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- 24 Apr 2014
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Mobile robots revolutionize order fulfillment
The brainchild of Mick Mountz (MBA 1996), Kiva Systems, with its army of small, battery-powered, orange mobile robots, offers a game-changing approach to the way e-commerce retailers such as The Gap, Staples, Saks 5th Avenue, Crate and Barrel, Walgreens, and now... View Details
- 17 Feb 2021
- News
When Should You Use AI to Solve Problems?
- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Not Throwing Away My Shot
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes “I think it's okay to want to dent the universe, but I think it's best if you're an entrepreneur to think about something that's in the present that needs to be solved right now. And then look for ways to... View Details
- 17 Oct 2013
- News
New Game in Town: Investing in Pro Athletes
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Thought Leader
bbe7eb03fac286beb6afb5f4e54cc619 Most people know that HBS alumni have helped shape the modern world of enterprise, commerce, and business practice. But in the realm of pure intellect, how many would guess that “one of the most significant philosophers of the 20th... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
granted. But 100 years ago, they were fresh recruits in the inexorable march of industrial capitalism. In a grand experiment to turn management into a legitimate profession, universities invented the modern business school. Questions... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Crash Pad
When 4753 North Broadway opened in 1924, the neoclassical tower represented the height of American architectural design, a terra-cotta temple of capitalism at the heart of Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. Over the next century, a series of banks occupied the spacious... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
The Bookshelf: Try As One Might
A professor of management at the Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia and a leading expert on design thinking, Jeanne Liedtka (MBA 1981) helps people make better decisions through experimentation. The concept sounds simple enough in the... View Details
- 10 May 2022
- News
Why Blockchain’s Ethical Stakes Are So High
- 17 Jun 2021
- News
A Conversation With Moderna Leader Stéphane Bancel
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Staying the Course
Jessie Woolley-Wilson (MBA 1990) Jessie Woolley-Wilson (MBA 1990) In early March 2020, DreamBox Learning CEO Jessie Woolley-Wilson (MBA 1990) could point proudly to the growth of the online math company. In the last nine years, since the startup pivoted from consumer... View Details
- 05 May 2015
- News
HBX Announces Additional Agreements with Liberal Arts Colleges
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Fostering a synergy at work that benefits associates as well as customers
Ganesh Natarajan (AMP 169, 2005), CEO of Zensar Technologies, is cultivating a collaborative management philosophy and innovative HR policies to ensure its 7,000 associates help customers achieve their business needs. At the core of the India-based IT company is an... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Supporting social entrepreneurs with tools and services to grow
Rob Panoff (AB 1969, MBA 1973) talks about his work with the Social Enterprise Greenhouse to support social entrepreneurs with tools and services they need to grow. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Meeting an essential health care need in India
When his mother became ill in 2008, Krishna Mahesh (MBA 2005) came face to face with India’s deep deficit of quality hospital beds. It inspired him to launch Sundaram Medical Devices, which develops high-tech, low-cost hospital beds that will help transform the quality... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Robots to the Rescue
STANDING TALL: Mountz flanked by colleagues Raffaello D'Andrea (left) and Pete Wurman. PHOTO BY ERIK JACOBS/BOSTON GLOBE Order fulfillment will never be the same if Mick Mountz (MBA ’96) has his way. Distribution centers typically rely on people to pluck merchandise... View Details
- 15 Nov 2013
- News
25 Influential Women in the Boston Tech Community
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Q&A: Orin Smith
A native of rural Chehalis, Washington, Orin C. Smith (MBA '67) was an EVP for Danzas, an international freight shipping company, when Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz approached him in 1990 to join the fledgling company. Schultz, Smith recalls, was "personable, creative,... View Details