stopped. Jim Atwood watched the aftermath of the levee failures on a battery-powered TV in a home he had built for himself on a... View Details
- 01 Jul 2018
- News
Celebrating and Supporting Leadership
beyond the Campaign. We envision a future where we—the alumni, students, faculty, and staff of Harvard Business School—work in concert to address society’s most difficult problems and interesting opportunities, innovate to redefine what is possible, and cross sectors... View Details
- 19 May 2015
- News
Getting Ready for Success
midst of starting Valiente College Prep, a Los Angeles charter school set to open in August 2015. “In America, we have millions of jobs that will need to be filled in engineering, science, and technology. We absolutely need to access and View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Future of Cities
Having trouble finding parking? Consider this: In forty years, there will be 3 billion more citizens on Spaceship Earth, mostly in the developing world’s cities, as the planet’s population hits 9 billion in 2050. To consider how cities... View Details
- 12 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
Interning as a Software Engineer while at HBS
company in front of 1000+ people. Our classmates and professors helped us refine the business -- and now we are incorporating the company. What advice would you give to prospective students with similar interests? It’s never too late to View Details
- 04 Jan 2016
- News
Getting ‘Them’ Out of the Equation
Dick Simon (MBA 1980) is CEO of RSI, Inc., a Boston-based real estate development and investment management company, and founder and chair of the kNOwTHEM Initiative. In this video, he discusses the need for leaders to understand their... View Details
- 20 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
Exploring Cleantech at HBS
additional solutions to the lack of clean energy access. Reflecting on my two years here, my advice to students looking to explore clean-tech while at HBS is threefold. 1. Find (or make) a community The cleantech View Details