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- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Short Takes
with the ungainly conglomerates assembled in the 1960s and 1970s that provided a variety of seemingly mismatched products and services. And while many consultants and investors are seeking to extend this focused model into emerging... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Excellence At The Intersection Of Disciplines
that draw on the School’s expertise in general management, leadership, innovation, and business models to advance new ideas. photo by Russ Campbell “In the process of sharing, you make each school better,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Extending Opportunity: Brock Family Fellowship
Harvard Business School," she says. Brock-Wilson recalls that paying for graduate school was not easy. "After I was accepted, I remember frantically applying to every foundation imaginable. The Hattie M. Strong Foundation gave me a grant,... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
INK: Maker’s Manual
dissatisfied with current approaches to solving a social dilemma, or they are excited about the potential of an alternative business model or a new technology to address a social need. Still others are... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 28 Sep 2015
- News
Rockin’ for a Cause
victim to California’s statewide budget cuts. “Susan’s group came up with a new model of distributing funds district-wide instead of school-by-school,” Scheel explains. “Because of that, PiE appeals not just to individual donors, but also... View Details
- 25 May 2011
- News
Race to the Finish?
economies getting behind the wheel in the coming years, automakers have an added responsibility: For the industry to maintain its social license to operate, it must ensure its growth does not come at the expense of the world’s climate balance. Participants at a March... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Eileen M. Rudden
to HBS to gain the business skills she found she needed at the paper. Stints at The Boston Consulting Group and Wang were followed by a stellar fourteen-year career at Lotus, where Rudden ran the teams that developed Lotus 1-2-3 and Lotus... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
Issue Focus: Business and the Environment The Earth At Night, 2009: Cities may occupy just 2 percent of the planet’s landmass but they hold half the world’s people and produce much of its carbon emissions. Image by NASA/Corbis Issue Focus... View Details
- 04 May 2017
- News
Going the Distance
more value to Utah businesses and attract other CEOs to relocate to the state. Twelve of the last 14 people I hired were former CEOs. We turned key state programs—like incentives—into a P&L, meaning that if they added jobs and tax revenue... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2014
for loved ones, improving the job prospects of disadvantaged young people, or enabling us to communicate in new ways, the successful enterprises built and led by the 2014 awardees have had a deep impact on business and society. Gerald... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Chaotic Funding Derails Research
randomized model of research support in the United States, in which a change in administration or a court ruling can outlaw work that was previously supported by the government. Funding can be canceled with the stroke of a pen. The... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965
the raw bits and bytes," remarks Gerstner. A second strategy was built on the future of networked computing, a prescient decision made well before it became a prevalent business model with the rise of the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
An ailing horse and an overweight Labrador retriever provided the inspiration for Becky Minard and Paal Gisholt (both MBA ’93) to launch SmartPak, a business that provides nutritional supplements, dog food, and supplies to customers... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Reimagining the MBA
roles and responsibilities of business, and the limitations of models and markets. And they need leadership skills informed by self-awareness and self-reflection. “To remain relevant,” continues Garvin, the C. Roland Christensen Professor... View Details
- 29 Apr 2022
- News
Clean Slate
the full size and development that they need. Dan Morrell: Born and raised in New Delhi, India, Naina Lal Kidwai and her sister lived in a household where business and social issues were important family concerns. When she visited her... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
What’s Behind the Explosive Growth of Sustainable Investing?
financial returns and impact in the business model of investee companies. Quite a few of the large, global PE firms have launched impact funds over the last year. On the public side, I think ESG will become... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Case Study: Golden Ticket
(iStock) The startup shorthand for the year-old G8 Rocket (pronounced “gate rocket”) is SAP meets Square—an enterprise platform designed for local vendors. In G8 Rocket’s case, those vendors are typically high-school athletic departments, which rely on the View Details
- 13 Mar 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Sierra Smith and Taylor Wiegele (both MBA 2017)
whole thing (shout out to Thales Teixeira!), which has been incredibly helpful in figuring out our business model and buying advertisements. Until very recently, we were the ones designing all of our ads,... View Details
- 30 Jul 2024
- News
Reddit’s Rise
was not going to move. And I said, well, maybe I’ll move at some point, but if it turns out that we want to have an advertising business, I think you’ll be happy that I’m in New York. And that’s worked out. I did not manipulate our View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
This year’s recipients of the School’s highest honor have made remarkable contributions to their companies and communities while upholding the highest standards and values in everything they do. “These five distinguished alumni are role View Details
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