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01 Sep 2012
News

HBS Is Committed to Increasing Alumni Engagement

all ages feel strongly connected to other HBS graduates both professionally and socially. There is a strong sense of indebtedness to the alumni network and a willingness to give back to others. Younger alumni feel more connected to the... View Details

Keywords: Lisa Skeete Tatum; engagement; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Sep 2020
News

Happy New Year: The HBS Alumni Board's Newest Members Look to the Future

a year. My experience has far exceeded my expectations. Meeting active volunteers from across graduation years—people I might not have met if we didn't happen to be on the same reunion cycle—has been particularly rewarding. It has given me an entirely new View Details

Keywords: Linda Kush; alumni events; lifelong learning; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2012
News

Global Mission

topic: the global manager. Our lead story recounts how HBS developed a unique research and teaching approach to address the rise of globalization. Since the mid-1990s, the School has established a network of seven far-flung research... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; meta

Web

How to Register & Key Dates | New Venture Competition

multi-disciplinary collaboration. See the Social Enterprise Tools section for online resources and information and the Calendar for upcoming events. 6. Attend the Finale Celebrate the journey and hear the winning pitches. View Details

25 Feb 2020
News

How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Business

Algorithms and Networks Run the World, presents a framework for rethinking business and operating models. “AI is not just displacing human workers, it is changing the nature of firms, how they operate, and how they interact with the rest... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Jun 2015
News

Lessons from a Megacity

The first step in researching the public transportation system in Buenos Aires: send the private driver home. “How could we be there studying public transportation and not use it?” asks Eryn Schultz (MBA 2015). She was one of 39 students who traveled to Argentina and... View Details

Keywords: April White; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation

01 Jun 2013
News

Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?

for innovation to fulfill that promise. Charter schools, in other words, might just need a better business plan. School Ties A loosely knit HBS charter network links alumni nationwide. Greg Thompson (MBA 2005) leads the Tennessee Charter... View Details

Keywords: David McKay Wilson; charter schools; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

4 PM – 7 PM CDT, 12 Mar 2017
HBS Alumni Events

HBS@SXSW 2017

SXSW? So are we! HBS is coming to Austin. Join other HBS alumni attending the SXSW Interactive Conference at Bobs Steak and Chop House for an informal networking reception. Three Texas regional finalists for... View Details

21 May 2018
News

Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area

with an off-the-record discussion and networking evening. The HBSWANY co-hosted “Let’s Talk #MeToo” on April 12 with the Harvard Law School Women’s Alliance. The women-only conversation featured a panel of experts on women’s rights,... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 2017
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017

learn the seven biggest traps in life and work that catch people unaware; identify the traps that are holding them back; discover their escape routes and climb out of the quicksand; and avoid traps altogether. The Mystical Naturalist: How the Natural World View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

From Das’s Desk

It is, perhaps, the greatest proof of the power of HBS lifelong learning that these alumni now say they want the experience to continue throughout their lives and careers. We are committed to leveraging our faculty’s thought leadership and the power of the HBS View Details

Keywords: Das Narayandas

01 Dec 1997
News

Banking on HBS

'59) RELATED PROFILE: World Banker, James D. Wolfensohn (MBA '59) A key early supporter and informal advisor to Wolfensohn during the intellectual evolution of EDP was former HBS Dean John H. McArthur, an MBA classmate of Wolfensohn's,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

10 Apr 2019
HBS Case

How Entrepreneurs Can Turn Lead Into Gold

the Academy of Management Annals. Their conclusion: Far too much focus is placed on raising money and signing formal contracts, but far too little attention on informal and non-financial resources that can make or break a new business.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

01 Mar 2012
News

1st-Year MBAs Learn from Global Partners

at their immersion location, students refined their ideas by meeting with potential customers and their sponsor organization. At the end of the week, they presented a final proposal. While focused on students, the FIELD global immersions demonstrated the power of the... View Details

Keywords: Professor Youngme Moon; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2004
News

Aldrich Renovations Reach Halfway Point

classrooms provides faculty with three projection zones, audio- and video-conferencing capabilities, an in-room camera for recording classroom sessions, at-seat student polling, and wireless network access,” explains Stahl. “We’re trying... View Details

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

01 Dec 2006
News

Stuart Wins Award

of research has made a significant contribution to the field of entrepreneurship. Stuart was recognized for his pioneering work on the dynamics of social networks and their effects on entrepreneurship. View Details

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

26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

Presentation Round-Up

their hybrid-fiber-coaxial (HFC) network lose out to the All Fiber Network (AFN) developed by the electric power companies in concert with RCN-inspired entrepreneurs. No, wait. It's 2010, and the channels... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Kenneth Liss; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

May 2004 (Revised March 2005)
Case

Instant Messaging

By: David B. Yoffie and Deborah Freier

Explores the usage and technology of instant messaging (IM). IM enables two or more users to communicate almost instantaneously over the Internet with short, private text messages. Most IM service providers chose to remain proprietary and, therefore, a user of most IM... View Details

Keywords: Network Effects; Standards; Communication Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Internet and the Web; Web Services Industry

Citation

Find at Harvard

24 Jul 2020
News

Reimagining Chicago’s Schools

that could better personalize middle and high school education, closing the gap between students who excelled and those who needed support? So, in 2012, Zaikos launched the Intrinsic School—a network of public charter schools with an... View Details

September 2021
Supplement

Telepass: From Tolling to Mobility Platform

By: Chiara Farronato, Stefano Denicolai and Sarah Mehta

This supplementary dataset can be paired with the case entitled “Telepass: From Tolling to Mobility Platform” (case no. 622-011), to allow students the opportunity to analyze data before class. View Details

Keywords: Analysis; Change; Change Management; Transformation; Transition; Innovation and Invention; Strategy; Information Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Transportation; Transportation Networks; Value; Value Creation; Technology Industry; Transportation Industry; Insurance Industry; Europe; Italy; Milan