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- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Q&A: Playing the Hits
making many small bets is actually much riskier. That's why Hollywood will keep making blockbuster bets even if the returns over the summer were rather disappointing. Anyone with a smartphone and a computer is now a content provider. How has View Details
- 19 May 2021
- News
Alumni Convene to Support Nonprofit Boards; Seven Clubs Mix It Up Online
are a source of new perspectives and ideas, and they can be really helpful if you’re dealing with a decision, a challenge, or new career direction.” Danciu says the seven clubs... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 30 May 2024
- News
Women’s Association Goes Nationwide; Connecticut Club Hosts Beshears
Alumnae to Celebrate Official Launch of HBS Women’s Association The Harvard Business School Women’s Association (HBSWA) will host a Virtual Launch Celebration on Wednesday, June 12, to mark its official expansion as a nationwide HBS alumnae Shared Interest Group (SIG).... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: A Fair Share
Rent out your house, your car, even your bike—are there any limits to what people will part with (and what regulators will allow) in the new sharing economy? We called on Shelby Clark (MBA 2010)—founder of the car-sharing service... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Primer on Patents
The result of that abiding interest is his new book, Innovation and Its Discontents (Princeton University Press), which he cowrote with Professor Adam B. Jaffe of Brandeis University. Why do we need a patent system in the first place?... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond Accommodation
but realized after college that such a turnabout was unlikely. “When you’re going blind, there’s plenty of denial. But you’ve ultimately got to get comfortable with it and deal with it.” Today, Gibbons has gone far beyond mere... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Books
affect the decision to go public. As the authors shed light on the structure and operations of venture capital firms, three major themes emerge. First, all venture capitalists confront tremendous incentive and information problems, in part because they work with... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Hansjörg Wyss, MBA 1965
growing up in Bern, Switzerland, centered around a daily occurrence that is almost unimaginable in today's world: "You always came home for lunch," he says, recalling that the family would sit down to eat and listen to the news on the... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A Place in the Sun
a variety of environmental initiatives that he has undertaken over the years. His devotion to preserving the island's natural beauty as well as the Fijian culture has earned Turtle Island accolades that include the 1999 Green Hotelier... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Dean Nohria Looks Ahead
period in which there will be a lot more regulation. So we have to find a way to help the next generation of business leaders know how to deal with the new regulatory infrastructure that is being created. A... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 19 May 2015
- News
Getting Ready for Success
four-year colleges.” Raised in a low-income community in southern New Jersey, Huebner experienced firsthand the difference in her public school college preparation with that of her fellow students at the University of Pennsylvania. “Had... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Ann S. Moore, MBA 1978
magazines than Time cofounder Henry R. Luce. In 2004 alone, she introduced four new publications, including a revitalized version of Life magazine, which is now distributed on weekends in leading U.S. newspapers. In 1991, she was named... View Details
- 20 Nov 2015
- News
Room to Grow
Despite New England’s long traditions of farming and fishing, only an estimated 5–10 percent of the food consumed in the region is actually produced there. That’s a fact Andrew Kendall (MBA 1988) is working hard to change. “At least 50... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
A Piece of the Action
there is an audible buzz—the sound of deals being made. Over coffee and fresh bread, someone with an idea and someone with the knowledge, money, or connection to turn that idea into a reality are hatching a View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Consumer Finance Makes HBS Debut
TUFANO: His new consumer finance elective is part of a broader effort to legitimize the field as an important area for research and teaching. Last spring HBS became the first top-ranked U.S. business school to offer a course in consumer... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Rediscovering America
from depression to optimism,” explains Kanter, who says she grew up “thinking that Americans have a special responsibility to improve the state of the world.” While her agenda is ambitious, Kanter notes, “The country can accomplish a great View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Making a World of Difference
Alan B. Slifka On a bus in Israel, two seven-year-old boys talk about their interest in sports. One makes a joke, the other laughs. The boys, one Jewish, one Arab, are new friends. They met at a day camp designed to bring two of the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
One-on-One with Carter Roberts
countries and annual revenues in excess of $126 million. The privately financed organization has nearly 5 million members. Under his leadership, the WWF has launched an ambitious new strategy to focus its efforts on protecting nineteen of... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Your Own Medicine
help build new muscle—had been one of several potential treatments the Secklers chased to no avail, often stuck following promising science to dead ends. That changed three years ago, when former pharmaceutical executive Gene Williams... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Understanding Challenges Across the Supply Chain
“By wrestling with the case issues together, we create new perspectives and a sense of community.” The seminar will mark its 60th iteration January 12–15, 2020. The faculty team—which includes Bell and Forest Reinhardt, the John D. Black... View Details