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- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Camel and the Unicorn
become even more popular as the COVID-19 pandemic has made both the Valley’s products and its real estate prices seem ever more impractical. But if those dire predictions come true, it might not be because of inflated valuations. It could... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
Acumen's potential new projects in Kenya and associated decision-making factors, including political risk. The (B) case considers critical measurement problems for the organization at large. What should its performance tracking system look like when its interest is not... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
The True Value of a Tweet
media’s impact on the bottom line. You and your colleagues have taken a critical look at the assumption that social media works by attracting followers, which exposes the brand and in turn leads to sales. What’s wrong with that line of... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
business endeavors through the lives of ten titans of commerce. Beginning with the Tudor merchants who transformed England’s economy via trade with the New World, the author traces an entrepreneurial golden line through men such as Thomas... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia
perspective. Many companies abroad have been very smart about importing the U.S. dot-com model — without all the hype — and are really looking at what works and what doesn’t. China knows it has a huge price advantage in terms of View Details
- 10 Mar 2017
- News
The Business of Lego Batman
what's really the job is to oversee a production from start to finish. But really, when you're deep into the production process, to hand over the keys to a director and then continue to work with that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
predicts that Dell’s innovation-driven comeback will be one for the ages and that more than half of Dell’s profits will soon come from product lines it didn't have five years ago. Faculty Books The Impact of... View Details
- 14 Nov 2024
- News
How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Liberty Mutual CEO Tim Sweeney (MBA 1991) says that 2012 was the year that climate change started really showing up on the balance sheet. “This is a horrible... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
resources." Michael P. Cassidy (MBA '91), general manager of the Computer Telephony Product Group at Artisoft, Inc., a maker of tools that connect phones to computers, took these lessons to heart when he created his own company, Stylus... View Details
- 09 Apr 2025
- News
The Working Parent Revolution
parents in the last decade. What are people reacting to? SK: Certainly this idea of managing both productivity at work and having a good family life has been something that's been really important forever. And the reality is there are... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
committee's work will focus on reviewing and possibly refining the Class Notes production process; developing informative presentations that could be taken on the road and delivered through clubs; developing a more robust alumni database... View Details
- 24 Mar 2021
- News
Clubs Reaffirm Equity in Community Partners Work; Alumni Angels Invest in Member Education
best what their clients need. Phillips says nine of the club’s Community Partners client organizations for 2021 are in line with its DEI objectives, including Access Education Systems, a STEM program for inner city youth; the Alliance for... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Alfred L. Cheauré - A Dog's Life
sanction each year with close to two million dogs in competition. Are there any plans for expansion? We are currently working to upgrade our work process in order to provide better, more timely service to our constituents and to make available a host of information... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 23 May 2019
- News
Marla Beck, MBA/MPA 1998
her competition—Macy’s—is now her partner. “When you are uncomfortable, you are learning and growing.” “When you are uncomfortable, you are learning and growing.” Beck has a remarkable ability to set high goals and achieve them. Frustrated that drugstores didn’t carry... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Lego Stays on Script
marketing, Michael Moynihan (MBA 1993), has been with the company since 1996, long enough to remember its missteps in attempting to broaden Lego’s customer base by expanding into product categories such as action figures, arts and crafts,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Plunging Into the Net
it is the way people will adapt to and use that technology and the way firms will mobilize it to do smart business. As Rayport points out, "Internet-based businesses encounter the same management and marketing challenges that traditional businesses face. The bottom... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
products of countries where those sports were already widely popular and enjoyed high-caliber infrastructure and player-development systems. The success of these star imports to North America created demand back home, and globally, for... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
country, could very well be a felony offense under U.S. law. Yet this is something that goes on in the majority of U.S. corporations all the time. Think what this says to the thousands of people involved in these kinds of decisions every day.” Baker Crossing the View Details
- 21 Dec 2022
- News
HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion
conflict." "The rapid infusers are truly indispensable in cases of massive blood loss," Olga Berg, Director of Development with the non-profit organization Ukraine Medical Consortium, said in a press release, noting that these devices are used by surgeons treating... View Details
- 12 Jul 2019
- News
The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster
got over that hump, I mean then you’re like wow, we could really build an iconic company that really changes the way that the internet works for the better, kind of fixes a lot of the shortcomings. And I think that as soon as we had that a-ha we were able to really... View Details