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- 28 Apr 2016
- News
New Venture Competition Winners Announced
enterprise tracks, respectively. Confi, an online women’s health resource, was the runner-up and crowd favorite in the social enterprise track, and Brainspec, a non-invasive diagnostic tool for brain... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019
consumer, today’s competition, and the wealth of media at your disposal. In-depth discussion highlights the field’s ever-increasing connectivity, with practical guidance on brand design and storytelling, social media marketing, branding... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Science Buddy
extensive information and guidance about developing their topics of choice. Last April, Science magazine awarded ScienceBuddies.org its Science Prize for Online Resources in Education (SPORE). Said Hess, “During 2010, around 10 million... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
China Dominates HBS Business Plan Contest
The economic power and emerging opportunities in China inspired winners in the tenth annual HBS Business Plan Contest last April. Tingting Zhong (MBA ’06) won first place in the traditional track for 8Baorice, a company that aims to create an View Details
- 04 Nov 2016
- News
The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
finding solutions for high unemployment in outmoded manufacturing industries, which was a situation that contributed to political and social unrest in the region. “It was one of the first applications of the ideas in The Competitive... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Five Bright Ideas
Article 26 of the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which is a driving force behind the founding of ALISON.com, the online education company Mike Feerick launched in 2007. Based in Ireland, ALISON (Advance Learning Interactive... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
WesTrek: Students Find Options in Bay Area
universities, and company representatives from around the region. Nightly social events hosted by local sponsors provided students with a chance to network informally. The first WesTrek, in 1996, attracted... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
The New Rules of E-Commerce
Mikitani (MBA 1993) is not shy about pursuing the big idea, in this case a belief that English is the lingua franca of business and learning it would give his organization a competitive edge. Rakuten, founded in 1997, operates an online... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Tom Hulme (MBA 2007)
use digital tools to take the friction out of bringing together a diverse set of people to co-create and iterate. That became OpenIDEO. We now have a couple hundred thousand people collaborating online for the View Details
Keywords: April White
- 16 Dec 2020
- News
A Creator in the Era of Disruption
of his native Indonesia. The first iteration of the company was a network of community leaders who sold “top-up”—or these additional cell phone minutes. The top-up industry was not unusual, but the network... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Roger Ullman: Going Green with E2
networking and educational opportunities offered by “eco-salons,” where they might meet speakers such as Carol Browner, former head of the EPA, or Doug Foy, chief of Commonwealth Development for the state of Massachusetts. Many, but not... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Case Study: The Doctor Deficit
that today’s nurse shortage could reach 1.2 million vacancies in the same time frame. Alexi Nazem (MBA 2011) has seen the impact of these shortages firsthand. “Health care is a very broken system,” says the doctor and cofounder of Nomad Health, an View Details
Keywords: April White
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania
Social Enterprise Summer Fellows program, which debuted in 1982, funds student forays into nonprofit and for-profit organizations focused on the public good. In addition, the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Elaine L. Chao (MBA 1979)
I was terrified during my first year. But I found the School to be such an exciting place, and I learned to voice my positions. The entire time I was at HBS I was aware of what a privilege it was to be there. The School provided me with a remarkable education and a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Jeffrey Dunn (MBA 1981)
building effective executive teams, developing and implementing a sound strategy and performance management. Interested in staying up-to-date with news about issues and trends impacting the nonprofit sector but not sure where to start? Try eBaker, an View Details
Keywords: April White
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Podcasts Engage New Audiences with HBS
criticism of its early social media marketing campaign targeting teens. Then Toffel, who is the Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management, poses a tough question: “What should JUUL do now, given the pressure that it’s under... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Clicks and Mortar
increasingly transform into places for experiences, not just for taking inventory home. What probably will not survive are the retailers that are more like a warehouse, or just physical repositories of goods. Real estate is too expensive for that purpose. The... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Eileen M. Rudden
spanned various stages of computing evolution — from mainframe to personal computer to local area network to the Internet. After working in a grassroots community organizing project ("One of those social... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
FIELD 2 in Accra
multimedia company, devise a monetization strategy for its online presence, primarily by gathering information about the viewing habits of young, well-educated, upscale consumers. A key finding that emerged from their surveys, conducted... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Disrupting criminal enterprises that prey on children
thinking into those endeavors, in the realm of child protection," says Brochu. She explains that criminal networks operate much like legitimate enterprises. As a result, her business degree has made a difference in her work, as has her... View Details