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- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Alumni Books
The Decline & Fall of Europe by Francesco M. Bongiovanni (MBA 1980) (Palgrave Macmillan) Bongiovanni gives an overview of the intractable challenges Europe faces today: the unsustainability of current entitlement levels, the question of... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Cleveland Global Alumni Conference a Sold-Out Success
investment in math and physical sciences. Moving on to challenges Merck has faced, Gilmartin explained that new drug discovery tools have increased the speed at which its competitors can introduce new products to the marketplace, even as... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Editor's Letter
Illustration by Antonio Giovanni Pinna Illustration by Antonio Giovanni Pinna Change is hard. I am reminded of this every time I get a new laptop and there are new, generational expectations that require me to hunt down videos of overly caffeinated youths walking me... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Making a Difference in the World
“greatest challenge ”Bloomberg quote. Foreword, C40 Carbon Disclosure Project 2011 p. 34 All C40 data C40 web site http://www.c40cities.org/ “Mayors can’t just talk ”Bloomberg quote (NYT 6/2/11) “Ancient Rome Baghdad London.”. From... View Details
- 30 Jan 2021
- News
Finding a Fresh Approach to Dry Cleaning
many finish at half that number.” Simon, who earned a degree in engineering and worked in the manufacturing arm of a family business after his MBA, calls dry cleaning “the most challenging industry I have been involved in.” The full... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Faculty Books
looks at the emergence of capitalism and democracy as systems of economic and political governance and considers how they may be both mutually supportive and antagonistic. Chapters on the theory and history of these systems challenge the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
HBS Students Mentor Kids
with his self-esteem, and he in turn helped me learn how to relate to someone facing a different set of challenges in life. Fortunately, I’m staying on in the Boston area, so Richie and I can still get together.” For more information,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Faculty Books
in the Media Age by Steven Rosefielde & D. Quinn Mills (Cambridge University Press) Professor Mills and his coauthor assert that the United States will confront a series of fundamental challenges posed by terrorism, Russia, China, and the... View Details
- 29 Apr 2016
- News
The First Five Years: Kelly McKenna (MBA 2015)
are the most enjoyable and most challenging parts of your job? “I enjoy watching our team continually bring new things to life, together; learn from mistakes; and gain comfort and trust with one another. I feel really lucky to have... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
International Energy Agency’s chief economist announce that 2010 saw the largest annual rise in carbon emissions in history. So just how hot is it? Climate change, Bloomberg says, is “the greatest challenge that humanity has ever created... View Details
- 02 Dec 2016
- News
The Story Behind the Stories
Marines looked at me with, kind of, that same expression, like you don't know anything. Of course, women have been out there for years. And I took that as a challenge because I think every great book, every great story starts with a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
The School’s Immersion Experience Programs challenge MBAs with active, cross-cultural learning situations around the globe, from Silicon Valley to China to Europe. An on-the-ground report from Mexico’s smallest villages and its... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Where Innovation Rules
incubators of innovation. Issue Focus: Innovation Innovating in Your Business Will This Alum Change Education? HBS Simulations Go High-Tech A Lesson in Israeli Entrepreneurship In the modern era, beginning after World War II, business’s status quo has been View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Mandela in Triumph at Harvard
"The greatest single challenge facing our globalized world is to combat and eradicate its disparities," Mandela said. Asserting that the current worldwide economic crisis calls in to question conventional free-market economic theory, he... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Exploring Asia at the Crossroads
The 1999 Harvard Asia Business Conference, held at HBS in early February, again lived up to its billing as Harvard University's largest student-run conference. This year's event, "Asia at the Crossroads: Challenges and Opportunities,"... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
covered in Parts 2 and 3 to specific, challenging boardroom conversations: for example, giving critical feedback to the CEO or handling a difficult media conversation. Delivering Alpha: Lessons from 30 Years of Outperforming Investment... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Leadership: Getting Down to Fundamentals
exchange of ideas. And next year we’ll hold a follow-up conference on whether leadership can be taught. Are leadership qualities the same as they’ve always been? The world is crying out for a different type of leader. The challenges we... View Details
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- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Case Study: Off to a Fine Art
bulk rental contract and the unit economics work, then you likely have PMF, and it probably makes sense to purchase the inventory required to service these bulk rental contracts. —Sean Eldridge (MBA 2009) Got a case? To take part in a future “Case Study,” send an... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Case Study: Confidence Builder
protected market share and revenue stream, at least in the beginning. —Lei Huang (PLDA 22, 2016) Got a case? To take part in a future “Case Study,” send an outline of your company’s challenge to bulletin@hbs.edu Case Study Update LovePop... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Case Study: Sneak Peak
company needed to launch a second flavor to expand its market and cross this threshold, but the capital required to scale-up a second product would challenge the team’s financial resources. The cofounders decided that to make money, you... View Details