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- 03 Mar 2017
- News
Big Blue’s Big Bet
for chefs, Watson for investment bankers, and Watson for Top 40 songwriters. “Our ability to augment expert knowledge”—to even cater to it—“is unique,” Kenny says. This specialization appears most notably in health care, a sector where... View Details
Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Three Promoted to Full Professor
Paul A. Gompers Paul Gompers specializes in research on financial issues related to start-up, high-growth, and newly public companies. He holds a joint appointment in the Finance and the Entrepreneurial and Service Management units.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Working World
have MBA students who envision a company that has its R&D in India and manufacturing in China with a couple of key executives in London. So a key point that I’ve been narrowing in on is how well companies build globalization directly into their value proposition.... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Thomas S. Volpe
Hambrecht & Quist. Within six years, he found himself leading the firm, but his own entrepreneurial aspirations were too powerful to ignore. In 1986, he launched an investment firm that specialized in rapidly growing companies. After... View Details
- 04 Jun 2025
- News
Slice of Life
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In 2018, Bill Crawford (MBA 2006) founded Righteous Slice, a pizza restaurant in Rexburg, Idaho that has been steadily earning critical acclaim. It has... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
million and employs more than 300 people. Ghosh is optimistic about opportunities in the burgeoning world of electronic commerce. "The Internet is completely changing the way we do business," he says. —J.A.R. « Back Healthy Competition If you've ever had to shop for a... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Q&A: Orin Smith
and cram for exams. Over time, I drifted into the Maxwell House–Folgers category. Coffee served a purpose — it was a beverage I drank for its aspect as a stimulant. After I started working at Starbucks, I switched to the caffe latte — it's the "training wheels"... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Q&A - Mark Fields
resides with his wife, Jane, and their two sons in Mazda’s home city of Hiroshima, four hours south of Tokyo by bullet train. Says Fields:“Mazda has deep roots in Hiroshima. Generations of local people have given our company a truly View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
One-on-One with Peter Cuneo
a freelance basis. Are the declining numbers of movie-goers a concern? No, action films loaded with special effects will continue to be popular because people want to see them on the big screen. No matter how home theater systems evolve,... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
specialized in failing companies," said the former management consultant in a 1985 HBS interview. "No matter what a firm's problem was, I always said it was my specialty to take care of it." MCI, an upstart telecommunications firm that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Fostering a Supportive Community
services and resources for them, including advising and counseling, one-on-one tutoring, workshops, and specialized career coaching. Holly Fetter (MBA 2020) Holly Fetter (MBA 2020) These offerings have been informed by the work of a task... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Mele
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Short Takes
new working paper, "How Promotions and Stockpiling Affect Brand Competition," HBS assistant professor Samuel S. Chun looks at the ways in which retailers influence competition among manufacturers when they take advantage of special deals... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 10 Aug 2022
- News
Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age
Their final assignment was to create a new business concept. And one of my favorites was they took the Barry's Boot Camp model. And they called it Larry's, which would be for older adults. DM: [laughs] SWG: And it would be modified a little bit. And I thought that was... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
special public protections and oversight. Because it’s scarce, it has an economic value, but that value must be affordable to the communities we serve.” Based in New Jersey, American Water is part of the British multinational RWE Thames... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Banking on HBS
Executive Development Program (EDP), a special executive training course for the Bank's upper-level managers. "I felt that the World Bank's top people should have an intensive exposure to the latest ideas and techniques in the management... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
New Wave
that uses specialized buoys to convert wave energy into electricity. When Shendure and his cofounder launched the company in 2009, for example, they focused on electromagnetic generator technology that had never been used for large-scale... View Details
- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Honoring a Legend
Steve Kirschner (MBA 1986), Bill Nussey (MBA 1996), & John Yates (event host) Nussey presenting to HBS alumni Nussey and Kirschner The HBS Club of Atlanta’s Entrepreneurship Special Interest Group (eSIG) honored clean-energy entrepreneur... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Alumni Books
mistakes. Managing Health Care Business Strategy by George B. Moseley III (MBA ’65) (Jones & Bartlett) This textbook examines strategic planning and management in the special environment of health-care organizations. It describes the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
I am writing this letter on the heels of another wonderful reunion weekend at HBS. If you're like me, a "reunion zealot," you know how special these events are. Not only do reunions give us the chance to reconnect with dear friends, but... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
a plan for providing educational resources to alumni throughout their professional lives. In the past, this committee has recommended the creation of special programs targeted to meet the needs of alumni at various times in their lives.... View Details