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- 28 Mar 2019
- News
California Alumni Explore Role of Capitalism in Addressing Climate Change
community has failed,” she said. “If we want to solve climate change, we can. It's completely plausible to change. We have the technology to fix this problem. Electric and autonomous vehicles and ride View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 05 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Our Godrej Site Visit
across the country. If we must, we will adaptPrevention would be more apt Enlightened citizen participation,Enables mangrove conservation. These were wise—and catchy—words shared to our IFC India class by the Chairman of the Board at... View Details
- Profile
Marcela Sapone
the same idea as taking a concept and creating something with as few resources as possible.” Alfred is a technology-based, on-demand personal assistant service company that offers busy young professionals and even busier young... View Details
- Profile
James Reinhart
We are now scaling into the $20 millions and need to make sure we’re maintaining a great customer experience on both the buying and selling side at a time where consumers are getting used to on-demand services and same-day delivery. Give... View Details
- 23 Aug 2018
- News
Healthcare Alumni Keep Learning Through Virtual Programming
Healthcare Roundtables (VRTs) are available to members in real-time during the live speaking events or available after the events as on-demand recordings. Jon Puz (MBA 2008) Jon Puz (MBA 2008) “The HBSHAA VRT series was launched based on... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Two Kinds of Green
to its current home in Durham, North Carolina, in 1993 and focused exclusively on personal care; by 1998, its product line included more than 100 items and annual sales exceeded $8 million. In 2003, Quimby (who had bought out Shavitz ten years earlier) sold an 80... View Details
- Web
Year in Review | Annual Report 2024
at HBS. In FY24, ODEI shared the findings in nearly 70 meetings with faculty, staff, and students, helping to create a roadmap to address key areas of work such as learning, development, and dialogue. The survey results will guide efforts... View Details
- 11 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
E-Commerce Unplugged
Companies that spent decades understanding consumer-buying psychology traditionally assumed that specific products could satisfy discrete consumer needs. Now, they will need to define consumers by their fundamental life intentions (the life aspirations members of the... View Details
Keywords: by Nitin Nohria & Marty Leestma
- 05 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 5, 2016
where CEO wealth is sensitive to change in the share price, (2) where announced earnings are particularly likely to be an important source of information about managerial ability and effort, and (3) before implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- Web
Evolution of the Social Enterprise Conference | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
empirical sense of “what works” in solving them. As such, this year's programming revolves around sharing programmatic, organizational, and financial solutions for social enterprises at every level of sophistication, from startup to... View Details
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Content & Community for Students | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
internal experts to campus to speak on a variety of topics. And community : we hope that students can find a home with the SEC at HBS and develop friendships with students who share similar views and values. Sage: To add to that, I see... View Details
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Peter Harf, MBA 1974
cooking and washing for 14 people," he recalls. "She had tremendous energy. There was no money, but lots of love and happiness." As a boy, Harf shared a room with a great uncle, born in 1886, who instilled in him an avid interest in... View Details
- 01 Jul 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Airbnb Lesson for Startups? Success Takes More Than Technology
Investors riding the wave of technology public offerings have been waiting for a powerhouse debut from Airbnb, which logged its 500 millionth customer booking in March. After all, the home-sharing giant isn’t your typical unicorn. Unlike... View Details
- 06 Nov 2019
- Op-Ed
Torched Planet: The Business Case to Reinvent Almost Everything
catastrophe, suggests that the failure to acknowledge the risks posed by climate change means that the entire financial system is riding on a carbon “bubble” that will cause havoc when it bursts. Why have we been so slow to respond? Even... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Making a World of Difference
Alan B. Slifka On a bus in Israel, two seven-year-old boys talk about their interest in sports. One makes a joke, the other laughs. The boys, one Jewish, one Arab, are new friends. They met at a day camp designed to bring two of the world's most strife-ridden groups... View Details
- 17 Sep 2018
- Blog Post
My Summer as a Venture Capitalist
tap a Core Partner who has experience running sales teams who will support the company for a few hours a month, or even take a more active role if needed. To align incentives with the founders, shares are given to Core Partners from... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Fine Print: Alumni Recommend Their Best Reads
Humankind, by Yuval Noah Harari I found myself frequently searching Google for things I read about in the book, which extended the time it took to read it, but I always view this as a great sign. Among the highlights for me: We all share... View Details
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Past Issues - Alumni
Madeleine! How vision, perseverance, and many blocks of real Normandy butter created a new model for French manufacturing Complete Table of Contents September 2016 The Taxi Wars of Jakarta How two alumni-founded on-demand View Details
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Values Matter—No Matter Where You Are | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
share it with the rest of the world.” Shilla Kim-Parker, MBA 2009 Topics Nonprofit Strategy & Governance More Impact Stories A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations Mizuho Kanai 2018 While Mizuho Kanai (MBA 2018) was fulfilling her summer... View Details
- 19 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 19
share of female candidates from major political parties in the subsequent election. This stems mainly from an increased probability that previous women candidates contest again, an important margin in India where a substantial number of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne