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- 01 Sep 2014
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Groundwork
provide space for staff and activities housed in Allston and Watertown, and to create more community convening spaces. To satisfy those goals, O’Brien notes, the master plan places significant emphasis on “the way the built environment... View Details
- 05 Nov 2013
- News
Start-Ups Get a Start in New Orleans
Everyone had to open up shop again," he says. He soon became an entrepreneur-in-residence at Idea Village, a nonprofit organization dedicated to keeping entrepreneurs in New Orleans by supplying them with strategic consulting and... View Details
- 18 Sep 2019
- News
Level Up
fed by some four thousand media sources that can give sports business executives an immediate idea of what platforms, products, or people are moving the industry—and which ones aren’t. “We’re helping our clients stay on top of comparative... View Details
- 21 Apr 2014
- News
Spirit of philanthropy advances Executive Education
During his 50-year career, Tata Group chairman emeritus Ratan Tata (AMP 71, 1975) has become one of India’s most respected business leaders. As head of the Tata Trusts, he is also a champion of philanthropic efforts supporting educational programs, social and View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
He Begs to Differentiate
Worldwide, J. Walter Thompson, and Hill & Knowlton. Through his clients, Sorrell has his finger on the pulse of a wide range of industries. Speaking of the Internet, he observed that "the great analogy for the Web is the nineteenth century flotation of the railroads,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Business of Biotech
the physiological state of the human body. A much better method is to get information about the DNA, RNA, and proteins. Understanding that information will help us detect a disease before it becomes symptomatic." "It's a way of thinking about disease that wasn't View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Education: Investing in the Next Generation of Workers
Business needs to care about the performance of students in the public education system, from preschool through college. It is the primary source of future employees for every business. It’s also where the vast majority of teachers of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Ready for Launch
$25,000 of in-kind accounting and legal services. Traditional Track OFF AND RUNNING: Matthew Prince and Michelle Zatlyn have opened shop in the Bay Area. Business: CloudFlare, a Web security venture that will help Web sites protect... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
50 Years & Counting
manifested in individual women," McGinn stresses. "It's evident in family and community dynamics and local and national economics. We can see how change happens woman by woman, family by family, and View Details
- 20 Jun 2016
- News
Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues
businesses concentrating on the bottom of the pyramid, such as microfinance, could profit from using the same tools and approaches as any other financial institution. “I hired a team that is a classic private-equity, venture-capital team,” he says. “They View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
institution to donate funds and expertise to build a half-way house for homeless teenagers in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where the bank has a major presence, and to link up schoolchildren in New England and Latin America over the Internet. "What we're doing boosts employee... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Business Plan Contest Winners
seven-person DFA team, invited to ring the NYSE’s opening bell in honor of its achievement, included Jon Puz and Gilbert Tang (both MBA ’08), Krishna Yeshwant (HBS ’09), and colleagues from Harvard and MIT. The Harvard team members were... View Details
- 06 Feb 2020
- News
HBS Alumni Join Forces on Virus Outbreak in China
items to hospital and response personnel, while another seeks to raise funds from HBS alumni to support the families of victims of the virus. The Wuhan Task Force, aims to quickly source and distribute medical protection items, including... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Convening Power
A significant new structure will open in 2018 on the HBS campus, designed to harness the energy, creativity, and ideas of the thousands of students, faculty, alumni, and leaders of all kinds who convene at the School each year. The... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
There’s a lot of self-learning that goes on in the process of adjusting to a different environment. “Some students are better at reaching across cultures and being effective communicators in ambiguous situations,” continues Abrami, who... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Forward Thinking
remote-sensing capabilities. Space-based assets can ensure better battlefield communications and weapons-targeting systems, as well as track human migration, document the effects of climate change, help direct disaster relief, and monitor... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Higher Ground
see through you in one second.” The job also extended beyond the podium. Skills honed at HBS became critical. “Public speaking, thinking twice before you open your mouth, analyzing the big picture—all these things, they were incredibly... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Vivek Ranadivé
"dream" in conversation more frequently than "market cap," "stock options," or "IPO." A native of Bombay, India, Ranadivé says he feels both international and American. "You can have big dreams here," he remarks. "The United States is a very multicultural and View Details
- 23 Jan 2017
- News
The CEO Who is Perking Up Peet’s Coffee
change everything,” Fernandes said, but maintaining the standards set by Peet’s founder, which include careful coffee sourcing and hand-roasting, has been important to keeping the brand popular among its longtime Bay Area following and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Think Globally, Teach Locally
collectively with businesses and academics worldwide to generate globally relevant knowledge.” The formation of the HBS Global Initiative in 1996 and the opening of research centers in Hong Kong, Buenos Aires, Tokyo, and Paris is clearly... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna