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- 13 May 2014
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Inside Africa
considered the ownership of Africa.com to be a tremendous opportunity and responsibility,” she says. “I thought that, when I retired, which I imagined would be a long time from now, I would turn it into this great platform to tell the... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Dean Clark Reflects on the School’s Key Initiatives
the world. Professor David Garvin, for example, developed a multimedia case — in real-time — that followed the newly appointed CEO of a local medical center as he attempted to turn around the organization. Professor Michael Porter... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Good Odds
Behn says it became critical that the service also expand its offerings to include the full range of products that shoppers put in their cart each week. But offering meat, dairy, and pantry items without sacrificing the company’s commitment to reducing waste View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Case Study: Up in the Air
role of your suppliers’ resources? End users are paranoid about being left with customized code that they are highly dependent upon and no one to turn to if that supplier somehow disappears or goes out of business. Credibility is... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Case Study: Sneak Peak
that mixing one full serving of vegetables with chocolate milk could disguise the vegetable taste, creating a creamy chocolate milk shake that could offer parents a sneaky way to deliver vegetable nutrition to their kids. Sneakz Organic was born. The Sneakz team View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President’s Report
because of them. Thank you, Ed, for all you’ve done on behalf of HBS and its alumni. Kudos, too, to Susan Luick Good (MBA ’71), whose term as president is up and who leaves very large shoes to fill. Susan stays on as past president for another two years, and I know I... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Ruling from the Bench
time. The decision was practical and personal: Her goal upon graduation was to land a well-paying job to support her fiancé through law school; once he’d completed his degree, it would be her turn to attend. The engagement ended, but... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Judith R. Haberkorn, 111th AMP, 1992
for women to think more about their marriage prospects than their business future. Nevertheless, Haberkorn walked into the Baltimore employment office of the AT&T-owned Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. of Maryland and landed a job in the telecommunications industry... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Greylock
concentrate on developmental capital and buyouts. If that worked, we could turn our attention to brand-new ventures later on, which we did." "We started out as generalists," says Waite. "All through the '60s and '70s, there wasn't a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Six Receive 2017 HBS Alumni Achievement Award
top of the curve, the learnings are humility and a sense of proportion. Because the thing you know is you’re coming down. At the bottom of the curve, what you know is it will turn again.” Long-Term Investment “If you can get people to... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
A Piece of the Action
there is an audible buzz—the sound of deals being made. Over coffee and fresh bread, someone with an idea and someone with the knowledge, money, or connection to turn that idea into a reality are hatching a deal that might just change the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
A New Platform for Alumni Engagement
Lakhani co-directs, and the HBS Digital Initiative, led by its director, David Homa. Platforms such as the Learning Network will amplify the Institute’s work, explains Stefan Esposito, senior director of the Learning Network. “It will View Details
Keywords: April White
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Q&A: The Post-Pandemic Path
previous financial crisis. “Thankfully, things turned out dramatically different from what we expected,” adds Greenwood. Here, he discusses the scientific, business, and government response that prevented the predictions from becoming a... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 19 May 2020
- News
Exploring the Economics of a Pandemic; Alumni Forums Draw Closer Online
the usual monthly group gatherings, alumni are turning to their now-virtual forums for deeper connection and reassurance. “Alums are valuing Forum now more than ever,” says Halperin. “They’ve all moved to virtual meetings and attendance... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
thinking, translating his insights into practice and correcting the most common misconceptions about them. Guide to Managing Growth: Turning Success into Even Bigger Success by Rupert Merson (PMD 71, 1996) (Wiley) Successful growth... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Giving Amazon the Boot
When the coronavirus pandemic led many brick-and-mortar retailers to close their doors, consumers turned to online shopping in record numbers—US ecommerce sales rose by 31.8 percent between the first and second quarter of 2020 to $211.5... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
March 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
skyscrapers stifle most breezes and often divert the wind, my constant companion in west Texas, where I grew up. Even with decades of city living behind me, most of my recollections involve the wind shaping the twists and turns in my... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Rahul Bajaj, MBA 1964
supply-chain management, turning to outsourcing for almost every component used on the assembly line and relying on just-in-time deliveries several times a day. "We went through the difficult process of winnowing our major suppliers from... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Higher Ground
as president of a steel company before turning to the stage. “[Education] was not so much about, you know, doing well to get a good job. I guess that’s in everybody’s mind, but I always saw it as an incredible intellectual challenge.”... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Crash Pad
each floor—“and lots of little cubicles on the inside. Turning those into units with light is not at all easy to do.” Still, post-pandemic trends are reshaping commercial real estate markets in ways that favor repurposing at least some... View Details