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- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Back to School
alumni who throw pots, drink wine, tell jokes, and collect baseball cards—for fun. (And, yes, some have turned their passions into their professions.) How to: Jump Out of an Airplane Our instructor: Alejandro Montagna (MBA 1996), skydiver... View Details
- 02 Jul 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Story #19: Nicole Neeman Brady (MBA 2008): The Critical Role of Business in Tackling Water Challenges
ongoing board capacities. Steeped in the knowledge of what does and does not work in the quest for safe, reliable, and affordable drinking water, Nicole has been working to overcome the repeated challenges that governmental agencies face... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Robert Goodwin
relationships with the community. These investments can be modest. Just providing safe drinking water can lead to greater productivity and more profit, one of many instances where philanthropy makes good business sense. I get excited by... View Details
- 28 Aug 2015
- Blog Post
What is the HBS Health Care Initiative?
attend every health care event! The first few months at HBS can feel like you're drinking from the proverbial fire hose. However, rest assured that if you have an interest in health care and are looking for guidance, the HBS Health Care... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Negative Ad Power
increase sales and shareholder value. Coke and Pepsi both want to increase the amount of carbonated soft drinks that we consume. If Pepsi and Coke go after each other in advertising, they will turn off consumers and reduce demand for both... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
LA Reid’s Song
listen to a song, and then I brush my teeth. Music enriches my day. I always notice that my mood changes if there’s no music. When there’s music, I come alive. All my friends know that about me. The other night, Jay Z came up to me at a party and threw his arm around... View Details
- 11 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Paradoxical Quest to Make Food Look 'Natural' With Artificial Dyes
using cochineal extract and start using lycopene to dye its drinks pink instead. Lycopene is a red pigment found in several fruits, but strawberries are not among them. The lycopene that now colors strawberry Frappuccinos is tomato-based.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 04 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #16: Tim Murdoch, HBS MBA 1990 – Learning about Climate Change and Water
never thought about water threats when enjoying Island #92 with his late grandfather, the Reverend Paul Cullens (Harvard College AB 1922, Harvard Divinity School, MA, 1925) and his father, the late William F. Murdoch (HBS MBA 1956). “I used to View Details
- 08 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Manager’s Guide to International Strategy
coffee drink sold from a vending machine. Where do we compete? "What should a company's global footprint look like? How should it allocate resources across countries?" Collis asks. In the eternal battle between Coke and Pepsi, should... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Screen Tested
called Women in Business, which really demystified for me what it meant to be a CEO. She told us to think about our lives as a series of five-year careers; that concept has really stuck with me.” Guilty pleasure: Coffee with real whipped cream. “I used to View Details
- 09 Oct 2015
- Blog Post
3 Myths About HBS
forward to it continuing to grow and strengthen in the many years to come! Now I am off to meet some sectionmates for drinks in New York, one of whom is also my current roommate. Needless to say, we will spend significant time rehashing... View Details
- 28 Apr 2020
- Blog Post
A Crash Course in Saving a Family Business
business is a testament to Jiyoon’s loyalty and to her being an entrepreneur-at-heart.” In response to COVID-19, the NYC coffee community and Oatly USA, the oat drink company, recently launched www.nylovescoffee.com, a coffee retail site... View Details
- 20 Dec 2018
- News
Baker Library Webinar Features Resources for Alumni
party held deep beneath the streets of Westminster—in the Churchill War Rooms, an underground bunker that allowed Britain's leaders to plot the allied route to victory in WWII. More than 100 alumni and guests enjoyed food and drink while... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 19 Jan 2016
- News
Electric Avenues
Everywhere—Finally Fit to Drink On the heels of this past summer’s crippling drought, California hit the switch on a long-promised technological solution to the water crisis: desalination. Poseidon Water’s $1 billion plant in Carlsbad... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 15 Dec 2011
- News
An HBS gift guide
Endline’s candy dreams. Previous Next Safe water for millions Sarah Kauss (MBA 2003) Founder, S’well Bottle “My dream with S’well is to allow those without options to be provided clean drinking water, while at the same time encourage... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Insatiably Curious
experience was exactly what she needed. “I was drinking from the fire hose,” she says. “At MIT, I learned how to problem solve. At HBS, I got a framework that allowed me to see the bigger picture.” The School also facilitated her career... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Protagonist Goes Prime Time
designers are gathered around a whiteboard creating, rearranging, and discarding brightly colored Post-it notes with black-marker scrawls—for example, “What else can you imagine eating or drinking here?” They exchange ideas casually as... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 12 Jul 2019
- News
The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster
and we were all some version of 20- to 30-something single geeks. And we were spending a lot of time together at work. One of the engineers said hey wouldn’t it be great if on Friday afternoons we went out and picked a different bar and grabbed a View Details
- 24 May 2023
- News
Balancing Acts
Kewalramani: My tips for harmony: Do things every day that make your heart sing. Take random Wednesdays off. I go to Target, I go to the bank, I go to get my nails done. And it is super fun. Random Wednesdays are key. DM: The answers—from bubble baths to View Details
- 02 Jan 2018
- Op-Ed
'Dear Working Knowledge'--Our Favorite Reader Comments of the Year
hobbies, long dinners, drinks with friends, etc., I wonder how much of this can be attributed to older generations valuing something we do not. My colleagues and I are clear that we're not interested in working evenings and weekends, even... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne