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- 26 Feb 2021
- News
Latinx on Boards; High-Tech Reforestation
every business and government agenda in 2021, it was no surprise that more than 70 HBS alumni and guests tuned in to the HBS Association of Southern California’s webinar on February 2 to learn how one View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 24 Sep 2018
- Blog Post
Working to Keep Pirates At-Bay: My Summer in Cyber Security
fascinated by Cyber Security and, therefore, as the summer approached, I started to look at opportunities in this area. Thanks to the HBS network and the Rock Fellowship support, I was able to find a summer position at At-Bay, a series A View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
The Sky’s the Limit
Flying has it all — science, freedom, beauty, and adventure,” says Robert A. Hamilton (MBA 1985), by way of quoting Charles Lindbergh. “I wholeheartedly agree.” These days, Hamilton is getting huge doses of those four elements at Seattle Avionics, the View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Meg Whitman, MBA 1979
firms that are American household names—Disney, Stride Rite, Procter & Gamble— and then applied her multifaceted talents to a fledgling start-up auction site. During her ten years at the helm, eBay grew from a small operation where... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Chances Are
Years ago, while Amram Shapiro (MBA 1978) and a team of researchers were busy creating the probability database at the heart of his new compendium, The Book of Odds, the daughter of a friend sat in on one of their weekly data reviews. A... View Details
- 18 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Climate Symposium 2023: Adopting Climate Solutions at Scale
practitioners, faculty, and guests. The evening before the conference, sponsors, industry professionals, and MBA students were invited to The Engine for a networking session and fireside chat with Terrence Keeley, Chairman and CIO of 1PointSix LLC, on ESG. The View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
HBS Moves Ahead with Curriculum Innovations
Business School quite closely, and I’m struck by the things that we take for granted that were once considered great innovations. The case method, for example, wasn’t with us from the day Harvard Business... View Details
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Faculty & Research | MBA
Faculty & Research Our faculty are world-renowned practitioners and researchers who use their experience to bring to life leadership lessons and challenges as they orchestrate a case discussion. 272 f ull-time faculty 261 new cases produced by faculty last year Harvard... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
the e-business revolution has focused on highly publicized, often overvalued start-ups and the radical new business models they have created, this book argues that it is the established, traditional firms... View Details
- 29 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
Leni Peterson R. (MS/MBA 2023): Solving Big Problems Through Entrepreneurship
at Mawa Modular – a startup designing modular shelters for refugees in Jordan – I discovered that innovative business models can be as impactful as product design. This experience solidified my desire to join a program that would equip me... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
HBS Alums Help Jailhouse Entrepreneurs Go Straight
Whether it’s an upfront enterprise on Main Street or illegal dealings on Mean Street, competition, risk management, and profitability are primary concerns in both business venues. That’s the theory behind the nonprofit Prison... View Details
- 07 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Career Advice: Pursuing a Dual Degree
allocators and start-ups are executing at the ground floor. Coming from the military, I don't have as many touch points in the business world as other students might, so having those different perspectives... View Details
- 22 Apr 2015
- Op-Ed
Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths
firms-partly thanks to changes in labor regulations that made labor markets more flexible. Reforms were also effective at cutting red tape that prevented entrepreneurs from starting businesses. The number of days to start a business... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 05 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
2022 Climate Symposium: Tackling Climate Together
industries must make tackling climate a priority, and we are all going to be the leaders that help make this change." The Start-up Competition featured pitches from six finalist teams (of 36 total applicants- more than three times the... View Details
- 05 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Venture Capital Goes Boom—or Bust?
Ninety percent of new entrepreneurial businesses that don't attract venture capital fail within three years. A software engineer at the government contractor EG&G, Don Brooks had been working on computer systems for the Idaho National... View Details
Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 30 Sep 2015
- News
Looking to Rwanda’s Future
investing where the country has a natural competitive advantage,” Goldstein explains. That strategy has led to significant advances in areas such as tourism, coffee and tea production, and incubators and maker spaces for start-up... View Details
- 11 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Riding the Internet Fast Track
a single quarter last year, invested $3.8 billion in Internet start-ups. But, is the get-big-fast strategy right for everyone? To what extent is its payoff dependent on speculative excess in the capital markets? These probing questions captured the interest of Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Peter Jacobs
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
Founder’s Mentality: How to Overcome the Predictable Crises of Growth by James Allen (MBA 1989) and Chris Zook (Harvard Business Review Press) Based on their decade-long study of companies in more than 40 countries, the authors... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Ilene Lang
professional lives in a new direction. An early pioneer in the high-tech world, Ilene Lang (MBA 1973) worked in senior management and chief leadership roles at established corporations and start-ups alike during the 1980s and ’90s,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Everything Old Is a New Opportunity
Stephen Johnston (photo by Gary Laufman) For a mobile-focused business entrepreneur, Stephen Johnston (MBA 2002) is more than a bit of a contrarian. Unlike many of his peers, Johnston, 41, has his sights set not on emerging nations but on... View Details