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01 Mar 2010
News

Lords of Strategy

customers, in other words — and its position vis-à-vis competitors. If an enterprise had different lines of business, it might view these in historical terms — “First we got into radio, which led us into television” — or as a capital... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

18 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

When In-House Research Isn’t Enough

knowledge inside an organization." Chesbrough then presented "snapshots" of three major corporations whose research policies have led them down different paths: "Although IBM continues to invest substantial sums in... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

01 Apr 1999
News

A Vibrant Brand

magazine cosponsored "Jamizon," a national urban music festival that toured two dozen cities. Entrepreneurial Drive Clinkscales's remarkable accomplishments began with a fundamental observation that led him to launch his first... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Jun 2015
News

Leadership on a Global Stage

accepting, and moving beyond his injury. That approach of personal rebuilding led him to Harvard, where he entered the Kennedy School of Government’s MPA program, graduating in 1998 with a greater vision for his life and the distinction... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

14 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Creating the Minority Renaissance for Venture Capital: Interview with Henri Pierre-Jacques and Jarrid Tingle, Managing Partners at Harlem Capital

discussions with Pierre-Jacques and coaching sessions with Jonathan Shepherd, HBS Career Coach, led Tingle to decide Harlem Capital was ultimately worth the risk. “I was sold on the team; I was sold on the mission. And your internship... View Details

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Naiyya Saggi

were top of mind for them. Classes such as Business at the Base Of the Pyramid and Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital in Healthcare led me to question basic assumptions about how societal change could be created. Outside HBS, working... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Consulting

Profile

Rocio Parra

says. In fact, she completed a couple of high-tech consulting internships while attending Stanford. But her senior project led to a major change in plans. "I was part of a team that conducted marketing strategy for a digital... View Details

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Payam Shodjai

Payam Shodjai has enjoyed a behind-the-scenes perspective of the information revolution that shapes contemporary life: first as an engineer at Microsoft, then as a product manager working on search at Google. "My team led the efforts... View Details

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Nelson Yuan

in finance, combined with a desire to apply the Mandarin language skills he had learned at home, led to his first internship in Hong Kong. “Seeing the growth trajectory in China,” Nelson says, “made me want to study abroad.” After... View Details

23 Jan 2017
Blog Post

Celebrating National Coming Out Day at HBS

conversations that led to learning on both sides. Many section mates said it was one of the events that brought our section much closer and inspired others to share their stories, which continues to this day. I had a misconception that... View Details

Blog

Inside the Learning: Sustainability—on Campus and Beyond

Applied Sciences, are involved in sustainability. The Harvard Business School Business and Environment Initiative (BEI), led by Michael W. Toffel, Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management, is one of these efforts,... View Details

01 Sep 2013
News

The Joy of Spending

more money," says Norton, now an associate professor in the Marketing Unit at HBS. That search for answers led to their new book, Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending, which offers peer-reviewed guidance for the purse strings—much... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Paul Lenehan

In high school, Paul Lenehan was impressed by the way economics "explained events behind the news. It gave me a lens for understanding how the world works." An attraction to business plans led to an interest in consulting.... View Details

05 Dec 2023
Blog Post

Taking Learning Beyond the Classroom

Agriculture”; and the latest conversation was on the case “Driving Decarbonization at BMW”, which describes BMW's electrification and decarbonization strategy and how the company measures carbon emissions throughout the life cycle of its vehicles. The conversation,... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

Sustaining Business And Society For The Long Term

companies, and drive change, HBX introduced the online certifi cate program Sustainable Business Strategy in June 2018. Led by Rebecca Henderson, the John and Natty McArthur University Professor, the program showcases the role faculty... View Details

31 Oct 2018
News

Pitching In for Female Leaders

her path through international sports and investment banking to becoming a leading advocate for women in sports and business. “I ran and led a leading football club in Turkey for over a decade. Then I joined the governing body in Turkey... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Flight Path

Series B financing, led by Allianz, Sky, Liberty Media, Lux Capital, and World Wrestling Entertainment, in addition to partnerships with Swatch and FORTO Coffee Shots. July 2017 The hand-built DRL RacerX achieves a Guinness World Record... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Mar 2017
News

The Big Ambition Behind Educational Innovation

alumni would look back and say, ‘This education enabled me to lead a fulfilling life that I couldn’t have led otherwise.’ That’s the big ambition here,” says HBS’s Felix Oberholzer-Gee, the Andreas Andresen Professor of Business... View Details

01 Jun 1999
News

Ian Walsh

Cobras. "I could see Captain O'Grady running toward them," Walsh says, animatedly recalling the scene. "One of the Marines grabbed him by his belt and lifted him on board. The whole encounter took less than eight minutes." In full daylight, Walsh View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

01 Oct 2000
News

Timothy G. Brier: The Price is Right

and Australia. And in June, Brier moved ("with Pat, my bride of 28 years") to London to a new position as chairman of Priceline.com Europe. "Rather than transfer the American template abroad," he observes, "we've created an organization View Details