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Adam Kanner
2014. ScoreBig is Kanner’s fourth new venture and clearly his most successful. It was recently named by Forbes magazine as one of America’s Most Promising Companies. According to George Kliavkoff, co-president of Hearst Entertainment &... View Details
- 11 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service
wanted before school? So many ECs I had talked to had had 50/50 experiences with startups, citing remote work, nebulous job descriptions, and lack of fulfillment as their gripes. This role promised solutions to all of those concerns. I... View Details
- 19 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Tata Power - Trombay Thermal Power Plant Takeaways
renewables capacity holds some promise for India being able to achieve its growth targets without adding to its carbon footprint. For most HBS students attending the IFC, the visit to Trombay Power Station was the first time they saw a... View Details
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Trade Cards - The Art of American Advertising
that illustrated the promise of individual products and the road to a better life. Print curator Eleanor Garvey contends that, “The colorful, expensively produced ad in and of itself was a treat: both an invitation to step into a more... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Q&A: Donna Dubinsky
possibility of teaching what I’ve learned to others. What do you think are your best accomplishments to date? I am proud of building companies that endure. I have never wanted a company to be dependent on my being there. I am pleased that I’ve left companies with... View Details
- 05 Aug 2014
- News
A Diversified Portfolio
and out of the tech sector. She was cofounder of MTV Europe; CEO in charge of launching AOL's Entertainment Asylum; and entrepreneur-in-residence for Softbank Technology Ventures. Being a female entrepreneur herself, she figured there must be a robust number of View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
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Patrick Connolly
thereafter. More than mere functional expertise and ability, however, HBS has imbued me with a more finely honed ability to see the big picture in the face of a great deal of disparate (and often conflicting) information and uncertainty. This was one of the View Details
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
SEAS Complex Reaches for a New Frontier
ensure the strength of engineering and applied sciences at Harvard for the benefit of generations to come,” said Harvard President Drew Faust, when she announced the gift. SEAS Dean Frank Doyle SEAS Dean Frank Doyle “SEAS is the next frontier for Harvard, and its... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
New York Club Names Entrepreneur of the Year
Over three hundred enthusiastic alumni and guests gathered at New York City's Plaza Hotel in February for the first annual HBS Club of Greater New York Entrepreneurs' Exhibition and Conference. Along with exhibits from promising... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
The Business of Babies
deliver on hope. “Providers of fertility treatments are selling the promise of a child, the dream of a family, but at some point they have to come through,” said Spar. Privacy is a factor as well. “Acquiring a child is an intimately... View Details
- 30 Sep 2013
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Do Mergers Hurt Product Quality?
generally more similar in quality than two randomly selected brands," Sheen says. More generally, the findings show that merged companies often follow through on the operational efficiencies that they promise to their shareholders.... View Details
- 19 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: “The Architecture of Innovation”
commercializing a technology that belongs to the company. This attitude is shortsighted, as it neglects the fact that there is typically a long road between a promising technology and a viable product. Without an adequate share of the... View Details
- 08 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Negotiate “Yes” Across Cultural Boundaries
international negotiations, I've seen numerous promising deals fail because people ignored or underestimated the powerful differences in processes across cultures... . . . What are the informal influences that can make or break a deal?... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
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Creating Brand Value - Course Catalog
aggressively buying consumers’ brand loyalty at the same time they are firing their customers. Customer relationship management (CRM) investments have failed to deliver on their promise and are often hurting rather than helping the... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- News
BioMine Strikes Gold
and PhytoTEK were semifinalists, while AI Exchange received a mention at Monday's awards dinner as the winner of an informal popular vote. Modeled after the HBS student Business Plan Contest, now in its 15th year, the Alumni New Venture Contest was designed to support... View Details
- 12 Jan 2018
- Cold Call Podcast
Leadership Lessons from a Young Martin Luther King, Jr.
“And I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land. So, I'm happy tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
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Teachable Moments
fail to engage their people in implementation tasks, they’ll come up short, as will their people. All three of these elements are unwritten promises leaders make to their people: I promise to set direction... View Details
- 08 Jan 2007
- What Do You Think?
Neuro Economics: Science or Science Fiction?
Summing Up Neuro economics is here to stay, according to a majority of those responding to this month's column. Its promises are too great to ignore. But it may be too early to know whether the promises will... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 09 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: JSW Steel
to innovators that have invented and disseminated new battery chemistries, so many projects demonstrate extreme promise for a wealthier, healthier future India. Our research focus area was decarbonizing steel production, a notoriously... View Details
- 12 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 12
shed doubt on future construction, while the fracking of shale deposits to extract natural gas promised a much lower-cost supply of abundant energy. Nevertheless, decommissioning nuclear power stations View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne