Foundations - Publications - Faculty & Research

Brittany Davis

Technologies, while completing an MBA at Harvard Business School. She gained experience supporting entrepreneurs as an Associate at Techstars and as a Mentor at Startup Jamaica, built a solid foundation in finance working at Bank of... View Details

Portrait Project

Amy McGowan

doctorate in genetics. Education allowed him to live the American Dream. The stories of my great-great-grandparents and Dad embody America's greatest strength – access to opportunities to improve one's own life. I am concerned that my country's View Details

George H. Hartford

Expanding beyond its initial base of imported tea products, Hartford established one of the largest chains of grocery stores, The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (A&P) in the United States. Hartford was an early proponent of advertising premium “give-aways”... View Details

Keywords: Retail

01 Jun 1997
News

Competition and Strategy Unit at HBS Sets Pace In Its Field

the theoretical foundations of competitive positioning and sustained competitive advantage fits into this area. He explores these topics in his seminar on Competition and Competitiveness as well as in a recent Harvard Business Review... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

Portrait Project

Annie Fulton

toolbox—filled with real tools—for Christmas. My project-rich childhood laid the foundation for a lifelong passion for envisioning and creating something out of nothing. With time and experience, the scale of what I could build increased.... View Details

Career Coach

Rena Clark

foundation to support students and young alumni as they explore their career options and make informed decisions about their futures. Work Experience: Laurel Oak Capital Partners (PE Independent Sponsor & Investor), GenNx360 Capital... View Details

Career Coach

Phil Wong

operational foundation for running healthcare practices. Prior to pivoting into healthcare, Phil was a portfolio manager at a fund of hedge funds managing $1Bn+ on behalf of pension plans and insurance companies. His investing role... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Corporate Finance; Financial Services (All); Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Health Care; Startup - Founder; Entrepreneurship

Portrait Project

Justin Ernest

understand. There were times when it took me ten seconds to utter three words. I found a way to succeed in most scenarios, but this time would be different. I was about to attend an institution whose foundation is built upon... View Details

Web

Shared Value Initiative - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

global corporations, nonprofits, and foundations committed to creating shared value between business and society. Commitment to Action The Shared Value Initiative brings together leaders from companies, civil society, and governments to... View Details

Web

Student Life | MBA

student clubs. Clubs & Associations Community A truly diverse student body is the foundation of the HBS experience: interaction inside and outside the classroom is enriched by classmates representing a variety of industries, countries,... View Details

Web

Using Oral History in Business and Management Studies - Creating Emerging Markets

materials for teaching in different institutional contexts in Europe, India, Latin America, and the United States. Each session included time for discussion and debate to lay the foundation for a community of scholars exchanging ideas on... View Details

Web

Yoan Capote Naturaleza Urbana 2012 | About

Biennale in 2011, and Naturaleza Urbana previously was on view at Art Basel Miami Beach in 2017. Yoan Capote has received numerous awards including an International Fellowship Grant from the Guggenheim Foundation, a UNESCO Prize, and a Pollock-Krasner View Details

04 Sep 2014
News

Our focus was to get drug companies to invest money in ALS

could convince them that ALS is a good investment, market forces will do more than all the ALS foundations worldwide can do.” In 2011 and 2012, Prize4Life awarded million-dollar prizes for tests that measure the disease’s progression... View Details

Web

Kresge Way | About

Kresge and the generosity of the Foundation over the years, and to keep Kresge in the lexicon of the Business School campus, the School renamed “East Drive” to “Kresge Way” in 2014. Funds for the construction of Kresge Hall were donated... View Details

Web

Founding Donors - HBS Online

We gratefully acknowledge the following donors who, through their generous support, are helping extend the reach of the transformational educational experience of Harvard Business School. Howard Cox, MBA 1969 Paul B. Edgerley, MBA 1983, and Sandra M. Edgerley, MBA 1989... View Details

Fast Answer

R&D expenditures: Companies

in Company Code. Under Variable Types, scroll down to XRD - Research and Development Expense Select Submit Request. For a broader look at company R&D and/or rankings, see:... View Details

14 Oct 2014
News

Sailing lessons give disabled children and adults greater life skills

and foundations as well as individual donors, serves 1,000 people a year. “In life it’s hard to achieve a goal that’s so big, by yourself,” he says. “You bring people together with similar disabilities and they will figure out how to... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Giving hope and inspiration to cancer patients around the globe

Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) and the Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium. The MMRF built the first multi-center myeloma tissue bank, became the first to sequence the myeloma genome, and launched the MMRF CoMMpass Study to... View Details

01 Sep 2007
News

Ideas against AIDS

Viravaidya, aka “Mr. Condom,” has been battling AIDS for three decades and recently was awarded $1 million by the Gates Foundation for his work. As a visiting scholar at Harvard in the late 1980s, Viravaidya was frustrated by academia’s... View Details

Keywords: AIDS & HIV; activism; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2010
News

A Smooth Stretch

is a certified yoga instructor, has created a foundation to help spread yoga teaching and practice throughout society, including among at-risk youth. Said Hanna, “I wanted to build a brand that inspires people to be the best versions of... View Details

Keywords: Yoga; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing

Publications