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Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015) - Recruiting

the globe after seeking opportunities abroad. While she welcomed international exposure, traveling to Europe and the United States for higher education and professional growth, Nneka felt she could make a... View Details

16 Nov 2010
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The HBS Tunnels

Did you know that the HBS tunnels are connected to the Harvard University tunnels across the river? Read on, and all shall be made clear! Although connected, the two tunnel systems are very different. The ten miles of Harvard steam... View Details

Keywords: Keith Larson

24 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Get People Addicted to a Good Habit

A few years ago, Reshmaan Hussam and colleagues decided to find out why many people in the developing world fail to wash their hands with soap, despite lifesaving benefits. Every year more than a million children under the age of five die... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Patent search: A comparative table of databases

staff). Pitchbook: patent data related to Pitchbook covered companies (HUKey and individual account set up required) SciFinder: chemistry and chemical... View Details

11 Jul 2019
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Meet the MBA Class of 2020

View Video Andrew Baxter “YOU BUILD UP PERSONAL CAPITAL BY SHARING COMMON EXPERIENCES.” HOME REGION St. Andrews, UK UNDERGRAD EDUCATION Imperial College London, Chemical Engineering, 2011 PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE Shell, Schlumberger HBS... View Details

16 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be

seduced?— Vicki P. Haupt, Steuben Glass "As consumer knowledge and appreciation for chocolate developed, Godiva wanted a voice that continued to lead the category in a distinct View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

of Arts & Sciences Board of Visitors and Pilchuck Glass School. Levitan is a graduate of Horace Mann School, Duke University, and Harvard Business School. Levitan's personal... View Details

21 Nov 2015
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HBS Cases: Stella McCartney Combines High Fashion with Environmental Values

chemicals and water that you use to produce the items, but also the waste. People throw away 90 percent of what they are going to buy in the next two years. So it’s just amazing. In the US View Details

Keywords: by Brian Kenny; Fashion

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Online Management Course | HBS Online

processes: decision-making, implementation, organizational learning, and change management. 8 weeks 4-7 hours per week 4 modules Self-Paced This course earns you a Certificate of Completion from HBS Online. What you earn . Overview... View Details

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

Solara Solara provides an on-demand solar irrigation service to Indian farmers, increasing their access to affordable, reliable, and clean irrigation. Team: Rea Savla, MBA 2024; Vishesh Mehta Play Elisa: Grand Prize Winner 2024 New... View Details

18 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Hazard Warning: The Unacceptable Cost of Toxic Workers

for talent, and it’s all focused on these high productivity people, and very, very little on those workers who actually may hurt organizational performance,” Minor says. Fired toxic workers can leave a big... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

05 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

The Accidental Innovator

Companies spend many hundreds of billions of dollars on R&D each year, but the microwave oven was conceived from a melted candy bar, saccharin from an accidental chemical spill, and the Daguerre photo... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

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Teele Hall | About

2000 in honor of Dean Stanley F. Teele (1906–1967), the modern brick, concrete, and glass structure was designed by Goody & Clancy and constructed in 1985. The... View Details

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Yinka Shonibare CBE RA Wind Sculpture (SG) V 2019 | About

Yinka Shonibare CBE RA Wind Sculpture (SG) V , 2019 Yinka Shonibare CBE RA (British-Nigerian, born 1962), Wind Sculpture (SG) V , 2019, stainless steel armature with hand painted glass reinforced polyester cast, 275 1/2 × 100 × 78 5/8 in.... View Details

10 Sep 2001
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Do You Have Change Fatigue?

Mintzberg argues that the best kind of leader doesn't try to effect much change. Rather, she functions like a queen bee, which "does nothing but make babies and exude a chemical that keeps everything... View Details

Keywords: by Nick Morgan

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Bloomberg: hedge funds

How do I screen for or find performance and rankings of hedge funds in Bloomberg? Type HFND <GO> for an overview of Bloomberg's Hedge Fund Database. Type FPC <GO> for the Fund Performance Rankings. Click the... View Details

01 Oct 1997
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Brice Cutrer Jones

is no simple matter. Those who raise a glass of Jones's Sonoma-Cutrer Chardonnay are enjoying the delicate outcome of painstaking scientific research, months of careful growing, exceptional attention to detail, View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

26 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

How Cellophane Changed the Way We Shop for Food

cellophane accounted for 10 percent of DuPont’s sales and 25 percent of its profits. “Between 1925 and 1938, its return on investment averaged 36 percent, over twice that of View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Retail; Advertising

01 Oct 1999
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Eight Among Many: Peter G. Harf

Francisco and was eventually sent to Munich to set up BCG's office there. His strong desire to "create something and leave an imprint" then led him to Benckiser. The family-owned, $300 million former View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

30 Jun 2021
In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021

What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details

Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland

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