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Special Assistant to the CEO | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
in the city.” Investing in communities For Michael, effective development work is “defined as a means of investment in real estate and business, especially in commercial contexts, like retail. The question is: how do you create... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
What I Do: Keith Cerny (MBA 1991)
“Music is wired into us,” says Keith Cerny (MBA 1991). “Singing is something that is very human, and from singing, it’s very easy to go into playing instruments.” Cerny’s own connection with music began at age 10, with the San Francisco... View Details
- 12 Nov 2018
- Research & Ideas
'Always On' Isn't Always Best for Team Decision-Making
gradyreese Always on, always connected isn’t always better when it comes to solving problems at work. In fact, teams get better results when they collaborate only intermittently, according to recent research. Insights on work... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 01 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
A Latin American Vision: New HBS Research Center Opens
able to share in the intellectual capital they have created. "We believe that over time, the quality of the work being created throughout the region merits sharing and merits utilization." In the Center's early planning phases,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Beau D'Arcy
the offerings at properties in Las Vegas. At the same time, as an avid sailor on Lake Michigan, I noticed that the city's massive boating community had no destinations once they left the harbor. From there, my goal was to create the... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Case Study: Let’s Dance
the model from one that prioritizes the studios to a teacher-first approach. In 2021 Bopsidy launched a social platform that allows the hobbyist and professional dancer alike to create a personal profile showcasing their work. Imagine an... View Details
- 17 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Who is Boss in the Sharing Economy?
When is a company not a company? A modern-day Zen koan, maybe, but the evidence is all around us—Airbnb, Elance-oDesk, Handy, HourlyNerd, TaskRabbit, Uber. These businesses seem much more like conglomerations of independent professionals that View Details
- 10 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet
then they want to do something interesting and new with it. And so the work of a string quartet playing at this level becomes an entirely new creation, a new version of one of Beethoven's string quartets, for example, unlike anything that has been View Details
- 16 Nov 2021
- News
Getting Back Together for Global Networking Night; Healthcare Conference Draws New Interest
HBS Club of Nigeria held their first in-person event since before COVID, with attendees declaring how great it was to finally meet and connect with each other. The HBS Club of Austin welcomed approximately 35 attendees—about half of whom... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 09 Sep 2016
- News
MaiTai Global and Kiteboarding
code something up. It might become Facebook. And we would see a Twitter-- and some people in the audience may know-- Twitter was written in seven days. And technology had changed. And as I looked at this audience, I said, I should try to figure out who's going to go... View Details
- 21 Dec 2022
- News
HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion
25 When Guy Spier (MBA 1993), who lives in Switzerland, read that Ukrainian refugees were streaming into Poland, he and his wife, Lory, reached out to other members of the Jewish community in Zurich to see what relief efforts might be underway. He was View Details
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Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition
the process of creating and evaluating new business and social impact ventures. Winners & Runners-Up Finalists 2024 Winners Play Crop Diagnostix: Dubilier Grand Prize Winner, Student Business Track, 2024 New Venture Competition video Play... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Borders and the Self By Chinwe Ajena-Sagna (MBA 2003) Masobe Books “Who are you?” Every border tells a story. Every story has its origins. Tracing a cultural lineage from the beginnings of Igbo history in the ninth century by delineating... View Details
- 18 Jan 2022
- News
HBS Alumni Mentor Students; Shanghai Club Hosts Entrepreneurship Conference
the school and graduated in 2003. “This was the first college in Georgia founded by former slaves, and has a strong connection to the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. Its mission is to be ‘a haven for all souls.’ It takes... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
Flows in the Global Economy Digital Labor Markets and Global Talent Flows By: Horton, John, William R. Kerr, and Christopher Stanton Abstract—We review the rapid development of digital labor markets that connect companies and contractors... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Get Creative
Issue Focus: Innovation In a hypercompetitive global economy, creativity has never been more important for success . But how do you create a company that unleashes and capitalizes on innovation? For answers, we turned to five HBS faculty... View Details
- 22 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients
there’s no pressing need for introductions; since these groups are usually siloed revenue producers. Competition with other departments, the need for subject-matter expertise—these are the circumstances that typically create leadership... View Details
- 29 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Super Bowl Ads for Multitaskers
with beautiful pictures, upbeat music, or dramatic lighting. Finally, emotion-focused ads do this by appealing to consumers' emotional attachment to the brand by personally connecting the product to how it will fit into their lives. (See... View Details
- 19 Aug 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #8: The Role of Solar and Wind Farming (and Other Tools) in the United States’ Clean Energy Future
reaching an agreement to connect to the local electric grid. “And that’s before the 1-2 years needed for construction of large-scale projects.” Diana believes transmission infrastructure is in the national interest, particularly in the... View Details
- 01 May 2015
- News
Celebrating and Supporting Leadership
societal progress by creating jobs, investing in communities, and bringing the world much-needed products and services. "In an era of budget austerity and political gridlock, business is called on to play a larger role in providing social... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services