by Michael Blanding - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Apr 2019
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Finding a Fix for Food Allergies

photo by Stu Rosner Food allergies affect 30 million Americans and one in 12 children, sometimes triggering life-threatening reactions. Yet there are no approved FDA treatments or cures. These sobering facts became alarmingly real to... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Apr 2001
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Student Conferences Tackle Business Issues

information about Cyberposium 2001 can be found at www.cyberposium.com. AASU Conference Looks to the New Economy The 29th annual career and alumni conference sponsored by the HBS African-American Student Union (AASU) celebrated the... View Details

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

01 Sep 2018
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The True Value of a Tweet

Image by John Ritter Companies can spend millions curating their social media presence—with sometimes famously funny results, like the Twitter accounts for Wendy’s and Denny’s—but how relevant is that to revenues? Here, Associate... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Jun 2017
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017

learn the seven biggest traps in life and work that catch people unaware; identify the traps that are holding them back; discover their escape routes and climb out of the quicksand; and avoid traps altogether. The Mystical Naturalist: How the Natural World Informs Our... View Details

12 Jul 2021
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Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

HBS Club of India’s YouTube channel.) "At a time of crushing despair and grief, when India has been hit hard by COVID, we wanted to talk about stories of selflessness, kindness, and courage—how HBS Alums went above and beyond to help the... View Details

25 Jun 2020
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Global Centers Broaden Understanding of Business and the Pandemic

director of PVR Cinemas. Latin America—On May 7, the center hosted the first of a series of online events. Nicolas Shea, the founder and board chair of Cumplo.com, a crowdfunding platform in Latin America, spoke to some 120 alumni and friends. The gathering, moderated... View Details

12 Jan 2015
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Good Investments

by taking the plunge we are going to show others and to help build the sector in such a way that more mainstream capital will come in.’” “In Silicon Valley terms,” says Michael Chu, “we need the people who... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; impact investing; ideas; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

01 Feb 1997
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Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management

Course descriptions by Elaine Gottlieb, Judith A. Ross, and John Simon (sidebars by Elaine Gottlieb) Whether they come to HBS with a business plan in mind or become entrepreneurially inclined later in their... View Details

10 Mar 2021
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New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts

workplace relationships, sharpen their communication skills, improve their personal brands and, ultimately, make an impact. The World’s Littlest Book on Climate: 10 Facts in 10 Minutes about CO2 By Mike Nelson, Pieter Tans, and View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

23 Oct 2018
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Coming of Age as the World Comes Apart

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: There are about 130,000 words in Casey Gerald’s first book, There Will Be No Miracles Here, and each of those words was written by hand. It had to be that way,... View Details

01 Sep 2015
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015

Avenue Manslaughter: An Inside View of Fee-Cutting Clients, Profit-Hungry Owners, and Declining Ad Agencies by Michael Farmer (MBA 1971) (Lid Publishing) Farmer, formerly a director of Bain & Company,... View Details

01 Dec 2017
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The Business Case (Or Not) for Sustainability

Image by John Ritter Is there a business case to be made for companies to act in environmentally friendly ways? Rebecca Henderson: If one can imagine that all business in the entire world was run by one... View Details

14 Nov 2024
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How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Liberty Mutual CEO Tim Sweeney (MBA 1991) says that 2012 was the year that climate change started really showing up on the balance sheet. “This is a horrible... View Details

01 Feb 1998
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Running Up the Score

Mariner (MBA '78), CFO of the 1997 World Series champion Florida Marlins, traces baseball's major turning point to the mid-1970s when several players, supported by a Supreme Court ruling, established their legal claim to "free agency" and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Dec 2011
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A Deal on Wheels

CarLotz Guys: Ready to sell your car for you in a new, hassle-free way. Photo courtesy CarLotz Last April, inspired by the recent spike in demand for used cars—as well as a growing number of used-car owners looking to profit from that... View Details

Keywords: Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade

01 Dec 2010
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This Is What I Do

was probably a pretty likable guy and much like his characters — funny, tenacious, and creative. And that’s the way he really is.” Hood is now completing her third year as CEO of the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; time travel; Health, Social Assistance; Accommodation; Hospitality; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2010
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The Transformers

Tom Tierney and Jeff Bradach Photographs by Webb Chappell Related Links Read about one graduate’s work at Harlem Children’s Zone View a recent case on Youth Villages A decade ago, Jeff Bradach (PhDOB 1992) and Tom Tierney (MBA 1980)... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Feb 2000
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No Place Like Home

Illustration by Mercedes McDonald. Orchard Gardens photo by Ed Quinn/Saba In many parts of the country, housing costs and shortages have begun to show signs of adversely affecting corporations, workers, and... View Details