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- 03 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Facebook’s Future
recently celebrated its tenth anniversary, and for much of that time, Facebook's stunning growth—more than 1.2 billion users worldwide—has been the story. That said, the core Facebook functionalities have remained essentially unchanged... View Details
Keywords: by Mikolaj Piskorski
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship in Europe
others. The flip side of that, he said, is joy in the success of others, where "immediately, where one succeeds, the other members of the community celebrate because they believe that means they, too, can be on the road to... View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
- 05 Jun 2017
- News
Women on Boards: A Course Becomes a Movement
value for the program participants.” Groysberg’s leadership of the W50 celebration in 2013, marking 50 years of women’s admission to the full-time MBA Program at HBS, combined with his recent case study on the rand* construction company... View Details
Keywords: Margaret Kelley
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
second largest e-commerce company by gross merchandise volume (GMV) after Alibaba, had expanded rapidly from 2012 to 2016. When the company celebrated its 13th birthday in 2017, Richard Liu, its founder, deliberated on the company’s... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
and food habits to marriage and old age, from music and language to celebrities and censorship, he looks at over a hundred ads to study how the Indian consumer has changed over the past five decades and how advertising and society have... View Details
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
if successful, would not only mark a dramatic change for the company but would also serve as a test case for executive pay reform in the whole United Kingdom. Should they go ahead? How would a second failure to get shareholders’ approval be recorded in the chronicle of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Where Does Apple Go From Here?
Apple Computer knows how to make headlines. The company is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Macintosh and is enjoying the fruits of its launch into the digital entertainment business. In its December quarter, Apple sold 730,000... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Mar 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
When Your Classmate is an NBA Superstar (or Fashion Model, or Movie Actress)
Boston. Elberse is remaining mum on celebrities planning to attend the next session in order to protect their privacy. Participants sign up to learn strategies for launching creative products, managing talent, coping with advances in... View Details
- 26 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
When Other Companies Compete Like Crazy, Dare to Be Different
after category, achieved their success simply by figuring out a way to be radically and dramatically different from the rest of the crowd. The idea in the book is not only to celebrate these mavericks; it is to deconstruct and demystify... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The View from the Pit
Illustration by Steve Bjorkman When the Class of 1974 returns to campus to celebrate its 25th Reunion, at least three of its members won't have far to travel. From their base of operations at Soldiers Field, faculty members and classmates... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 22 May 2020
- Blog Post
Reflections on Service - Armed Forces Alumni Association Student Profiles
allowed me to serve with sailors who made me a stronger, better person. My sailors and I faced challenging missions comprised of sleepless nights and difficult decisions. We celebrated our happiest moments and shared our toughest... View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
cash to pay suppliers. I felt stupid for failing within a year, but performed a detailed post-mortem analysis and identified the reasons for my failure as poor business capitalization and lack of a well-defined business strategy. Bill Gates once said, “It is fine to... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 20 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Maybe Uber isn't God's Gift to Mankind
lies in the past. As a cautionary tale with a twist of hope for the future, Edelman reminds us of a company that had a lot in common with Uber: It was a celebrated California startup; it offered groundbreaking peer-to-peer technology; it... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Alumni Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books 20+ Years of Urban Rebuilding: Lessons from the Revival of Lower Manhattan after 9/11 By Patrice Derrington (MBA 1991) and Rosemary Scanlon (PMD 42, 1981) Routledge Following the destruction of the World Trade Center and the... View Details
- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
Geradin Abstract—Many of the largest and most successful businesses today rely on providing services at no charge to at least a portion of their users. For consumers, it is easy to celebrate free service. At least in the short term, free... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Nov 2017
- News
The Business of Social Justice
Keeper, a faith-inspired humanitarian organization that partners with South Sudanese women in support of social, political, and economic justice. In 2016, Brooks and a friend spent four days hiking the 26-mile Inca Trail in Peru to View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
highlights that the level of local banking competition is key to determining which organizational structure provides better lending terms for small businesses. Read the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-101.pdf The Economic Value of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Seen and Unseen | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
German financial connections. This album also contains 35 photographic portraits of prominent German financiers who supported the construction of the Northern Pacific Railway. It was presented to Henry Villard by the German delegation attending the View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
August afternoon marks their first meeting in real life. They celebrate with elbow bumps and a hurried hug or two before everyone squeezes into the elevator for the trip to the sixth floor. The doors open to the welcoming scene of the... View Details
- 15 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
The Social Enterprise Initiative at HBS
work with leaders who are committed to driving change and creating impact that spans all three. In its 25th anniversary year, the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative celebrated its pioneering role as the first business school to have a... View Details