Europe - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2023
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Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint

Center facilitated the case “Roblox: Virtual Commerce in the Metaverse” about the free platform where users come together in immersive 3-D experiences. EUROPE RESEARCH CENTER (Paris) Leadership approaches for a sustainable future The... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

25 Apr 2024
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Origin Stories

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Where we come from and how we were raised has a profound effect on who we become. The recipients of this year’s Alumni Achievement Award grew up... View Details

15 Dec 2023
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Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem

“And people often blame Asia for a lot of ocean plastic, but a lot of it is our waste that we send over, and Europe sends theirs, too. Unfortunately, we sort it so poorly, when it gets there they have to pick through and may get 10 or 20... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

23 Mar 2023
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Winners Crowned in 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition

reachable only through disruptive computer calculation and inaccessible to engineers' "creativity". Thomas Baudin, MBA 1997, CEO & Founder Region: Europe Globalcare The firm’s mission is to advance international healthcare mobility. It is... View Details

22 Feb 2024
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GCC Crossroads Aims for a Bright Future; Seattle Alumni Talk Leadership in Tech; Italy Preps for European Alumni Summit

magical.” To view a video recording of the panel, visit https://f.io/xpfzG-1i. European Alumni Summit to Convene in Milan The HBS Club of Italy is busy getting ready to host the 2024 HBS European Alumni Summit in Milan, from May 10 to 12. Alumni from all across View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Sep 2006
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Marketing Giant Ted Levitt Remembered

Europe during World War II. At the end of the war, he returned to Dayton and a job as a sportswriter at the Dayton Journal Herald, where he helped humorist Erma Bombeck get her start at the paper. He earned his high-school diploma through... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Jun 2023
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In My Humble Opinion: Very Continental

infrastructure, technology, and agribusiness. “There’s a lot of common sense, hard work, and relationship-building that needs to happen,” she notes. “But I refuse the ‘doomed’ narrative for Africa. It’s easier for me to tell someone to invest here because of my... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; investment; exports; infrastructure; life experience; finance; Finance

01 Jun 2024
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Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Debunking Teenagers: 200 Research-Based Parenting Strategies to Help Your Adolescent Successfully Navigate the “Tempteen” Years By Daphne Adler (MBA 2004) Independently Published Why are teenagers constantly tempted to behave... View Details

01 Mar 2005
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Gaining Currency

Kim Reynolds (MBA ’79), the weakness of the dollar is a good thing: It makes Markel’s products — insulated wire and tubing for cars — attractive to buyers from Europe where locally manufactured goods have grown pricey due to the euro’s... View Details

Keywords: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing

05 May 2015
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Alumni in London Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS

Scott D. Malkin (MBA 1983), vice chair for Europe and a member of the Global Leaders Circle delivered remarks at The HBS Campaign London Regional Event, May 5, 2015. Alumni and friends of Harvard Business School from across Great Britain... View Details

01 Mar 2004
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Drug Imports a Hot Topic at Alumni Health-Care Conference

differences between consumers in the United States and Europe was just one of the topics covered at the fourth annual European Business Conference, presented November 21 and 22 by students of the HBS European Club. Other panels considered... View Details

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

01 Oct 1996
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Uhlmann Award Winners Focus on French Retailer

stores in France, Carrefour began expanding into the rest of Europe in the late 1960s. By 1988, the student authors say, "It was the top retail company in Europe with 65 hypermarkets in France and 115 in... View Details

01 Jun 2017
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3-Minute Briefing: Bruce Levy (MBA 1977)

of events relating to women’s basketball. Then a team from France asked us for someone who could play in their league. And then a team from Spain asked the same thing. That’s how I became an agent. MORE Levy on how women’s basketball conquered View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photo by Chris Sorensen

01 Dec 2015
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Euro Vision

challenge was amplified—cofounding Index Ventures in 1996. "If we were going to compete with the best portfolios that were built in Silicon Valley," says Rimer, "we'd have to hunt far and wide across Europe." It's become a popular bet: VC funding in View Details

Keywords: Jason Feifer

01 Dec 2006
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HBS Club Meets U.S. Ambassador

Members of the HBS Alumni Association of Germany had a unique opportunity in September to meet with William R. Timken Jr. (MBA ’62), the current U.S. ambassador to Germany. Timken previously had a 43-year career at The Timken Co., a Fortune 500 enterprise employing... View Details

Keywords: National Security and International Affairs; Government

24 Mar 2017
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Alumni New Venture Competition Finalists Named

Dx: A diagnostic support tool for health care professionals that augments clinical diagnoses. Alumna: Lorin Gresser, MBA 1998 Region: Europe EZNectar: EZNectar. EZ on your time. EZ on your conscience. For more hummingbirds! Alumnus: David... View Details

01 Oct 1997
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Terence P. Stewart

working with his father, Eugene, at the firm the elder Stewart had founded in 1958. Now under Terry Stewart's leadership, the firm operates globally, with a special interest in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. "Unfortunately,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

08 Jan 2019
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Raising Prospects for Female Funders

this interview, she talks about the opportunities for women in Europe and beyond. “We realized a few years ago that the number of women angel investors was still less than 10 percent. We decided to do something to change it. The result is... View Details

01 Jun 2006
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Chinese CEOs, Professors Study at HBS

Shanghai at the China Europe International Business School. With the third module completed at IESE Business School in Spain in April, HBS will host the final session, and its 34 participants, later this month. “CEOs in China must... View Details