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- 04 Feb 2022
- News
Hour by Hour
lost money on training, and employees often started right back at minimum wage with each new job. This insight is at the heart of HourWork (formerly Syrg), which Morris founded in 2018 to bring together employers and their former... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
he’s hosting a tour of the space—and assigning McKenna a key card. Ten months in as CEO of the humanitarian aid organization, it’s finally her first day in the office. One by one, a few other senior leaders assemble in the lobby for the 1 p.m. tour, including the View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Up on the Green Roof
by other energy- and water-saving measures, anchors the School’s application for Shad to receive LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification. HBS now has five LEED-certified buildings — Aldrich, Gallatin, Hamilton,... View Details
- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
unpredictable elements: Cuban politics, US politics, and the weather. The potential payoff? Making the first footprint in the sand. Watching a country take a new shape. Being part of a revolution. Keeping up the vintage American fleet at... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
- 30 Jan 2012
- News
Shopping Around
the concept of designer shopping outlets—a relatively new phenomenon in Europe—has been a priority that has required both patience and diligence. “In Europe,” she explained, “the nature of planning, zoning, and design is very political,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Bill Dunaway (MBA 1964)
After I heard what had happened, I ran up to my room and tore down the signs. As it happens, I had voted for Kennedy. It was a tragic, terrible thing. I thought I would stay in the retail drug business for the rest of my life. My advice to View Details
- 20 Jan 2015
- News
Patient Medical Records, Pocket-sized
the cost of care. The records are secure—encrypted, password-protected, HIPAA-compliant, and not stored on a server. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Bushkin read of displaced New Orleanians whose... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Fast Lane to Country Lane
moved in 2002. “I dug in, doing what I love to do, which is a start-up general business. And Mark concentrated on the creative end, the design and the making of fine-wood furniture.” By the time daughter Jane was born in 2003, Lackley had found a whole View Details
- 17 Aug 2015
- News
The Play Alchemist
products. As the firm’s chief executive officer, she’s overseen the development of several new products, such as Pulse, a jump rope that can generate and store enough power to charge a cell phone. At the... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Your Fullest Self
Britney Winters (MBA 2016) Britney Winters (MBA 2016) As a student at HBS, Britney Winters (MBA 2016) would travel from Boston to New York City to have her hair done. “Mind you, I was also the sole caregiver of my 16-year-old sister,” she... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Making a Difference
the image of women as victims in conflict zones and reshaping development programs targeted at poor countries. As a deputy director at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, she is uniquely positioned to see her ideas through.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Meal Plan
example, so people didn’t have to take public transit. We also invented some new product and business models. One brand in the Boston area is Life Alive Organic Café. It’s a plant-based, fast-casual concept that’s very health-oriented.... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
ventures they began, from the 1950s through the 1970s. Of those, take one area for closer inspection in search of the HBS imprint - broadcast and cable television. In the mid-1950s, Thomas S. Murphy (MBA '49) found himself managing an upstate View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Ink
THE BOOK “Tom Witt [MBA 1987] originally told me the story of how his father had owned a small, family-run grocery store and successfully fought off a big, new competitor over the price of sugar. The View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Stocking Up Can Build Customer Value
willingness to buy," says Bell in his working paper titled "Incorporating the Customer's Perspective into the News Vendor Problem." He continues, "The knowledge that certain stores are bound to have what you... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Faculty and Alumni Books for March 2014
Walmart to an African hand pump, a New York City park, and the B-17 bomber), the book explains why including the customer is an essential ingredient of success for any team, company, or organization. The Moses Virus by Jack Hyland (MBA... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
What is Web3?
Web3, a new era of the internet, uses blockchains, tokens, and wallets (tools for storing and managing digital assets) to facilitate a wide range of services and functionalities, including the transfer of assets from person-to-person. It represents a paradigm shift... View Details
- 26 Jul 2011
- News
An Entrepreneur of the Arts
pointe shoes from Russia and sells them nationwide. In 2006, she opened the Russian Pointe Dance Boutique, the company’s flagship store located on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile. Attending OPM, Efimova was inspired by a strategy class to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
One-on-One with Tom Oreck
Oreck’s guidance, New Orleans–based Oreck Corporation had steadily grown into a national brand known for its lightweight, powerful vacuums. As it prospered, the company acquired a manufacturing plant eighty miles east in coastal Long... View Details
- 30 Jul 2019
- News
Turning Around Tesco
£6.4 billion in losses, the largest ever experienced by a British retailer. David Lewis (AMP 161, 2001) arrived on the scene as Tesco’s new CEO in the wake of that dark moment; many now credit him for returning the company to... View Details