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29 Nov 2023
News

A Holiday Benefit Dinner in LA; Seattle Club Revival Underway

Clubs News Clubs News Southern California Holiday Gala Will Boost Scholarship Fund After a brief hiatus due to the pandemic, the HBS Association of Southern California (HBSASC) is once again hosting its annual Holiday Benefit Gala on December 9 to support the HBSASC... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Mar 2024
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Giving All Stakeholders a Voice

For John Wu (MBA 2000), “Web3” means more than technological innovation. “It’s a mindset,” he says of the movement toward a decentralized internet that accelerates innovation and gives end users greater collaboration with businesses. “It’s a transformative shift in... View Details

Keywords: April White

17 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

Amazon, Whole Foods Deal a Big Win for Consumers

Source: 400tmax Editor's Note. Online retailing behemoth Amazon announced June 16 that it would acquire upscale grocery chain Whole Foods Market in a deal valued at more than $13 billion. Though the company has dabbled with the idea of a brick-and-mortar footprint in... View Details

Keywords: by Jose Alvarez and Len Schlesinger; Retail

06 Feb 2023
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on HBCUs

the catalyst for me to rethink if that's where I wanted to be long-term. I considered moving away and taking a job in another city but after talking to colleagues who went to business school, I began to understand the value of an MBA and... View Details

26 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Financing the Climate Transition in India

million people daily with economic opportunities and essential services. As the city has grown, BEST is putting significant effort into expanding its transport options to accommodate increased demand for transportation. Key Objectives:a.... View Details

06 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Strategic Intelligence: Adapt or Die

our current strategy." Companies think strategic change is this huge process they have to go through. But if you regularly review what you are doing, then that keeps the tasks from getting bigger and bigger to the point where it gets overwhelming. Q: You cite... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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National Markets - The Art of American Advertising

along with the steamship and telegraph, also made possible the national distribution of products through an interconnected network of cities and towns. Singer Sewing Machines manufactured in New Jersey, for example, could now be shipped... View Details

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HBS - The year in Review

Boston Planning and Development Agency Soltan Bryce, Boston Medical Center Health System Sara Jetty, Whitney Museum of American Art Justin Kim, Social Finance Yogi Kurniawan, City of San Jose Mayor's Office Jake Mayo, View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

My First Job

promotions was not my thing. I wanted to make great records, not promote bad ones, so I kept going until I got the opportunity to do the thing I came to New York City to do: make iconic rap records. —Drew Dixon (MBA 2004) Hard Work and... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

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Recruiting Partners - Health Care

Carmot Therapeutics CCD International Cedars-Sinai Health System Celgene Corporation Cerner Corporation Cerulean Pharma Inc. Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Children's Hospital Boston Church & Dwight Co., Inc. Cigna City Health Works... View Details

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Online Business in Society Courses | HBS Online

programs, conducted by City Square Associates). Better overall experience (From a 2023 survey of prospective learners, conducted by City Square Associates). Related Content Limited Time Offer: Take Your... View Details

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Effects of Climate Change - Business & Environment

or adapting to climate change at the local, state, federal, and international levels Transform the sources of energy we rely on, how and where we grow food , the modes of transportation we use, the infrastructure of cities , and the... View Details

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General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

the World Economic Forum and Global Agenda Councils, 2016–2020. 2018 Laura Alfaro : Recipient of a Harvard China Fund Faculty Grant in 2018. Hubert Joly : Inducted into the Junior Achievement of the Upper-Midwest Business Hall of Fame in 2018. Hubert Joly : Named... View Details

26 Feb 2019
News

Building a New Real Estate Investment Model

short video following Davis at work in Philadelphia Philadelphia—like so many other major cities—has experienced a dramatic increase in housing values. The 19146 ZIP code, about a mile and a half from City Hall, experienced a 404 percent... View Details

18 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

Learning in Action

mock-ups of each piece of equipment placed on casters so that they could be moved easily. The learning process included elements of both competition and cooperation to ensure that Cardboard City produced a wide range of possible layouts... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin

13 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

Managers, Here’s How to Bond with New Hires Remotely

their performance or their ability to receive job offers? In the experiment, involving 1,370 summer interns in 16 cities where the company has offices, the researchers looked at three types of remote interactions: interns jumping on... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

08 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Building Effective R&D Capabilities Abroad

headquarters for Japan were located there and the company was already running some of its drug approval operations for the Japanese market out of Kobe. The city therefore was the logical choice. The team assigned an experienced Lilly... View Details

Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle

26 Jun 2023
Blog Post

ClimateCAP 2023 & ClimateCAP Fellowship

milestones. We have expanded into a team of six and will be spending time in Mexico City with our pilot project partners. I am excited to see where the summer will take me and can’t wait to catch up with the other ClimateCAP fellows soon! View Details

29 Feb 2024
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on Social Enterprise

their journeys before and during the MBA program. Sandra Tsikor (MBA 2025) Where is your hometown? I was raised in Tema, Ghana and moved to New York City when I was 8 years old. What was your pre-MBA industry and role? Prior to HBS, I... View Details

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Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Value of Business Education

McCulloch HBS 1917–1918 Clarksville, TX Harvard College, 1917 An alumnus of Andover Academy and Harvard College, Samuel McCulloch spent a year studying at HBS upon completion of his undergraduate degree. His career trajectory took him from Muskogee, Oklahoma, to New... View Details

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