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Boston Manufacturing Company Records | Baker Library

be known as the Waltham system. The Boston Manufacturing Company records contain administrative material, financial records, correspondence, and labor and production records of the Waltham-based textile firm founded in Waltham,... View Details

03 Jun 2021
Blog Post

HBS Pilots First Impact Investing Fund

DAF enables the fund to accept donations and disburse the capital in a number of different ways. As part of the diligence process, deal teams establish what type of capital would be most useful to the business, looking beyond traditional... View Details

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Taylor Wiegele

aesthetically pleasing for customers." After stints with Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing ("It's actually made of nothing that would torment the Berkeley hippie in me") and Brita water filters, Taylor got the call engineers dream of: Elon Musk's SpaceX View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy; CPG; Tech

01 Dec 2006
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Man with a Mission

Force Academy, a running back on the team that defeated Ohio State in the 199o Liberty Bowl, and an Academic All-American. A Rhodes scholar, he earned a doctorate in politics at Oxford. Then he and his wife, Barbara, View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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From Inquiry to Action | Baker Library

participant-centered teaching practice. 100 Years of Case Method Explore an illustrated timeline of 100 years of the Case Method at HBS. Explore In the Exhibition Business Education & The Case Method Founded in 1908, HBS was one of the... View Details

16 May 2018
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ALUMNI NVC Finals and Regional Roundup

co-working/accelerator space Grand Central Tech in Manhattan. Three teams made the final cut to advance to the Global Rounds. George Hessler (MBA 1985) was named the regional winner with Magma Trading, “a trading platform that allows... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Katy Lankester

manager. When I put that all together, I had enough direction to ask companies the right questions, and found a great fit. My current employer came to campus, and I’d never heard of them before, but I was able to be confident that it had... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

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Tariro Goronga

what? Do I hang in there and do something I don’t like for forty years, or do I cut my losses and start all over again?” Tariro chose the latter path, but made sure to build flexibility into his career plan. “I was looking for something that was much more versatile,”... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy

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Women, Work, and the “M” Word - Blog: Health Supplement

menopause space. After working for three decades in international development, big tech at Google, government service in the Obama administration, and on the founding team of the healthcare startup Cityblock... View Details

25 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments

an experiment almost a decade ago in which the company allowed a randomly selected subset of employees to work from home for nine months while the rest of the team stayed in the office. As it turned out, the employees who worked from home... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

How Bank of America Turned Branches into Service-Development Laboratories

America's Innovation & Development Team quickly realized that it would be very difficult to conduct a diverse array of experiments within the confines of a traditionally designed bank branch. Experiments require frequent changes in... View Details

Keywords: by Stefan Thomke; Banking; Financial Services

22 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 22, 2008

Groups in Decentralized Organizations (revised) Authors:Heather M. Caruso, Todd Rogers, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract No abstract is available at this time. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-090.pdf Team Familiarity,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Apr 2001
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New Ventures New Gains

concept.” With their faculty advisors acting as “healthy skeptics,” the team laid the groundwork for ZEFER, which has received more than $100 million in venture funding, earned over $100 million in 2000 revenues, and boasts over seven... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna and Susan Young; Martin Dubilier (MBA 1952); Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

24 Mar 2017
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Alumni New Venture Competition Finalists Named

Four alumni ventures from distinctly different industries and geographies have been chosen to pitch at the 2017 alumni New Venture Competition on April 25 on the HBS campus. This year's finalists were selected from among 17 high-caliber View Details

01 Dec 1997
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A Conversation with John Doerr (MBA '76)

help entrepreneurs assemble great teams. But VCs don't manage, inspire, or lead. We're off stage, behind the curtains, funding the production, and maybe adjusting some spotlights. Venture capital is a supporting role. HBSB: What do you look for in potential ventures?... View Details

01 Mar 2016
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Reinventing the Wheel

(courtesy Martijn Lopes Cardozo) Carbon black is everywhere. The dark, powdery substance can be found in inks, dyes, polymers, rubber, and tires—almost everything that looks black has used carbon black in its production, says Martijn... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

04 Oct 2019
Blog Post

Finding My Passion in the Startup Space

business performance. The leadership team promotes transparency, efficiency, and excellence. People work towards a common goal and know when to have fun. The company was founded in Greece but is... View Details

01 Jun 2024
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Research Brief: Ahead of the Game

As a lifelong runner who spent countless hours training and competing his way up to the national level, Professor Paul Gompers has always believed that his athletic experiences were critical to shaping who he is, both as a competitor and in the professional sphere. Now... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Antonio Pinna

01 Sep 2012
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Joint Venture

In this issue of the Bulletin, our focus is on HBS’s “intellectual ambition.” Since its founding in 1908, the School has been committed to creating and disseminating intellectual capital that will help define, strengthen, and improve... View Details