Platform Business - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 1999
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Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office

include whether high-performance Asian companies can provide a business model for success in the region, the role of accounting infrastructure in transitional economies, restructuring diversified businesses... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

06 Dec 2021
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New Wave

investors, but it’s really a struggle—especially for early-career entrepreneurs,” says Hiroko Muraki Gottlieb, a senior researcher in Business and Climate Change who co-edited a 2020 report on advancing science for sustainable ocean View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen

08 Nov 2024
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Latino Alumni Banquet Marks 20th Year, Atlanta Club Celebrates 90 Years of Connection

HBS Latino Alumni Association Banquet Marks 20 Years The HBS Latino Alumni Association (HBSLAA) held its 20th Annual Banquet on October 5, bringing together 80 alumni, guests, and current HBS students for dinner and a panel discussion at the New England Aquarium in... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

17 Nov 2022
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Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change

We are in a unique moment in time, where the United States’ chance to make a difference on climate is greater – and more necessary – than ever. With the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in August, business leaders have a... View Details

03 Oct 2019
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Skydeck Live: Galactic Returns

reunions about what everyone needs to know before getting involved in the business of outer space. READ MORE The following is an edited transcript of a Skydeck Live podcast recording. Julia Hanna: So do you think just more broadly that... View Details

Keywords: Space Research and Technology; Government

01 Dec 1998
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

It has been a busy fall here at HBS! Reunions went off without a hitch in early October (be sure to note the photos on page 14), the Alumni Board had a productive meeting on October 16 and 17, and record numbers of alumni volunteers plan... View Details

08 Jun 2023
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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

18 Aug 2021
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Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

million fund "for targeted programs, economic initiatives and community development projects." FEBRUARY 2 Robert Kraft (MBA 1965) recently donated $1 million to the New Commonwealth Racial Equity and Social Justice Fund (NCF), a Boston-based group of Black and Brown... View Details

22 Feb 2022
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Case Study: Welcome Aboard

She asked Bulletin readers for their thoughts. The Decision: “We absolutely went digital,” Cass says. Doing so required adding mechanical and software engineering specialties to the team, as well as a data scientist. They also pivoted away from the original tech View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

18 May 2020
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Kevin Mayer Takes Over TikTok

Kevin Mayer (MBA 1990) Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney Kevin Mayer (MBA 1990) Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney Kevin Mayer (MBA 1990) has left his position leading Disney’s streaming business to take over the video-sharing View Details

01 Dec 2015
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Golden State of Mind

hold you back from what you want to become,” Draper tells them earnestly, his hair plastered around his face. That’s a scene from the first episode of Startup U, a reality TV show on ABC Family that follows 10 DU students through the ups and downs of refining their... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

19 Aug 2021
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A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues

Foundation in Chicago did a one-hour speech. And the one-hour speech was imploring the audience in one of the prominent business clubs in Chicago to support financial reparations to the Black community. I'd never heard or seen anything... View Details

01 Mar 2013
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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

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance

25 Feb 2020
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3-Minute Briefing: Ellen Pao (MBA 1998)

Tech has real social and ethical responsibilities, but we’ve seen that the current leadership of these platforms is not willing to make changes to promote a healthier ecosystem. When I was at Reddit, its culture needed a lot of work, and... View Details

Keywords: April White; photo by Eric Millette

06 Dec 2021
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Action Plan: Whole Sale

online platforms such as YouTube or, more recently, TikTok, to discover new products, but digital sales in the category were not on par with other consumer goods. The explanation: “Beauty is a fun purchase for consumers,” observes... View Details

Keywords: April White; ecommerce; bricks and mortar; marketing; beauty

01 Jun 2014
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Start Me Up

development." Too much financial engineering. Not enough enterprise and value creation. For Akhil Nigam (MBA 2007), that was a big takeaway from the 2008 economic collapse. It got the former software entrepreneur to thinking entrepreneurially again, but with a twist:... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Jun 2020
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How Sports Should Use Its Timeout

everything that the women's national teams are doing to shape that across society. Not just for sports. Sports brings people together, it provides a great platform to talk about current issues. It shows what's possible in human... View Details

01 Sep 2018
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An SUV Built for African Roads—by African Workers

“At Mobius, we get to play a part in the emergence of a stronger manufacturing base.” As Mobius scales up, the team envisions producing a no-frills platform that can be tailored for cargo delivery, public transportation, or emergency... View Details

Keywords: Amy Yee

04 Sep 2019
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In My Humble Opinion: Status Update

“Invigorating” is the word Marne Levine (MBA 2005) uses to describe her work at Facebook. As vice president of global partnerships and business development, a role she took on in February, Levine oversees a broad swath of the company’s... View Details