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HBS - The year in Review

Boston Planning and Development Agency Soltan Bryce, Boston Medical Center Health System Sara Jetty, Whitney Museum of American Art Justin Kim, Social Finance Yogi Kurniawan, City of San Jose Mayor's Office... View Details

01 Dec 2003
News

Spreading the Words

San Francisco investment firm, he and Jan now spend twenty to thirty hours a week adding to the site from a spare room in their Menlo Park home. “It’s a passion,” Cook told the San View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

John G. Sperling

Sperling left a tenured faculty position at San Jose State University after failing to convince the institution to offer for-profit education programs for adults. Sperling launched the for-profit University... View Details

Keywords: Services

01 Apr 2000
News

Help in the Vicinity

bricks-and-mortar location that offers it. Vicinity's services are currently utilized by more than 250 diverse companies, including Barnes & Noble, McDonald's, and Nike. In an interview with the San Jose... View Details

April 2025 (Revised May 2025)
Case

Adobe: GenAI Opportunity or Threat?

By: Sunil Gupta, Rajiv Lal and Allison Ciechanover

In December 2022, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen faced a pivotal strategic decision due to the rapid rise of generative AI image models from OpenAI, Midjourney, and StabilityAI. Adobe, a leader in digital media and marketing software with a 40-year legacy of innovation and... View Details

Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Ethics; AI and Machine Learning; Trust; Business Strategy; Technology Industry; San Jose

19 May 2015
News

Getting Ready for Success

frameworks to assess better what was working and what needed work. The doors I could open for Minds Matter after HBS were more significant too. For instance, my section mate (and past Minds Matter volunteer) Jose Ferreira offered us free... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Educational Services

15 Jul 2019
Blog Post

Exploring the World of Electric Adventure Vehicles

different kind of electric vehicle.” While interning with Rivian this summer, Danziger will be responsible for defining the company’s commercialization strategy and outlining specifications for both brick-and-mortar and digital retail, splitting time between Rivian’s... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Consumer Products / Retail

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Women on Boards: How Lara Druyan and Ann Lucena Are Shaping the Future of Corporate Leadership - Blog: RGE Report

into what was happening on the ground,” Lucena says. Similarly, Druyan cautions against hasty reactions to the unexpected. During her time on the City of San Jose Pension Fund board, the CEO and CIO resigned... View Details

November 2021 (Revised May 2022)
Case

QuantumScape's Mission to Revolutionize Energy Storage for a Sustainable Future

By: William A. Sahlman, Allison M. Ciechanover and Jeff Huizinga

QuantumScape CEO Jagdeep Singh juggles the many activities required to lead the next-generation battery pioneer. Founded in 2010, QuantumScape’s mission was to develop new “solid-state” car batteries that would improve upon traditional lithium-ion batteries in key... View Details

Keywords: Batteries; Electric Vehicles; SPACs; Innovation and Management; Technological Innovation; Science-Based Business; Environmental Sustainability; Auto Industry; Energy Industry; California; San Jose

01 Mar 2016
News

The Harvard Business School Campaign: Regional Events

efforts. 5–6 Young Alumni Networking Events were held in the fall to create opportunities for alumni to connect. The San Francisco event was cohosted by the HBS Association of Northern California at ThirstyBear Brewing Company, and the... View Details

November 2015 (Revised February 2017)
Case

Cisco Systems: In Search of the Next CEO

By: Boris Groysberg, Sarah L. Abbott, Olivia Hull and J. Yo-Jud Cheng

It’s August 2014 and John Chambers is expected to announce his retirement after 17 years as CEO of global technology giant Cisco Systems. Under Chambers’s leadership, Cisco has grown from $2.2 billion in annual revenues and under 4,000 employees to revenues of $46... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Succession Planning; CEO Succession; Managing Change; Person-organization Fit; Management Succession; Transition; Talent and Talent Management; Change Management; Retirement; Innovation Leadership; Recruitment; Corporate Governance; Experience and Expertise; Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States; San Jose; California

13 Dec 2022
News

The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith

technology, at Eventide Asset Management in Boston. I'm always looking for companies developing new energy technologies and industries across America, including in West Virginia." Christine: "I was a 2020-21 HBS Leadership Fellow and served the City of View Details

25 Mar 2014
First Look

First Look: March 25

Grupo Beta San Miguel In November 2013, Dr. Jose Pinto, head of Grupo Beta San Miguel (BSM), Mexico's largest private sugar producer, is weighing the future prospects of the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Oct 2017
News

The Best Business Advice I’ve Ever Received

the '40s. And he was the youngest of four kids trying this. And his father told him, don't focus on how far San Jose is. Focus on the next hill. You just want to make it to that next hill. Your path is... View Details

September 2001
Teaching Note

IBM's Reinventing Education (A) TN

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter

Teaching Note for (9-399-008). View Details

Keywords: Information Technology Industry; Education Industry; San Jose; Philadelphia; Florida; Ohio

15 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Celebrating Latinx Heritage Month at HBS

in Boston, San Francisco, Chile, Argentina, Taiwan, and the UK. I’ve worked at major global companies like Facebook and Reddit. The self-doubt has faded, but now I feel the full weight of my “golden ticket”. I must responsibly wield the... View Details

March 2022 (Revised June 2023)
Background Note

Climate Issues on the Ground: Snapshots of Diverse American Cities

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Coelin Scibetta and Ryan Barr

This compilation provides brief snapshots of climate action and its geographic and institutional context in 13 U.S. cities that send diverse participants to the Harvard Business School Young American Leaders Program to learn about cross-sector collaboration to address... View Details

Keywords: Cities; Ecosystems; Cross-sector Collaboration; Green Business; U.S. Competitiveness; Economic Sectors; City; Climate Change; Leadership; Change; Boston; Detroit; Minneapolis; Pittsburgh; San Jose; Seattle