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- 01 Aug 2013
- News
A Cure for Cold Storage
distribution a daunting process. That's the problem Vaxess seeks to address. The company is developing a way to store vaccines at room temperature using silk proteins, eliminating the need for refrigerated storage and allowing for wider... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Savings and Loam
Illustration by James Steinberg Illustration by James Steinberg Picture today’s conscious consumer pulling on a fresh organic cotton tee shirt, then driving their hybrid or electric vehicle to the grocery store to pack reusable shopping... View Details
- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria
community to rally support and aid for the victims of this tragic event. If you have a story or news to share, please email us at alumni_communications@hbs.edu. WHERE TO GIVE We offer the following suggestions of organizations for those... View Details
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Photograph Albums - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
stands, handsets, and early telephone sets that were exhibited in the Bell Telephone, Inc. Historical Museum in New York City, circa 1931. Flood Scene, 1927. Boston and Albany Railroad Company Mss: 724 1927 B747 1 album, 56 photographs On... View Details
- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
crisis to end, a better approach is to embrace this time,” Gino says. “We might find new routines and activities that we appreciate more.” Tap into your inner spark of curiosity. Curiosity is critical to learning, innovation, and even... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
- 19 Aug 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
long-promised future a reality “This is is the first new kind of computer in 75 years,” says John Levy (MBA 1979), CEO of the quantum computing startup SEEQC. “And we’re building it on a chip!” Strolling through his company’s design and... View Details
- 08 Sep 2011
- What Do You Think?
What’s Apple’s Biggest Challenge: Replacing Steve or Wall Street?
Schultz. Wall Street demanded increasing growth, internationalization, better productivity, and new products. And Schultz's successors responded by opening up to five new View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Luxe Redux
edge and attract new devotees without losing its core following? “We can still accommodate the traditional customer because our styling is classic,” says Matthew McEvoy (MBA 1989), strategic planning director at Burberry. Founded in 1856,... View Details
- 11 May 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
liquid, the observation refers to her involvement in, first, the 1993 launch of ViaCord, a company that enabled parents to store their newborn’s umbilical cord blood as a source of stem cells that help treat life-threatening diseases like... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Jun 2019
- News
City on a Hill
cycles could leave on rural and postindustrial America. And having taught special education at a high school on New Mexico’s Navajo Nation reservation as part of Teach For America after finishing his undergraduate degree, he understood... View Details
- 03 Mar 2020
- News
Can This Man Change the American Diet?
kitchen, how it’s designed and how it flows is to help us achieve those really high throughputs. And some of the customer engagement you were talking about is really designed to help people understand and appreciate all the new things on... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
auto-parts store to buy a new battery. The salesperson offers you a new battery with a receipt for $55, or the same battery with no receipt for $25. Which do you take? The Old... View Details
- 26 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees
motivators that will entice greater effort and loyalty out of workers. Turns out, using cash as a carrot isn’t always the best answer, according to new research by Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Ashley V. Whillans. More than... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Making Credibility Your Strongest Asset
Lots of people have great ideas for new products and services, but most lack the imagination and doggedness to actually get them launched. Darren Rovell is a notable exception. As a college student, he had a passion for the business of... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 17 Jun 2020
- News
Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines
Clubs News Clubs News “Awesome” Author Helps Toronto Club Cultivate Calm; Cleveland Clinic Gives Updates As the COVID-19 quarantine extends through the spring and summer, the HBS Club of Toronto is producing... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 08 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Return of the Salesman
aims to make a one-time sale and hence can be quite insistent. This is the door-to-door salesman and the canvasser. Then there is the relationship-oriented salesperson. The classic instance of this was the traveling salesman who worked for a View Details
- 04 Nov 2002
- What Do You Think?
What’s Best for the Corporate Brain?
orderly introduction of new talent into an organization, perhaps by periodically identifying and letting the lowest performers go, was applauded. One of the comments reflects this view: "What is really important is that companies... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs
A few years ago anyone could become an entrepreneur. All you needed was a half-baked idea and a phone to hear offers from salivating venture capitalists. Now the environment is much more difficult. Question: Do you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur in this View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle
- 06 May 2022
- Blog Post
Career Advice: Starting a Sustainable Startup
Career Advice: Starting a Sustainable Startup Tell us a little about what you were doing before HBS and what brought you to HBS. I’ve always found myself drawn to working on products and services that can have a positive impact on the world. At Ford, this led me to... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
traction the business got in the market but by the number of people we were able to employ. In 2009, while I was working in Senegal with a private equity firm, Ndidi and I noticed that a huge amount of the packaged food in stores was... View Details