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Melcolm Ruffin
executive and an HBS alum. "He was graciously open to mentoring me," says Melcolm. "I relied on him for guidance in my early career and worked with him at the NBA. He was the first HBS MBA I met, and the first executive I... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment/Media
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
population is approaching 110 million, the highest in the MENA region, with about half of its citizens between the ages of 15 and 45 and the range of mobile-phone penetration well over 90 percent. The market to meet a host of consumer needs is wide View Details
- 18 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
African American Student Union Spotlight on Emerging Markets
HBS experience thus far? The highlight of my HBS experience has been the privilege of engaging with a diverse group of individuals, each bringing their unique perspectives shaped by varied academic, professional, and personal backgrounds. The classroom environment at... View Details
- 30 Jun 2021
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021
What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details
Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland
- 24 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class
joint degree to make a difference in the world. Gupta shared, “I was in corporate VC looking at technology in agriculture, specifically for the African context which led me to start thinking about innovative models to address food... View Details
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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information
Program (SELP) in India, the Middle East, and Africa and resumed its in-person SELP program in China. Sixty-three percent of participants in the group’s open enrollment programs represented businesses based outside the U.S. Total... View Details
- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
“Some companies have reacted [to the spread of coronavirus] by laying off staff and closing their doors, hunkering down and waiting for the storm to pass. Others have decided to pivot. They've come up with innovative ideas of how to... View Details
- 20 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry
personal computer and to do so within a single year. The unit's revenues were $500 million at the close of the first year, close to Apple's $600 million. By 1983 and 1984 they had soared to $5.5 billion. Moreover, IBM's personal computer was an View Details
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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
Purpose of the Firm, and the School’s ongoing work in open inquiry and constructive dialogue. Complicit: How We Enable the Unethical and How to Stop Professor Max Bazerman + More Info - Slides – Less Info - Slides It is easy to condemn... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy
therefore, become unique local centers of innovation for the likes of mutual funds, venture capital, and biotechnology in Greater Boston or aircraft equipment and design, boat and shipbuilding, and metal fabrication in Seattle. The list... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter
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the board of the Robert Toigo Foundation and the Howard University Entrepreneurial Leadership and Innovation Institute. Kenneth Powell MBA 1974 Kenneth Powell is a business and social enterprise leader with a focus on enterprise and... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
two dilapidated row houses that had been vacant since 1978. She intends to replace them with affordable rental apartments—the opening salvo in an ambitious plan to redevelop West Baltimore Street, whose boarded-up windows and abandoned... View Details
- 10 May 2020
- Blog Post
Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers
the closest I've lived to my mom in 10 years but I can't see her until the Canada/US border opens up. I remember The time I flew my brother in from Canada for Holidazzle so that my husband and I could go dance all night, stay out really... View Details
- 01 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Immigrant Innovators: Job Stealers or Job Creators?
specifically for beneficiaries who have received advanced degrees in the United States.) "It's a lightning rod for a very heated debate," says William Kerr, a professor at Harvard Business School who studies how immigration affects View Details
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: The Business of Crowdsourcing
Many Choices Companies Must Forget—and Borrow The Business of Crowdsourcing Freeing Patient Data to Enable Innovation Who Has the Power in the Music Industry? View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Nov 2008
- Research Event
Social Media Leads the Future of Technology
Internet-connected televisions, social media, and the power of simplicity were all cited as launch pads for future innovation in technology, according to a panel of experts that convened at Harvard Business School as part of the HBS... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 09 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Benefits of “Not Invented Here”
talks about "open innovation" and his new book. Silverthorne: What's the one take-away you would like your business reader to walk away with from the book, Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
What Happens When Ordinary People Get Creative?
Business School, Emerita, who has studied workplace creativity for more than 40 years. “Those breakthroughs will be made by collaborative groups of ‘ordinary people,’ by open innovation contests and other... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Collective Wisdom
the space agency in applying open innovation approaches to big data and computational challenges, and works with Harvard Catalyst, the University-wide initiative led by Harvard Medical School. What are some... View Details
- 06 Nov 2014
- News
Building a Startup Community Beyond Commencement
As director of the Harvard Innovation Lab (i-lab), Jodi Goldstein (MBA 1996) has watched a number of innovative student businesses thrive at the space in its three years of operation. But watching those... View Details