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- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
more than sixfold to 65. The School now offers seven elective social enterprise courses and lists thirteen more as social enterprise–related. Since 2000, enrollment in these electives has more than doubled to some 400 students. Over the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
What’s Next
global work. My predecessor, Dean Kim B. Clark, adopted a strategy in the 1990s predicated on the belief that strengthening our international research was the most effective way of globalizing the School. He launched a number of regional... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Case Study: A Good Fit
apps allow, the team discovered a way to guide people through behavior changes with results that stick. Individuals using Gain Life’s weight loss apps achieve results that double the one-year benchmark for other methods, Eldridge says.... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Career to Smile About
advantage." Speed has also characterized Juliber's ascent up the corporate ladder. After helping to double sales and triple profits for CP's Asian operations in only three years, she was named chief technological officer for worldwide... View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
Appliances division—his destination this morning—has piqued the interest of manufacturers worldwide. There is a long call about a potential new hire. The company, which Rogers cofounded in 2007, has almost doubled in size over the past... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Getting the Message
hookup, but that number is expected to double this year and reach 16.6 million within five years. "The creative side, which is what matters in the advertising business, can't be fully explored until the technology has improved," says... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Yoga Inc.
was more physical. A former triathlete, he was invited by his investment firm’s partners to a hot yoga class. “I could not believe how I felt afterward,” he recalls. “That halo effect after a good sweat—it opened up my chest, and I got... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Halber
- 18 May 2023
- News
Cultivating Can-Do Attitudes
Two days before Thanksgiving 2002, the 4th graders of Irving Primary in Peoria, Illinois, gathered in the school's gym for an assembly. The students were restless, Jen Wilfong (GMP 3, 2007) recalls. They were chatting and jostling one another and had little interest in... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
HBS Fund Helps Fuel Faculty Research and New Learning Experiences
Data’s Double Duty: Research and the Real World As Raffaella Sadun was wrapping up her Corporate Strategy course last fall, one of her students sent her a four-page analysis of the private equity industry in India, a topic the class had... View Details
- 22 Sep 2017
- News
The Epicenter of Miami’s Vice
Farzad: You have to imagine—we talk about gross margins and profit margins. And in a business, you're happy to clear double digit margins. If you had a connection in Colombia or Peru or Bolivia and you could get your mitts on a hook up of... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
HBS Forum: Business Leadership in the Social Sector
most effective use of business resources to help solve social- sector problems," explained BLSS chair, HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter. "We examined what business can and can't do well and the outcomes and impacts of business activism... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
has been growing 30 percent annually since 2006. In the years ahead, athenahealth announced, it would nearly double the size of its workforce, to some 5,000 employees. It would also further redevelop the 29-acre site by adding 150,000... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
Austin’s,” says Frye, in Charlotte. “But we do have assets we can build on to really accelerate our ability to be effective and to grow.” Of course, the race to dominate financial technology is not confined to the United States, and more... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
Making Strategy Work Using the Balanced Scorecard by Sanjiv Anand (AMP 163, 2002) (Wiley) This is a hands-on guidebook for making strategy work with effective Balanced Scorecard design, deployment, and maintenance. It outlines the ways in... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
A Roaring Success in the Windy City
after his third entreaty - a telegram - she acquiesced. Her column, titled "If I Were a Negro," helped the sales of Johnson's magazine to double overnight, from 50,000 to 100,000. "That was a turning point in my career," said Johnson.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Learning from Global Immersion Experiences
Campaign for Harvard Kennedy School, was so pleased with the innovative course that he doubled his commitment. Mayo notes another unexpected incident during the stay—a labor protest that, in part, targeted President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Case Study: Paper Chase
integrated, with cards made in a facility Lovepop owns in Vietnam, which allows for greater flexibility. The company is doubling its revenues quarter over quarter and reported a $1.4 million run rate in late 2015. After some small initial... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
inefficiently — amounts that far exceed residential and personal use. And with the global population skyrocketing, the demand for water to sustain, feed, and employ the world’s people is projected to double by 2025. By that date, nearly... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Case Study: Inside Story
cheapest and most effective form of marketing, but it’s also the best signal that you actually have a good product that people want. Don’t know what your net promoter score is yet? I promise you it’s high if your customers are finding you... View Details
- 16 Nov 2017
- News
The Business of Social Justice
A born adventurer with a passion for social justice, Heidi Brooks (MBA 2003) uses her business savvy to effect social change. Since 2014 Brooks has served as chief operating officer of the Schott Foundation for Public Education, a... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers