Attractions - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 2002
News

If You're #1, Watch Out

required to achieve better and better results. When the product the customers use isn't good enough, its architecture is proprietary and its manufacturers make money. When it's more than good enough, its architecture becomes modular, built around industry standards,... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

21 Sep 2016
News

Ideas with Economic and Social Impact

Corporation (IFC) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Her report, Financing High-Growth Firms, the Role of Angel Investors, written for and published by the OECD in 2011, has attracted interest from... View Details

17 Dec 2015
News

Design Thinking: Hands-On Learning At The Harvard Innovation Lab

original Design Thinking and Innovation course in fall 2012 attracted some 200 applicants from across the University for the elective’s 50 seats. The course has now expanded to three sections. Buoyed by the increasing interest in the... View Details

01 Dec 2014
News

The Far-Reaching Impact of Fellowships

half of these voices might never have the chance to be heard at HBS. Some 600 fellowships established by donors—in addition to gifts of all sizes made to the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation—enable the School to attract students... View Details

Keywords: fellowships

01 Sep 2003
News

Lessons from Everest

Fifty years ago, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first men to stand atop Mount Everest, a symbol of challenge and achievement whose allure — some would call it a fatal attraction — has only increased since then. A week before... View Details

Keywords: Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Jules S. Bache

Company. He helped to attract middle-class investors to the brokerage business and prior to World War I, Bache & Company maintained the largest private wire system in the United States. View Details

Keywords: Finance

01 Mar 2010
News

Cyberposium 15

Last November’s Cyberposium, titled “Navigating the Digital Storm,” marked the fifteenth anniversary of what many call the premier on-campus tech gathering in the United States. Organized by the HBS student-run TechMedia Club, the event View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

28 Nov 2016
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: Wayfair

merchandising, easy product discovery and attractive prices for over 7 million products from over 7,000 suppliers across five distinct brands: Wayfair.com, Joss & Main, AllModern, DwellStudio and Birch Lane. Our cofounders are... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

Profile

Hunter Goble

reputation, he visited three times. “Once I spent time with the students here, I realized that they weren’t as different from me as I thought; they were regular people with ambitions similar to my own. I was also attracted to a bigger... View Details

01 Dec 2007
News

A Call to Innovation

future; bankrolls ambitious research and experiments; reinvents the way we educate our young people; and aligns federal, state, and local agendas. The result, Kao believes, will be to recharge “the magnetism of openness and opportunity that has historically View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Telecommunications; Information; Management

18 Sep 2014
News

Room to grow: global expansion in the middle ground

and regions that offer an opportunity multinationals don’t find attractive and local companies don’t adequately address. Then they penetrate this middle ground in ways that won’t immediately trigger a response,” he says. In recent years,... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Student turns family health crisis into online solution

incorporate appropriate care pathways into CareSolver. The company has attracted favorable interest including winning $20,000 and second place in Harvard’s Deans Health and Life Sciences Challenge, and has received residency in HBS’s... View Details

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Lessons from History - Creating Emerging Markets

also attracted prominent scholars, including Gita Piramal, Mahesh Vyas, Chinmay Tumbe, and Shekhar Shah, and leading corporate archivists, including Vrunda Vrunda Pathare, Rajib Lochan Sahoo, and Usha Iyer. Over 120 guests were in... View Details

01 Feb 2000
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

at 40 percent), proactively publicize the School's Web site and add new features that will attract more alumni to the site, and develop push technology allowing alumni to subscribe to specific online offerings. Last year, the committee... View Details

Keywords: Edmund A. Hajim (MBA '64)

15 Jun 2021
News

HBS Addresses Racial Equity

Kathleen McGinn, senior associate dean for Faculty Strategy and Recruiting. A key goal of the program is to increase the amount and depth of research conducted at HBS on diversity, equity, and inclusion. We hope to attract to this... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Mar 2010
News

You Have to Save to Win

$25 saved. Aside from better odds, the program offers something much more tangible for thrill-seeking lotto players: money in the bank. Since its launch in January 2009, Save to Win has attracted $3.8 million in new deposits from almost... View Details

Keywords: Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

11 May 2020
Op-Ed

Immigration Policies Threaten American Competitiveness

quality of innovation, and reaching international customers. Our alumni warned us, however, that this important competitive advantage is at risk. A majority believe the current political rhetoric around immigration is harming their organization’s ability to View Details

Keywords: by William R. Kerr

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Improve Decision-Making in Hiring: Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them - Recruiting

problem-solving, innovation, and thoughtful strategic planning . Furthermore, studies have shown that talented candidates seek out diverse work environments . Overcoming unconscious bias in your hiring has a ripple effect of building an exceptional team that View Details

10 Jan 2020
Blog Post

Know Your Audience - Recruiting HBS Students for Retail

makes them important partners for retail companies seeking to attract and retain talent. What Students Want HBS student interest in retail has remained steady over the past five years with approximately 3% of the class joining the... View Details