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- 01 Dec 1999
- News
A Class Act
issue, the Bulletin's editors were already aware of this alumni pre-dilection: "As we see it," they wrote, "the chief source of interest in the Bulletin is the Alumni Notes." On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the magazine and of... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Clusters and Competition
Porter's talk focused on regional competitiveness and the role of what he terms clusters: geographic concentrations of interconnected companies, specialized suppliers, service providers, and associated institutions in a nation or region. “Productivity and View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Books
a business landscape replete with possibilities, they select a single modern-day example -- the electronic computer -- as the focus of their study. Baldwin and Clark argue that the computer industry could not have experienced its unprecedented levels of View Details
- 21 Jul 2022
- News
How Sumner Feldberg Helped Transform Retail
Courtesy of the Feldberg Family Courtesy of the Feldberg Family Sumner Feldberg (MBA 1949), who died on July 1, 2022, was remembered in an obituary in the Wall Street Journal as an innovator in the field of retail. He grew up in Newton,... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
Commons Project, a nonprofit that in April launched Common Health, an Android app that allows users to securely download their health information from Electronic Health Records (EHR) and lab sources (similar to Apple Health). The... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
base. As a result, they get cost savings, and we get sales.” Welcome to the new reality in U.S. manufacturing, where, more than ever, intense foreign competition is driving product and strategy innovations. Even those firms without direct foreign competition find... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
A Roaring Success in the Windy City
Johnson Publishing Company, Johnson was an ideal choice as the opening speaker at the Chicago conference. Titled "2000+: Global Innovation & Entrepreneurial Leadership," the event attracted alumni from... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Books
as by the innovative technology that makes them possible. Companies must learn to build and foster these relationship networks because they engender speedy and seamless interaction, encourage creativity and collaboration, and release the... View Details
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
startup scene. In addition to moving home, she'd had open heart surgery and changed jobs several times. Meanwhile, Egypt had become a hotbed of startup activity. Last fall, Enan stepped into the role of partner at San Francisco-based VC... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Innovation: Revenge of the Nerds
business owners in need of strategic planning and competitive analysis. When the team pitched the HourlyNerd model to classmates at FIELD 3’s simulated stock market, which allows peer “investors” to evaluate the business plans, the stock price plummeted from a $100... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 22 Apr 2021
- News
Leading for a Better World in Boston; Virtual Event Showcases Japan Fellowship
Alumni Association of Boston (HBSAB). Each virtual panel discussion features several leaders from nonprofit organizations who are taking on big social problems, innovating solutions and having significant impact. “Our goal is to educate,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Case Study: Farming It Out
to make a concrete recommendation about where to draw the line between the closed and the open parts of an ecosystem like this one, but fundamentally, it is not an either-or proposition. Management should set smart criteria for... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Class of 1949 Gift Supports HBS Faculty Development
cohort, the Foundations course for incoming MBA students, and a greater emphasis on group projects requiring intensive faculty involvement. Concurrently, the overall MBA class size has increased by 10 percent, while section size has decreased and new sections have been... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Roads to Recovery
Cars Verizon chairman and CEO Lowell McAdam said his company is connecting cars to infrastructure. At sports stadiums, for example, Verizon plans to put special chips into parking structures to alert drivers to an open spot. Daniela Rus... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Faculty Debates Lessons from Enron's Collapse
unprecedented session brought together faculty with expertise in all aspects of business for a far-reaching discussion of the fallen corporate giant. Palepu opened the discussion by stating the afternoon's objectives. “Together, we will... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Leading Boston and Beyond
report things,” she says. RELATED Watch alumni discuss innovation inside City Hall Snow removal, potholes, trash pick-up, and graffiti removal; it doesn’t bring the hipster-cred of a high-tech start-up or the glamour of a swanky Wall... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Mr. Coffee
enjoying incredible coffee in the cafés of Milan, I came back to the United States and began looking around, trying to figure out what I was going to drink,” he says. “And a friend of mine told me about Peet’s.” Known for its flavorful roasts, responsibly View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Around the World
about students' "road trip" stories Plan B: The Brick Bank Issue Focus: The Global Manager They Call Him Mr. China Think Locally, Act Globally Bringing Global Back Home HBS celebrated the opening of its newest classroom in early March—in... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
miracle. Professor David B. Yoffie served as informal moderator and faculty chair. Global Gathering Early in the opening session on April 6, conference chairman Robert Piccus and HBS Dean Kim B. Clark welcomed the international group,... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
Torras (MBA '50) established Preco Corp., a pulp and paper operation, creating more than one thousand jobs. In consumer services, David S. Paresky (MBA '65) opened Crimson Travel Service in Harvard Square a few months after graduation and... View Details