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Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition

relationship between the business and its customers. @hoc’s Persistent Communications technology creates a continuous Channel of communication between a company and its customers. Birchbox Hayley Barna , MBA 2010 Katia Ververis , MBA 2010 Birchbox is a new concept in... View Details

03 Jul 2024
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Surviving the Iditarod

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Sunny Stroeer: Many folks have heard of the Iditarod Sled Dog race, which is the last great race on earth where mushers compete to cover the distance from Anchorage to Nome as quickly as possible. The... View Details

15 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Valuing an MBA: Beyond Dollars and “Sense"

Weekday mornings, in a discussion group composed of a math teacher, beauty product strategist, and a pro-athlete-turned-investor, I tackled over a hundred watershed corporate decisions, ranging from optimizing operations at a... View Details

30 Jul 2008
Op-Ed

Why the U.S. Should Encourage FDI

States outperformed the rest of the world in the majority of years. As such, there is something particularly bad about the return experience of foreign investors taking a controlling position in American companies. In short, America is a View Details

Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai

13 May 2013
Blog Post

The Art of Naming a Start-up

a name passed or failed. We didn’t want a run-of-the-mill name that simply told people we were related to music. Whatever names we picked had to be imbued with musical character, expressiveness, and an invitation to experience something View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

15 Jun 2021
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In My Humble Opinion: Building Blocks

loves: “Putting the pieces together with a client is the fun part, whether or not the development of a physical space is involved. I do have an appreciation for beautiful buildings, but I also love problem-solving and creating new... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; diversity; leadership; real estate; Real Estate

01 Aug 2001
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Class Day and Commencement 2001

relocated from nearby Aldrich Lawn due to construction of the new Hawes Hall classroom building, tradition otherwise prevailed in the form of beautiful weather, wise and humorous speeches, and an enthusiastic crowd of MBA graduates (some... View Details

Keywords: Marcel Acosta; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2004
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Getting Personal

case? One of the cases I wrote is about BMW Films’ award-winning marketing campaign. These were eight beautiful short films by famous directors, each less than ten minutes long, stuck on a corner of the Internet. Trailers for them on... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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By: William E. Fruhan Jr.

Keywords: Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry

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Andrew Kinard

as a business-school student." "Looking back," Andrew says, "I can see that the beauty of the section experience is that you get to know people you wouldn't have met before. You're exposed to cultures you wouldn't have... View Details

07 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

The Steve Jobs Legacy

another star in that constellation. William Kirby (General Management) Steve Jobs's legacy is everywhere, not the least in Chinese cities where the Apple stores are crowded from dawn to dusk, and where there are not only knock-off phones on the street but also View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Computer; Technology

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Brittani Rettig

Can you finish this statement? My perfect workout is "An hour of moderate- to high-intensity hiking on some beautiful outdoor terrain followed by an hour of vinyasa power yoga. It's the perfect combination of strength, cardio, and... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Services; Health Care

01 Mar 2015
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In My Humble Opinion: Leonard Dick (MBA 1990)

write for on The Good Wife: The title character, Alicia. “Because Julianna Margulies could read the back of a cereal box and make it compelling. The beauty of it is that you tend to write less dialogue instead of more, because Julianna... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Arts, Entertainment

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The Business of Aesthetics is a new course for second-year students who are considering careers in sectors and companies whose long-term financial value is built on their ability to deliver aesthetic value. Such companies are rewarded not only for eliciting a high... View Details

Keywords: Aesthetics; Luxury Goods; Retail; Consumer Goods; Design; Creativity; Consumer Behavior; Brand Building; Experience Goods; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry

17 Jun 2013
Research & Ideas

Advertising Symbiosis: The Key to Viral Videos

about self-image. Two months ago, Unilever's Dove brand uploaded "Dove Real Beauty Sketches," a web-exclusive mini-documentary in which a forensic artist sketches each of several women twice, first based solely on their descriptions of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising

08 Mar 2019
Blog Post

Reclaiming Feminism: A Celebration of International Women’s Day

experience and enjoy the beauty of diversity and never thinks that he is superior or inferior to anyone else because of those differences. More importantly, I want him to feel empowered to change the status quo when he realizes it... View Details

25 Feb 2020
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020

You'll discover the simple joy of early chai and omelette at Kyani and Co., of dawdling in Horniman Circle on a lazy morning, of eating your fill on Mohammed Ali Road, of strolling on the sands at Chowpatty at sunset, or taking the air at Nariman Point at night. This... View Details

13 Mar 2025
Blog Post

Launching leaders: HBS's new initiative fuels first-generation and low-income student success

James Bedford (MBA 2025) smiles as he recalls growing up on a boat off the southwest coast of England. "It was just me and my dad in the most beautiful spot in the world," he says. Looking back now, he recognizes it was poverty—but at the... View Details

07 Sep 2021
News

Green House

eventually purchased in Observatory Hill was moldy, with terrible indoor-air quality and standing water in the basement. Over the last three years, Harper, through her company, Birchwood Sustainable Development, turned it into a beautiful... View Details

17 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Building Communities as Well as Companies

Enterprises, Inc., named his mother—the owner of a beauty parlor—as one of his earliest entrepreneurial influences. By tidying the shop and running errands for her, McMillan absorbed a simple lesson that continues to serve him well as a... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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