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- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Path Ahead
challenges and opportunities that the School faces—and the priorities that will guide his leadership. Inequality and racism are among the most serious problems in today's societies. How does Dean Datar plan to address these issues by... View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
- News
A Creator in the Era of Disruption
would stand on the stage in Burden Hall at HBS and present his business plan at the Social Enterprise Conference “Pitch for Change” competition. Haryopratomo: Actually, that's why I went to business school—to raise money because I was... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Student Conferences, at a Glance
group of successful entrepreneurs who shared their experiences of launching and sustaining a minority-owned business. “Start planning early. Save money. And go back to your community,” said L. Londell McMillan, president and CEO of L.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
every business and nonprofit segment. Conventional approaches to strategy development and problem solving no longer work―there is no stable industry or market equilibrium structure that we will return to “when change abates.” Most company View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Q & A: Bain & Company's Thomas J. Tierney
levels in the nonprofit sector have been well below those of the for-profit sector; and second, for-profit executives have undervalued the skills and achievements of their nonprofit counterparts, thereby making migration into the profit... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
business plan with a clear path to financial success? Absolutely. With Facebook, we saw an opportunity to build a deep and growing engagement with a targeted demographic. Very typically we look for a business View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Social Entrepreneurship Fellows Named
wherever they go. In 1993, Darren and Faith were badly injured in a vehicle rollover accident that seriously damaged Darren’s spinal cord, resulting in quadriplegia. Afterward, they found it difficult to plan trips, because accessibility... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
He Loves New York
New York magazine lacks in profit and prospects, it makes up for in the social cachet it can bestow on the owner in the media and cultural capital of the United States,” opined the New York Times (December 17, 2003). Well, maybe so, but... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Robert Goodwin
understand how best to utilize their talents to make a difference. We help companies find ways to become more profitable in socially responsible ways. If a company is seeking ways to invest in a community it operates in, we can find... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
The Race Against Resistance
Waltham, Massachusetts, suggests two main reasons why so few new antibiotics are in the pipeline. First, antibiotics are used for relatively short courses and, as a result, aren’t as profitable as chronic-care medicines. Second, in the... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
New Releases
and technology; and governance, corporate finance, and organizational performance. The remaining chapters in the book give in-depth histories of and updates on some of the other efforts that bore considerable fruit under McArthur: Competition and Strategy; the Service... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
founded Alibris, an e-commerce company that sells used, rare, and out-of-print books. We failed, a lot—HBS has a case on our more interesting failures. Our biggest setback came early. We planned to launch our commercial website and close... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Exchange: Micro Management
borrower to come up with a personalized repayment schedule that matches their cash flows. Rigol: We’ve given out about 20 loans so far, and we’re planning to run a randomized evaluation to understand the impact of these kinds of loans on... View Details
- 14 Nov 2019
- News
Keeping Red Lobster Fresh
bringing it back to profitability in 100 days. His next stop was Burger King, where he helped relaunch the brand and turnaround same store sales. Lopdrup first joined Red Lobster as president in 2004, and led a company that was facing... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
they’ll be presented with a different political picture, one where the underlying mechanisms have been renewed and modernized, where America’s democracy is again the envy of the world. Here, she talks about how the Leadership Now Project View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
in Iraq. Local Motors currently has three working microfactories, with plans to build a network of 50. But the pressures of military service weighed on him. He loved the Marines, but he missed his wife and three-year-old son. Two of his... View Details
- 03 Jun 2016
- News
Again in a Great City
Above: Cummings in the iconic Fisher Building, known as “Detroit’s largest art object.” Cummings and his partners are redeveloping the 28-story landmark. A trip through downtown Detroit with Peter Cummings (OPM 13, 1988) is part urban View Details
Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Lesson from the Fall
breakdown was hastened by Enron’s turbocharged incentives, which offered executives enormous bonuses tied to estimated future profits and a very generous stock-option plan that paid out richly as Enron’s... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
threatening to organizations—or entire industries—that they are best described as “wicked.” Wicked Strategies offers a comprehensive framework for identifying, responding to and profiting from wicked problems. Aston Martin DB4GT by... View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
total income. There’s also a halo effect: Anyone who uses the booth to, say, make a bank deposit might also remember to pick up shampoo or soap from her store. Reyes’s booth is one of about 600 installed in mom-and-pop stores in Mexico City; the company View Details