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- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Business of Love
Illustrations by Istvan Banyai By the standards of the algorithmic, instant-judgment online dating age, Jess Kushner (MBA 2008) and Ken Deckinger have a story fit for an old-fashioned romantic comedy. In 2003, Deckinger was running a... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
In the Blood
million. Clay didn’t own the horse, but he makes a standard commission of 5 percent on managing the sale of some 250 horses a year like her. Boarding and sales are two facets of his business, Clay explains; he also breeds his own mares,... View Details
- 22 Aug 2019
- News
Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector
"We need to hold the standards higher. And for a school like ours, it's unacceptable." And I gave a speech in front of the entire school at an auditorium and people were cheering me on and it was great. And I won. And about maybe a week... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Q&A: The Post-Pandemic Path
associate dean for Faculty Development and Research and faculty director of the Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability Project. “The national unemployment rate early in the pandemic had jumped to over 13 percent; the standard prediction... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 17 Oct 2019
- News
Venturing Away from Venture Capital
they worked so hard to bake. If the company becomes the next Facebook, says Professor Josh Lerner, that’s all well and good. If not, “you might be better off with 100 percent of the smaller pie.” In addition, says Lerner, the standard VC... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Case Study: On the Record
producers. Operational efficiencies will allow Gold Rush Vinyl—which started with $750,000 raised from family, friends, and an SBA loan, to cover the expensive pressing equipment—to reduce wait time from an industry standard of twelve to... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Realizing a Dream
help with decision making, and an appreciation of the fact that in addition to succeeding in business, I could help my community,” he says. Today Ferrara serves as advisor to Standard Heating & Air Conditioning, the company his father... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Shaping Leaders Who Understand Business and the Environment
standards and committed to transparency on environmental issues. Few new graduates will immediately become CEOs, with the direct responsibility to reshape a company’s ESG policies in such dramatic ways, but Serafeim wants to show students... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Advancing the Vision for HBS
other initiatives ensure that the School remains the standard for excellence in management education worldwide. Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of thousands of donors and the work of a dedicated corps of alumni volunteers, we are... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Shaping the Way Business Does Business: HBR at 75
magazine has maintained an unwavering commitment to high editorial standards and has retained its cachet. Today, HBR's key business indicators - subscriptions, renewals, and advertising pages - "are higher than ever," says Stone. "It's a... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
John R. Davis
and accounting for all 800 “cow units” (a standard measurement that in this case means about 1,175 actual cattle). Calving season calls for constant monitoring of the pregnant cows and helping them give birth — including stitching them up... View Details
- 01 Feb 2013
- News
Growth Strategy Has Double Bottom Line
generates returns for investors through timber harvesting, recreational leasing, and in some cases, by subdividing the properties for development or non-timber uses. Lyme Timber, however, is unique among TIMOs by virtue of its commitment to land conservation. The... View Details
- 28 Mar 2018
- News
Fueling the Future
Kovatch made a career detour to American Express to work on the strategy team for US commercial cards. In 2005, HBS alumna Anne Maffei (MBA 1994) hired her to run the retail/consumer division of Vista Research, which was at the time a part of View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Offshore Learning
outstanding contribution to the community and potential to drive change for years to come. When fully implemented, Connections will allow 2,600 students from eight to 10 schools to participate in a sequential, four-year curriculum of island-based learning modules that... View Details
- 04 Nov 2020
- News
The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises
2008 Financial Crisis ultimately found more interesting career paths than some of the previous sort of standard choices that we’d all thought about. I think there was a lot more stress and uncertainty, but everybody landed on their feet... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Green as Gold
lighting, plumbing, and climate control. The interior walls are new; even the furniture is new.” Hamilton Hall is the first building on the HBS campus to obtain Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification, the U.S. Green Building Council’s... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Barbie: Reviving a Cultural Icon at Mattel
Like countless others in the summer of 2023, HBS professor Elie Ofek went to the theater to see the blockbuster film Barbie and found himself enveloped by the pink-drenched marketing blitz that had all but taken over the world. To Ofek, who teaches in the Marketing... View Details
- 22 Mar 2023
- News
Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in Los Angeles
Dean. "If you look at the billions of people lifted out of poverty, the standard of living we have created, the kinds of jobs we've created it all came from the enormous force for good that is business." This powerful idea paved the way... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
VC Luminary John Doerr: Education Reform Critical to Success of New Economy
for smaller classes, longer school days, and lots of innovation. "The answer is not just more PCs in the classroom," Doerr emphasized, as he called for the development of more charter schools and stricter standards of school... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Alumni Books
The MBA Oath: Setting a Higher Standard for Business Leaders by Max Anderson (MPA/MBA ’09) and Peter Escher (MBA ’09) (Portfolio) The MBA Oath has become a worldwide movement for a new generation of leaders who care about society as well... View Details