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- 01 Jun 2006
- News
The Baby Business
Spar In her new book, The Baby Business: How Money, Science, and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception, HBS professor Debora Spar takes an unflinching look at a taboo topic: the myriad kinds of interpersonal arrangements and financial... View Details
- 17 May 2018
- News
Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs
hospitals. It seems inevitable Bhargava would start an enterprise aimed at creating social change, having come from a family with a rich history of public service. His father founded the Commerce College in their home state of Rajasthan;... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
No Place Like Home
air. Says Bart Harvey, "The Chamber of Commerce of Orange County, California, one of the wealthier areas in the United States, has approached the Enterprise Foundation for help with affordable housing. They are concerned about a range of... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
for example, Kanter worked with the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce and the Associated Industries of Massachusetts on a forum held at HBS in April 1994, which helped stimulate the formation of the Alliance for the Commonwealth, a... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Latin America's Decade
open markets and trade began to emerge across Latin America. In recent years, state-owned companies have been privatized, currencies stabilized, and inflation reduced. These changes have helped attract a fresh influx of foreign direct investment, and View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Way You See It
What's New? While the low-tech automobile was selected as the most significant consumer product, the "most significant innovation for business" was overwhelmingly seen to be computer technology. "Computer technology will drive commerce... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
Profile of the Performing Arts Industry: Culture and Commerce by David H. Gaylin (MBA 1979) (Business Expert Press) At their best, the performing arts represent the height of human creativity. But the presentation on stage, whether it is... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
Daniel Bricklin [MBA '79] in an HBS classroom), to the extraterrestrial commerce of Orbital Sciences, to the development commitment of African Communications Group, HBS entrepreneurs, be they low-profile or household names, have... View Details
- 26 Jan 2015
- News
Breaking barriers for women
As US Secretary of Commerce in the Nixon Administration, Barbara Hackman Franklin (MBA 1964) led a highly successful effort to advance women in the federal government. (Published January 2015) View Details
- 23 May 2018
- News
Winning Bid
$90,000 for breast cancer research), as well as its ability to connect people with similar interests: “That’s fascinating both in its simplicity and its complexity,” he says. “It’s not just commerce, it’s commerce and purpose.” READ MORE View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Looking to the East
When Japan's Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori conferred about matters of commerce and technology last August in Bangalore, India, with S.M. Krishna, the state of Karnataka's Chief Minister, a key figure at their meeting was Shrikrishna... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Making Big Data Fashionable
get designs to consumers in as little as four weeks—and at an affordable price. In 2012, Moon—who has a background in fashion design, investment banking, corporate strategy, and social commerce startups—launched Trendalytics, a visual... View Details
- 06 Jun 2017
- News
Many Rivers to Cross
Colombian octogenarian Mariano Ospina-Hernandez (MBA 1951) is the resolute visionary behind an ambitious proposal to improve and expand the country’s transportation infrastructure. His foresight could open new possibilities for international View Details
- 07 Mar 2017
- News
From Harvard to INSEAD: Change Management in a Disruptive World
Chamber of Commerce of the value and the opportunity of such a project. Quickly, the question of the leadership emerged: who to coordinate the construction work and eventually lead this new institution? It was clear from the beginning... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Giving Amazon the Boot
our industry.” A growing ecosystem of companies is stepping in to make it easier for retailers to scale without Amazon, including the commerce platform Shopify. It serves more than a million merchants and also experienced a boost from the... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
OPM Celebrates 21st Anniversary at Gala Florida Reunion
group. "A large measure of our success is based on the tremendous legacy of support for our mission from enterprising alumni like you. We see OPM as a very important part of where the School is going in the next century." The next day, Associate Professor John J.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Home from the Sea
France and is dominated by French sailors — is like no other event on this earth. In an age of celebrity “heroes” and “reality” TV shows, Wilson and his fellow Vendée participants (this year including two women) engage in a competition as pure and unsullied by hype and... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
How the Ron Brown Award Was Born
leadership. (photograph courtesy Conference Board) Conference Board president Richard Cavanagh (MBA '70): elevating and honoring corporate leadership. (photograph courtesy Conference Board) Clinton wanted the award to pay tribute to the memory of View Details
- 18 Jan 2012
- News
Charter Supporter
learning experience,” she said), briefly retired in her mid-30s for a stint as a snowboard bum in Colorado, and headed up Wisconsin’s Commerce Department as Secretary in Governor Jim Doyle’s administration. In addition, she worked in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Where the Jobs Are
facilitating commerce and learns that the country is in the midst of a “rail renaissance” that will boost competitiveness in global markets (see article). While individual company successes abound, not all the news is good on the... View Details