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01 Dec 2007
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Fall Reunions

the classroom, with topics ranging from business opportunities in emerging markets to biotech to management challenges in public education. And once the cold-call jitters were over, there was ample time for catching up with old sectionmates and initiating View Details

Keywords: reunions; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Jun 2015
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Screen Grab

House of Cards and Orange Is the New Black. (Netflix also recently debuted Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, a Tina Fey–created comedy originally slated for NBC.) Even live sports, cable’s best hope for retaining subscribers, can be viewed View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment

01 Dec 2016
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Research Brief: So Many Sites, So Little Time

Shane Greenstein (photo by Russ Campbell) Shane Greenstein (photo by Russ Campbell) Understanding how people spend their time online is essential for any organization hoping to capture and keep consumer eyeballs—yet what we know about... View Details

01 Mar 2025
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Open Canvas

events. Today, Saffronart has expanded to jewelry, furniture, and antiquities, with galleries in Mumbai, Delhi, New York, and London. In 2024 it held 75 hybrid and online auctions, generating $51 million.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Dec 2009
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Rolling on the River

for the new HBS Alumni Directory. The weekend also included opportunities for reflection, as when members of the Class of 1974 gathered in the HBS chapel to celebrate the lives of classmates and faculty who live on in memory. Selected... View Details

01 Sep 2014
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Feedback

position to compete online in the early stages of Netflix, but preferred to focus on improving traditional services rather than look into new distribution channels and to follow consumer preferences. —Ayuna... View Details

01 Dec 2014
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Rethinking the Fashion Beat

fully staffed online magazine, BoF has emerged as one of fashion’s most respected and read sources, delivering reviews of runway collections, profiles of industry insiders, and news and analyses of markets... View Details

Keywords: Alyssa Giacobbe; fashion; Retail Trade

01 Sep 2016
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The Big Business of Little Loans

Illustration by Alvaro Dominguez Illustration by Alvaro Dominguez Before launching Funding Societies, a crowdfunding platform for small businesses in Singapore and Indonesia, Kelvin Teo and Reynold Wijaya (both MBA 2016) visited major View Details

Keywords: Nancy Miller

01 Mar 2008
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Baker’s Staff Gets a 21st-Century Name

Once upon a time, libraries collected books, and librarians checked them out. But those days are long gone as libraries have moved into the digital age. Baker Library, for example, also produces Web sites, manages audio and video resources, publishes View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

09 Mar 2021
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A For-Profit Business That Makes Education Accessible

the growing demand for free online courses. Four million new learners have used the site in the past year, and a million more who earned a score of 80 percent or higher in a course have become Alison... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Mar 2019
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The HBS Fund

Most alumni gifts go to the HBS Fund, which provides flexible resources the School can spend immediately on both core priorities and new initiatives. Your gifts support the people and programs that have a tremendous impact on business... View Details

25 Feb 2020
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How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Business

Administration. “The traditional model has been turned upside down. Having the data to innovate at scale is now the main thing.” Lakhani and Marco Iansiti, the David Sarnoff Professor of Business Administration, are frequent collaborators. Their View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

12 Apr 2011
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Twelve Global Finalists Compete at HBS

Twelve Global Finalists Compete at HBS Selected from more than 90 worldwide entries, 12 winning regional teams will travel back to campus on April 25 to compete in the the 2nd annual Alumni New Venture Contest finals. The contest, hosted... View Details

Keywords: Multiple alumni

01 Jun 2015
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Five-Star Research

When Assistant Professor Michael Luca began studying online consumer reviews in 2008, then four-year-old Yelp.com, cofounded by Jeremy Stoppelman (MBA 2005), had 10 million reviews. Today, it has more than 71 million reviews, and the... View Details

Keywords: April White; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Sep 2011
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Rolling Stock in Baker Exhibit

railroads helped shape modern capitalism. With the Pennsylvania Railroad alone employing over 110,000 workers by 1891, railroads’ sheer size required a new breed of managers who could conduct daily supervision as well as long-term... View Details

Keywords: Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Rail Transportation; Transportation

01 Dec 1997
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1997 Placement Data Reflect January Cohort's Success

campus this year and enhances access to MBA students for firms that have not traditionally recruited at HBS; A new Web site for recruiters, with online tools, event listings, and other features to provide... View Details

01 Jun 2014
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Spring Training for Startups

The Winners Most Innovative, Greatest Impact (via online voting) York Street Partners Transforming financial markets to support Sri Lanka's development Best Investment (via HBS Alumni Angels) Busbud Busbud makes it easy to search,... View Details

01 Jun 2018
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The Importance of Philanthropy

opening of the i-lab in Batten Hall has blossomed into an innovation ecosystem of programs and facilities well situated on Harvard’s expanding campus in Allston. Reaching New Audiences HBX: Launched in 2014, the School’s View Details

01 Oct 2000
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A Message from Dean Clark

business education in schools and companies around the world. Third, we are in the early stages of creating a new organization -- called Harvard Business School Interactive, or HBSi -- that we hope will become the premier View Details