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- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Plight of the Global Poor
growth and with the top tiers in emerging markets relatively small, business is beginning to eye this huge population at the bottom of the pyramid (BOP) as a viable and essential market. Indeed, it is only in the last decade, thanks in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Case Study: Moment in the Sun
Grabski (OPM 29, 2000) When you look at the life of successful startups, there is a distinct pattern: At the early stages, they focus and allocate most of their resources for the activities where the growth comes from. When you have a... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
growth preventing it from achieving critical mass. Ironically, it was the financial crisis of 2008 that gave the city’s fintech scene the jolt it needed to reach the next level. Suddenly, the big banks had much less money to throw at... View Details
- 15 Feb 2011
- News
The Yella Fella Rides Again
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Truth Be Told
things, they can resolve it internally more quickly and in a more efficient way than if it goes to regulators. Although we don’t study this I think it could also empower employees to feel ownership of the company because they’re helping in the overall View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019
her own life as well from the lives of the most incredible and inspiring women on Mogul. How We Make Stuff Now: Turn Ideas into Products That Build Successful Businesses by Jules Pieri (MBA 1986) McGraw-Hill Education Do you have an idea... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
INK: The Lessons of Blitzscaling
Bhartia and Raamin Mostaghimi (both MBA 2014). The book gives early readers insight into how to add value and avoid checked luggage, plus lessons on the language they’ll need to manage up: When a partner asks for 15 hours of work in the next hour, for example, “P is... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
One-on-One with Jeff Hicks
554, with billings for 2006 estimated at $1 billion. The agency’s client list now includes brands such as Volkswagen, Burger King, and Virgin Atlantic, among others. “The business I loved is the business we’re in now — being completely integrated with a client’s View Details
- 13 Mar 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Sierra Smith and Taylor Wiegele (both MBA 2017)
background in air and water filtration at SpaceX and Brita, so we knew we could come up with something better.” What are your short- and long-term goals for the company? Taylor Wiegele: “Long term, we want to dominate the odor category––with multiple View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
(a representative sample of the School’s green business leaders) are doing just that. — The HBS Green Business Alumni Association welcomes new members and volunteers. A Growth Business Sykué Bioenergia Power Couple: Ana Maria Diniz and... View Details
- 03 Mar 2014
- News
A Life Transformed
a boy," he recounts. "At home, we ate rice and could only afford roti, a type of bread, on holidays. I thought my uncle must be rich, because his family ate roti every night. "I saw billboards for the first time and bragged to my friends back in Balidhip that the View Details
- 20 Nov 2019
- News
From the Ground Up
we use those funds to provide school uniforms, provide school supplies, provide clean drinking water to the schools, and provide lunch. It was a pretty easy thing to implement. We think [it] has made some significant difference on the children in Fiji and will have a... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
HBS Cyberposium Brings Online Future into Focus
"The Internet is an explosion like nothing we've ever seen before," declared Bob Davis, CEO of Lycos, the Internet search engine company, to an overflow crowd at the fourth annual Harvard Business School Cyberposium held last February at HBS. "In terms of the rate of... View Details
Keywords: Meg Gardner
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Entrepreneurs Speak at HBS
enterprises - "We start from scratch each time as a way of making sure it's really ours" - in industries where he believes customers are being ill-served or have few choices. Growth is financed by revenues, and companies are kept... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
fan support. Nobody puts out a more exciting product or showcases more talented and skilled athletes than the major American professional leagues. But have the beauty, fun, and thrills of games - which once far outdistanced the commercial... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Li & Fung's Global Footprint
minimum wages to go up 13.5 percent a year. That’s an 82 percent increase in wages over five years. Higher wages will cause China’s growth engine to transition from low-cost exports to domestic consumption. My prediction is that over the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
What’s the Big Idea?
institutions in order to increase farmers’ efficiency, yields, product quality, and sustainability. This leads to a bigger revenue pie for farmers and the companies that do business with them. The time has come for a new conception of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change
offered this year. In addition, two new offerings are being introduced: an immersive field course that will take students to visit renewable energy and sustainable production sites in Denmark and the Netherlands, and a short intensive... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Sam Hayes
have meat inspectors stamping each individual steer. The meat packers themselves must make sure that all the product they sell is of good quality, as represented. I believe the regulatory tools we have in place are enough. Considering its... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
Founder’s Mentality: How to Overcome the Predictable Crises of Growth by James Allen (MBA 1989) and Chris Zook (Harvard Business Review Press) Based on their decade-long study of companies in more than 40 countries, the authors... View Details