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- 27 Nov 2013
- News
No Bologna, Please
SHAICH by Julia Hanna Imagine a restaurant that doesn't charge for its food. There's a box for money—and a suggested donation amount—but no one can see what you pay, if you pay anything at all. That's the concept behind Panera Cares, a... View Details
- 06 Sep 2016
- News
The Solution That Doesn’t Get Discussed About How to Get More Women On Corporate Boards
in female board candidates, and second by trying the new and creative concept of interviewing female candidates before any male candidates. The arithmetic behind the opportunity is easy. Women currently hold 950 S&P 500 company board... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Raising the Barrio
vocational schools are scheduled to open in the barrio. They will be the first public schools in a community where only about 60 percent of adults have finished secondary school. A massive construction project is also under way to reroute... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 22 Dec 2022
- News
LGBTQ+ Alumni Forums Expand; 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition Is Underway
regularly for support around personal, family, and business matters. Modeled on the concept developed by the Young President's Organization (YPO), the forums were pioneered over 20 years ago by Bob Halperin (MBA 1982), who leads HBS... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
The State of Play
If the category of offerings known as “immersive experiences” were a soup, it would probably have to be a gumbo—a saucy and colorful assemblage of potentially disparate things. And while it’s rooted in familiar traditions, it’s also open... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Q&A: Orin Smith
drinks that would win the brand international recognition. Smith liked the café concept and the enthusiastic workers behind the counter; he took a substantial cut in pay to sign on as EVP and CFO. Today, the company operates approximately... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Case Study: Growing the Family Business
(Zoonar RF/Thinkstock; iStock) Sweet Kiddles is a new concept in center-based childcare. Unlike traditional centers where parents must commit to fixed full- or part-time schedules, Sweet Kiddles’ flexible scheduling allows families to use... View Details
- 26 Jul 2011
- News
An Entrepreneur of the Arts
pointe shoes from Russia and sells them nationwide. In 2006, she opened the Russian Pointe Dance Boutique, the company’s flagship store located on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile. Attending OPM, Efimova was inspired by a strategy class to... View Details
- 25 Apr 2023
- News
Class of 2022 Startups Sweep Alumni New Venture Competition
lead investor in their $2.1 million seed round last year. “You really never know how those doors can open for you. It’s so important as an entrepreneur to be able to put yourself out there and pitch in any forum you can find. Winning... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 19 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
through the business world is a great advantage. The IPO went well? Yes, we raised nearly $190 million, which enabled us to retire debt and go in some new directions. My main challenge now is managing growth and our increasing organizational complexity. Last year was... View Details
- 14 May 2014
- News
(Re)moving the Needle
outcome for the child. "SynapDx is doing very well and completing a large clinical study thanks to a $15 million investment from Google Ventures," says Anquetil, who retains an ownership stake in the company but is no longer involved in its day-to-day operations.... View Details
- 04 Jan 2016
- News
Getting ‘Them’ Out of the Equation
Dick Simon (MBA 1980) is CEO of RSI, Inc., a Boston-based real estate development and investment management company, and founder and chair of the kNOwTHEM Initiative. In this video, he discusses the need for leaders to understand their cultural and political... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Case Study: Farming It Out
fund, with no proof of concept or track record of success—and the competitors he sought to disrupt are already sweeping over him. Hubris gets in the way of hitting singles and doubles; you hit the home runs when you have already swung at... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
All For One
The first thing Linda Hill noticed when she walked into Pixar Animation Studios was the energy. Pixar’s cavernous office in Emeryville, California, is totally open and organized around a huge central atrium, allowing a diverse group of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Classroom Legend
COLLECTION, BAKER LIBRARY HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS In the opening minutes of the only classroom video ever made of the man widely recognized as the world’s leading authority on case-method teaching, Professor C. Roland (“Chris”) Christensen... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Good Odds
process, Philip Behn says, because items come out too thick, too thin, or otherwise not perfect. “So we put our own private label on them and now we sell broken pretzel bits.” As the concept caught on and the company grew, expanding to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Social Innovation Goes Mainstream
early infusion of funding allowed Endeavor to prove that its concept worked, and a decade later Rottenberg is at the forefront of a social enterprise movement whose time has finally come. Rottenberg recounted her struggle for recognition... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Books
writes, “is a car stuck in a rut: Managers put the pedal to the metal and dig the rut deeper.” In Revival of the Fittest, he offers managers the tools and frameworks they need to get their organizations rolling once again. — Deborah Blagg View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Vivek Ranadivé
provides the infrastructure (or"middleware") that makes e-commerce work across disparate computer systems. His meaning, however, is just the opposite.. "The concept of e-business will disappear because every business will be an... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
Ballroom dancing, painting Recommended Reading Einstein's Dreams, by Alan P. Lightman "Written by a humanist/scientist, this is a compelling collection of fables focusing on various conceptions of time, as seen through the imagined dreams... View Details