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- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Robert Goodwin
assistance in developing countries. The nonprofit’s inspiration came from Goodwin’s HBS classmate Sam MacHour, whose experiences in Liberia and Burundi convinced him of the need to confront the underlying causes of poverty. While at HBS, MacHour made a passionate plea... View Details
- 02 Mar 2015
- News
To Market, To Market
building an agricultural and market infrastructure in places—like parts of Nepal, Romania, Haiti, and Guatemala—where little or none has previously existed. “The way we do this is through value-based development, where we engage farmers in wealth-creating value chains... View Details
- 20 Jan 2015
- News
Patient Medical Records, Pocket-sized
While his friends have retired, 79-year-old Merle Bushkin (AB 1956, MBA 1960), a laid-back guy with the energy of a man half his age, is rocketing full speed into the challenges of entrepreneurship—launching a startup company offering a simple View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Reimagining the MBA
specific new product- or service-development project that would be their focus for the next 12 weeks. As these students are experiencing firsthand, it’s one thing to hypothesize about product development in an emerging market. It’s quite... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
Alumni Books Boeing Metamorphosis: Launching the 737 and 747, 1965–1969 by John Fredrickson and John Andrew (MBA 1959) Schiffer Military History Welcome to the world of corporate decision-making, workplace gambles, and myriad human... View Details
- 23 Mar 2020
- News
Signal Boost
that women and children would be hurt in traffic by exiting from the left side. Lara, then a manager of product strategy for Chrysler and the mother of an infant daughter, spoke up. “First of all, we park in parking lots, not traffic.... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Plunging Into the Net
coordinates elective field studies in information technology and has developed case modules on electronic commerce and emerging Internet-based business opportunities. Applegate has worked with a number of HBS alumni who are launching... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Anand G. Mahindra, MBA 1981
that.” In 2002, M&M launched its own sports utility vehicle, the Scorpio, which is now being exported to countries such as Italy, Russia, and South Africa. A hybrid version will hit U.S. showrooms within a few years, a prime example of... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Green House
achieve net-zero-energy demand by pairing ultra-low energy use with solar panels for energy production. But Harper’s home goes even further than that select group—achieving net-positive-energy production—because the house uses so little energy that the solar View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
The School of Life
them had experience launching a new venture. None of them knew how to adjust a strategy when the first one didn’t work. None had had to figure out how to make a brand-new product profitable before growing it... View Details
- 17 Jan 2019
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
example for others. Any success that I have had has been the product of peers and mentors who have provided support and inspiration for me along the way. So, it’s nice to think that I can be that for others in some small way.” Pathipati:... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond Accommodation
blind people through a network of associated agencies, NIB had once enjoyed a relative monopoly of the federal procurement market for its SKILCRAFT® brand of office supplies and some two thousand other products and services. But that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
"Unheard Voices" Brings to Light Three Centuries of American Women at Work
Business Age,” is a survey of the library’s manuscript collections that pertain to women’s history. Launched in 1999 with support from Rysia de Ravel (MBA ’83) and a grant from the Harvard University Women’s Matching Fund, the survey is... View Details
- 15 Dec 2011
- News
An HBS gift guide
country. It becomes part of your value system.” Warm up with Rawdon’s winter wear for children Previous Next Quiet your mind Jamie Hanna (MBA ’98) Founder, Zobha “I wanted to build a brand that inspires people to be the best versions of themselves . When we View Details
- 21 Dec 2022
- News
HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion
experience working with a Ukrainian supplier named Rolin Kostya, who continues to make his products under great duress. “The week I spoke to them, there had been a half dozen air raid warnings—and indeed one interrupted the Zoom call—and... View Details
- 01 May 2015
- News
Celebrating and Supporting Leadership
Since the launch of The Harvard Business School Campaign on April 25, 2014, more than 5,000 alumni and guests have come together to celebrate the School and its mission at regional events around the world and the Campaign’s website has... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019
between. Kids are constantly changing and how we parent them must change, too. But how do we stay close as a family as our lives move apart? In the midst of guiding their own kids through this transition, Lisa Heffernan and Mary Dell Harrington View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
A Piece of the Action
the Valley's "Band of Angels," a group of entrepreneurs who are recycling their capital and energies into new ventures. This month the Center's first two intellectual products will make their debut in Sahlman's Entrepreneurial Finance... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
look at an opportunity as just 1 + 1 = 2," says Ahmad Hammouda, cofounder and CEO of Thndr, a Y Combinator–backed investment platform launched at the end of 2019. "It has to be the team, the idea, the market, and above all, the impact; as... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
worked one week on, one week off, and in the case of our poultry farm, slept on the farm for days at a stretch to improve biosecurity. It took quite a bit of commitment to distribute food and products across the country, and so many went... View Details