Entry - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2012
News

It’s a Small World

pleasures—which he defines as “free, simple, and universal”—and decided to create a website, 1000 Awesome Things, and post a new entry every weekday. He vowed that he would stop at 1,000, and so he did, authoring his final View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

17 Apr 2019
News

Two Alumnae Among Time’s Most Influential of 2019

entry is written by Diane von Furstenberg, fashion designer and chair of the Council of Fashion Designers of America. Von Furstenberg recalls her first meeting with Hyman, in which the legendary designer told Hyman—then an HBS... View Details

04 Sep 2019
News

3-Minute Briefing: Dhivya Suryadevara (MBA 2003)

Above: Dhivya Suryadevara (MBA 2003) at GM World in Detroit’s Renaissance Center (photo by Brian Kelly) Who you are is the sum total of your experiences. Growing up in Chennai, India, the importance of education and working incredibly hard were drilled into my mind as... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Dec 2000
News

New Economy Theme of HBS African-American Alumni Conference

encourage an exchange of knowledge and experience. "The finalists were chosen from among three hundred entries sent in from Africa, the Caribbean, and the United States," said HBSAAA president Kenneth A. Powell (MBA 1974). "Playing an... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Oct 2001
News

The Eyes Have It: Business Plan Winners Pursue Global Vision

research in Nicaragua. Last spring, the plan designed by the LCAE team, whose advisors included Thomke, entrepreneurs, consultants, product designers, and ophthalmologists, was selected as the winning entry over ten other... View Details

Keywords: eyeglasses

01 Sep 2014
News

Case Study: Declawing the Competition

in subscriber growth and customer feedback. However, the lucrative market opportunity ($8 billion, growing at 4 percent year-over-year) and the low costs of entry are attracting new competition. New cat-focused subscription boxes have... View Details

01 Sep 2016
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Research Brief: Cultivating Creativity through Competition

given to their competitors. Using analytical software that evaluates visual similarities between designs, Gross compared each submission with prior entries by the same designer, and related the similarity to the number and quality of... View Details

Keywords: Erin Peterson

01 Sep 2011
News

Making a Difference in the World

“greatest challenge ”Bloomberg quote. Foreword, C40 Carbon Disclosure Project 2011 p. 34 All C40 data C40 web site http://www.c40cities.org/ “Mayors can’t just talk ”Bloomberg quote (NYT 6/2/11) “Ancient Rome Baghdad London.”. From Wikipedia “city” View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Apr 2000
News

New Exhibit Highlights Turning Point for American Business

enterprises. While the south corridor's exhibit items focus on these industries, materials hung in the north corridor depict aspects of modern marketing, displaying advertising materials for products and services such as bicycles, mackerel, beer, barbed wire, and... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Apr 2011
News

My First HBS Class

Readers subscribing to the “Life is real! Life is earnest!” philosophy may not have been thrilled by my two-part blog entry on “classroom hijinks” at HBS (see here and here). But they will be happy to hear that during my first-ever... View Details

Keywords: Keith Larson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

29 Jun 2016
News

The Latest Local Motor: A Self-Driving Bus

off the top price of each item sold. Rogers' plan is to also split another 1 percent to 2 percent among key community members who help improve the design. How long did it take to build a game-changing transportation solution? Rogers says that from the moment... View Details

01 Jun 2017
News

Case Study: Something New

readers weighed in on a question posed by KitNipBox cofounder and CEO Deena Malkina (MBA 2008): How could the monthly subscription service for cat owners erect sustainable barriers to entry to the market and secure a market leadership... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Sep 2016
News

Up to the Highest Heights

has,” says Tai, who admits there’s a high barrier for entry into the daring sport. “But anything that draws people together will create trusting relationships that lead to commerce.” Multimillion-dollar deals have been made on the beaches... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 2012
News

New Venture Winner an Undercover Success

created by Brandon Molina (MBA 2010), offers distance-to-green accuracy using wireless and GPS technology. Now in its third year, the Alumni New Venture Contest saw an increase in entries of more than 40 percent over 2011, for a total of... View Details

01 Jun 2013
News

Revitalizing America

chair and director of the Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative. The preceding is adapted from a longer blog entry published by the Huffington Post. View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 2014
News

The Far-Reaching Impact of Fellowships

Financial aid provides the foundation for HBS’s need-blind admission policy, ensuring that the cost of attending is not a barrier to entry into the MBA Program. By lessening the burden of debt, this support enables students to study at... View Details

Keywords: fellowships

01 Dec 2014
News

Technology Making HBS More Accessible

believe more in today’s vision for HBS.” The Quazzos, who met while working in New York prior to attending HBS, have contributed to the School’s entry into online learning with gifts supporting HBX. “HBX offers a tremendous opportunity to... View Details

19 Aug 2010
News

Classroom Hijinks: Catchphrases, Mottos, Cheers, and Mascots

may have been their mascot, and 2005E had its E-Dawg (a sectionmate dressed up in a dog suit), on whom see here. Next week I’ll finish this blog entry with a discussion of games, parties, pranks, and celebrations of professors in their... View Details