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16 Mar 2018
News

Enabling The Pursuit of Entrepreneurial Dreams

AwesomenessTV was sold to NBCUniversal, the timing was right. “I was wearing many hats at the studio — from business development to finance to marketing and operations. I learned a lot on the job, but... View Details

03 May 2013
News

Looking Through Glass, Historically

Dolphin Comport: To Wilson, the bowl of this piece (c. 1929) "suggests a body in an endless pirouette." Photo Courtesy of Charlie Wilson When Charlie Wilson (MBA 1967) was a small boy, he lived for a time in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with... View Details

Keywords: Visual arts; crafts; glass making; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

02 Sep 2021
News

Elevating Ethiopian Entrepreneurs

on the country overall. “And we really understood why companies weren't scaling, and why they weren't growing, and why people were actually having trouble even starting businesses. So we provide a suite of services to any company that we start, anything from business... View Details

06 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?

market leadership position? "We believe that there is still a great deal of confusion and puzzlement on how this competitive battle will develop," say the authors of the academic paper Dynamic Mixed Duopoly: A Model Motivated by... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

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Amelia Angella Archives | Social Enterprise

Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private... View Details

13 Jul 2020
News

The First Five Years: Meaghan Fitzgerald (MBA 2016)

Player One. And recently it’s felt like the right time in terms of technological advancements, accessibility, and investment for a field like VR to really start taking off and I wanted to be there when it did.” What promise do you think... View Details

01 Feb 2001
News

New Fitzhugh Professorship Celebrated

College, it was at a time when African Americans were not even allowed to live on campus. When he graduated from HBS, no one would offer him a job. Yet throughout his life, his unwavering optimistic spirit brought him great success and... View Details

Keywords: H. Naylor Fitzhugh (MBA '33); Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

11 Sep 2018
Blog Post

Care for the Elderly: Process is More Important Than the Destination

grandpa (someone who means a lot to me) had been hospitalized almost at the same time that I started studying at HBS. Witnessing what he has experienced, now not just the rational part of me is calling, the emotional part is urging me to... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

05 Feb 2015
Blog Post

Crossing the Atlantic

and navigating in an international market. Zambia also exposed me to the role of a general manager, with touch points that spanned marketing, sales, business development, HR, IT, and other more nebulous functions. While I enjoyed every aspect of my View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Manufacturing

Student-Profile

Anil Doshi

I spent over ten years working in finance and at startups. During my time in industry, I observed the significance of information in transacting and making decisions. Prior to coming to HBS, I founded a company called introPLAY that... View Details

15 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019

December 19, 2018 NEJM Catalyst It's Time to Reform the Orphan Drug Act By: Bagley, Nicholas, Amitabh Chandra, Craig Garthwaite, and Ariel Dora Stern Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 May 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018

Point’s market opportunity and growth rate but can be seen as a change in their growth strategy. The founder needs to decide his strategy for his next board meeting. Should he focus on past performance? Or should he spend View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Jul 2017
Blog Post

“Uncertainty Makes It More Interesting.”

through the efforts of a tiny team that began with three people and had grown to just eleven. “I thought it was the ideal place to go,” Felipe says. “The uncertainty makes it more interesting. How do you take a product aimed at a Canadian View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

Profile

Ryu Kawano

As a Japanese citizen who grew up in Indonesia, Ryu Kawano is certainly no stranger to multicultural diversity. But when it was time to get a college education, he came to the United States to experience even greater variety, despite a... View Details

01 Dec 2012
News

Tidy Minds

In a wide-ranging Q&A in the "Global Manager" column of the New York Times (September 2, 2012), Sir Martin Sorrell (MBA 1968), chief executive of the WPP Group, the world's largest advertising and marketing... View Details

Keywords: Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

13 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Making Biotech Work as a Business

productivity are hellishly difficult to sort out. This is due to the difficulty of measuring such amorphous factors as intellectual property creation and the long time lag before any expected return on investment. The sector's tendency to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Biotechnology; Health; Technology

04 Nov 2008
First Look

First Look: November 4, 2008

certifiers opt for a quick turnaround time at the expense of a lower accuracy. Finally, we investigate the opportunity of regulating transparency. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-062.pdf Cases & Course... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Sep 2006
First Look

First Look: September 12, 2006

Working PapersHow Does Foreign Direct Investment Promote Economic Growth? Exploring the Effects of Financial Markets on Linkages Authors:Laura Alfaro, Areendam Chanda, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, and Selin Sayek. Abstract The empirical... View Details