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- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Q&A: Orin Smith
that one of the most important things we've done is to popularize high-quality coffee and persuade the customer to pay a higher-than-average price for it. This enables us to pay two to three times what traditional coffee companies are... View Details
- 15 Nov 2018
- News
Don’t Be Afraid of AI
retraining and enabling people to adjust their skills as the jobs adjust. Today, there's an incredible shortage of computer programmers. Well, those people who were the elevator operators are not prepared to be computer programmers 'cause... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
helped jump-start Boston’s startup scene as chief of staff to former mayor Thomas Menino. But today, that means creating opportunities for all the key actors within an entrepreneurial ecosystem to come together, enabling startup founders... View Details
- 25 Jun 2019
- News
After the Storm
it.” It was a humbling reality check. Then Dyson met David Campbell, the founder of All Hands volunteers, an organization that enables volunteers to provide on-the-ground assistance following natural disasters. Initially, Campbell had the... View Details
Keywords: Paul Flannery
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Case Study: Off to a Fine Art
the United States, where infrastructure already exists. Ultimately, GAIA decided to invest in its own supply chain. Today the company has a fleet of 20 delivery trucks and 40 drivers, plus a centralized warehouse. The staff has grown from 50 in 2016 to 250, a huge... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Byte-Testing Bitcoin
security) so that it can become a globally accepted medium of exchange? —Joseph DiSorbo (OPM 41, 2011) So far the ecosystem has been working on creating the basic infrastructure for bitcoin to operate: exchanges allowing people to buy and sell; wallets View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Path Ahead
talent to the funding you provide for key initiatives. We were able to move quickly and effectively in response to the pandemic because of the generosity of alumni whose gifts to the HBS Fund enabled the considerable investment in... View Details
- 20 Oct 2016
- News
Smart Moves
carmakers use INRIX data now, and the acquisition of OpenCar enables us to provide a much better user experience—an end-to-end ecosystem for in-car applications. Today, if you want to play Pandora in the car or get advice from Trip... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Plight of the Global Poor
multinational corporations (MNCs) and local businesses are serving the previously invisible BOP market: Nestlé, with its “milk-district model” that encourages supporting businesses to spring up around its dairies in rural India; CEMEX’s program of affordable payments... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
structures and systems as well as reconciling the varying speeds at which divisions within a company may develop. Merson explores these different aspects of growth and outlines strategies and tactics to enable businesses to move forward... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Giving Amazon the Boot
stores were created using its platform compared to the first quarter of 2020, and the company’s revenue rose 97 percent to $714.3 million. Helen Mou (MBA 2014) is a Shopify product lead who is focused on the company’s conversational commerce tools, which View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Manager's Notebook
Assistant Professor Monica C. Higgins and Professor Nitin Nohria explores how language enables perfect strangers to initiate a process that may lead to business collaboration. In their 1996 working paper, "How Language Works: Interaction... View Details
Keywords: Judith Ross
- 25 Jun 2014
- News
A Man on a Mission
get an early immersion in the college setting. And last November, he helped another organization, Entrepreneurial Engagement Ohio, gain a $5 million grant to enable high school students to attend lectures and compete for scholarships to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Pitfalls, Trade-Offs, Dreaming Big
decisions can enable or inhibit them from achieving their goals. The Moment of Truth For Founder-CEOs, Good Deeds Seldom Go Unpunished “My data show that 52 percent of founder-CEOs are replaced by the time their start-ups raise their... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Building a Strong and Prosperous Society
but also ensures that the rules of the game are such that prosperity is widely shared and that problems like climate change are adequately addressed. How does democracy affect the power balance that enables free markets to thrive? RH:... View Details
- 04 Feb 2020
- News
In Harmony
to bring in guest artists, recruit faculty, maintain facilities, and continually improve the experience for everyone involved. “Basically, in the business side of nonprofits, we’re enablers,” reflects Weinstein. “We enable the people who... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
The Future Is Now: 21st-Century Business Pondered at HBS Forum
ethics question to come is: "To what extent will we allow ourselves to become post-human?" Turkle concluded her remarks by posing what she believes should be the ultimate question for any new technology: "Does it enable us to do better as... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
across ABP Media's channels, Karan Kapur (MBA 2015) provided hundreds and thousands of meals through his international FnB venture K Corp, Naveen Tewari (MBA 2005) enabled the mission to be displayed in millions of smartphones through... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Teaching for the Ages: the MBA Classroom in the 21st Century
downloadable to their PalmPilots, but spreadsheet toolkits that deliver core calculations like that bane of the required Finance course, the capital asset pricing model (CAPM). It also enables Professor McAfee, for example, to poll... View Details
- 03 Mar 2014
- News
A Life Transformed
Utkal University, receiving his degree in 1978. During that time, he also took courses in banking and finance, which enabled him to be promoted to a managerial position. With little room for career growth at the bank where he worked,... View Details