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- 05 Oct 2023
- News
On the Move: Massimo (Max) Magni (MBA 2003)
Our “On the Move” series highlights HBS alumni who are taking on new roles and responsibilities. Here we speak with Massimo (Max) Magni (MBA 2003), who has been named Macy’s new chief customer and digital officer. In this role, Magni will take charge of Macy’s digital... View Details
Keywords: Retail Trade
- 06 Jul 2023
- News
Lessons from Major League Baseball's Game-Changing Innovations
numbers, and—in most games—umpires don't miss any calls on the field. And today, that expanded instant replay system is only employed once every other game. "We designed the system based on the data and not View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Case Study: The Home Team
Illustration by Jon Krause Illustration by Jon Krause Brendan Kennealey (MBA 2006) wasn’t even searching for a business idea. A couple of years ago, the Wilmington, Delaware, native met up with an old friend who’d bought a new house. Over dinner this friend enumerated... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Drop Everything, Read This
The Bookshelf Rick Rubin is one of the greatest music producers of all time. His book, The Creative Act: A Way of Being, is about the creative process and is based on his experiences with era-defining musicians. He encourages the reader to be open to clues and... View Details
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
entrepreneurial culture relative to its Wall Street counterparts, but competition in the investment banking industry is intensifying in 1997 due to a wave of mega-mergers. The new combined banking entities are able to offer customers a... View Details
- 19 Apr 2023
- News
A Kick Start for Latin American Startups
to achieve in order to raise a subsequent round." Part of that hands-on guidance comes in the form of market strategy, fundraising, and talent and customer acquisition. It helps that Saggioro Leal and Lemann have an extensive network in... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Bridging the ESG Data Gap
interdisciplinary perspectives required to create practical climate solutions,” she explains. As Metric’s customer base expands, providing a one-stop shop for ESG and impact data management is Murday’s goal.... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Buy Big, Sell Small
could help when no one else had solutions,” Shruti says. After rapid growth over the last two years, Bangalore-based ApnaKlub now has 200 full-time employees, a network of 500 wholesalers, and a customer View Details
- 29 Aug 2023
- News
Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In this episode, we’re going to be highlighting an episode of another HBS podcast: Climate Rising, which focuses on what businesses are doing, can do, and should do... View Details
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
of technology, order, and modernity, not ancient disciplines involving hand-to-hand combat. At the time, Sityodtong was setting up the Asian office of Izara Capital Management, the $500 million hedge fund he founded in New York; Evolve was an interesting... View Details
- 11 Apr 2024
- News
Mission Control
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. By the time Peter Platzer (MBA 2002) was a teenager, he knew he wanted to be a physicist—and he was fascinated by space, eagerly engrossed in space-time diagrams... View Details
- 23 Mar 2023
- News
Winners Crowned in 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition
home the top cash prize of $75,000. Runner Up winner Hue earned a $25,000 prize. Led by cofounders Janvi Shah, Nicole Clay, and Sylvan Guo (all MBA 2022), Hue helps brands and retailers embed TikTok-style shoppable videos on its e-commerce websites to give View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint
Since taking over as CEO of Tata Steel in 2013, T. V. Narendran had sought to transform India’s oldest steel manufacturing firm to ready it for a rapidly evolving business world. He instilled financial discipline, acquired new businesses, and launched digital... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Joseph J. O'Donnell, MBA 1971
Culinary Group the largest ski area operator in the United States. O'Donnell is happy to list the ingredients of his success. "I follow the golden rule in treating my customers and employees the way I want to be treated," he begins.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
My First Job
work. I also learned that spending an hour talking to your girlfriend on the company phone when the boss is trying to call in is a quick way to get seriously reprimanded. Kwinters customers had two options: a ready-made steamed dog or a... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
question: The data and analysis in the latest IPCC report amplified the reality that climate change is widespread, rapidly intensifying, and attributable to human activity. It also signaled both a responsibility and a real opportunity to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Debunking Teenagers: 200 Research-Based Parenting Strategies to Help Your Adolescent Successfully Navigate the “Tempteen” Years By Daphne Adler (MBA 2004) Independently Published Why are teenagers constantly tempted to behave... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Trading Up — Kenneth D. Brody (MBA 1971)
organization more customer responsive and attuned to the needs of smaller businesses, as well as for shifting the bank's focus away from dealings with foreign governments and toward more private transactions. In 1996, President Clinton... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 20 Apr 2023
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How Joe Hinrichs is Getting CSX Back on Track
customer of CSX—which offers him a unique perspective. "I've been very vocal inside CSX about what it's like to be a customer of the railroad over the years," he told the paper. "They want us to do what we... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Derek Ferguson
Music, a retailer based in the Midwest. “Its biggest profit drivers were rap and hip-hop,” he remarks. “I remember thinking that there was a real opportunity to cater more directly to that customer base.” To... View Details