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- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Case Study: Inside Story
partnerships as the only activity, since they can be extremely slow and don’t provide the opportunity for rapid iteration and learning that young startups often benefit from. Updating a contract with a large partner can take months (or... View Details
- 19 May 2021
- News
Alumni Convene to Support Nonprofit Boards; Seven Clubs Mix It Up Online
that brought in HBS faculty and the many other high-caliber speakers. “I really like how inclusive it was.” Initial feedback from the summit has been extremely positive and the organizers have hinted that the event is likely to be offered... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 17 May 2018
- News
Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs
sales annually. “Two hundred families are employed and benefitting from his enterprise,” says Bhargava. The best part of the program, says Bhargava, and what keeps him going, is the feedback from I Create alumni and their families. “The participants have been View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
Spring Reunions: Milestones and Memories
which develops and markets pharmaceutical products. Starting at age 10, Bertarelli accompanied his father on business trips. By 17, he was helping to craft the company's annual budgets. He was 29 when he became CEO, just when Fabio Bertarelli had been diagnosed with... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Bringing Hope to a Violent Land
accounting, and IT. “I’m the human face that goes along with the UNICEF name,” Van Gerpen explains. “A lot of it is making people aware of what the agency does and identifying opportunities for support. It’s a constant push.” Visits to the field are less frequent, but... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Action Plan: Brewing Awareness
complex stouts, porters, and IPAs to engage potential ambassadors with more experienced palates. Have a consistent view of your consumer target. A founder’s passion and intuition need to be converted into a clear consumer insight and scalable model. “India remains an... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Gazprom Goes Global
recently produced a three-part case on Gazprom, says the 2006 Ukraine cutoff was in reality a business decision, albeit an extreme one. The context for that incident between the two countries went back years and involved at least one... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Latin American Conference Highlights Region's Diversity
experience organizing the conference highlighted the power of the HBS network. “We drew on the Rolodexes of all our club members to find panelists and speakers, and the faculty and people from the LARC were extremely helpful as well,” he... View Details
- 09 Sep 2016
- News
MaiTai Global and Kiteboarding
your 10th anniversary with MaiTai Global this year. Tell me how MaiTai got started. Bill Tai: So MaiTai, first of all, it's a very unusual group. It's a collection of athletes, and entrepreneurs, and innovators. And we have active gatherings centered around kitesurfing... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Blue-Green Revolution
shipping. In addition, algae can grow in salty or brackish water under extremely harsh conditions; so unlike other biofuel feedstocks such as corn and soy, algae don’t need to compete with agricultural crops for fresh water and arable... View Details
- 30 Oct 2018
- News
Paths of Victory
NVC was “the right visibility at the right time,” exposing the company to future clients and potential investors, as well as helping it recruit top talent in the US and Canada. “Growth has been extremely high, with 2,200 percent growth... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Bringing ‘Global’ Back Home
be flexible in, a complex and evolving competitive environment. They need decisiveness—the ability to act with appropriate urgency and scale on key business issues. And, most importantly, global leaders need to be extremely good at... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Wanted: Leaders for the New Millennium
students, which often leads them back to HBS for an MBA. "Being young and interested in business, I found the program extremely valuable," says Jaja Jackson (HBS '99), a current HBS student and former SVMP participant. "SVMP gave me a... View Details
Keywords: Cindy Olnick
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of
baseball and football first faced in the late 1800s; more contemporary models are extreme sports and professional poker, but neither was digital-first the way esports is. You can’t take anything for granted in this new world, Kennedy... View Details
- 05 Oct 2016
- News
Harvard to Open Life Sciences Lab
block in Harvard's efforts to create an innovation hub in Allston that encourages our students and faculty to explore and nurture ideas that lead to new knowledge, new products, new services and perhaps even new industries,” said Harvard President Drew Faust. “We are... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
The Campaign for Harvard Business School
the renovation and restoration of one of the School’s most important assets, Baker Library. Additionally, the Stampses have made a current-use gift of $1 million for student fellowships. “Penny and I are extremely impressed with what Dean... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Just Breathe
extremely helpful in keeping me calm in the midst of the riots that were happening. When I experienced more microaggressions in the workplace, where I was the only Black person in leadership, the breathing techniques were helpful there. I... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Carving a Niche
Above: Faction athlete Candide Thovex racks up millions of YouTube views while inspiring others to face their fears and try new things. (photo by Christoffer Sjöström) Faction athletes test gear in extreme locations for day-to-day use.... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
respiratory syndrome (SARS) led us to this difficult decision. The Washington, D.C., Forum, originally scheduled for March 2004, will be deferred to a later date. The 2005 Forum will take place as planned in London on June 21–24. We are View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Not Your Typical Business Conference
and award-winning author of three books on the food-service industry, was the conference's primary organizer. "I think everyone left with more energy than they had when they walked in," she said. "When you're dealing with a bunch of View Details