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- 23 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
We Rise
City between 2010 and 2016. “Men are more likely to get asked questions that are about the opportunity and their vision,” Huang says. “And women are more likely to get asked questions around the risks and the drawbacks.” Huang, who... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
place at TechCrunch Disrupt New York City between 2010 and 2016. “Men are more likely to get asked questions that are about the opportunity and their vision,” Huang says. “And women are more likely to get asked questions around the risks... View Details
- 06 Sep 2005
- What Do You Think?
What are the Lessons of New Orleans?
security company, of which I was a director, to that of the New York City Police Department. A direct result has been a number of arrests by the NYPD of criminals fleeing buildings guarded by the private security firm. Contrast this with... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Watsons: IBM’s Troubled Legacy
The world's fair in New York City at the end of the depression decade was a big deal. Planning began in 1935. The fairgrounds covered 1,216.5 acres in what had been a garbage dump in Queens. By opening day, April 30, 1939, the moonscape... View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow
- 31 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
With Predictive Analytics, Companies Can Tap the Ultimate Opportunity: Customers’ Routines
Wharton School as well as Columbia Business School’s Oded Netzer and Nachum Sicherman to develop the model that identifies routine users and their value. Not all rides are routines To track how targeting routines may work, the authors teamed up with a rideshare company... View Details
- 21 Nov 2024
- Blog Post
Thoughts on the JD/MBA From a Recent Grad
program for me. We had frequent gatherings, including happy hours, brunches and dinners, holiday parties, and the annual New York City trek. The alumni network is also active, with a biannual newsletter and city-specific group chats.... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Not Your Typical Business Conference
The weather in New York City was dreary drizzle on a fall day last October 25, but on the third floor of 42nd Street's Grand Hyatt Hotel, there was pure sparkle in the air. More than one hundred HBS alumnae from all over the country and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Case Study: On the Table
with the country’s young and growing middle class. With funding from angel investors, the company launched in Mexico City in October 2014 with 3 employees; now it has more than 50 employees, 35 percent growth month over month, and an... View Details
- 26 Jan 2015
- News
The Ingredients for Success
restaurants—including the Crescent City landmark Commander’s Palace—and Martin is the president of NOCHI’s board. “Carol has an unbelievable background,” Martin told the crowd, and then paused. “But the hell with that,” she remarked,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Massport, Back on Course
framework around which to figure out whether they’re making the right decisions. We’ve also reorganized into three lines of business: aviation, maritime, and the Tobin Bridge (linking the city to its northern suburbs). General managers... View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
a failure that served me well. It forced me to leave the comforts of a “great” job for the unknown of Johannesburg, a bigger city where I had no close family. Within six weeks of my arrival, I had run out of the little money I had and was... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
contractions in demand. At exactly this time, between 2007 and 2012, the provincial municipality of Chongqing in China's mountainous southwest became the fastest growing city in China with GDP growth averaging over 15%. Chongqing's growth... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
Illustrations by Andrea Manzati Prescription: Free the Data! On a bright September morning, on the expansive lawn outside the Watertown, Massachusetts, headquarters of the e-health firm athenahealth, city and state officials, company... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Camel and the Unicorn
used every single fundraising round for a very specific purpose. Lazarow: It was to expand to another city or it was to do a small acquisition or something like that. That they really took this long-term approach. I asked Mike, I said,... View Details
- 04 May 2018
- News
How to Win the Kentucky Derby
race? Finley: It's on a lot of bucket lists. On Saturday morning, you wake up and you can just feel it. And every hotel for 50 miles around the city is packed with people that have come in to be at the Kentucky Derby. So you'll see all... View Details
Keywords: horse racing
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Yoga Inc.
Lululemon’s senior vice president of global community, Eric Petersen (AMP 175, 2008) spearheads efforts to connect with customers, promoters, and loyal fans—in Lululemon-speak, “guests, ambassadors, and influencers”—in Beijing, Montreal, London, Los Angeles, Sydney,... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Halber
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Making Change
differently. We envisioned an interdisciplinary social enterprise, with a mission to create inclusive cities where poor and low-income people had greater housing choices. At mHS, we emphasize three principles: community, design, and... View Details
- Profile
Hiroshi Mikitani
literally took an earth-shaking event to convince Mikitani to launch Rakuten. The 1995 Hanshin earthquake, which devastated the Mikitani’s native city of Kobe, affected him deeply and personally. His family still lived in Kobe and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Reimagining China and India
descendants. This difference explains why China can build cities overnight, and India can’t even build highways. You write that the world’s center of economic gravity is shifting from the West to Asia. Should that shift be of concern? I... View Details
- 06 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
have higher productivity than their counterparts from large cities. As a possible explanation of our results, we test for selection and find that employees hired from smaller towns outperform their large city counterparts in standardized... View Details