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- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Delivering the Power to Dream Big
2011 HBS Business Plan Contest. Competing with 62 other teams, they earned one of three runner-up slots and gained the confidence to launch the business, thanks also to positive feedback from their HBS adviser and the judges. "The... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
loyalty) into a full-fledged management system that results in extraordinary financial and competitive results. They define the fundamental concept of Net Promoter; explain its connection to a company’s growth and sustained success; demonstrate the power of the... View Details
- 02 Sep 2016
- News
Mentoring Is ‘the Best Part of the Job’
feedback to make you better—and doesn’t hold back. “I oversee 22,000 people, and if I could be a mentor toward all 22,000, I would. But you can’t. So being a mentor is finding the people where you have enough interaction with them where... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Ready, Set, Launch
critical feedback about the features they do want—and reduces the possibility that the startup will waste time developing features no one wants. Based on this feedback, a startup can then decide to adjust or abandon a concept or, if it’s... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Escape from Alcatraz
Conquer: To escape from the first room of the Spook House, team members have to divide up tasks, each taking responsibility for observing and reporting on a different part of the room. Fail to Succeed: What can you learn from sand, shells, and doubloons? How to... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
for the Millennium Building on the work begun in 1998, this committee will continue to look at the viability of offering continuing education to HBS alumni. Feedback tells us that alumni of all ages are looking for opportunities to tap... View Details
- 19 Dec 2019
- News
A Ranch of One’s Own
that. You could walk around and everyone would be there. But studio lots aren’t as much fun anymore. They can feel corporate.” In addition to workspace, Rideback Ranch offers three script-development programs and other offerings to support the work of writing and... View Details
Keywords: LEGO
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
DonorsChoose: Teaming Up with Teachers
interesting, high-impact projects to their doorsteps, while vetting the teachers, projects, and feedback so that they know their funds were spent well.” As DonorsChoose continues to grow, Goldman sees her HBS ties as a powerful resource... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Ready for Takeoff: Web Portal Enters Second Phase
increasing the number of "what-do-you-think" feedback sections, allowing users to be active participants, not just passive readers. "We want to take better advantage of the Web as a medium," observes Silverthorne. "We plan to add the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Customizing Couture Online
feedback we’ve been getting is that they want more options.” And so have designers: More than 80 have joined the site. “Most of them feel [customization] is the future,” says Magnúsdóttir. “This is luxury. It’s being able to have the item... View Details
- 14 Jun 2024
- News
Highlights from the Spring 2024 Alumni Board Meeting
Harvard Business School hosted its annual spring Alumni Board Meeting in late May, bringing together its members for a two-day event that included interactive sessions with faculty and HBS leadership on the School and its programs, updates on Board working groups, and... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
José Royo
MBA Program. "The Academic Committee has had broad impact in areas such as course development, where we have advocated more international cases and more cases with women protagonists," he says. Royo has also worked with Professor Ed Zschau to integrate student View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
John (“Bo”) Kemp
policies concerning take-home exams, feedback from faculty on student grades, and the disclosure of grades to prospective employers. In addition, he chaired the committee organizing Class Day, a pre-Commencement celebration at HBS for... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Faculty Books
Practice Kaplan. He notes that such questions might include: Do I state my vision and priorities clearly? Does the way I spend my time enable me to achieve my top priorities? Do I give subordinates timely and direct feedback they can act... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
What’s in a Name
injustice in the United States, the company recognized that its name—with associations with the Confederacy—was at odds with its goal of bringing people together. As Chugh explains in the edited excerpt below, the company solicited View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
When You Speak, This Group Listens
level of programs and services for alumni worldwide. At our meetings three times each year, we are also kept informed of major issues and opportunities facing HBS, and we provide feedback on those that affect alumni. The 44 hard-working... View Details
- 11 Oct 2024
- News
Highlights from the Fall 2024 Alumni Board Meeting
Harvard Business School hosted its annual fall Alumni Board Meeting in late September, bringing together its members for a three-day event that included interactive sessions with faculty and HBS leadership on the School and its programs, a dinner and reception with MBA... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Flexibility Is Key to Product Development in Internet Time
compressed time frame, or "Internet time," requires that firms generate and respond to new information for a greater proportion of a development cycle, with much of the feedback coming from customers. In fact, early and continuous contact... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
For Alumni Only: Breakthrough Insights Program Debuts
echoing the sentiments of Giles Bateman (MBA '71), who said, “I'll be learning from this for the next six months.” Vietor told the enthusiastic group that a similar alumni seminar will be held next year, incorporating feedback from this... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Job One: Alumni Engagement
undertake committee work, recommend initiatives of interest to alumni, and provide feedback to the School from an alumni point of view. For the 2005–2006 year, the board’s main goal has been to recommend ways to strengthen alumni... View Details
Keywords: Peter Cooper