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- 01 Mar 2008
- News
HBS Records an “Excellent” Year
$2.8 billion on June 30, 2007, contributed $7 million to revenue growth. The market value of the HBS endowment and current use funds has grown at a compound annual rate of 16.1 percent for the past five years. For the first time in the School’s history, endowment View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Cup Runneth Over
non-sponsor companies. For example, at the 2006 Cup in Germany, a Dutch brewery distributed to Dutch fans thousands of pairs of lederhosen of the same orange color worn by their team. Because Budweiser was an official Cup partner, and... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Water for Life
for reliable, affordable water service. Nearly two of every three gallons of water pumped through the dilapidated distribution system were lost or stolen. Desperate for a remedy, the Philippine government invited the private sector to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Ideas in Action
trust enhances performance.” She cites two kinds of trust-building interaction among distributed colleagues. “Direct knowledge” is gained from visits to distant collaborators’ work sites, in-person contact with them, and observation of... View Details
- 29 Apr 2021
- News
Equal Partner
world and a smart investment. “Women and diverse-led companies are highly profitable, yet undercapitalized,” she says. “A perfect arbitrage investment scenario.” Among the seven companies in the WOCstar portfolio are Zero, a plastic-free, direct-to-consumer online... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
New Releases
American and European MNCs. Writing for managers who seek to boost firm performance and for academics interested in organizational design, the authors detail how MNCs can fully tap the value creation potential of their globally View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Making A Difference: HBS Club of Puget Sound Reaches Out to Young Alumni
Northwest Harvest, Washington’s largest food bank, to help distribute food to people in need in Seattle. “It’s important for the club to give back to the community,” notes Kwiker, who also feels the event provided members with a memorable... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Alumni Clubs Click with New Web Services
in communicating with our constituents and in distributing information,” says Rena Clark (MBA ’90), the association’s vice president. “Our members are all over the world. We depend on the technology to help us meet our goals and stay... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Jeremiah P. Murphy, Jr.
merchandise while sharing in the store's profits through an annually distributed rebate. Membership dues today are $1.00 per year, actually half of what they were in 1882. Despite an abiding respect for the Coop's storied past, Murphy... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Powering Up
GILER: A better way, through wireless. Suzanne Kreiter/Boston Globe/Landov Nothing seems to hold back the tech revolution — nothing except all those batteries, wires, cables, and other impedimenta that are always running out of power, getting tripped over, becoming... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Group Therapy: The Role of Business Groups in Emerging Economies
nation’s infrastructure. They boost entrepreneurship by supplying seed capital for budding entrepreneurs, providing a range of support activities, and assisting in the distribution and marketing of goods and services. And if an... View Details
- 28 Feb 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Omowale Casselle (MBA 2009)
protagonist coming in and talking about how things went, my team and I get to see the decision play out in the immediate future." What are the best and most challenges parts of this job? "The best part is that we have identified an opportunity—interactive sample View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
intentions and a sense of loyalty to a local organization. As for the foundations that distributed billions to nonprofits, they rarely held their beneficiaries accountable for results. Just as result-driven thinking entered the business... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
system. In August 2020, Mercy Corps handed over the management of the system and its distribution network to the local utility company. (Ezra Millstein/Mercy Corps) On a Wednesday afternoon in early August, McKenna is Zooming from her... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Savings and Loam
distributes grass-fed beef and other sustainably produced meats to customers across New York and New England. “And by that, I mean companies that have anything interesting to say about social and environmental impacts.” Cummings has a few... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
"welcome officer"; generate a list of alumni working at top search firms and distribute the list to clubs to enhance their career resources; and include all club officers in e-mails that are sent to club presidents. Global Alumni... View Details
Keywords: Edmund A. Hajim (MBA '64)
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Case Study: Bionic Banking
result in higher consumer costs and less agility. Alpha Architect’s focus on staying lean and minimizing distribution allows it to serve an account at almost any level, no longer needing to manage $1 million accounts to be profitable. The... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Case Study: Power Nappy
82 percent of all consumer purchases still made in retail and a time-starved customer segment, I’d strongly encourage Saigal to consider expanding her distribution model. It is truly the brand’s job to be available, not the customer’s... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Latest Model
was booming: The price of bitcoin had surged to nearly $20,000; governments were beginning to recognize the cryptocurrency as legal tender; and industries from fintech to pharma were launching blockchain-related projects. (Though best known as the View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Capitalizing the Corner Shop
inventory, meet payroll, or make some improvements to your business,” says Kehinde. “So all the data points we collect are around that, the team we hired are experts in that, and the technology we built is based on that.” Lidya has granted more than 10,000 loans in the... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell