Informal Organization - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2013
News

Start Me Up

In April, HBS students and alumni looking for capital ran their good ideas through the gauntlet. As part of the New Venture Competition, the School's annual entrepreneurship challenge, 25 finalists— 8 student teams and 17 alumni teams—competed for $100,000 in start-up... View Details

Keywords: contests; awards; infographic

02 Dec 2016
News

The Story Behind the Stories

and having an impact. Using what you know to learn what you don't and really. Taking the skills I had from news of being able to work with very imperfect information and to tell stories that connected to people. That created community.... View Details

31 Oct 2018
News

Preaching with a Choir

organizations in the world that has the ability to transcend cultural and generational boundaries through its performances. The music of the choir gives joy, peace, and healing to its listeners, and [there’s a] variety of ways that it... View Details

25 Apr 2016
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Innovating Education to Create College-Ready Academic Achievers

students and families.” Rowe, whose résumé includes leading roles at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, MTV, the White House, and Teach for America, joined the organization in 2010 at the urging of sectionmate and Public Prep cofounder... View Details

01 Apr 1998
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Sparking Internet Commerce

businesses and organizations to provide users with a highly personalized selection of goods, services, and information." Employing passwords and aliases to ensure anonymity, individual users supply personal preference and choice View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Dec 2002
News

Hong Kong Club Thrives, Plans Next Global Alumni Conference

took place just months before Hong Kong's “handover” to China — has put Teo and the HBSA-HK into the limelight once more: The Hong Kong club has been selected to organize the upcoming GAC, to be held in Shanghai June 1720, 2003. “We have... View Details

01 Oct 2002
News

Amy S. Langer

Langer has served as executive director of the National Alliance for Breast Cancer Organizations (NABCO), a leading patient advocacy and educational nonprofit based in New York City. “As a patient, I found it very hard to get... View Details

09 Sep 2016
News

MaiTai Global and Kiteboarding

Richard Branson, where we did shark tagging. We funded a shark tagging expedition in the British Virgin Islands. And there was an effort ongoing, that we merged into, to provide the information required to show that sharks were important... View Details

03 Jan 2017
News

Using Technology to Tailor Learning to Each Child

it can lead to a more personalized educational experience for students. “When I was at HBS, I was inspired by the idea of using innovation that has been successful with other organizations and taking it to the social sector. So many of... View Details

01 Dec 2010
News

Additional alumni books for your consideration.

where the nature of work is more virtual, collaborative, and transparent, information flows every which way, careers zig and zag, and work is what you do, not where you go. A Call for Judgment: Sensible Finance for a Dynamic Economy by... View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

01 Feb 2001
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High Stakes: Springboard 2000 Comes to HBS

pitch their business plans at the Springboard 2000 New England venture-capital forum. Organizers of Springboard 2000, which is a series of events that debuted with sessions in Silicon Valley and Virginia, have an ambitious goal. "We want... View Details

Keywords: Singleton, Laura; Springboard 2000

27 Nov 2012
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The Beauty of the Network

they worked with me for two months to help write my business plan.” Pao picked up additional investors through meetings and luncheons organized by Bender: “By December 2011 I had raised half the money I needed from family and friends,”... View Details

Keywords: cosmetics; salmon; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade

01 Apr 1998
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Plunging Into the Net

and more cases, of doing business. As millions of individuals and organizations stake out positions on the Information Highway with Web sites, the nature of business is changing. "The Internet provides new... View Details

01 Jun 2017
News

A Finger on the Pulse of the Financial System

a historical database of banking, stock market, and currency crises in more than 60 countries since 1800. In addition to regular meetings among the Harvard-based scholars, the project organizes occasional conferences and invites renown-... View Details

15 Feb 2022
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Charlotte Club Hosts Webinar to Mark 100 Years of the Case Method

series is a very powerful thing,” said Bower. “A single case is about a decision at a particular point of time. But organizations are made up of people and sequential decisions over long periods of time.” Considering the future of the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2010
News

This Is What I Do

2002) to research and fight Parkinson’s, which afflicts some 5 million people worldwide, including 1 million Americans. Not only is the MJFF acknowledged to be the driving force behind Parkinson’s-related R&D, it is a benchmark View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; time travel; Information; Information; Information; Information; Information; Information; Information

01 Dec 2019
News

John McArthur

as well as organizations and institutions around the globe, including in his home country of Canada. McArthur’s association with HBS began in 1957 when he arrived on campus from Vancouver. His standout performance in the MBA Program led... View Details

Keywords: Dean

01 Sep 2015
News

Ink

the coin of the realm in business strategy, too, says Benjamin Gomes-Casseres (DBA 1985). In his new book, Remix Strategy: The Three Laws of Business Combinations, the author defines the business remix as “the mixing of resources, assets, and capabilities of one View Details

24 Oct 2018
News

Exploring the Future of Work for Women

managers to convene with experts and scholars to explore what the future holds for working women. The conference was organized by the HBS Club of India in partnership with the HBS-India Research Center. “There have been other... View Details