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- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Fever Pitch
This year’s New Venture Competition saw heavy alumni participation on both sides of the judging. More than 160 graduates critiqued student startups during April’s on-campus event, weighing everything from team chemistry to financials. The alumni version of the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Crash Pad
blocky, mid-20th-century towers that represent the toughest cases. In the decades after World War II, as air-conditioning and fluorescent lighting became standard, floor plates grew to proportions that would accommodate trading floors and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
By Invitation Only: How We Built Gilt and Changed the Way Millions Shop by Alexis Maybank and Alexandra Wilkis Wilson (both MBA 2004) (Portfolio) The founders of Gilt Groupe reveal how they built the web’s most famous fusion of high tech and high fashion. Sample sales... View Details
- 05 Apr 2016
- News
Benetton Heir Alessandro Goes It Alone With Private Equity Firm
- 06 Sep 2012
- News
Fashion-Forward
Amed “Does this look good on me?” That’s a question Imran Amed (MBA 2002) heard frequently when he was growing up in Calgary, Canada, no doubt because friends and family quickly learned he was often insightful, on target, and honest in his response. “Never in a million... View Details
- 31 Jan 2013
- News
A Generation Gap? Not on This Web Site
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
ANDRUS: Unemployed at graduation, an unlikely and inspiring odyssey takes him from his parents’ basement to the corner office of a company on the cutting edge. Photos by August Miller HBS Alumni of a certain vintage might recall a BusinessWeek article from a decade ago... View Details
- 28 Nov 2014
- News
Flat Organizations Like Zappos Need Pockets of Privacy
Keywords: leadership; employee management; innovation; holacracy; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade
- 26 Feb 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Morgan Hermand-Waiche (MBA 2010)
HERMAND-WAICHE What's the story behind Adore Me? "I had always wanted to start a company in the United States and after three years at McKinsey & Company, and following my graduation from HBS, I felt ready to take the plunge. Prior to launching Adore Me, I partnered... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Replicating Toyota's Success
The idea of human cloning is controversial, but cloning a successful business concept remains as desirable as ever. For HBS assistant professor Steven J. Spear, this pursuit led him to Toyota, whose perennial leadership in quality manufacturing attracts many would-be... View Details
- 16 Dec 2010
- News
How to Build a Brand Like Corona (VIDEO)
- 28 Jun 2011
- News
Bold Ascent
Baka: Hiking in Marin County with daughter, Isabella Sunshine. Photo courtesy Tim Baka Tim Baka (MBA ’93) is a self-confessed “numbers guy” who doesn’t wear a tie. As cofounder and president of SlingFin, a Berkeley, California-based startup that provides... View Details
- 09 Apr 2012
- News
Rethinking Women's Clothing Sizes
- 28 Oct 2014
- News
Inside Rent the Runway's Secret Dry-Cleaning Empire
- 13 Jul 2010
- News
Setting an Industry Standard
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
to the United States. Thanks to the Harfs’ efforts, DKMS has facilitated some 26,000 transplants and now has over 2.8 million registered bone marrow donors. Seth Klarman, MBA 1982 President, The Baupost Group, LLC At his desk on the View Details
Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Antitrust in Historical Perspective
within the same companies and as these companies grew ever larger. Wholesalers, who had long been powerful players in the American economy, began to see their functions made obsolete as big companies started marketing directly to retailers. View Details
Keywords: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
They Call Him Mr. China
Issue Focus: The Global Manager Perkowski Issue Focus: The Global Manager Around the World Think Locally, Act Globally Bringing Global Back Home On Wall Street, Jack Perkowski (MBA 1973) channeled capital to growing companies. In China, he set out to build one, and... View Details
- 17 May 2011
- News