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- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Fıelds of Gold
profits are reinvested in the country’s agriculture sector? In the field Saffron crocuses are harvested by hand during a 21-day window in October and November. They are picked only in the morning, before the blooms open, to prevent damage... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Joss Kent (MBA 1997)
Joss Kent’s (MBA 1997) first memories are of being on safari. “I remember the smoke rising from the fire to boil water,” says Kent. Safari was the family business: His grandparents and father founded luxury adventure-travel company Abercrombie & Kent in 1962. View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Raising the Barrio
one did anything.” Mayor Rodríguez Larreta (above) plans to reinvigorate the “misery towns” of Buenos Aires by providing basic public services and diverting the highway that bisects the barrio (below). Bloomberg/Getty Images Villa 31 has... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Why Layoffs are a Losing Strategy
Sandra Sucher (photo by Evgenia Eliseeva; Getty Images) Sandra Sucher (photo by Evgenia Eliseeva; Getty Images) After studying mass layoffs for a decade, Professor Sandra Sucher has seen the detrimental... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
These Walls Can Talk
before its acquisition by Google and then was part of the Google Glass team. Now, as the new head of business development for SmartThings, she’s joined the nearly $18 billion smart home industry. “This is a space that is exploding with... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
3 Minute Briefing: Y Combinator’s Qasar Younis
(photo by Leah Fasten) My impetus to start my own company was so somebody else couldn’t control my destiny. My first company was Cameesa, an apparel company with a Kickstarter model. There were many failures: We didn’t know what we were... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
The Well-Healed Athlete
Illustration by Robert Neubecker Sports injuries are a business concern for Clara Wu Tsai (MBA 1993). She and her husband, Joe Tsai, are owners of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets; the WNBA’s New York Liberty; and the men’s lacrosse team, the San... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Navigating the Populism Phenomenon
challenge the way things have traditionally worked. Vincent Pons: In populist discourse you often have this idea that a country has been governed by a political and economic elite hurting the interests of the people. If you systematically... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
An Unconventional Suggestion
© Alexandra Hootnick/zumapress.com The United States needs to find a “rational middle” ground on the topic of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, says Professor Michael Porter. In a report released this summer, America’s Unconventional Energy Opportunity, Porter and his... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Business of Love
Illustrations by Istvan Banyai By the standards of the algorithmic, instant-judgment online dating age, Jess Kushner (MBA 2008) and Ken Deckinger have a story fit for an old-fashioned romantic comedy. In... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Clubs Hopping
reach across the United States. For the past 10 years, the club has hosted a popular gala in New York, attended by Latino alumni, students, and newly admitted students. But the event was attracting only a portion of the School’s Latino... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
The Future of Books
Above: photo by Brian Doben You’ve had a varied career in book publishing. What are some of the biggest changes you have seen in your 15 years in the industry? Milena Alberti: Like so many media categories, the biggest change for trade... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Ink: Your Best Self
+LISTEN Su talks more about her book on the Skydeck podcast +LISTEN Su talks more about her book on the Skydeck podcast Amy Jen Su (MBA 1997) wrote her new book, The Leader You Want to Be, in part because she realized she wasn’t always the leader she wanted to be. As... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Fred Newman (MBA 1978)
Video Embed How “the human fly” saved Newman from a cold call. I wasn’t unique as a kid. In small-town Georgia, all the guys did sound effects. We’d swap them like baseball cards: Show me how to do a finger whistle, and I’ll show you how to bark like a dog. My mother... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 23 Feb 2015
- News
Preserving a Musical Tradition; Inspiring Future Generations
soundtrack of Dominican life. The young musicians are all a part of the nonprofit iASO Bachata Academy, established by Ben de Menil (MBA 2006) in 2013 to preserve the country’s musical tradition and educate a new generation of Dominican... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Planting the Seeds of Positive Growth
Business, Government, and the International Economy read the study written by Sophus Reinert, the Marvin Bower Associate Professor of Business Administration, which examines the challenges Mehta has faced as an entrepreneur in Africa.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Shaping Leaders Who Understand Business and the Environment
first-year MBA students encounter nearly a dozen cases that address environmental concerns. “My vision would be that all students graduate with a clear understanding of the predicted ramifications of climate change on society and on business, and how companies can... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Innovation: Revenge of the Nerds
proposal. At the end of FIELD 3, the team—which was by then armed with a better understanding of both sides of the market and how to engage business owners—pitched HourlyNerd again. This time, the mock stock price climbed to the maximum... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Case Study: The Doctor Deficit
illustration by Pablo Amargo illustration by Pablo Amargo There is a doctor shortage in the United States, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges, which predicts that the deficit could... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Contributing to a Better Future
Illustration by Dana Smith Debora Spar In preparation for the official launch of HBS’s new Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS) in October, the School drew upon the findings of the 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer... View Details
Keywords: April White