Publications

01 Jun 2001
News

"Unheard Voices" Brings to Light Three Centuries of American Women at Work

by the number of personal papers — mostly diaries and family letters — contained in these business records. “These personal writings reveal the depth of the Historical Collections and underscore the variety... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Professor Elton Mayo; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Apr 1999
News

A Random Sampling of HBS Graduates in the News

breathtaking Internet IPOs - the company's stock went from $17 to $95.50 on its first day of trading. "It's the first pure-play journalism IPO," Kramer told USA Today (January 26, 1999), adding that the wonders of the Web are such that... View Details

23 Jun 2009
First Look

First Look: June 23

Principles that Matter: Sustaining Software Innovation from the Client to the Web Author:Marco Iansiti Abstract Economic analysis often reviews the role of principles—such as respect for intellectual property rights—in driving innovation.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Feb 2018
News

Helping Startups Give Back

and exhilarating. “Everything was pro bono,” she shares. “I was point person for our legal team on charitable application documents, in charge of event planning, marketing, onboarding companies that pledged, and working with View Details

Web

MBA 2025 Alumni Technology Transition - Alumni

will we retain? While your Microsoft Office applications will expire from your personal computer on May 23, you will continue to have access to the web versions of Microsoft Office applications through O365.... View Details

01 Apr 2000
News

Deep in the Heart of Texas

leadership, according to Winslow, include being able to put into action "ideas of what the club could be doing." His "near-term tactics" include creating a club Web site (Houston's site was recently launched) and reestablishing the club... View Details

Keywords: Amy E. Dean

Profile

Zach Clayton

involved in politics. "By college, I was eager to work with candidates in a more structured way," he says. That desire led to two business enterprises: The Resources Group, a public affairs organization, and New Media Campaigns, a company with View Details

24 May 2017
News

Angie Hicks, MBA 2000

Unified Neighbors, and a new platform: the Internet. Hicks began growing the company, expanding into new markets, setting up a call center, and building a Web presence. She came to HBS to round out her education and then returned to... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Oct 2000
News

Linda B. Kanner: All in the Family

true of her techno-savvy son Adam (MBA '98). "He's had a million ideas forever," Kanner laughs. "I was always Adam's sounding board." One of those ideas was for an e-commerce Web site that would offer discounted goods and services to... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

16 Dec 2010
News

The Emergent Arab World

Maurice Obeid (HKS/HBS 2012) made clear in a passionate opening statement. In his remarks, Obeid, who is from Lebanon, echoed some of the personal anguish expressed by Arab-American Sharjeel Kashmir (PLDA 4, 2007) in the current... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Government

03 Jan 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

5 Career-Related New Year’s Resolutions (and 5 Tips for Keeping Them)

Anat Keinan shows that people who wear funky outfits to the office are often seen as more confident and as having higher status than those who dress to fit in. As writer Dina Gerdeman explains, “The researchers found that observers viewed a nonconforming View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

January 2020
Case

Ninja: Which Platform Wins Esports' Biggest Star?

By: Anita Elberse and Michal T. Leszczynski

It is July 2019, and the business of esports and gaming is booming. Tyler Blevins—better known as Ninja—has risen to stardom playing the immensely popular shooter game Fortnite. He has become the most followed streamer in the world and, helped by his management company... View Details

Keywords: Esports; Platforms; Superstar; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Internet and the Web; Personal Development and Career; Decision Making; Digital Platforms; Video Game Industry; Technology Industry

01 Dec 2005
News

What’s Next for You?

seasoned MBAs, the experts urged career downshifters to begin any transition by doing what Jeans described as “some personal R&D.” “You should try to look at what it is in your current work that makes you feel most alive,” Radtke... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

March 2011 (Revised December 2012)
Case

Demand Media

By: John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld

Google search had helped Demand Media grow to be a $1.9 billion online publisher. Then, social media and smartphone apps began to change the way people navigated the Internet. How should Demand Media respond? The business ran on a radically new model in which a stable... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Information Publishing; Consumer Behavior; Customization and Personalization; Internet and the Web; Publishing Industry

December 2001
Case

Sarah Vickers-Willis: Career Decisions (B)

By: Myra M. Hart, Lynda M. Applegate, Sarah Harden and Susan Saltrick

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Leadership; Internet and the Web; Social Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career; Gender; Business Startups