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17 Dec 2020
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Making Club History in Japan; Startup Accelerator Case Goes Virtual in Atlanta

Clubs News Clubs News Tanaka Named First Woman President of HBS Club of Japan Wakana Tanaka (MBA 2003) Wakana Tanaka (MBA 2003) Wakana Tanaka (MBA 2003) made HBS history in August when she became the first woman to be elected president of the HBS Club of Japan. Tanaka,... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

16 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 16

community service activities during a one-week period. It's a far larger project than the organization has ever undertaken and one requiring many added resources. Among the risks is the possible damage to the HandsOn reputation among... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2024
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2024

force for good in society—a belief that is core to our company’s values. In Guyana, we’re partnering with the Mt. Sinai Health System and the Guyanese government to modernize the country’s health care system, and we also have made one of... View Details

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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project

Partners Partners Teacher Profiles WA Lacey Aaker Kentwood High School Covington, WA TX Sam Abramson St. John's School Houston, TX Subjects: U.S. History RI Richard Abruzzini Cranston Career & Technical... View Details

January 2013 (Revised April 2015)
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Affinity Labs: Valuing Customer Growth

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Elizabeth Kind

In November 2006, Chris Michel left Military.com, which he founded in 1999, to start Affinity Labs, a global network of online communities. That month, Michel raised a Series A round of venture funding and established a partnership with Monster, which he had sold... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Demand and Consumers; Partners and Partnerships; Social and Collaborative Networks; Online Technology

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01 Mar 2024
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The War Within

Elizabeth Ames (MBA 1985/MPA 1997), whose nonprofit, Heal Ukraine Trauma, is working to provide mental health care services to Ukrainians. Since its launch just three months into the war, the organization has partnered with psychologists... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; illustration by Daniel Bejar

04 May 2015
Research & Ideas

Need to Solve a Problem? Take a Break From Collaborating

"In the least clustered, nobody's partners were also partners with each other." Participants received 60¢ for each minute (equivalent to $36 per hour) that they had the correct answer registered... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Video Game; Web Services

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Women’s Leadership Summit - Alumni

With a network of 105 Clubs and Shared Interest Groups (SIGs) globally, engage with fellow alumni where you work and live or focused on important identity groups. These alumni-led groups provide a plethora of compelling programs and activities such as pro bono work... View Details

18 May 2010
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First Look: May 18

suggest that the approach might be used more widely in teaching technology management, particularly with "digital natives," who have come of age in an environment crowded with engaging approaches to communication and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jan 2012
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E. Roe Stamps IV, MBA 1974

Founding Managing Partner, Summit Partners Download Stamps profile (pdf) Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1946 Born, Waycross, Georgia 1967 Earns BS, Industrial Engineering, Georgia Tech 1968 Joins US Navy 1972 Earns... View Details

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

institutional development influences the extent to which CSR communications are symbolically decoupled from substantive CSR activities. Our database includes all CSR reports issued by the approximately 1,600 publicly listed Chinese firms... View Details

July 2008 (Revised January 2010)
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Affinity Labs, Inc.

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Elizabeth Kind

In November 2006, Chris Michel left Military.com, which he founded in 1999, to start Affinity Labs, a global network of online communities. That month, Michel raised a Series A round of venture funding and established a partnership with Monster, which he had sold... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Demand and Consumers; Partners and Partnerships; Social and Collaborative Networks; Online Technology

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05 Feb 2007
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Business and the Global Poor

important, companies must contend with a lack of formal institutions regarding the "rules of the game." This means that company success may rely on local leaders and community agents who have the social capital to bring people... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

22 Sep 2023
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Capital Connection

well as value-add multifamily buildings in the Bronx, Detroit, and Houston. The firm is currently partnering with an operator of extended stay hotels in the Southeast, as well as a church in Prince George’s County, Maryland, to build a... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Real Estate

11 Jan 2022
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Feeling Seen: What to Say When Your Employees Are Not OK

sanctions in order to try to help someone who is maybe going through a difficult time." Zlatev, who partnered with Justin Berg, an assistant professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and former Stanford doctoral student Alisa... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

multiple industries. Stewart joined Google in 2006, driving adoption of digital technologies within the C-suite in the United States and globally, and is now board partner for Google’s Gradient Ventures. Before Google, Stewart led... View Details

21 Sep 2022
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You Don’t Have to Quit Your Job to Find More Meaning in Life

many workers fleeing positions in hopes of finding something better. De Freitas partnered with Michael Prinzing, a postdoctoral fellow at Yale University, and Barbara Fredrickson, a professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel... View Details

Keywords: by Shalene Gupta

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

Enterprise Track, 2024 New Venture Competition video Play Video duration: 1:32 2024 New Venture Competition Runner-Up, Social Enterprise Track: Trans Health HQ Trans Health HQ is a tool built by the trans community that addresses... View Details

28 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 28

an iPref plus a common share? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/215037-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 815-093 Codecademy: Monetizing a Movement? Codecademy, an open-platform, online community for learning... View Details