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- 01 Apr 1999
- News
A Random Sampling of HBS Graduates in the News
Lawrence S. Kramer (MBA '74), who spent twenty years as a newspaper reporter and editor for publications such as the Washington Post and the San Francisco Examiner, was himself in the news last January. Kramer's financial information... View Details
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Living, Learning, and Leaving a Lasting Mark in the Land of a Thousand Hills: SE Summer Fellow Afroza Damji (MBA 2023) Afroza Damji 12 Jul 2022 The HBS Summer Fellows Program enables students to apply their classroom training as th...... View Details
- 21 Jun 2020
- News
Rooting out Racism
John Rice (MBA 1992) John Rice (MBA 1992) Will the weeks of protest and statements of support for racial equity lead to lasting change for the country—or will we once again lose steam and move on to the next crisis, without making... View Details
- 13 Mar 2018
- News
Leadership Lessons from the “Lone Survivor” Mission
they found a good place to hide in the mountains. The next day, though, that team was attacked, and here, Brady tells the story of the last-minute decision that kept him from the subsequent, ill-fated rescue mission, the difficult... View Details
- 28 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
Amazon, eBay and the Bidding Wars
Beware of competitors lying in the grass, says Harvard Business School professor Alvin E. Roth. His study of bidding practices on eBay suggest that those who wait until the last minute to bid—a practice called sniping—is an effective way... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Streamlining the Supermarket
whom he’d known since high school. They were equally intrigued. “We thought, why don’t we use that technology to disrupt the grocery industry by bringing the same type of efficiencies to the supermarket?” Aguerrevere says. Last November,... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 15 Feb 2016
- Blog Post
Coming to HBS with a Non-Finance Background
were quickly allayed when she visited HBS for a class visit – and she discovered that the student admissions rep who picked her up was a former TFA teacher. She soon came to find that HBS is a place that brings together people from all... View Details
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South Asia - Global Activities 2021
the course of a year—the first is one week and takes place on the HBS campus; the second and third are each two-week modules and are taught in the classroom at the Taj Lands End in Mumbai; and the last... View Details
- 26 Feb 2020
- News
Phoenix Rising
filled, even the blare of rush-hour traffic clogging the central square of Athens out front—is the sound of Greece’s GDP on the move. It’s the ring of an economy finally looking up. “This place would have been empty in 2015,” says Dimos... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 17 Dec 2024
- News
Solving the Underemployment Crisis
post-secondary education pathways to work. And are there some states that are really standout that we can point to or places where there’s persistent problems? Moret: Sure. Well, I think, if you step back and look at the modernish history... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Lisandra Rickards (MBA 2010)
Above: Rickards on Jamaica’s sense of community: “It’s good to live in a place where the people are expressive and vibrant.” (photo by Marina Burnel) I had a strong sense when I was at HBS that the skills I learned there would have a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Lunch with Jack: Student Dines with GE's Welch
Few student exploits over the summer could match the power lunch enjoyed by Reginald Sanders (HBS '02), who broke bread and talked business with Jack Welch, the legendary force behind General Electric. Sanders earned the honor of dining with Welch by View Details
- 04 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
What’s Next for the Big Financial Brands
by investors and government regulators for hyping stocks and other questionable practices. The last CEO spent over one million dollars to redecorate his office and pushed through $3.6 billion in executive bonuses the day before he agreed... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
figure out what, precisely, it means to lead. When was the last time you heard a politician make any demand of a voter? Or even go before an audience and say something that someone might actually disagree with? A recent book by Hillary... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
A Jolt for the African Coffee Industry
the stuff, it is powdered Nescafé bought from streetside trolleys. Africa remains by and large the last part of the world to resist coffee, with tea and chocolate drinks the go-to hot beverages. (Exceptions are in the Francophone... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
A Message from Dean Clark
distinguished group of people: this year's 25th Reunion class. Over the last two years I have had the opportunity to meet and speak with hundreds of alumni, and I have been deeply impressed by and grateful for our graduates' leadership... View Details
- 08 Sep 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
Capitalism Works Better When I Can See What You're Doing
good place to start The Upside of Highlighting a Product's DownsidesResearchers discover what happens when companies embrace product transparency, accentuating the positive—and the negative. Deconstructing the Price TagExplaining what it... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Home Sweet (Modular) Home
officials regarded us as too risky to deal with,” says Stuntz. Greentech eventually set up shop in Worcester, forty miles west of Boston, in a former trolley-car factory. With a place to call home, the company finally graduated to the... View Details
- 25 May 2018
- Blog Post
9 Reasons to Look Forward to Your HBS Commencement
about taking your GRE or GMAT), here are the 9 best moments to look forward to at your HBS MBA Commencement. 1. Hanging out on Baker Lawn as students for the last time Year round, Baker Lawn is one of the most popular View Details
- 07 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Off and Running: Professors Comment on Olympics
motto, "citius, altius, fortius" (faster, higher, stronger). In addition, the Olympics are an event-filled entertainment package, launched by the spectacle of the Opening Ceremonies, which drew a record 40.7 million viewers in the U.S. View Details