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- 07 Jan 2016
- News
Helping Property Owners Reduce Their Carbon Footprint
pass along to their tenants—and provide a better working environment as well. “California is where it all started. That’s not surprising, given the nature of California. It is where the largest opportunity is right now from a business... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Q & A: Jeanne P. Jackson: A New Regime at Banana Republic
before I arrived. The Gap, Inc., our parent company, was struggling to find a niche for Banana Republic. They knew that the original safari theme was no longer working, and they were aware that they needed to make serious changes. When I got here we did some classical... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Case Study: Declawing the Competition
in subscriber growth and customer feedback. However, the lucrative market opportunity ($8 billion, growing at 4 percent year-over-year) and the low costs of entry are attracting new competition. New... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: The New Brand Manager: You
something precious in the meaning of that brand that they’re willing to fight for. Imagine if I changed my brand logo and no one noticed. That might mean that no one cared enough about my brand. Now, that would be negative. Of course, the bigger View Details
Keywords: April White
- 03 Apr 2016
- News
The Tampon of the Future
Ridhi Tariyal (MBA 2009) Ridhi Tariyal (MBA 2009) Is it possible to draw blood from a person without causing discomfort? That question has puzzled scientists for years. And the solution—for women, at least—finally is coming to market as... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Entrepreneurial Venture
entrepreneurial activity, which drew people away from large companies and encouraged them to take risks. Bill Sahlman: Also, when we graduated from HBS, the economy was in recession, inflation and interest rates were high, productivity growth was low, and the stock... View Details
- 09 Jul 2019
- News
The Road to Impact
opportunity for the citizens of 80 countries. Originally, Offensend thought he’d propel himself into that nonprofit career through law school. But then, he jokes, he realized what lawyers actually do on a day-to-day basis, and so instead... View Details
- 12 Jul 2019
- News
The Power of Entrepreneurship
opportunity for all citizens. “IGNIA is a venture capital firm. Today we're the largest VC firm in Mexico. We focus on investing in businesses in Mexico that serve the emerging middle class or businesses outside of Mexico that want to... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Research Brief: Launching into a Downturn
If you’ve just lost your job in a sour economy and you think this might be the sign you’ve been waiting for to get a startup off the ground, research by Assistant Professor Maria Roche suggests you might want to think twice. In “Lowering the Bar? External Conditions,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Case Studies for Your Commute
practice of management? These are a few of the questions that will be answered in the new HBS podcast Cold Call, available this month via iTunes. “We want this podcast to reflect what is unique and distinctive about HBS,” says Brian Kenny, the School’s chief View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Africa Business Conference Creates Ongoing Forum for Change
senior associate dean for International Development, welcomed the SRO crowd in Aldrich with a smile, noting, “I'm very pleased with our market share.” Despite the challenges posed by a developing infrastructure and bouts of political... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Going Against the Flow
500 automobile, chemical, and pharmaceutical companies that actually run businesses here. Those latter companies know the market and have done very well as a result. "If you're going to invest in emerging markets," he continues, "you also... View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Linda B. Kanner: All in the Family
"counterphobic move." Punch cards and mainframes were the technological order of the day when she enrolled at HBS, and a successful career in marketing -- including top-level positions at J. Baker Inc. and Bank of New England -- had... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 17 Sep 2020
- News
HBS Goes Back To School
Photo: Hensley Carrasco SEPTEMBER 17 The HBS Social Enterprise community welcomed first-year students with a welcome video which features insights and advice from students, administrative leaders, and second-year students. “The Kick-off,” the accompanying article... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Vision: To Go-Go
in the course Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry. In it, Izquierdo began sketching the outline of a tech-enabled business model that would eliminate everything she disliked about restaurants; namely, that they tend to... View Details
- 13 Nov 2018
- News
Building a New Real Estate Investment Model
renting than any time in the last five decades, and Davis knew there was a market opportunity here. Yet Davis moved in the opposite direction of many real estate investors. He didn’t target big states with... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Water for Life
actually paying a great deal more for their water at the time through middlemen who saw opportunity in the lack of service. By disenfranchising these traders, we earned the goodwill of the community and built a loyal View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Terence P. Stewart
happens, lawyering didn't come first for Stewart. After graduating from HBS, he worked for several years in the business trenches, in marketing at J.C. Penney and later as product manager at Kroehler Manufacturing Co., a furniture... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 17 Jun 2021
- News
Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity
Howard Stevenson and Bill Sahlman The conference kicked off with Professors Stevenson and Sahlman presenting a master class on the pandemic’s lessons for entrepreneurs and investors. The virtual format allowed the audience a unique View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Case Study: Farming It Out
to tackle more complex tasks like pruning and picking. The Question: For now, AGR is focused on nailing the initial market fit, Andersen says, but at some point he’ll have to face the question of empire building. Other companies have... View Details