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- 19 Oct 2011
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A Good Look
dominate almost every industry that touches people. Food, supplements, personal care — we have to be at the table to talk about what ‘natural’ means. Many consumers assume it means safe, but that’s not necessarily true. Our products are natural and View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Research Brief: The High Cost of Election Expectations
polling stations. For example, the biometric identification systems designed to prevent voter fraud were not working at all polling stations, and systems designed to publicly report real-time results crashed on Election Day. For Pons, the larger lesson is that broken... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Donors Invest in Students’ Future
BARCOTT: Pledges to pay back donors in “service and deeds.” I am here tonight to thank all the donors who believe in the promise that the students in this room represent,” Rye Barcott (MBA ’09) told the nearly 550 people gathered in early... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
The HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation
their early stages with the help of gifts of all sizes to the HBS Fund. “In business, venture capital or R&D budgets seed the most promising new ideas,” says Dean Nitin Nohria. “In academia, where endowments are generally restricted to... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Action Plan: Whole Sale
retailers to connect with consumers, he adds. “Beauty is a category that has the ability to articulate a brand promise or personality,” says Balbale, which is particularly appealing to Gen Z—and others. “Retailers are beginning to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Quantum Leap
faster and more powerful processing. (To read more on superposition and entanglement, go here.) The promise is not just about lightning-fast computing speeds, although it definitely means that. A quantum computer could complete in minutes... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: The New Brand Manager: You
hope is that we can truly realize the promise of customer relationship management. We’ve been talking about customer relationship management since the 1990s. But it has not, for most B2C companies, become a reality. If we can actively... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
On Credit
future historians, as few of those reports survive. In 1933, the firm merged with its closest competitor, J.M. Bradstreet & Co., to become Dun & Bradstreet. Dun & Bradstreet donated the credit volumes to Baker in 1962. “They say they will never drink again. They... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
The People’s Pods
on the promise of podcast advertising JA: Another way of thinking about it is distribution. Distribution used to be so, so important to get content out there. And increasingly, that’s not so, because the Internet is “disintermediating”... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
New Venture Winner Mines E-Waste
support promising new ventures founded by HBS graduates. Ninety-one teams from HBS clubs around the world submitted plans to regional judges in March. On April 25, U.S. and international finalists from twelve regions presented business... View Details
- 23 Dec 2009
- News
In the Zone
follows children and their families from infancy into college). More recently, she organized a two-day conference for some 1,400 attendees who gathered to learn how the HCZ model works, discuss common obstacles and strategies, and hear more about Obama Admnistration’s... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Turning Point: Sum of the Parts
mother’s norm of doing what you can to help others. Hoping to also satisfy my father, I applied to HBS in the spirit of kaizen. Being admitted promised to change my life in many positive ways, but I felt out of place as a former barrio... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
Cleveland in May 2001, are well under way, and that too promises to be a winner. Where else can you see the Beach Boys and HBS professor Michael E. Porter on the same day? Looking farther ahead, I am delighted to announce that the Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Edmund A. Hajim (MBA '64)
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Joss Kent (MBA 1997)
the Ritz-Carlton. They are all great brands, but what I would like to see is people stepping out of their comfort zones.” Never been: To Japan. “It’s an amazing place, and I just haven’t got there. I promised my son that he and I are... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Changing Lives One Computer at a Time
TECH KNOW-HOW: student Angelica Lopez with Jackie Adams (MBA '78) and Edward Olebe (MBA '99). Photo Courtesy HBS Club of Greater New York The HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) has joined forces with Dell to put computers into the hands of View Details
- 14 Jun 2024
- News
Highlights from the Spring 2024 Alumni Board Meeting
Attendees also heard updates from MBA Program Senior Associate Dean and Chair Matthew Weinzierl, highlighting the three priorities he and Executive Director Kierstead have focused on in the MBA program: Invigorate our sense of purpose, center the education, and attract... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Speakers Share Triumphs and Challenges
next day, three major buildings lay in ruins, and some three thousand workers faced the prospect of losing their jobs. But not only did Malden Mills' CEO Aaron Feurstein vow to rebuild his facility, he also promised to pay his workers... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Everything Old Is New Again: The History of Technological Frontiers
noted that the United States has failed in its attempts to protect encryption techniques as a national military asset. Content remains the most difficult area to control and thus promises to be the enduring freedom of this new frontier.... View Details
- 12 Apr 2012
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HBS Welcomes Eleven Alumni Startups
compete for a $50,000 grand prize and a $25,000 second prize—plus meet this year's Social Entrepreneurship Fellow. The contest, designed to support promising alumni ventures, is hosted by HBS’s Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
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Developing Insight that Has Power in Practice
senior associate dean for research. “That’s the promise of HBS. The world’s problems are becoming increasingly complex and don’t lend themselves to one type of research. Our faculty employ constantly evolving methodologies to address... View Details