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- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Books
that don’t fit a firm’s existing business model: Chesbrough urges companies to explore potential business models in parallel with their new technologies. In today’s environment, he suggests, a research model that continuously looks... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Short Takes
A summary of selected new research by HBS faculty. Diversification Best Bet in Emerging Markets In today's era of global competitiveness, companies in the industrialized world have slimmed down their operations in order to focus on doing... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Innovation: Frozen Assets
and Derek Jeter at the launch of the Luvo food truck this summer in New York City. (Courtesy of Luvo) Growth for the three-year-old Luvo, though, requires overcoming a few cultural hurdles. While frozen-food sales spiked at the outset of the recession, the View Details
Keywords: Janelle Nanos
- 29 Jul 2013
- News
Opening New Markets for Black South African Winemakers
wine-making. But apartheid had prevented them from owning land or gaining access to capital. Wine had become a $3 billion export industry for South Africa, but just 2 percent of the market was held by black South Africans, who comprise 85... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Student Conferences, at a Glance
CDs anymore. If the music industry doesn’t respond to this change quickly, it’s going to be in big trouble.” — Russell Simmons, chairman & CEO, Rush Communications; cofounder, Def Jam Recordings Dynamic Women in Business Conference... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Higher Ground
the April concert was Tulane University’s Dixon Hall, with a stage that could barely fit all 67 orchestra members. Location was perhaps the least of the LPO’s challenges that night. Many of the musicians were still living in hotels or... View Details
- 14 Dec 2015
- News
A Leader’s Call to Action
community service, and for actively assisting women in their attainment of professional excellence and leadership skills” over her more than 30-year career in the electric and gas industry in the Midwest. It’s View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 08 Aug 2018
- News
Getting Life Back in Balance
inquiring into whether he had any interest in a leadership role within local government. Though he had given the field little thought previously, Gower realized it fit the parameters of the new career he had been seeking. “Local... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Life by Design
As a girl growing up in Riverdale, New York, Ivy Ross (PMD 68, 1994) was surrounded by modern design — and disliked it. The home she lived in and the furniture she sat on reflected the avant-garde sensibilities of her father, an View Details
- 13 Jul 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Meaghan Fitzgerald (MBA 2016)
what it would mean to feel physically present with anyone from anywhere. It unlocks economic opportunities for people who can’t move to major industry hubs; has the potential to dramatically improve our environmental impact of commuting... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Venture Capital’s Comeback
office and do direct investing in Asia. “It wouldn’t be a strategic fit for us,” he explains. “The opportunities that are developing in India and China are markedly different than the opportunities we look for in the United States. China... View Details
- 19 Jan 2016
- News
Electric Avenues
Everywhere—Finally Fit to Drink On the heels of this past summer’s crippling drought, California hit the switch on a long-promised technological solution to the water crisis: desalination. Poseidon Water’s $1 billion plant in Carlsbad... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
A Market-Based Prescription
physicians’ services? Health-care providers are as constrained by managed care as consumers. Other industries enjoy much greater freedom. Grocery retailers, for example, serve a variety of customers in outlets ranging from discount clubs... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
loss struggling to keep up. Shari Eberts (MBA 1995) is helping by urging industry players to provide free automatic captions on their platforms. In April she launched a petition to that end with some 50,000 signatures to date; in... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books
firms find it so difficult to adapt in the face of change—to innovate? In the past 10 years, the importance of this question has increased as more industries and firms confront disruptive change. The pandemic has accelerated this crisis,... View Details
- 02 Nov 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)
food industry interest you, because there are many different facets. What functional areas would be a good fit for you? What part of the food supply chain? If you aren’t sure, your time at HBS is a great... View Details
- 20 Apr 2020
- News
To Build Connection in Quarantine, Clubs Go Virtual
alumni are hard-wired to be proactive. We’re used to leading,” says Seftel. “There’s a lot of frustration, and they’re asking, “how can we help?’” Through the Slack channel, alumni are already sharing ideas for how they can respond to the crisis within their own... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 17 Nov 2016
- News
Wired for Innovation
Photography by Michael Stravato From cofounding the first aerial tramway high above Costa Rica’s rainforest canopy, to helping a two-person wind-energy startup become an industry leader, to making a quixotic run for US Congress, Michael... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Taking Flight
from Thayer. “We knew exactly what birders wanted, and we gave it to them,” he explains. “If you’re going to get into a tiny little niche, it helps to be passionate about the subject.” Thayer definitely fits the bill, with a “life list”... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
and complex amino acids.) 683 alumni work in the agriculture industry 1957 HBS professors Ray Goldberg (MBA 1950) and John H. Davis (MBA 1941) coin the term agribusiness 236 alumni work in the food and beverage View Details