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- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Corporate Governance Conference Addresses Global Challenges
In recent years, government and business leaders throughout the world have made governance issues a prime focus, as capital markets have increased their scrutiny of countries' and companies' corporate-governance structures, policies, and... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
A model of service
Through 20 years spent as director of All Souls Soup Kitchen in New York City, Ashley Garrett (MBA 1987) transformed volunteer work into an educational experience for students. At All Souls, a feeding program for some of the city's neediest families, she created a... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Helping one child led to improving the lives of thousands
Gerald Chertavian (MBA 1992) volunteered as a Big Brother and saw firsthand how urban youth suffered from a lack of job options. He wrote his HBS application essay about starting a program to connect those young adults with a growing need for entry-level labor. After... View Details
- 07 Jul 2016
- News
Rescuing Fresh Food to End Hunger in Australia
Ian Carson (OPM 42, 2012) and his wife, Simone, founded SecondBite, a nonprofit that feeds surplus food from growers and markets to more than a million needy Australians every month. “The role of the food is not just feeding people. It... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Barbara Bry: Business is Blooming
Despite recent e-commerce volatility, Proflowers has experienced phenomenal growth, including a new partnership with Amazon.com and expansion into Japan. Proflowers is only the latest in a variety of endeavors that Bry has been involved... View Details
- 25 Mar 2016
- News
Putting Faith in a Good Education
public offering. He sold COMPS InfoSystems six weeks before the market started to crash in March 2000. After taking a couple of years off to relax and regroup, Crane got a job offer to become CEO of Opportunity International, the world’s... View Details
- 26 Oct 2020
- News
A Social Impact Roadmap; Arts Leadership in a Pandemic; Amplifying Hispanic Contributions
in partnership with HBS Alumni Programs, the HBS Business and Environment Initiative (BEI), and the Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI), the virtual event was held on two different dates to accommodate a combined global audience of close... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
“Imagine if we can go from coast to coast with autonomous trucks in two days,” says Lu, noting that using a single human driver for that route would take more than five days. For TuSimple, successfully alleviating the strain on the labor View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
- 19 Aug 2013
- News
Bees Make a Sweet Deal for African Farmers
environmental value simultaneously through its activities," Keshavjee explains. "It is now embarking on a massive investment with equity partners and scaling up its activities." HCA, in partnership with a number of local NGOs and... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
determination, strength, and grace that has made her one of the most influential and noteworthy leaders in corporate America today. For the past 21 years, Fudge has demonstrated a remarkable ability to lead teams, reposition products, and increase the bottom line. She... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion
reason why private equity partnerships were able to borrow money left, right, and center to finance leveraged buyouts. And Chimerica — or the Asian “savings glut,” as Ben Bernanke called it — was the underlying reason why the U.S.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Case Study: Gazelle's New Predators
million in revenue in 2013, up from $58 million in 2012. And it touts a Net Promoter Score—a customer-satisfaction indicator—in the low 80s, saying it is "significantly higher than Apple and Amazon, and nearly 50 points higher than phone carriers." But naturally, the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
huge inefficiency.” It was while attending HBS that Makarim formed Go-Jek, a more efficient ojek service that organized 20 or so drivers through a call center; he relied on word of mouth to market the idea to friends and relatives in a... View Details
- 16 Jan 2014
- News
Learning from Helping Others
volunteering. My siblings and I started volunteering at a very young age and I've continued to do so my whole life," she says. At All Souls, an Upper East Side feeding program for the neighborhood's neediest families, Garrett has done more than serve hot meals every... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Case Study: The Credit Bureau
company Mobley to offer an alternative: an affordable way to furnish a home with stylish, quality pieces with a lease of 3 to 12 months, without the burden of ownership. Mobley’s entrée to the $230 billion market for furniture and home... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Q&A: Donna Dubinsky
as CEO and president of Palm Computing and a decade as a marketing and logistics executive at Apple and its spin-off Claris, Dubinsky cofounded Handspring. As the company’s CEO, she oversees development, production, and View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Lighten Up
fiercely competitive market for outdoor wear and gear. GoLite’s mission sounds simple and logical enough — give serious trail runners, alpine athletes, fast-packers (backpackers who speed along trails), and even once-discouraged hikers... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
From Big Pharma to Startup
infusions. These delivery methods can be painful, time consuming, and costly. It was a subject of great interest to Goble who, prior to HBS, had been involved in bringing injectable biologics to market at Eli Lilly. From that meeting in... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Alumni News | Bookshelf
how to develop sustainable processes for finding great ideas, driving them toward commercial success, and tracking their impact in the market and on the firm's resources. Your factory needs four building blocks, the authors tell us: a... View Details
- 30 May 2025
- News
Galas in NYC and Mexico City; NFL Coach Shares Leadership Insights in Charlotte
HBS Club of Mexico Celebrates Connection with Gala Dinner The HBS Club of Mexico joined the Harvard Club of Mexico in celebrating the latter’s 75th anniversary with the Harvard Gala Mexico, held on May 12 at the Club de Industriales in Mexico City. Approximately 275... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley