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01 Sep 2013
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The First Scrum

Business School." McInnes: Dean Hall was not supportive of our playing rugby, and his reasoning was admirable. He was concerned, knowing it's a fairly physical game, that it might lead to students getting injured, missing classes, and flunking out. IN ACTION: A Spring... View Details

Keywords: rugby; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2007
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The Winning Season

related real estate from Anheuser-Busch for $150 million, they didn’t only buy a baseball team. Just as the Boston Red Sox enjoy (or endure) the attentions of fans across a wide swath of New England, the Cardinals are a focal point for... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

06 Mar 2018
First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

archetypal American town increased trust in government and support for government services. In Study 2, Boston residents who interacted with a website that visualized both service requests (e.g., potholes) and efforts by the city... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

November 2024
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Demond Martin and WellWithAll

By: Hise Gibson, Archie L. Jones and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone

This case study chronicles the transformative entrepreneurial path of Demond Martin, co-founder and CEO of WellWithAll, a health and wellness startup. Motivated by a pivotal life experience and deep concern for racial health inequities, Martin transitions from a... View Details

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with my cohort members where I received valuable shared experiences, feedback and was able to be a thought partner around strategies and best practices in varying scenarios. Raymond Porch Manager of Diversity Programs at Boston Public... View Details

14 Apr 2021
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The First Five Years: Mike Gandy Auzenne (MBA 2016)

“My fondest memory was hosting a panel on Big Brothers Big Sisters at HBS. Austin flew to campus, my Little Brother traveled from New York City, the CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Boston joined in, as did a few HBS graduates who had... View Details

01 Feb 2018
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HBS Professor Emeritus Hugo Uyterhoeven Dies at 86

in the United States. A resident of the Boston suburb of Weston, MA, from 1960 until 2005, Uyterhoeven was active in that town’s affairs, serving as a member of the Planning Board and the Conservation Commission and as president of the... View Details

11 May 2017
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Going with the Flow

launch of WaterRev, an investment company that focuses on novel technologies which enable sustainable practices of water use. In 2012, she joined the board of the Boston Beer Company, producer of Samuel Adams, Angry Orchard, and other... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

19 Sep 2012
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On a Sound Track

headquarters are uncarpeted concrete, an open invitation for workers to navigate the building on skateboards. When there’s overnight snow on the slopes of the nearby Wasatch Range, morning meetings are rolled back to accommodate the quest for fresh powder. And if you... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; audio equipment; fashion; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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Institute Associates - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Contact mdelgado@temple.edu Education PhD in Business Economics, Universidad Complutense de Madrid MA, Economics, Northwestern University Jens Deerberg-Wittram, Senior Institute Associate Dr. Jens Deerberg-Wittram is a Director at The View Details

10 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

The Hard Numbers on Social Investments

Darragh, a director in McKinsey & Company's Boston office, and me, on behalf of the Social Enterprise Initiative here at HBS. Q: Why was it important for the Social Enterprise Initiative to sponsor this research? A: The field of... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

01 Jun 2011
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The House that Howard Built

Policy at the School during the late 1960s. In 1970, he took a leave of absence to join Matt Simmons’s (MBA 1967) Boston investment bank, then returned to the School the following year to teach courses in real estate. With Bill Poorvu, a... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

21 May 2018
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Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area

here. HBSAB Hosts CEO Brand Leadership Roundtable The HBS Association of Boston (HBSAB) held its 10th Annual CEO Brand Leadership Roundtable, “How Best-Selling Brands Thrive in Today’s Ever-Changing Competitive Landscape,” on April 5,... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2003
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Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?

choice: accept an attractive offer from the Boston Consulting Group or take on the task of turning around Union Corrugating Company (UCC), a corrugated steel roof-ing and siding manufacturer founded in 1946 by Union’s grandfather. Eleven... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Manufacturing

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Faculty & Advisors | MBA

Urbana-Champaign Ann is a General Partner at The Engine, an MIT-launched venture capital firm that invests in early-stage “Tough Tech” companies in the Boston area. On behalf of The Engine, she serves on the boards of Vaxess Technologies,... View Details

08 Jan 2020
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NFL Head Coaches Are Getting Younger. What Can Organizations Learn?

Boston Consulting Group has written about “leapfrog” promotion: “Corporate boards of directors are increasingly reaching down below the second layer of management to name new chief executive officers,” Torres writes. “A leapfrog leader,... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Evan M.S. Hecht, and Abhijit Naik; Sports

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Where Main Street Meets Wall Street

to HBS alumni." As it happens, Light's chair honors an industry pioneer from the 1950s to 1960s (an era that Light identifies as the "first burst" of success for the mutual fund). During those years, Dwight P. Robinson, Jr. (MBA '25) led the... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Financial Services

01 Dec 2020
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In Review

Allston will create extraordinary possibilities. It will be exciting to see what unfolds as our Allston neighborhood becomes a vibrant innovation cluster connected to other local innovation nodes like Kendall Square, the Longwood Medical center, and the View Details

March 2016 (Revised February 2017)
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Hello Alfred: Come Home Happy

By: Joseph B. Fuller and Carin-Isabel Knoop

On a mission to "automate the on-demand economy," Harvard Business School classmates Marcela Sapone and Jessica Beck launched Hello Alfred in 2013 to provide subscribers with an "Alfred" to complete various chores for a monthly fee. In early 2016, the company has built... View Details

Keywords: On-demand Economy; Sharing Economy; Technology Startup; Technology; Growth Strategy; Business Startups; Business Growth and Maturation; Entrepreneurship; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Strategic Planning; Service Industry; United States; Boston; Cambridge; New York (city, NY); California