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09 Jun 2024
Blog Post

The EC Formula: MBA Class of 2024 Looks Back

anything at HBS. I came in with a plan and an idea of who I wanted to be post-HBS, but giving myself the time and space to explore, ask questions, and try new things turns out to be the best thing I ever did! HEALTH CARE Rhea Choudhury... View Details

20 Aug 2008
Op-Ed

The Time is Right for Creative Capitalism

networks of companies and organizations are emerging, new ways of competing and collaborating are becoming more important. Old boundaries are withering. The traditional widget-making company maximizing its own profit in a nationally defined View Details

Keywords: by Nancy Koehn

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Bryan Stromer

to continue to build HBS's voice in the space of disability and business. One thing I will take with me from HBS is the confidence I have gained from interacting with my exemplary professors and section mates. While HBS has challenged me,... View Details

01 Jun 2022
News

A Sustainable Solution for Fashion

that provided the impetus for the startup to take off. “Having the space and enabling conditions to work on a business in a community of other founders was the catalyst,” Theuerkauf says. The cofounders also credit their... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Molly Welch

and we moved often, so I don’t feel like I have one hometown; home for me is where my parents and sisters are. But there are a few things that make a space feel like home, like the ceramics and rugs that my mom’s collected over the years... View Details

30 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

space to talk with each other, offer support, and listen. “Now, more than ever, teams need empathy and to feel like you are all suffering together,” Austin says. “Everyone is dealing with a crisis that is very real. Managers should show... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Mar 2018
News

Every Trick in the Book

“That’s something, at least right now, that the Amazon algorithm has been unable to crack,” says Raffaelli. When the brown paper came off the windows of BookHampton at the start of the summer season in 2016, regular customers found a bright and open View Details

Keywords: April White

06 May 2021
HBS Case

How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups

Noting that many urban youth lacked tech skills, she and her husband Derek Pearson launched Code Fever, a company offering training camps and hackathons for young people, and transformed a vacant building in a historically Black neighborhood into a co-working View Details

Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo

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Effects of Climate Change - Business & Environment

Hong Kong Surging Seas in Boston, Venice, Tokyo, and Hong Kong 2019 Climate Central “ Special Report: Global Warming of 1.5° C ,” Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2018, accessed October 8, 2019. “ Global Temperature ,” National Aeronautics and View Details

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Kiran Gandhi

more critically about unmet needs in the music industry. For example, I loved learning about “blue ocean” strategy, the idea that you can make competition irrelevant by innovating in new market spaces that are ripe for growth. This year,... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment/Media

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On Campus Logistics - Recruiting

you may need to bring an Apple converter to utilize Apple products during your event. Coffee Chats: Not all HBS conference rooms have audiovisual equipment. If you require A/V, contact our office . We will do our best to book you a room with A/V, but View Details

08 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Recalling My First Cold Call: A Conversation with Second-Year Students

space with three fellow classmates. What do you remember about your first cold call?My first cold call happened during a Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD) class my first year. We were discussing the case “Erik Petersen (A),”... View Details

14 Feb 2019
Blog Post

LOVE At HBS

Love. #LongDistanceLove When I decided to plunge my life into the U.S. 10 years ago, it never truly dawned on me the space that would be created in my heart by not having my family close by - my mum's Trini cooking, dad's sense of humor... View Details

03 Dec 2015
Blog Post

4 Things You Need to Know About Independent Projects

a friend from classes, it was easy to collaborate with him to continue his project as an IP. 4. Independent projects allow you to explore specific interests Working with a startup in the telemedicine space that was just getting... View Details

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Engagement - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

examples or experiences. Best Practices Tell students how long they have and what will be the signal to end Give students space to talk freely; don’t linger by any one group Consider allowing brief "report-outs" from one or more groups... View Details

19 May 2023
Blog Post

Creating and Nurturing a Sense of Belonging at HBS

professional perspective, or both (like myself), could come together. But instead of accepting that this space didn’t exist at HBS, I created one. At the end of my first year, a few friends and I created the HBS Sneakers Club and it has... View Details

01 Mar 2021
What Do You Think?

What Does Remote Work Mean for Middle Managers?

through our computers and phones. Remote work has given top leaders incentives to use these communication technologies to not only communicate with every individual in the organization but even meet their pets and check out their living View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

14 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: SELCO - Last Mile Solar Powered Energy for Rural India

to perform work they previously wouldn’t have been able to do (e.g., roti machine with space for a wheelchair). SELCO has also built partnerships with Indian banks and microfinance organizations to enable entrepreneurs and families to... View Details

05 Mar 2012
Research & Ideas

Is JC Penney’s Makeover the Future of Retailing?

nanette lepore" line, a budget-friendly teen boutique. Existing brands including IZOD, Liz Claiborne, and The Original Arizona Jean Company will receive refreshed displays. Add to the mix an American themed red, white, and blue logo, an as-yet-undefined "Town Square"... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Retail

23 Aug 2006
Op-Ed

The Real Wal-Mart Effect

benefits from the company's low prices. Wal-Mart operates 2-1/2 times as much selling space per inhabitant in the poorest one-third of states as in the richest one-third. And within these states, it focuses on poorer districts and... View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat & Ken A. Mark; Retail

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