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- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Downtime
surmount them or succumb to them. Memorable childhood books? The Laura Ingalls Wilder series that begins with Little House in the Big Woods, for their vivid reconstruction of a world gone by and a child’s place in that world. Those books... View Details
- 21 May 2019
- News
Confronting the Future of Climate Change in the Midwest
industry are just beginning to understand the impact on farmers, pointed out Bluford Putnam, CME Group’s chief economist and managing director. The warming of oceans is already leading to greater rainfall, in some places making it... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 27 Aug 2019
- News
Sweating It Out in Philly; Whiskey Flights in Portland
workout. Amanda Freeman (MBA 2003) at SLT Amanda Freeman (MBA 2003) at SLT A self-described “serial fitness entrepreneur,” Freeman has taken the New York-based SLT from a start-up to a private equity–funded fitness brand with 24 locations... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Brick by Brick
Meanwhile, birth rates declined, and children had less interest in toys that didn't offer instant gratification. Serious jolts were also taking place in the LEGO Group. Kjeld, out of the office for a year following a serious illness in... View Details
- 23 Jan 2020
- News
Bringing Education Back Home
“Universidad of San Sebastian is located in Culiacán, Mexico. Culiacán happens to be one of the most violent places in Mexico, and by now, in the world, and the education level in our country, in general, is really low. So a friend of... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Cracking Conferences
New York’s World Business Forum? Margaret Molloy (MBA 2000), frequent conference-goer and global chief marketing officer and head of business development at Siegel+Gale, a global strategic branding firm, has developed a few go-to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Case Study: Paper Chase
inscrutable that you can’t figure out what they’d like. This could be an interesting place to position the product. It’s more than a card (heck, it is $13), but it’s not yet another useless item that you’ll regift or send to Goodwill. You... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
A Better World, One Idea at a Time
and the Harvard Kennedy School. The two-day event on the HBS campus drew 1,500 attendees from across the country for panels, workshops, a career fair, and the Pitch for Change business plan competition, where social entrepreneurs vie for cash awards and consulting... View Details
- 11 Aug 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Melissa Fensterstock (MBA 2012)
work. Trips to tropical places are opportunities to secure new hotel customers. Summer beach time has been replaced with road trips to the Hamptons and Nantucket. I think the only safe place for a true... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Thirteen years ago, Marcelo Claure, founder of wireless services company Brightstar, discussed with a reluctant Steve Jobs the idea of launching a trade-in and recycling program for iPhones. It was a business move that expanded the market and created a new profit... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Meyers
- 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
- 15 Dec 2011
- News
An HBS gift guide
Bill Roedy, Sweetriot, S’well bottle, the Nature Conservancy, Tea Collection, and Zobha) Guilt-free holiday jewels Amy Jain & Daniella Yacobovsky (MBA 2010) Co-founders, BaubleBar “As hard as we tried, we couldn’t find a place to buy high... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Providing an Environment for Ideas to Grow
Communicating the Language of Business Across Borders Tsedal Neeley My intellectual agenda is ambitious and somewhat risky,” says Associate Professor and Marvin Bower Fellow Tsedal Neeley. “I truly believe that HBS is one of the few View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014
climate and energy that are highly relevant to the current public debate.” The Brand IDEA: Managing Nonprofit Brands with Integrity, Democracy, and Affinity by Nathalie Laidler-Kylander and Julia Shepard... View Details
- 10 Nov 2022
- News
Peloton Founder Starts His Next Trek
A funding. "You might buy your first rug from Home Depot or Walmart, and then maybe later you're able to afford something from a place like Pottery Barn," Foley told Axios. "And then, just a fairly small number of people get to work with... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Truth Teller
ahead,” he says of the iconic brand. “What’s important to me is the satisfaction of seeing an organization that has been failing for years become a great place to work, from the shop floor all the way on up, and produce a great result for... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Tech Trekker
picture-framing shop on the East Coast. After graduating, she started a custom photo lab in Cambridge and in 1977 began raising a family. Lang returned to high tech in 1982, when she joined Symbolics, the emerging leader in computer systems for artificial intelligence.... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
14 for '14
author detailing his current four-year journey through all 54 African countries at Africa54.com "Consumers will acquire a greater appreciation of targeted, personal marketing. A growing number of advertisers will embrace online marketing technologies and deliver... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
what loyalty means or how to build it. Reichheld, author of the 1996 bestseller The Loyalty Effect, outlines six principles of loyalty that can make the Internet a hospitable and highly profitable place for businesses to succeed. 20/20... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
the third of five children. The family placed a heavy emphasis on the value of good, honest labor; at 18, he became a firefighter to help pay his university expenses. The occupying workers also came from large families, and many had... View Details