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- 24 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 24
a variety of metrics, Trader Joe's ranked as one of the most successful grocers in the United States in 2013. Experts estimated that the company had the highest sales per square foot of any major grocery... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
A Day’s Pay
FLOREZ: Back to his roots. Before term limits force him out of office, California State Senate majority leader Dean Florez (MBA ’93) has one final bill he wants to get through the legislature: extending overtime benefits to hundreds of... View Details
- Portrait Project
Omar A. Abou-Sayed
Afraid? Me? No, you must be mistaken, I thought. I stick my neck out every day. Just check out my unstilted hair, or, say, my inane comments in class that start with "Back when I worked in oil ". Or the fact that I routinely call the President of the View Details
- 24 Nov 2014
- News
New York Alumni Connect Around a 'Vision' for the New HBS
stories that highlight the impact of HBS alumni and faculty in organizations and communities around the world. The effort to engage alumni began in Boston on April 26, 2014 and will extend around the world over the next 18 months as Dean Nohria and select faculty... View Details
- 07 Oct 2014
- News
Network Effect
changed the world at breathtaking speed. From that perspective, it seemed “inadequate and unacceptable,” as he puts it, that so little progress had been made to treat a dreaded disease identified more than a century ago and now afflicting five million people in the... View Details
Keywords: Linda Kush
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Academic Cross-Pollination
application — and a patent disclosure. They made a fantastic final pre-sentation about science, potential markets, and commercialization strategies. Didn’t one of the projects win an entrepreneurship competition? Each year, MIT, local business groups, and View Details
- 08 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
How to Hire a Millennial
General Electric isn’t moving to Boston’s waterfront for the views, however breathtaking they may be. In the increasingly fierce battle for millennial talent, GE’s decision to uproot its long-time headquarters from suburban Connecticut is nothing less than a... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Fuller
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Rock Gift to Support Entrepreneurial Studies
dramatically increased the resources that are available to support entrepreneurship.” Today, the entrepreneurship group exceeds thirty faculty, which makes it the second–largest unit at the School. In addition, there are numerous... View Details
- 21 Dec 2022
- News
HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion
Harvard University. For more information, please visit the program's website or reach out to the program director, Jane Unrue. Negotiating with Vladimir Putin: Video Advice from Five Former U.S. Secretaries of State HBS professor James K.... View Details
- 06 Aug 2015
- News
Making coding cool
Only.” Through Girls Who Code, teenage girls are exposed to the world of computer science and given the education and support they need to pursue careers in the field. The nonprofit has school computer science clubs in more than 20 states... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Fast Casual
Privately owned, with 1,350 locations in 37 states and $1.4 billion in annual sales, PRG is in the “fast casual” sector of the restaurant business — that’s shorthand for not selling hamburgers — and is best known for its Panda Express... View Details
- 23 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52650 Reinventing the American Wine Industry: Marketing Strategies and the Construction of Wine Culture By: Hisano, Ai Abstract—This working paper examines the remarkable growth of wine consumption in the View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 14 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 14
managers publicly acknowledge the need to explore new businesses and markets, the claims of established businesses on company resources almost always come first, especially when times are hard. When top teams allow the tension between core and speculative View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
For Alumni Only: Breakthrough Insights Program Debuts
Jeff Balash (MBA '73/74) was one of the eighty graduates who returned to HBS for the program. photo by Justin Knight Rapid changes in technology and the shifting realities of the global marketplace make lifelong learning a necessity for all professional managers, and... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton
- 02 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
Companies Choreograph Earnings Calls to Hide Bad News
adds-analysts could be required to state their buy/sell recommendation as they joined the call, for example. Or when the transcript was published, it could include the names of everyone who wanted to ask a question and didn't get into the... View Details
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It
will tend to depress the share of the U.S. in innovation. Q: Your book talks about the "pauperization of the patent system." Can you elaborate on what you mean by this? A: Beginning in the early 1990s, Congress converted the View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 24 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 24
toothpaste brand in the United States. During the interwar years, however, the brand suffered a precipitate decline and fell into oblivion. This article explores the rise and fall of the Pebeco brand. It shows the challenges faced by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
translator simply puts his head in his hands and swears as he struggles to keep up with the convoluted account. Throughout the day we visit other Oaxacans in their homes and listen to their stories. Each demonstrates the sharp contrast between housing markets in the... View Details
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Shabrina Jiva
desire for an MBA. The United States held special appeal. "I grew up in Europe and worked in Asia, but admire so many things about American education: the emphasis on presentation, communication skills,... View Details
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Fatou Bintou Sagnang
In Dakar, Fatou Bintou Sagnang, MBA 2015, liked to look to the heavens with her father, who hoped his children would be able to fulfill ambitions in aerospace that were beyond his reach. Fatou, who came to the United View Details