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- 27 Aug 2019
- News
Sweating It Out in Philly; Whiskey Flights in Portland
Clubs News Clubs News Philly Club Builds Sweat Equity with SLT’s Amanda Freeman A dozen intrepid alumni from the HBS Club of Philadelphia recently worked up quite a sweat to learn more about the fitness industry from wellness entrepreneur... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Brick by Brick
he returned. The group focused on growth. LEGO building sets became increasingly complex. A line of LEGO-branded children's clothing debuted, and a division of the company pitched book, movie, and TV ideas. While the number of View Details
- Web
Demo Day | New Venture Competition
elder care, CareCorgi provides a human-powered, AI-elevated copilot that provides dynamic personalized care plans and connects them with real human geriatric care coordinators Catalog Paul Lachman (MBA 2025), Hamish Gunasekara Catalog is a new-age commerce platform... View Details
- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
in 1995 to 185 million in 2011, without producing for store brands in a market in which these offerings were steadily gaining share. The company's leaders wanted to make sure Mutti maintained its position in Italy and further, to move... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Career Coach
Minal Mehta
Amazon’s Product Ads Business. Minal is also an executive coach, specifically working with high achievers to design and build dream careers that are in alignment with who they are so they can approach life and work with joy and ease... View Details
- 08 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Manager’s Guide to International Strategy
a tradeoff here, in terms of how similar a product will be around the world and what sort of product range a company will offer," Collis says. Will a company allow for local variation and differences in taste, and what will its differences be, if any, when it comes to... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 31 Mar 2020
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience – Recruiting HBS Students for Investment Management
events as an alternative to a traditional recruiting presentation. “Our most well attended Investment Management events are around tactical skills, like how to pitch a stock,” she noted. Presenting on these types of topics builds your... View Details
Keywords: Investment Management / Hedge Fund
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Ink: Start Small, Rise Above
want to write this book? Stacey and I realized we’d overcome all sorts of obstacles to eventually build ventures that scale, and we wanted to use our story to help level the playing field for other small businesses. They are the source of... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
shared experiences as we once did, brand loyalty remains strong. The third is having an efficient system to collect the used products, which works for Apple because they have their own stores and partners like AT&T and Verizon. While the... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Meyers
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Better Mousetraps: At Product Design Fair, Student Ideas Get Real
manufactures Good Grips brand kitchenware, focused on building a better squeeze bottle for use in bathing babies. To demonstrate the new easy-grip bottle, Wes Owen (HBS '00) stood at a table giving a bath to... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 20 Aug 2024
- Book
Why Competing With Tech Giants Requires Finding Your Own Edge
native brands. Founded in 2011 by ex-Googler Steven Yang, Anker sells digital accessories—batteries, cables, chargers, and so forth. These products are also offered by hundreds of other manufacturers or agents. In addition to renowned View Details
- 01 May 2009
- What Do You Think?
Do Innovation and Entrepreneurship Have to Be Incompatible with Organization Size?
latitude," and insuring "no negative consequences" associated with failure of innovative ideas. The right kind of leadership—capable of building trust, the willingness to take risk, and establishing a culture tolerant of... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- Web
Departments | Employment
virtually; ensure the School's information assets are organized and findable by the HBS community and external audiences; archive and preserve the School's intellectual capital and history, making it available to future generations of scholars and leaders so that they... View Details
- 05 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 5
Authors:Tiona Zuzul and Amy C. Edmondson Abstract Building on research in strategy formation and organizational innovation, this paper reports on a field study of a young company in the sustainable cities industry. We examine how company... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
key questions: In this particular market, which market institutions are working, and which institutions are missing? Which parts of our business model can be adversely affected by these institutional voids? How can we build competitive... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 07 Jun 2019
- Book
Are You a Digital Manager?
trustworthy. New technologies do help, but there is still no substitute for face-to-face interactions. It’s a human reality we all need to thoughtfully build into our work processes. There is a leader at a major automaker who realized... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Fine Print: Alumni Recommend Their Best Reads
him to build an iconic global brand and business. —Adrien Boyer (MBA 2005) Bitcoin Billionaires: A True Story of Genius, Betrayal and Redemption, by Ben Mezrich I highly recommend this for anyone interested... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Case Study: Growing the Family Business
commitment from local employers whose staff would use our center. We would locate in the same building or very near a large employer to facilitate ease of use by their employees. The benefit to the employer was staff retention and... View Details
- 25 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]
of enthusiasm for the Internet was just cresting. Rhyne's old-economy idea was the only nontechnology concept to make the semifinals. Her teammates moved on to other things, but she decided to try to build a business. And then began her... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 15 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Better Business Model for Fighting Cancer
need for genetic testing. Business techniques employed include developing an emotive brand to draw people in; using more social media; employing jargon-free language; and “making everything simple and straightforward, from our... View Details