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- 21 Nov 2013
- News
Case Study: BlackBerry and Thorsten Heins
keyboard on smart devices (just like Polaroid believed consumers needed to instantly print their digital photos—when was the last time you printed a photo!). They kept their platform closed, avoiding the design and distribution of public... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
An Eye to the East
restructuring of businesses in emerging markets; and Professor Dwight B. Crane's examination of the Asian financial crisis. The sweeping exchange of ideas prompted Professor David B. Yoffie, conference cochair, to conclude: "There is a need to look for ways to blend... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 27 Aug 2019
- News
Sweating It Out in Philly; Whiskey Flights in Portland
part of the club’s June networking event, which included a fireside chat with Freeman, founder and CEO of boutique fitness studio SLT (Strengthen, Lengthen & Tone). SLT combines cardio, Pilates, and strength training on individual sled-type fitness View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 20 Feb 2019
- News
Building an Ecosystem for African Entrepreneurs
media. Most have been from West Africa, but this is changing. Elumelu hopes the program will reach across the continent. “Geographical bias should no longer constrain people,” he says. The foundation recently introduced TEFConnect, an online networking View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Navigating the Populism Phenomenon
specific country. What is the platform put forward by the populists? For example, in the United States, populism has embraced climate change skepticism, but we see very little of that in European populist parties. That means European... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
part of solving public problems Government that can scale: Harnessing platform techniques for innovation and growth The lessons unfold in the timely episodes Weiss has seen and studied: the US Special Operations Command prototyping of a... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Books
Allen, argues that a timeless strategic principle — building market power in a well-defined core business — remains the key source of competitive advantage and the most viable platform for successful expansion. Based on a ten-year, Bain &... View Details
- 19 Apr 2017
- News
Chicago Becomes a Hub of Startup Action
space,” Emanuel said. An effort to make Chicago the capital of cybersecurity that involved a city-funded training program, for example, ultimately led to KPMG making Chicago its cybersecurity headquarters—a move that has created 500 new jobs, with 500 more to come by... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
themselves, and develop a communal approach to software platforms to support office operations. In addition, the committee will conduct a survey of clubs to improve its understanding of their successes and challenges. The ultimate goal of... View Details
- 14 Oct 2020
- News
Sewn with Love
RealReal, an e-commerce site for pre-owned luxury items, to use their platform to sell face masks made by designers, and more recently launched a partnership with Athleta, a division of The Gap, to raise much needed funds to make and... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Everything Old Is a New Opportunity
social sharing platform to help older adults live independently longer and provide tighter connection to family. CareSolver is a startup run by two current HBS students. It activate, educates, and supports the nation's $450... View Details
- 08 Jun 2023
- News
Three Alumni Clubs Celebrate Leadership, Community, and History over Dinner
Clubs News Clubs News New York Alumni Honor Outstanding Leaders at Annual Dinner The HBS Club of New York held its 54th Annual Leadership Dinner on April 24, honoring three alumni who embody the HBS mission to "educate leaders who make a difference in the world," and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 28 May 2019
- News
INK: Maker’s Manual
Since cofounding the online product discovery platform The Grommet in 2008, Jules Pieri (MBA 1986) has enjoyed a front-row seat to the launch of 3,000 consumer products—including household names like Fitbit, SodaStream, and S’well. From... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
programs. “Those funds,” says Cox’s Camargo, “are drying up.” The Chinese market is evolving quickly in the face of sun-setting subsidies. Shen, for example, is using technology developed by a German firm he acquired to produce two basic View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Road Work
restaurants in the Los Angeles area. But after 25 years, the business went bust, and she relocated the family to her native Mexico when the Salas brothers were 12 years old. It’s a fitting origin story for Camino Financial, an online lending View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Capitalizing the Corner Shop
or cash or machinery—so you ended up borrowing from the bank of mom and dad or the bank of your friend to support your business.” Early in his career, Kehinde realized that these capital challenges were epidemic. In 2012, he helped found Jumia, an e-commerce View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Case Study: A Good Fit
(insurance, employers, health professionals, or individuals, for example) to build momentum within the channel. Exploit it as a platform instead of just an app. —Lisa Putukian (MBA 1988) With significant opportunity in two distinct... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Apr 2008
- News
“Let Us Now Praise Famous Women”
bits and bytes via Harvard’s computers. Marianna began in 1988, so she experienced the old green-on-black-screen Decmate before all alumni data were switched in 1990-91 to a new database, called Ace, which was custom-built at HBS with a slick Uniface GUI on a Sybase... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Contributing to a Better Future
shift the narrative of how people view HBS’s approach to the topic of business in society. “There’s significant cutting-edge work happening at the School in terms of how businesses interact with climate change, social inequality, and economic inequality,” says Keller.... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
A Janus-Faced Reflection
a division, the platforms one can stand on to make a leaderly difference appear altogether more numerous, flexible, and portable over the years —a small firm, a community organization, maybe even a family. And what of our leisure time,... View Details