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- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
DOWNING: In one of the world’s poorest countries, the rain forest is key. At A Glance Total Area: 111,369 sq. km. Population: 3,441,790 Per Capita GDP: $500 All maps by Robert Littleford; Country Data: Cia World Factbook Thomas Downing... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
I am writing this letter on the heels of another wonderful reunion weekend at HBS. If you're like me, a "reunion zealot," you know how special these events are. Not only do reunions give us the chance to reconnect with dear friends, but we are also treated to... View Details
- 10 May 2023
- News
Alumna Snags an Emmy
my internship at YouTube during HBS that I realized I could make a career out of these interests. The YouTube TV team was just starting to form in summer 2015 with a goal of reimagining cable TV and I was really intrigued by the... View Details
- 29 Jul 2008
- News
An Educational Start-Up
case, this particular class was being led by HBS professor Bill Sahlman, and the students were in fact professors, representing a Rand McNally of institutions: St. Petersburg State University, the University of Malta, the University of... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
HBS Club of Ireland Puts Management Skills to Work
process of building trust and understanding," says club president Tom Fitzgerald (MBA '82), who worked with club members James Shay Garvey (MBA '84) and Dermot Berkery (MBA '91) for eight months to organize what they called the "Step Up"... View Details
- 22 Jul 2014
- News
Hungry for Change
associated with food insecurity in Minnesota ($1.6 billion annually, according to a study by the University of Minnesota) and what it will take to fix the problem ($300 million, with an estimated 100 million meals missed at $3 each). "We... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 08 Nov 2024
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School’s Armed Forces Alumni Association
AFAA when applying, in hindsight, I realized that was a missed opportunity. My favorite attribute about members of the AFAA is the ‘can-do’ attitude. We all have limited, if any, experience in the corporate world, but that does not prevent our members from having a... View Details
- 31 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
Building a DTC Brand Through COVID
search results came up short. I wondered who else I would ask for manufacturing help and soon enough I realized I had a manufacturing expert at my hands, my TOM (Technology and Operations) Professor Willy Shih. I emailed Professor Shih... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
A Growing Drumbeat
starting a business. Tom Eisenmann, the William J. Abernathy Professor of Business Administration, had already noticed the phenomenon of students informally self-organizing into “tribes” around career interests and suggested to Rosenthal... View Details
Keywords: Contests
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Roads to Recovery
lights in working order? Maybe not. The state of the nation's highways, bridges, airports, dams, seaports, and tunnels collectively rate a grade of D+, says the American Society of Civil Engineers, which has called for a $3.6 trillion infrastructure upgrade View Details
- 17 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2024: Business and Environment Ventures
The New Venture Competition is an annual competition sponsored by the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise Initiative open to all students and alumni who are launching new business and social impact ventures. This year,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
One-on-One with Peter Cuneo
Illustration by Michael White In the universe of superheroes and rock ’em, sock ’em action, a comic book tracking the adventures of “Turnaround Man” has yet to appear. If and when that happens, the most likely inspiration for such a... View Details
- 16 Jan 2018
- News
Celebrating the Impact of Nonprofits
participants develop a network of support for their organizations, the reunion at the Social Enterprise Greenhouse in Providence included a social hour and a panel featuring the club’s four 2017 SPNM graduates. David Beauchesne, from the Rhode Island Philharmonic;... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 02 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Leading Professional Service Firms
profession and the firm for a long period of time. They develop organizational practices that motivate these outstanding people to serve clients well. Getting this right is what we mean by alignment. Leading Professional Service Firms... View Details
- 13 Jun 2017
- Blog Post
Benefits of the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program
Rock Accelerator Program and the Harvard Innovation Lab’s Venture Incubation Program; and pursued an Independent Project—a second-year faculty-supervised project for academic credit—focused on the development of his startup. Damjan also worked closely with professors... View Details
- 01 Feb 2013
- News
Growth Strategy Has Double Bottom Line
generates returns for investors through timber harvesting, recreational leasing, and in some cases, by subdividing the properties for development or non-timber uses. Lyme Timber, however, is unique among TIMOs View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
(government-run) system; or various elements borrowed from all of these. President Obama has said he wants to move gradually, beginning by insuring all children, and has expressed reservations about aspects of the Massachusetts model,... View Details
- 05 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
2022 Climate Symposium: Tackling Climate Together
awarded to Active Surfaces and second place went to WereWool. Rounding out the day was an interview of Tom Steyer, Co-Executive Chair of Galvanize Climate Solutions, by Jim Matheson, Special Advisor at BEV... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Getting Smart About Philanthropy
Seven HBS alumni are among more than 50 philanthropic leaders who share their strategic thinking, insights, and wisdom in a unique set of video interviews being showcased on the new GiveSmart.org website. The "Conversations with Remarkable Givers" series was created... View Details
- 31 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
Why I Spent This Summer Coding
The summer between RC and EC year represents a great opportunity for risk-free exploration. Encouraged by our outcome at the New Venture Competition and the funding I would receive as a Rock Summer Fellow, I forwent a business internship... View Details
Keywords: Technology