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- 24 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni New Venture Competition Finalists Named
solve clotting, infection, and clogging issues. Alumnus: Andrew Jones, MBA 1997 Region: Mid-Atlantic US Pawame: Making solar energy affordable in Africa through a microfinance approach using mobile payments. Alumnus: Alexandre Skander Allegue, PLDA 18, 2015 Region:... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Case Study: Something New
sold for $5,000 in a boutique might cost as little as $200 in labor and supplies. By working directly with the factories, Anomalie can produce a custom gown for about $1,200. In the first two months that it was open for business, Anomalie... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Contributing to a Better Future
attending HBS, Keller worked at McKinsey and then served as global program director for Open for Business, a small LGBTQ+ rights nonprofit that used research on the connections between business performance, economic performance, and... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
service outlets. "When Gerry was hired, it was the company's first deliberate action to view consumer packaged goods as an important growth platform for Starbucks," says Barry Beeninga, a 16-year veteran of the company who worked with... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Case Study: Welcome Aboard
fortune to go remote-first while startups in hardware or the life sciences cannot. Embrace the opening for increased quantity and quality of candidates. Your initial cluster of employees should be viewed as an opportunity, not a... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Expanding Summer Fellowships to Support Students
and entertainment had to broaden their searches.” To support students facing this uncertainty, the flexible resources of the HBS Fund enabled the School to triple funding for its Summer Fellowship Program and open it up to graduating as... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Importance of Philanthropy
opening of the i-lab in Batten Hall has blossomed into an innovation ecosystem of programs and facilities well situated on Harvard’s expanding campus in Allston. Reaching New Audiences HBX: Launched in 2014, the School’s online View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
These Walls Can Talk
that is forecasted to grow to almost $39 billion in the next five years. Shortly after Liang joined SmartThings, Samsung purchased the two-year-old company for a rumored $200 million. SmartThings sells a hardware hub to network your home’s Internet-enabled devices and... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 26 Mar 2025
- News
Alumni Explore a Changing Hong Kong; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Singapore
Conference Looks at Future of Hong Kong as a Global Leader The HBS Association of Hong Kong (HBSAHK) celebrated the club’s 45thanniversary in February, with its 2025 Signature Conference at Cloud 39, a rooftop ballroom at The Henderson skyscraper in central Hong Kong.... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Rehito “Ray” Hatoyama (MBA 2008)
think Hello Kitty is just for kids, but it’s for all ages. For example, a lady might want a Hello Kitty golf bag or jewelry for herself. We also have a licensing partnership with the hard rock band KISS. We don’t believe this is a dilution—it’s really about making... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
She·sesh·un (noun) Ly·ing flat (verb) Post·cook·ie (adj.) Bi·o·rev·o·loo·shun (noun) Dig·i·tul no·mad (noun) Di·ver·si·ty wa·shing (verb) Meem Stock (noun) When the price of supposedly “dull” stocks like BlackBerry and GameStop hit the roof earlier this year, driven by... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Screen Grab
for your work—more like $50 per 1,000 views vs. the $2 per 1,000 more typical of an ad-only model like YouTube’s. For entertainers with views in the hundreds of thousands, or even millions, that difference can really add up. At Vimeo, an View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
A Wider Net
from the hundreds of youth and adult state associations, clubs, and professional leagues, offering his comprehensive platform to transform soccer in America: investing more in world-class national teams, growing participation at the youth... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Competitiveness at Risk
facing society and the economy, and this is one of them. We feel we have an ability to make a positive difference, and an opportunity to learn in the process. Porter: This really starts with the idea that the School has a unique platform... View Details
- 30 Jul 2024
- News
Reddit’s Rise
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When Jen Wong (MBA 2004) joined Reddit as COO in 2018, the user-generated content site wasn’t exactly a burning building...but it might have been... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
Fall of Europe. Since 2012 Europe has been confronting new, game-changing challenges such as the refugee crisis, the surprise of Brexit, and the explosion of “alternative” politics. Europeans have realized that the open societies they... View Details
- 22 Apr 2021
- News
Leading for a Better World in Boston; Virtual Event Showcases Japan Fellowship
stories then answered specific questions from attendees. Thirkell says an average of 100 people have attended each event, which are open to the general public as well as all HBS alumni. The Project Impact organizers are finalizing details... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Path Ahead
the first two i-lab alumni unicorns, WHOOP and CarePort Health. The opportunities continue to expand, especially with the landmark Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) building now complete and open and construction... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
connectors. China, which outstrips both Europe and the United States in terms of EV adoption, wants to put 3 to 5 million electric vehicles on its roads by 2020. China’s central government has also opened the state-run power sector to... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
From Das’s Desk
As I wrote in my September 2019 column, HBS reunions serve many valuable purposes, including reconnecting with classmates and being a platform to learn about the latest pathbreaking research and ideas from the faculty. Armed with alumni... View Details
Keywords: Das Narayandas