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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Empowering Japan through e-commerce
he developed a web-based shopping mall—Rakuten, which roughly means “optimism”—often called the Amazon.com of Japan. “We created an online marketplace where customers can interact with shop owners, and we empower our merchants to build... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
W50 Next Steps
Carroll (MBA 1989) as CEO of global mining giant Anglo American. Both cases center on her decisions around the temporary shutdown of mines in South Africa, one of many steps the company would take under her leadership to prevent worker fatalities. Students were able to... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
How-To Book for General Managers
Effective implementation often comes down to how well executives design, direct, and influence their organization's critical processes. HBS professor David Garvin's new book, General Management: Processes and Action (McGraw-Hill),... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Global Leadership Initiative's Director Focuses on Technology
incubators at the School experimenting with electronic distance-learning models, the Global Leadership Initiative has already launched a number of key research projects. The first, an interactive Internet survey available on the View Details
- 08 Mar 2016
- News
More Work to Do
to small business owners. In a free-ranging interview with Texas Monthly, Gerald talks about the role that college athletics and early mentors played in his life, including “the old women” who helped hone Gerald’s speaking ability, used to deliver one of the... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Countdown To Remote Learning
Gifts to the HBS Fund support a wide range of people and programs like this. When Harvard announced in early March that all instruction would move online after spring break, the clock started ticking. “HBS had just two weeks to select and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Encouraging Women Leaders
day she applies what she learned at HBS and interacts with someone from the School’s worldwide community. “It’s not here and there or now and then; it’s everywhere and all the time.” Serra arrived at View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Changing Student Life
"I'm actually an abstract artist," Jaja Jackson (MBA '99) told the Boston Globe (November 27, 2000), "but you know what? I was forced to go to school." That education — Harvard College, followed by a job at McKinsey, and then HBS — has... View Details
- 18 Jan 2018
- News
Making a Mark in Multicultural Marketing
Sheila Marmon (MBA 1999) has built her career by breaking down barriers. The founder and CEO of Mirror Digital, a technology-enabled media and advertising company, Marmon has executed more than 350 interactive campaigns, connecting... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Can't Knock the Hustle
POSEUR: A "living statue" mysteriously materialized A guerrilla-marketing campaign designed to promote a book about rapper and entertainment mogul Jay-Z became the subject of a recent EC case by HBS professor Anita Elberse. The... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Thought Leader
bbe7eb03fac286beb6afb5f4e54cc619 Most people know that HBS alumni have helped shape the modern world of enterprise, commerce, and business practice. But in the realm of pure intellect, how many would guess that “one of the most... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Accelerating Therapies
scientific community, we will empower the next generation of life science entrepreneurs and provide a further catalyst for innovation and research development," observed Mr. Blavatnik. The Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator is designed to foster greater View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
African-American Alumni Conference Considers Success and the Bottom Line
The second annual HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAAA) conference was held in Chicago, October 8-10. Titled "Creating and Preserving Wealth: Leading the Next Great Migration," the two-day conference attracted close to two... View Details
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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Committed to a goal of 'zero harm' in the mining industry
decisions Carroll made to curtail mine fatalities are the focus of a new case series at HBS, “Cynthia Carroll at Anglo American,” written by Professor Gautam Mukunda. When the first case was introduced in the fall of 2013 as part of the curriculum for the first-year... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Pursuing a passion
Amabile explains. “They licensed the rights to the series and used DVD technology to update the concept and make it interactive by today’s technological standards. The company they founded as HBS students is... View Details
- 18 Jul 2019
- News
A Category Leader
Marla Beck (MBA 1998) is founder of Bluemercury, a retailer of high-end beauty products, and a 2019 recipient of the HBS Alumni Achievement Award. In this interview, she talks about building her business model around providing... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Bridging Domains
between HBS and the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS)—including the nascent MS/MBA joint degree program—at a time, notes Sanjeev, “when leaders who have expertise across these domains are sorely... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
This Site’s for You
if yours isn’t included: klarson@hbs.edu. Another interactive feature on our new homepage is the reader poll. We’ll use it to pose questions on topics that we think will be of interest to HBS alumni. Take a... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
New Virtual Classrooms Expand Digital Learning
Gifts to the HBS Fund support a wide range of people and programs like this. When HBS opened its first virtual classroom in 2014, the School had just started to experiment with online education. Located at... View Details
- 17 Dec 2015
- News
Conducting Research That Influences Practice
are designed. “When customers can see how much effort goes into preparing their food, they appreciate it more, and when kitchen staff see customers enjoying a meal, they become more motivated and productive,” says Kim, who used technology in her study to help chefs and... View Details