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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Tackling the data dilemma
In 2008, Meg Whitman (MBA 1979) was among those the New York Times identified as Most Likely to Be First Female US President. After a foray into politics—a gubernatorial bid in California—Whitman became president and CEO of Hewlett-Packard (HP), where she is bringing... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
What is it about HBS that has produced such a steady stream of remarkable entrepreneurs whose endeavors have changed American life in the postwar decades? The creative impact of the case method, as noted earlier, should not be... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
customers; selecting the right entrepreneurial marketing path; getting from the early stage to the mainstream in the market life cycle; and executing effective sales and marketing strategy in a dynamic environment. Former student Patricia... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
moral nuisance to a global brand-driven powerhouse offering products essential to daily life is one of the more intriguing stories in modern business history. The origins of beauty products lie primarily in local knowledge of the scents... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
Georges Viana surveyed a factory floor filled with silent, outdated machinery. Then, a quick, scuttling movement caught the corner of one eye: rats. He hadn’t known what to expect when he arrived in the city of Caen, 150 miles west of his Paris home, but rats were not... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Martin Gonzalez - Quiet Courage
Photography by Robert Schoen If I take one overall impression away from HBS, it's that everyone here has a powerful story to tell,” says Martin Gonzalez, a lanky Chilean whose own life story took a dramatic turn during his first year at... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Dean Nohria Looks Ahead
three major cities. The first six years of my life were in Calcutta. Then we moved to Delhi, where I finished my schooling at St. Columba’s. Afterward I enrolled at IIT Indian Institute of Technology Bombay... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 03 Feb 2023
- News
Immersive Field Courses Take the Classroom on the Road
companies and organizations that are decades ahead of the US in how they are thinking about and implementing technologies and processes to mitigate climate change. Professor Shih documented the trip in two videos. Watch the videos. Ghana... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
In Memoriam
approachable—even humble—exemplifying in everything he did the true sense of what it means to be a teacher.” An authority on the management of technology and innovation and an HBS faculty member for 41 years, Richard Rosenbloom (MBA 1956,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Leslie Gold
weeknights on www.shovio.com, with podcasts at www.radiochick.com. Tell us about life before RadioChick. I grew up in Bridgeport, Connecticut, where my dad ran a construction-related business, which is probably how I got business in my... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Student turns family health crisis into online solution
incorporate appropriate care pathways into CareSolver. The company has attracted favorable interest including winning $20,000 and second place in Harvard’s Deans Health and Life Sciences Challenge, and has received residency in HBS’s... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Venture Capital’s Comeback
companies now find their best customers in China and India, where U.S. technology products are in high demand. More importantly, the free flow of ideas and capital have created entrepreneurial hot spots around the globe, challenging... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
An Experiment in Online Education Reaches 50,000 Learners in Five Years
that has educated more than 50,000 people in 170 countries. “We have brought much of what is special about the HBS experience to life online, helping the School to achieve its educational mission of educating leaders, wherever they are... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Energy: A Future of Lower Energy Prices
system responded immediately. The United States has become the swing supply in the global system, a role that used to belong to Saudi Arabia, and technological advances mean that producers can respond more quickly than ever before. That... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Case Study: Welcome Aboard
Technology Partners, possibly the OG of remote-first companies, in the 1990s. We came together frequently as a whole company, which allowed for fun interactions and an amazing culture. As a first step, a detailed, confidential survey of... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Start Me Up
business or a social enterprise track, the fledgling companies pitched everything from early-stage Alzheimer's diagnosis technology to environmentally friendly lodging. Below, the four that the competition's alumni judges—plucked from the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
match, “The Big Durian” after the sweet Southeast Asian fruit that emits such an overwhelming stench of blue cheese and sweaty gym clothes that it is banned by most airlines and hotels. The key to making life in Jakarta a little easier is... View Details
- 23 Jun 2017
- News
A 'Pillar' of Entrepreneurship
Photo courtesy of Russ Wilcox Photo courtesy of Russ Wilcox Serial entrepreneur Russ Wilcox (MBA 1995), whose ventures have included E-Ink, Transatomic Power and new life sciences startup, Piper Therapeutics, has joined Pillar, the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Media, VC Discussed at WSA Conference
I see it as being the most creative and innovative time in the industry. It’s the Wild West,” said Ceci Kurzman, vice president of worldwide marketing for Epic Records Group. “The record business may be in decline, but the music business is forever.” View Details
- 13 Dec 2022
- News
The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith
Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government. Christine Keung: "The trek exposed us to the challenges of rural Appalachia: declining life expectancy, a shrinking population, an economy that has stagnated and contracted, the lowest... View Details