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Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy - Recruiting

York back to her home state of Massachusetts to attend Harvard Business School. “HBS opened up my global perspective,” said Leahy. “It allowed me to see the world through the international platform HBS provides, but also opened my way of... View Details

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Partners & Fellows | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Initiative Julliard School Junior Achievement KaBOOM! Kresge Foundation LA's BEST After School Enrichment Program/Mayor's Office L.A. Unified School District Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Mass Challenge Mass IT Massachusetts Bay... View Details

04 Apr 2023
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Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues

While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Consumer Products; Fashion; Retail; Green Technology

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The Railroads: The First Big Business - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

pedestrians could fall victim to the violent force of locomotive trains running at unprecedented speeds or to the hazardous sparks they emitted. In 1841 a tragic collision of two trains on the Western Railroad in Massachusetts killed a... View Details

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Team - Case Method Project

History , and has held fellowships from Yale University and the Massachusetts Historical Society. Dean has published widely on American history and is the author of American Heretic: Theodore Parker and Transcendentalism (2003), which won... View Details

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NVC Regions - Alumni

Matthew Hagen , GMP 27 2019 John Reichenbach , MBA 1986 Andrew Knott , OPM 24 Jason Schrank , Staff lead Northeastern US Boston States Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont Northeastern US/New York - HBS Club... View Details

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MOC Network reaches 20 year milestone - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

manufacturing capabilities in the U.S., as a Special Assistant to President Biden for Manufacturing and Economic Development from March 2021 to September 2022 and most recently as a member of the Massachusetts Advanced Manufacturing... View Details

October 2022 (Revised May 2023)
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Ginkgo Bioworks vs. Scorpion Capital: The Debate Over Related-Party Revenues

By: Aiyesha Dey, Jonas Heese, Suraj Srinivasan and Annelena Lobb

Ginkgo Bioworks, a synthetic biology company based in Boston, Massachusetts, faced divergent views on its revenue possibilities and accounting practices. After a report emerged accusing it of fraudulent accounting and lack of innovation, its share price plunged. But... View Details

Keywords: Fraud Allegations; Revenue; Reports; Accounting Audits; Innovation and Management; Investment; Biotechnology Industry; Boston

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19 Jan 2023
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What Makes Employees Trust (vs. Second-Guess) AI?

LISH senior research scientist Michael Menietti; Katherine C. Kellogg, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Luca Vendraminelli, who is affiliated with LISH and a post-doctoral fellow at the Politecnico di Milano.... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

May 2016 (Revised March 2020)
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Fasten: Challenging Uber and Lyft with a New Business Model

By: Feng Zhu and Angela Acocella

Fasten, a new ridesharing start-up in Boston, entered the scene in September 2015 hoping its unique vision of transparency for both driver and passenger and strategy to keep riders' fares low and charge drivers a flat $0.99 fee per ride as opposed to the 20-30%... View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Transportation; Business Startups; Business Model; Transportation Industry; Boston

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15 Sep 2022
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Looking For a Job? Some LinkedIn Connections Matter More Than Others

with Stanford University Professor Erik Brynjolfsson, Professor Sinan Aral of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and two LinkedIn employees and recent Stanford and MIT Ph.D. graduates Karthik Rajkumar and Guillaume Saint-Jacques,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Dec 2019
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Developing Leaders Who Bridge Business and Engineering

as Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Revenue and Special Advisor to Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker for technology and innovation competitiveness. Most recently, he was Secretary of the... View Details

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The Chao Center: The Heart of HBS Executive Education

student center for the MBA program. The hours of operation are Monday through Friday, from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. The large COOP in Harvard Square at 1400 Massachusetts Avenue also should not be missed. Can I pick up a COVID test at the Chao... View Details

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Cumnock Hall | About

Textile School—the first school in Massachusetts where the theory and technique of textile manufacturing was taught. He acquired the Appleton mill with a group of family and friends and headed the company until his death, when his son... View Details

11 Dec 2023
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Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy

that personally inspired me.” To make this career transition, Leahy made the move from New York back to her home state of Massachusetts to attend Harvard Business School. “HBS opened up my global perspective,” said Leahy. “It allowed me... View Details

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Cars on Time

1918, half of all cars on the road were Fords, but by 1930, three out of four cars and trucks were bought “on time,” most of them from other manufacturers. 24 A rare surviving collection of papers from a dealership in Plymouth, View Details

04 Apr 2024
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The Making of a Medical Milestone

On March 16, doctors at the Massachusetts General Hospital made history when they successfully transplanted a kidney from a genetically modified pig to a living human. The groundbreaking procedure marked a significant milestone in animal-to-human transplant, or... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

12 May 2023
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Independent Project: The Rise of Electric Heat Pumps

Hawaii, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts (Figure 3) [9]. Figure 2: TCO of electric heat pumps mostly lower or on par with natural gas furnaces, while much lower than propane / oil furnaces Source: my analysis Figure 3: Residential natural... View Details

23 May 2018
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Abigail P. Johnson, MBA 1988

Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1961 Born, Boston, Massachusetts 1984 Earns BA, Art History, Hobart and William Smith Colleges 1985 Joins Booz Allen Hamilton, Research Associate 1988 Earns MBA 1988 Joins Fidelity,... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

31 Jan 2023
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It’s Not All About Pay: College Grads Want Jobs That ‘Change the World’

organizational purpose or social responsibility—reduce the overall bump paid to college-educated workers by about 5 percent, finds the study, which Zhang wrote with Nathan Wilmers, an associate professor at the Massachusetts Institute of... View Details