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- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Inbox: From Das’s Desk
When most MBA students attend HBS, there is a general feeling that the contract they sign is to spend 18 months getting world-class exposure to cases and principles of business and management and then leave with a license to practice business, including the tools and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Drawing on the Crowd for Innovative Problem-Solving
of business and society is changing not only how we work and live, but also how we tackle the toughest issues. Lakhani oversees the Crowd Innovation Lab, a Harvard University initiative focused on crowdsourcing. He conducts field experiments using online View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Entertainment Moguls Ponder the Future at HBS Conference
uncertainty is due to the megamergers of the past fifteen years when, Frank Biondi noted, all the major networks and film studios were sold. As Harold Vogel put it: "There are hardly any more multimillion-dollar deals to be made - the big... View Details
Keywords: Paula Maute
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
A Conversation with John Doerr (MBA '76)
new technology-driven economy in which the education and talent of the workforce and networks of collaboration between universities, businesses, and support communities (like venture capital) will determine our nation's competitiveness.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Social Enterprise Visionary
initiative happen within the framework of the School’s mission, and John Whitehead, who helped keep the expectations high, worked with faculty to develop the vision, and lent the networks and influence to support it. He has been a model... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
New Global Initiative Director Takes Broad Outlook
showing his support for the new center by joining the inaugural dinner on the first night of the two-day conference held in Buenos Aires for the center's opening in August. "The conference was our opportunity to create a network with... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Does My Résumé Work?
conversation. Check periodically with contacts to keep them posted on your progress. Approach networking as a reciprocal event and offer your help in return. Personal factors are affecting my career. How can I make my life work? “Having... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
HBS Launches Unique Deferred-Admission Program
To promote the new program, the admissions office has planned visits to some thirty campuses across the country and the School’s first venture into Internet advertising. Promotional links to program information will appear on Facebook, the popular social View Details
- 10 Apr 2019
- News
Rakuten’s Mikitani Bets $5.5 Billion To Shake Up Japan’s Telecom Industry
A recent feature in Forbes outlines Rakuten CEO Hiroshi Mikitani’s plan to disrupt Japan’s mobile phone market. Named Rakuten Mobile, the company hopes to build the network in “half the time and at a cost of up to 40% less than what it... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Climate change as must-see TV
climate change story to a broad public—especially those who “may not be convinced of the issue or understand its urgency.” Abbasi secured backing from HBS alumni to support the series, and hopes to enlist the HBS alumni community in the political movement for climate... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Finding The Right Patient-Provider Match
flu shot. Kyruus now serves more than 270,000 providers across 600 hospitals. “We significantly reduce leakage out of the network,” Gardner says, noting that medical groups in the Kyruus network see their appointment bookings increase by... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
HBS Alumni On Leading Their Alma Mater
and the networking opportunities it provides. But perhaps it could be supplemented by online learning—and perhaps that would reduce cost over time for students as well as institutions. AC: Some of the financial pressures stem from a... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Not Your Typical Business Conference
Lead: Women and Leadership," sponsored by the New YorkÐbased HBS Network of Women Alumnae (HBSNWA). The gathering included women from the HRPBA Class of 1958 all the way up to the most recent graduating MBA Class of 1997. All had set... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Case Study: On the Table
vans because back in the 1960s and ’70s—and still now—there was no way to reach the consumer who shopped at mom-and-pop stores. Today their distribution networks are formidable barriers to entry for most competitors in their segments.... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
A Roaring Success in the Windy City
best-practice tales from the frontlines, and networking opportunities with other alumni. "I had forgotten how great it is to be in a classroom," said Alan M. Silberstein (MBA '72), after hearing Professor William A. Sahlman's humor-filled... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Success for the Underserved
communities and individuals—such as women, military veterans, and people of color—to help them find jobs and career information. With a membership fee of only $25 a month, it's a business-opportunities networking site that also helps... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Leadership: Getting Down to Fundamentals
spring Harvard Business Press will publish an edited volume of the colloquium papers, which we expect to serve as the foundation for a doctoral course on leadership research and scholarship. We’ve also established the Leadership Research View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019
research-based approaches to increase competitiveness in the digital economy. Networking: Coffee Not Cocktails by Janet Shaner (MBA 1989) Lulu.com A good network can bring new ideas, access to resources, funds, clients, and help build... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
to invest all that money? Typically we’ll invest a new fund over a three-year period, and then go out and raise our next fund. Accel IX, which we started investing in January 2005, is very much focused on consumer Internet, mobile communications, and enterprise storage... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
50 Years & Counting
fiancé gets transferred to South Carolina. "Having an established network of women peers when you launch your own business is an extraordinary resource," Kraus stresses. "One of my goals is to help create a sisterhood of women who will go... View Details