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- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
Related Links Ten Amazing Facts about Beauty Register for a Club presentation with Professor Jones on October 19 In his new book, Beauty Imagined: A History of the Global Beauty Industry (Oxford University Press), HBS professor Geoffrey... View Details
- 27 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
New Cluster Mapping Project Helps Companies Locate Facilities
gaining or losing national share, and whether it is getting broader or narrower in depth. The data covers not only the overall cluster but also segments or "subclusters." These further reveal the cluster's strengths and weaknesses. The data is a View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
older man led them to the back of one of the homes. Inside, he showed them a group of people huddled around the glow of two laptops, powered by a generator. “More than any other course, it teaches humility” "He said, 'All of my... View Details
- 29 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
Leni Peterson R. (MS/MBA 2023): Solving Big Problems Through Entrepreneurship
streamline and scale engagement with at-risk suppliers, industry peers, and key stakeholders to stabilize supply chains and enhance water stewardship. What inspired you to start a company, what resources did you need, and what fears did... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Plunging Into the Net
studies, course notes, journal articles, and a forthcoming book - Marketspace - by Rayport. In addition, HBS is delivering human capital. "Our graduates are going into established industries and creating new models that are changing the... View Details
- 17 Oct 2016
- HBS Case
Business Solutions That Help Cut Food Waste
farmers, academics, policy makers, and social service organizations. “We’re seeing a movement to rethink what we are doing as a food industry and as consumers,” says José Alvarez, a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School who was once... View Details
- Web
Women, Work, and the “M” Word - Blog: Health Supplement
leading, and managing effective and sustainable organizations. But what can leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, etc. do to give the female workforce the tools to thrive during this important health journey? Let’s start with education: what... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Inside the Bestseller List with James Andrew Miller
the curtains.” Miller’s new book fits that successful mold—but comes with a marketing challenge. Powerhouse is about Creative Artists Agency, a powerful force in the entertainment industry but a lesser-known... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
14 for '14
1.0. But food is one of the biggest industries on the planet, and the tech that supports it hasn't changed in 30 years. Stay tuned for big innovation." —Nick Taranto (MPA/MBA 2010), cofounder, Plated Karen Tumulty "History—with the recent... View Details
- 20 Dec 2018
- News
Baker Library Webinar Features Resources for Alumni
acquisitions, and exploring literature on thought leadership. But many didn’t realize they had access to Baker and wanted to know how to navigate all that it offers. The webinar showed participants how to find information on any business topic, including trends and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 31 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Climate Change Pioneers in the Class of 1978
with extensive work in renewable energy and energy efficiency, power plant development, utilities operations and restructuring, and advanced energy technologies. He has also developed expertise in electronic land management and... View Details
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
HBS Business Plan Contest Keeps Entrepreneurial Spirit Alive
processing. Founders Patrick George, Gonçal Pagan, Javier Segovia (all MBA '02), and Benjamin Vigoda, a Ph.D. student at MIT, hope to produce faster, more powerful chips at a lower cost than those currently on the market. Three... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Leadership Project Codifies Elusive Traits
Alumni interested in leaders of the past century now have a powerful database at their fingertips, thanks to the School’s Leadership Initiative. The online resource offers a comprehensive overview of leadership in 20th-century American... View Details
- June 1999 (Revised November 2006)
- Case
Basil "Buzz" Hargrove and de Havilland, Inc. (A)
By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Angela Keros
Buzz Hargrove, national president of the Canadian Auto Workers, needs to find a way to secure an agreement from a negotiated contract with de Havilland, Inc. Local union leaders feel the deal is not good enough, but Hargrove is convinced management will close the plant... View Details
Keywords: Media; Power and Influence; Negotiation Deal; Leadership; Agreements and Arrangements; Business Exit or Shutdown; Labor Unions; Negotiation Types; Management Teams; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Canada
McGinn, Kathleen L., and Angela Keros. Basil "Buzz" Hargrove and de Havilland, Inc. (A). Harvard Business School Case 899-138, June 1999. (Revised November 2006.)
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Luciana Baigun
Collaborate.com, a startup in Cambridge, I saw all the excitement TEDxBoston was generating – it was attracting people from all industries and walks of life,” she says. It occurred to her that TED and HBS could be the perfect match. “HBS... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Feedback
inexpensively on a desktop. I ran a small “Skunk Works”-like program at Lockheed Martin in the early 1990s that produced the IKONOS satellite, the first high-resolution commercial satellite that has evolved over time into an industry... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Charged Up
Image by Digital Art/Corbis Related Links Listen to a podcast of Professors Rawi Abdelal, Forest Reinhardt, and Richard Vietor discussing the future of energy The catch-all “green” category covers a range of industries, from wind and solar View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Thomas S. Volpe
Hambrecht & Quist. Within six years, he found himself leading the firm, but his own entrepreneurial aspirations were too powerful to ignore. In 1986, he launched an investment firm that specialized in rapidly growing companies. After... View Details
- 24 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which was created by the passage of the 1906 Federal Food and Drugs Act, regulates companies and industries accounting for one-quarter of all consumer spending, roughly $1.5 trillion worth of... View Details
- 21 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 21, 2006
equilibrium, belief in the "American dream" is commonplace, workers exert effort, there are high powered contracts (and income is unequally distributed) and punishments are harsh. Economists who believe that deterrence (rather... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne