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Site Credits - A Chronicle of the China Trade

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21 Mar 2024
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OC Alumni Get Clarity on AI; Inequality and Climate Change Explored in DC

to bring together alumni who are working on climate solutions and make sure they can connect with each other and with the school.” For more information about the Alumni in Climate Networking Series and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

22 Apr 2021
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Leading for a Better World in Boston; Virtual Event Showcases Japan Fellowship

would produce even if there wasn’t a pandemic, as it is another chance for alumni to find inspiration. “This is about truly authentic leadership stories, from people whose work is amazing,” says Driscoll. “Coming from HBS, we are the establishment. We have the View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

March 2006 (Revised December 2009)
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Skype

By: Peter A. Coles and Thomas R. Eisenmann

Presents eBay's rationale for its $2.6 billion acquisition in late 2005 of Skype, a fast growing voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) provider. Describes Skype's history, technology, business model, and competition, as well as government regulation of VoIP services. View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Model; Communication Technology; Growth and Development Strategy; Network Effects; Competitive Strategy; Internet and the Web; Information Infrastructure; Telecommunications Industry

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Georges F. Doriot: Educating Leaders, Building Companies

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Predoctoral Experience | Research Associates

As an RA, you'll work directly with faculty who are leaders in their fields. This mentorship fosters academic growth, enhances technical skills, and provides valuable guidance for your future research pursuits. They are a great source of inspiration and View Details

16 Dec 2013
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A first semester reflection

dedicated interview period in January, so I spent a lot of my time at company presentations and coffee chats, trying to gather as much information as possible about all the firms I’m interested in to help narrow down my search. I wasn’t... View Details

07 Feb 2005
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How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders

analyze their own companies and how they create next-generation executives. And execs early in their work lives should use this information to think long and hard about the first companies they join. Says Higgins: "Understanding the... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

10 Apr 2006
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Lessons from the Browser Wars

average person to access information on servers around the world. As a tool for exploring how standards are set when new technologies hit the market, the browser wars exhibit many features we like to study: competition between two viable... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Computer; Consumer Products; Technology

September 2021 (Revised December 2021)
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Telepass: From Tolling to Mobility Platform

By: Chiara Farronato, Stefano Denicolai and Sarah Mehta

Telepass, until very recently the sole processor of electronic toll payments on Italy’s highways, has ambitions beyond tolling. Since the mid-2010s, the company has been expanding into adjacent services. In 2017, Telepass launched TelepassPay—a mobile payment... View Details

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05 Aug 2016
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Accelerating Change on Medicine’s Final Frontier

visibility, to a network of peers. Many of them felt isolated.” Amadio sensed these challenges were not unique to neuroscience startups, and he began looking at the consumer software sector to see how innovation there seemed to happen so... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

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Philipp Schäelli

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I wanted to do an MBA for three main reasons: 1) Making the next step in my career, 2) Broaden my academic footing and 3) Expand my network of friends that follow a business career. From... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity; Financial Services

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Credential of Digital Innovation and Strategy | HBS Online

and HBS Online Facebook page for information about upcoming conferences and webinars featuring faculty, or join the HBS Online Community to build your network and connect with other business professionals in... View Details

22 Feb 2022
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The Well-Healed Athlete

science, but there are tools out there that, if applied to this area of research, can lead to major breakthroughs.” That’s why she and her husband donated $220 million to launch the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance, a collaborative View Details

Keywords: April White; Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade

01 Mar 2015
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We Have Liftoff

HBS entrepreneurs who want to remain plugged into the Harvard network after graduation have a new home on campus. The Launch Lab—located directly across from the i-lab on Western Avenue—is now open to startups with recent alumni from any... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Rental and Leasing Services; Real Estate

15 Aug 2024
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Learning from Mistakes and Leveraging Personal Experiences: Tiffany Kent (MBA 2001)

lost edge in the stock market, and disillusionment with the game of investing left me with feelings of inner turmoil and a loss of direction. All of which was aggravated by feeling that I lacked a supportive network as one of the few... View Details

26 Mar 2013
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Facebook's other first lady

Keywords: social media; Information; Information; Information

01 Apr 1997
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Critical Information: MIS Monitors the Ever-Changing World of IT

The following article is the ninth in a series on the activities and research taking place in each academic unit at HBS. The information technology (IT) industry, for which rapid change has been a constant for decades, has reached another... View Details

Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb

01 Jun 2012
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Around the World

the world? And how do we make sure that our students, when they graduate, are equipped to operate in a global world?” Out of that questioning emerged a strategy that remains unique among US business schools. Beginning in the mid-1990s, HBS set out to develop a View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2022
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December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

approach your most vexing problems. Both/And Thinking is featured in Ink: Comfort in Discomfort. The Everyman’s Guide to Ethernet/IP Network Design By John S. Rinaldi and Gary Workman (MBA 1982) Independently Published In this... View Details

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