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- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Vision: A Unicorn Evolves
Manny Medina (MBA 2003) didn’t set out to found Outreach, the Seattle-based sales-engagement unicorn. He never expected to become an entrepreneur. When he quit a frustrating role in business development at Microsoft in 2011, he didn’t... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Complements to the Case Method
industry or region, and then going out and testing them in real life, that students can find those tiny gaps where it’s wrong— and where they can leverage with smart investments. “We don’t want the course to just be about polishing diamonds,” says Cohen, the L.E.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Water for Life
Issue Focus: Business and the Environment Zobel de Ayala Photographs by Tom Epperson Issue Focus The Business and Environment Initiative at HBS The City Solution Green Day Related Links Watch Ayala discuss... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Entrepreneurship at HBS
entrepreneurial ventures and make their mark in the business world. The course was one of many postwar curriculum innovations introduced under the leadership of Dean Donald K. David, and it was a significant departure from more... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
A Roaring Success in the Windy City
In 1943 John H. Johnson sent a letter to Eleanor Roosevelt inviting her to write for Negro Digest, a fledgling magazine that he had recently founded with a $500 loan. The First Lady politely replied that she was too busy at the time.... View Details
- 08 Jun 2023
- News
Three Alumni Clubs Celebrate Leadership, Community, and History over Dinner
civil engineering, their role in creating Harvard's Environmental Studies program, and their efforts to conserve natural spaces around New York. HBS professor and former Dean Nitin Nohria presented the Business Statesman Award to John B.... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 13 Jul 2016
- News
From Money to Ministry
Harvard Business School with the hope of returning to his banking career. “Harvard showed me a whole different aspect to banking,” he says. “Professor Charlie Williams, who taught Commercial Banking, was my mentor. He made banking... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Feb 2017
- News
New Regional Offices Broaden HBS’s Intellectual Reach
Geoffrey Jones (photo by Susan Young) Professor Geoffrey Jones (photo by Susan Young) Two decades ago, HBS launched the Global Initiative to strengthen the School's engagement with businesses and View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
From Das’s Desk
In previous columns, I’ve shared our ongoing work around continuous engagement and lifelong learning—the idea that your time at HBS, whether in the MBA Program or an extended Executive Education program, should not be considered a... View Details
Keywords: Das Narayandas
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Case Study: Sweat the Technique
Above: Meridith Unger (left) and Nix’s business development director Sara Weber (MBA 2016) inspect a prototype (photo by Susan Young) Boston-based Nix is developing a disposable biosensor that gives users a real-time gauge of hydration... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Healthy Profit
MeraDoctor, a consultation-by-telephone business staffed 24 hours a day by eight licensed physicians. A for-profit company that charges subscribers a monthly fee of 100 rupees (about $2) for unlimited consultations for up to six household... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Faculty Focus Their Research on COVID-19 Issues
Professor of Business Administration. His interest in expanding the reach of this work drove the launch of the COVID-19 Business Impact Center, an online hub for the School’s intellectual capital related to... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Case Study: Building the Base
the better version. Yes, you will hit a bigger number, but you are still capped by an inherently limited product-market fit that you have yet to solve. Patel needs to focus on growing the newsletter. Only when he has found the right mix of content and View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Breaking Free from Fear of Change
understand the executives I talk about in this book very well because I share their predicament,” notes Tom DeLong, the Philip J. Stomberg Professor of Management Practice at HBS and the author of Flying without a Net: Turn Fear of Change into Fuel for Success (Harvard... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
Case Study. Daniella Ballou-Aares (MBA 2001, MPA 2002) believes that has to change—and it’s the responsibility of her generation to lead the way. Ballou-Aares is creating a path for the next generation of business leaders to View Details
- 21 Jun 2022
- News
Banquet Brings Latino Alumni Back Together; Dallas Club Marks 75 Years with a Look Ahead
might be one of the most fun parts of the celebrations.” The HBS Club of Dallas was established in 1947, initially offering programs such as lunches with local business leaders, pro-bono consulting for local nonprofits, and holiday... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Alumni Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books 20+ Years of Urban Rebuilding: Lessons from the Revival of Lower Manhattan after 9/11 By Patrice Derrington (MBA 1991) and Rosemary Scanlon (PMD 42, 1981) Routledge Following the destruction of the World Trade Center and the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Lesson from the Fall
accounting and SEC rules throughout that portion of the company where he had direct authority and accountability. Since Enron is certainly not the only company to have engaged in such gaming, the important question raised by this marker... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 2
leadership. They want to know how you figured it out when the shit hits the fan, right? DM: Right. JI: So the financial crisis was brutal. It's hard to describe how tiring, how embarrassing, how awful I felt every day. And our business... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Africa's Way
conference will result in more faculty engagement and research in Africa," he says. Continuing Education in Cape Town While managing development in sub-Saharan Africa will be the primary focus of the March gathering, the conference has a... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons