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- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Case Study: The Home Team
Illustration by Jon Krause Illustration by Jon Krause Brendan Kennealey (MBA 2006) wasn’t even searching for a business idea. A couple of years ago, the Wilmington, Delaware, native met up with an old friend who’d bought a new house. Over dinner this friend enumerated... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Remix
running throughout—you have to page back to an earlier chapter of Dixon’s life, in 2017. That’s when the bottom dropped out. That fall, she was raising money for a tech/beauty startup called EverythingDid, designed to help women and girls... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
finding the will to start implementing at-scale technologies that are already working,” Carty observes. Here, we take a look at alumni who are pursuing those opportunities, working to make tomorrow’s cities more sustainable across five... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
The Internet's Next Frontier
While the Crypto, Fintech, and Web3 Lab—one of 13 labs contained within Harvard’s Digital Data Design Institute—might not have the Bunsen burners and test tubes found in science and engineering labs, it does share a philosophical... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Task Force
had experience with retail in emerging markets: Monroy, who is Colombian, worked for Procter & Gamble in Mexico for seven years, while Campbell held a number of positions at Walmart, with stints in India and China (which was “like going... View Details
- 20 Oct 2023
- News
Highlights from the Fall 2023 Alumni Board Meeting
returned to campus for the Board’s annual fall meeting, which featured two days of engaging updates and lively discussions about the School’s work and its future. The HBS Alumni Board, whose members are selected from a pool of active... View Details
- 04 Apr 2024
- News
The Making of a Medical Milestone
On March 16, doctors at the Massachusetts General Hospital made history when they successfully transplanted a kidney from a genetically modified pig to a living human. The groundbreaking procedure marked a significant milestone in animal-to-human transplant, or... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
expressed extremely negative views about people in her community, she wonders whether the company is the right place for her. Should she meet with the CEO to share her experience, or continue to conceal her sexual orientation while View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Made in Italy
boundaries of the classroom. The idea stretches back to 2006, when, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, a group of MBA students organized a service trip to New Orleans to study—and assist—businesses working to rebuild the city. Since... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
Association to join the design committee. Several spoke about the need for a broader range of activities for neighborhood youth—a concern that led directly to the Teen Shack, a safe space where adolescents can View Details
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem
Clubs News Clubs News Webinar illuminates broad array of business opportunities across Africa On December 5th, the HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) hosted ‘Doing Business in Africa: From Opportunity to Action’, a webinar panel of HBS alumni who shared... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Curb Appeal
of laughter from the burly men sporting crew cuts and gold DSNY shields who had gathered around her conference table. (The agency employs approximately 7,500 uniformed workers and 2,500 civilian staffers.) “I really like the modernizing piece of it,” Tisch says of... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
A Taste of Tradition
beverages, and pharmaceuticals, Kikkoman is a $2-billion global enterprise that still retains its family flavor. Kikkoman's executive managing director is Kenzaburo ("Ken") Mogi (MBA '73). Given that company tradition allows only one member per generation from each of... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Research Brief: Staying in the Game
and stay in business. But in a 2020 survey of 1,500 small-business owners, only 34 percent of respondents were familiar with the differences between the two types, and half were unaware that a business can operate after filing for bankruptcy. In fact, in February 2020,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Engaging Students More Deeply
Students at Success Academy stay more focused on the dot rug. Photo courtesy HBS Multimedia Development To tell the compelling stories of a developer working to revitalize Miami Beach, a Maine lobsterman confronting the economic risks of... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The World’s Littlest Book on Climate: Ten Facts in Ten Minutes About CO2 By Mike Nelson, Pieter Tans, and Michael Banks (MBA 1983) Independently Published In this updated edition of the world’s smallest book on the world’s biggest... View Details
Keywords: podcasts
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Zone Defense
design a high-tech armored suit for a person when artificial intelligence could do the job with significantly less risk. “Why wouldn’t they just put in a computer to control the suit?” he wondered. “‘Good mission, but it sounds like a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
came about over 25 years, the result of another civic- and business-led effort. And it’s wonderful, many agree. But there are still a good number of Chattanooga residents who’ve been left out of the picture. As in so many American cities, public education is View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
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Toward a Life Well Lived
“The course is a laboratory for us to innovate,” Perlow observes. “It is constantly evolving, like life itself.” She adds that even its design was novel compared to the traditional, multistep process of developing new courses at HBS. In... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
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Action Plan: Wild at Heart
focused Master Gardener Program in 2022. She went to work applying that knowledge on her two properties—the Rhode Island house and a second home on Florida’s coastal marshland. Two such different landscapes, she adds, allowed for two... View Details