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- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Looking back; looking forward
a vote of the Harvard Corporation on April 8, 1908, and President Eliot’s choice for its first dean — a young Harvard economist named Edwin F. Gay — was confirmed that day. The following fall, 24 candidates arrived ready to pursue a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Letters to the Editor
efficiency, it’s true that in many areas, private is more efficient. But not in health care. Compare Medicare administrative costs to those of private insurers. Medicare Advantage has average costs 15 percent higher than traditional... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Lori Schock - Listen and Learn
insists, “it's theirs.” One opinion that was heard loud and clear during Schock's SA service was a call for a new prescription drug plan for HBS students. Schock was among student leaders who met with University health officials and the... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Brill
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Case Study: Declawing the Competition
Illustration by Peter Arkle KitNipBox is a monthly subscription service for cat owners. Each box contains products designed to keep cats happy, healthy, and fit: toys, treats, health and hygiene products, must-have accessories, innovative... View Details
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Shana Hoffman
The very thing that attracted Shana Hoffman to engineering (she completed a BSE in electrical systems engineering at the University of Pennsylvania) frustrated her when she and her family were doing their best to help her father weather a storm of View Details
- February 2024
- Teaching Note
AB InBev: Brewing Up Forecasts during COVID-19
By: Mark Egan and C. Fritz Foley
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 224-020. In July 2021, the CEO of AB InBev's European operations and his team strategized to position the company for success post-pandemic. As the world's largest beer company, boasting over 500 brands, revenue of $46 billion, and a... View Details
- 27 Oct 2020
- News
HBS Votes
detailed 17 different ways that companies can help American vote safely. David Gilmour (MBA 1984), Business for America’s Director of Corporate Civic Responsibility (and Managing Director of Blyth Capital Partners) noted in a December... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Ask the Expert: The Kids Are All Right
only expected MPG to improve to 45 in that same span of time. When I’m advising clients across industries, leaders often ask how their corporate social responsibility initiatives will help them win millennial affinity, and the truth is,... View Details
- 17 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #14: Bonita Stewart (MBA 1983) – A Career Devoted to Creating the Future
Climate Stories Episode #14 – Bonita Stewart (MBA 1983) – A Career Devoted to Creating the Future Climate Story #14 examines sustainable manufacturing and retailing from the corporate board perspective of HBS alumna, Bonita Stewart (MBA... View Details
- 19 Oct 2011
- News
A Good Look
executive roles at Kemin since joining the company in early 2006. Most recently, as corporate vice president, she managed marketing, sales, IT, operations, and HR. She honed in on personal care in 2010, as consumer demand for natural... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Robert Goodwin
Goodwin Illustration by Jack Unruh Over the past two decades, Robert Goodwin (GMP 3, 2007) has made a career of getting involved in complex and intractable global crises, from helping to rebuild the Iraqi Ministry of Health to directing... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
European consumer products business. In her first Bulletin interview in 1983, Dodi envisioned the future ideal of "a pregnant CEO of a corporation walking into a board meeting" while her other child was down the hall in daycare. But she... View Details
- October 2019
- Case
GRIT Fitness
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Olivia Hull
In December 2018, GRIT Fitness was a growing chain of boutique fitness studios offering a variety of workout classes, including weightlifting, high intensity interval training, and cardio dance. With 400 members and three Dallas studios, CEO Brittani Rettig believed... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Strategy; Customer Focus and Relationships; Forecasting and Prediction; Business Plan; Trends; Experience and Expertise; Talent and Talent Management; Training; Health; Selection and Staffing; Leadership Style; Leadership Development; Management Style; Management Teams; Brands and Branding; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Motivation and Incentives; Sports; Competition; Diversification; Expansion; Value Creation; Health Industry; Health Industry; Texas
Applegate, Lynda M., and Olivia Hull. "GRIT Fitness." Harvard Business School Case 820-016, October 2019.
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Building a Network for Social Enterprise in Latin America
Angela Serino, manager of corporate responsibility for Natura, a Brazilian cosmetics company, and Maria de Graça Fernandes Branco, principal of Matilde Elementary and High School. The pair are subjects of a case produced by the SEKN that... View Details
- 12 May 2015
- News
A Flash of Insight
to lose faith in the rationality of the market and closed his fund. Next-step options, such as a CFO or director of corporate development position, filled his head as he left the top-floor co-op of the Brooklyn Heights town house where he... View Details
- 10 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis
believe, is why we saw the stock market sell off so dramatically on Monday. Investors fear a global slowdown in growth and a resulting negative impact on corporate profits. We won't know for several months the extent of the damage. GNP,... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 11 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 11
reached their limits; third, some products affecting the health and rights of the people as well as the related entities' behavior are challenging the legal and moral bottom line. These three aspects are required to establish a new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Saving Grace
holiday—next up is a trip to the American Rockies, if the global health crisis permits it—they can withdraw the cost of the trip and leave the rest where it is to continue growing. They pay one flat annual fee (0.95 percent for the first... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 08 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp
led cities to digitize more of their own information, putting everything from tax records and public health inspection scores online. “They take a dataset that used to be in an obscure database or on paper, and now it’s available for the... View Details
- 22 Jul 2021
- News
Mentoring Fashion Startups in Singapore; Rising Star Accolades for Mid-Career Women
1998), Maneesha Ghiya (MBA 2005), and Emma McCarthy (MBA 2018) Amy Kadomatsu (MBA 1998), Maneesha Ghiya (MBA 2005), and Emma McCarthy (MBA 2018) The three winners were selected from 14 finalists nominated for their significant accomplishments in one of three sectors.... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley