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Jeff Bussgang
sciences, consumer marketing, e-commerce and energy, to name a few. In my judgment, Boston is the absolute best place to run a start-up.” As an MBA student, Jeff says, “I was able to plug into the entrepreneurial community – to talk to...
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- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Where Are They Now?
entrepreneurial business leaders in the Owner/President Management Program (OPM) that he also headed for many years, is inspired enough by what he has experienced at the Meadows to consider starting a company dedicated to building and View Details
- 17 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Reserve Bank Governor Discusses India’s Financial Opportunities
phase." A month after becoming the governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Rajan came to HBS to deliver the 2013 Leatherbee Lecture, "India: The Opportunities and Challenges Ahead." In addition to running India's central...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 2018
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Alumni Are Integral to HBS
Engaging with Students to Share Insights About Africa On the final day of Africa Rising, a course about business in Africa taught by Professor Caroline Elkins, Hakeem Belo-Osagie’s (MBA 1980) emotions were running high. “I had that sense...
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- 01 Sep 2017
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In My Humble Opinion: Career Peak
that was very much of interest to a lot of outdoor and sports companies.” On her first ultramarathon, in Madagascar: “I didn’t have proper running shoes, I had no equipment, and I definitely wasn’t trained. So the race was an adventure....
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April White
- 20 Oct 2015
- Blog Post
Alumni: Where Are They Now? Featuring Bryan Guerra...
wave of learning. That said, I never expected I'd get the opportunity to help build it. Personally, I'm very happy to be back on campus and living in Cambridge. It's great to see a new batch of students go through the HBS experience....
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Technology
- 01 Mar 2013
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A Mission in Motion
then-Dean John McArthur, and Professors Jim Austin and Kash Rangan. That commitment confirms a strong strand that has run through the School's DNA since the 1970's—in fact, every year more and more MBA applicants are drawn to HBS for its...
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- 16 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Report from China: The New Entrepreneurs
efforts there? A: Time will tell, but I think in the short and medium run it is clear that the government is a major driving force. By the way, "government" is not a monolithic entity. There are national, provincial, and...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Batteries Included
economy.” Globally, shipping transports more than 10 billion metric tons of cargo each year. According to Yale Climate Connections, almost all of these ships run on fossil fuels and emit carbon pollution. Maritime shipping causes about 3...
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- 05 Apr 2020
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Launching in a World in Limbo
launch, the New York Times chronicled Whitman and Katzenberg’s challenging third act in a story called, “Two Veteran C.E.O.s Risk $1.8 Billion on a Streaming App. In a Pandemic.” Both led some of the biggest companies in the U.S. before landing themselves View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
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Up Side Story: HBS Show a Sold-Out Success
’01) took care of the creative aspects, including running auditions and rehearsals. Premier sponsors Novartis and The Boston Consulting Group helped offset the $55,000 cost of the show, as did the sales of some 2,400 tickets to students,...
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- 24 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why Cutting Jobless Aid Isn't the Answer to Worker Shortages
About half of US states—mostly run by Republican governors—cut off extended unemployment benefits months before the federal government was planning to end them on Labor Day last year, convinced workers would flood View Details
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by Rachel Layne
- 20 Oct 2016
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Smart Moves
2005. In the intervening years, technological evolution has pushed INRIX’s capabilities far beyond just offering help to frustrated drivers on crowded highways. “We began as a traffic company, and HBS wrote a case about us back in 2012...
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- 01 Dec 1999
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Q & A: Herb Kohl
the School, I think I might have failed at Kohl's. I learned how to devise and implement a strategy and, most important, about the importance of working well with people. What was your strategy in running Kohl's?...
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Susan Young
- 12 Jul 2019
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The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. I wanted to ask a quick favor. We’re running a two-minute, ten-question listener survey to help us continue to bring...
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- 18 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
Marketing After the Recession
to plan ahead: Focus on high-potential customers. Make sure you focus on building relationships with ambitious customers in growth industries where pent-up demand is going to be unleashed once the economy turns the corner. If you're View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
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How Do I Get Your Job?
to start and run a company, but I hadn’t had that aha moment. I decided to make the leap when I couldn’t stop thinking about a reusable water bottle. If I didn’t do it, someone else would do it first, and I would kick myself later on. I...
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April White
- 06 Apr 2016
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Raising a Glass to Life-Long Entrepreneurship
huge global companies that are very well run and have been very financially successful. In the US beer business we have a little bit less than 2 percent market share. So, we have to keep the heart and passion of a small business....
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- 01 Dec 2013
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Batteries and Chocolates
Illustration by Adam Niklewicz/theispot.com by Debora L. Spar In 1991, when I joined the HBS faculty, men outnumbered women by two to one in the student body and four to one among the senior faculty. Back then, male students saw nothing...
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T. J. Dermot Dunphy | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Transcript (PDF) T. J. Dermot Dunphy, HBS 1956, was recruited by HBS friends Bill Donaldson, Dan Lufkin, and Richard Jenrette, founders of DLJ, to run a business they thought had potential given the right management. The company, Sealed...
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