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- 01 Jun 2011
- News
A Growing Drumbeat
Issue Focus: Entrepreneurship Strength In Numbers: Andrew Rosenthal, Jess Bloomgarden, and Dan Rumennik of the HBS Start-Up Tribe, a student-led group with the goal of increasing the number of successful new businesses launched from HBS. Related Links The Best-Laid... View Details
Keywords: Contests
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Martin Gonzalez - Quiet Courage
volleyball. But soon, I couldn't even ride my bike to class.” It took over three months and emergency abdominal surgery for doctors to diagnose colon cancer. “Ironically, we were told the results of my biopsy the same day we found out... View Details
- 03 Apr 2012
- News
Just Compensation
interested in the issue of governance generally.” Farient’s research indicates that investors are generally accepting of high compensation levels as long as performance is good. But not surprisingly, it’s a different story when... View Details
- 27 Nov 2012
- News
The Beauty of the Network
have come from HBS.” Those friends have also been essential in the funding of Restorsea (www.restorsea.com), a line of luxury skincare products with an initial launch of day and eye creams. (Additional products, with expanded distribution, will roll out in 2013.) The... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
A Silent Workplace Crisis
Benvenuti Photo courtesy Janet Simpson Benvenuti Although I didn’t realize it until much later, my life changed the day I agreed to become legally responsible for my 78-year-old father and my 77-year-old mother, who suffered from lung... View Details
- 30 Jun 2017
- News
Rebuilding the Girl Scouts Brand
Photos by Chris Taggart Mishka Pitter-Armand (MBA 2003) was never a Girl Scout; but she is a go-getter, an innovator, a risk taker, and a leader. “When you bring those four words together,” Pitter-Armand says, “they form the acronym G.I.R.L.” In late 2016,... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Security Chief
in the morning” — Parker missed managing people, not a priority for junior investment bankers. “I realized that money, by itself, was not enough of a motivator View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Innovation: Revenge of the Nerds
students spend 15 weeks and $5,000 launching a business. Patrick Petitti (MBA 2014), Rob Biederman (MBA 2014), and their teammates started with some zany ideas—manufacturing knitted nose warmers, for instance—before settling on the model... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 11 Aug 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Melissa Fensterstock (MBA 2012)
Melissa Fensterstock (MBA 2012) Photos by Danielle Powell and Michael Fensterstock What's the story behind Aromaflage? "I happen to be a mosquito magnet, so being outdoors at dusk was never fun. For years, I had sprayed myself with... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Manager's Notebook
one time, consumers readily shared personal information. Recently, however, many customers have begun to bristle when asked personal questions. They wonder: Who else is privy to this information? What's in it for me? In their 1996 working... View Details
Keywords: Judith Ross
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Road Taken: One Family's Worldly Adventure
Simon cautions, "First, recognize that this is a family trip, not just a trip for you and your spouse. It has to be oriented toward everyone. If you plan to have a great time with your kids, then it will... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Hybrid Learning the HBS Way
non-academic purposes are many,” explains Paul Healy, faculty chair of the Virtual Technology Task Force and the James R. Williston Professor of Business Administration. “We’ll be able to bring in case protagonists and other guest speakers who might View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
The Harvard Clubs of Australia: Networking with a Cause
of the Harvard Club of Australia (HCA). "When I came here I did what a lot of other alumni do," he says. "I sought out the Harvard Club and got involved." Stern was part of the HCA council for about ten years before taking over as... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: A Fair Share
sharing economy as opposed to trying to repress it. Daimler and Volkswagen, for example, now have their own car-sharing services. Companies should be trying to frame the conversation in terms of “This is changing, it’s going to change... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Vivek Ranadivé
strongest attributes. "In some ways the case method explains why Survivor was such a popular television show," he laughs. "You throw a bunch of people into one classroom and see who shines. I wanted to learn more about people and human interactions, so HBS was an... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Producers
tax incentives), they will work on the set for months at a time and follow through on marketing once the film is complete. However, there are often no guarantees that a project will make it to the big screen, and View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
A Safer—and Speedier—Way to Name Your Startup
aren’t going to confuse a Ford Explorer with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, for example, so it’s not necessary (or possible) to own one name across all classes. “On the other hand, if you see lots of use of... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 19 Apr 2018
- News
One Last Pitch
ventilator that costs 10 percent of a typical machine, while maintaining the same capabilities. Though the NVC has undergone many changes over its 21-year run, Professor Thomas Eisenmann said one aspect has been a constant: “a commitment to learning,” View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Ink: Miami’s Dark Neon Era, the Language of Success, and Getting Psyched Up
generations of Cuban refugees fought for control of the drug trade in Miami.” Classic Havana Nocturne How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost It to the Revolution by T.J. English “All these mobsters are dead, but the author, through... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
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Gazprom Goes Global
Russian gas. And, he says, another part of Gazprom’s long-term strategy is “to build up its LNG capacity so it can export to regions it cannot reach by pipeline.” Despite these moves, Abdelal downplays fears of Russian expansionism. “Energy can be a tool View Details