Information And Transformation Function - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jan 2004
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Minoru Makihara, 75th AMP, 1977

foundation for Mitsubishi's transformation into a 21st-century company." At the end of his term as president and CEO in 1998, Makihara became Mitsubishi Corporation's chairman for six years, a position that... View Details

01 Jan 2005
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Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965

Critics harped that an "elephant" like IBM couldn't dance the quick steps of the new technology. A search was under way for a new CEO, but few—including Lou Gerstner himself—were eager to take on the very public, very risky assignment of rescuing View Details

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Casey Gerald

schools such as Stanford, Columbia, Babson and UCal Berkeley, traveling more than 40,000 miles into 28 cities and towns to work with 50 entrepreneurs across the heart of America. “We have three... View Details

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Online Entrepreneurial Marketing Course | HBS Online

entrepreneurial mindset and toolkit to grow your business. “Each module was well-structured and engaging, peaking my excitement, and enhancing my learning experience. The... View Details

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5. Profane, pornographic, obscene, indecent or unlawful content; 6. Advertising or any form of commercial solicitation; 7. Content related to partisan political activities; and 8. Content that contains intentionally inaccurate View Details

04 Aug 2020
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How Business Can Advance Racial Equity

lives cut short by either race-based violence or fatal encounters with law enforcement. So if I'm being candid, my initial response was a tragically resigned, here we are again. You develop over the decades a certain veneer that allows you just to View Details

01 Apr 2000
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Real World Issues Aired at Student Led Conferences

Always impressive, the annual conferences organized by HBS student clubs bring together industry leaders, alumni, and students for meetings marked by informative discussions of key business issues. Earlier... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

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Finalists | New Venture Competition

that transforms shared spaces into hyper-personalized environments. BEAM Nathan Dass (MBA 2025) Sara Ballantyne (MBA 2025) We provide continuous, high-bandwidth access to satellite data through a software-enabled optical communications... View Details

18 Oct 2021
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Embracing Activism for Social Change

much of her first post-HBS year managing the pilot. Resolving Crisis Situations Mendu and other members of the partnership developed a three-part initiative informed by the best practices they gathered from... View Details

16 Dec 2016
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An Environmental Epiphany

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Jules Kortenhorst (MBA 1986) is CEO of the Rocky Mountain Institute, a leading think tank focused on sustainability and energy use. It has become a go-to source of analysis... View Details

09 Dec 2021
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Higher Returns

depleted on a daily basis. Right. They understand what climate change will mean for them. And they're the ones that have a 50-, 60-, 70-year time horizon on this planet. Right? DM: So, we see all this great evidence out there of this huge... View Details

01 Jun 2018
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Up by the Roots

In 2010, Maria Gotsch (MBA 1989) called a meeting with the chief information and technology officers at five of the largest banks headquartered in Manhattan. The session would last for three hours, but as... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Dan Page

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Contemporary Black Artists at Harvard Business School | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

though it is important not to ignore its pain, it is also critical to refuse to succumb to its malevolence. Like failure, chaos contains information that can lead to knowledge—even wisdom. Like art.” Indeed, it is time to get to work,... View Details

12 Apr 2023
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Step Change

company Fawry's IPO was oversubscribed by 30 times, generating $100 million. Significantly, a cultural shift occurred after the 2011 revolution when, suddenly, anything seemed possible. [music] Amal Enan (MBA 2014) witnessed these View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

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From the Chief Financial Officer | Annual Report 2024

research highlighted the year’s achievements. Fiscal 2024 marked the third year of the School’s digital transformation (DTx), which was launched by Dean Datar as a strategic priority to accelerate opportunities to use data View Details

05 Aug 2021
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Closing the Education Gap with Kei Takatsuka (MBA 2022)

noticed that the students who did have a large number of opportunities available to them sometimes felt overwhelmed with information and options. “I became interested in what is the best way to make the... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Technology; Entrepreneurship

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Past Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

City released the 'New' New York Plan focused on transforming the city's job centers to support the ways people will live and work in the future. A set of initiatives emerged to serve as a roadmap to make... View Details

01 Apr 2000
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Getting the Message

The entire process -- from ad to purchase -- might take less than five minutes. In addition to streamlining the flow of information and transactions, Web technology can also help advertisers meet two of the... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Jun 2019
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City on a Hill

Appalachian settlement schools that functioned as both educational institutions and community centers. After serving as an elementary school, a boarding school, and a public... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Clay Cook

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Wartime Innovation - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

that he underwent the most significant metamorphosis of his life, transforming himself from a professor of business into a world-class builder of innovative new enterprises." 30 Doriot's understanding of the risks View Details

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