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- 06 Oct 2022
- News
Untapped Potential
water entrepreneurship ecosystem is lagging behind other sectors that are on focused climate and sustainability—led Ferguson to found Burnt Island Ventures in 2020. The company invests exclusively in entrepreneurs building technologies... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Agenda: Frank Lorenzo (MBA 1963)
fares, “Peanut Fares,” to unfriendly acquisitions—that helped the company survive. “Deregulation bred a very different kind of management. Suddenly, managers could see there were opportunities to be creative.” “In my first appearance in... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 12 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
Can Our Parenting Struggles Make Us Better Leaders?
its culture as an amalgam of “freedom and responsibility.” By freedom, the company doesn’t mean a free-for-all. Yes, workers have the freedom to express opposing viewpoints, and they also have wide leeway with their vacation and travel... View Details
- 27 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Buy Big, Sell Small
were motivated to try ApnaKlub’s data-based fixes to unprecedented sourcing and transport problems. “We got our foothold because we could help when no one else had solutions,” Shruti says. After rapid growth over the last two years,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
James McNerney Jr.
Island native Jim McNerney (MBA ’75). Later, his résumé would include stints at blue-chip companies like Procter & Gamble, McKinsey & Co., and General Electric, where he led various divisions of the multinational giant (including GE... View Details
- 07 Dec 1999
- Research & Ideas
Henry Heinz and Brand Creation in the Late Nineteenth Century
percent for the next two decades; these statistics are the products of modern economic analysis. 52 Heinz Preserved Sweet Onions and Pearl Onions usedin a 1910 company publication But the young entrepreneur had done business in a number... View Details
Keywords: by Nancy F. Koehn
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
An Excerpt from The Innovator’s Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care
changes. As an illustration, when color television was invented, nobody would buy color TVs because no network was broadcasting in color. And networks would not broadcast in color because nobody owned color... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
her yard. Interested in a “green” career post-HBS, she found it difficult to locate the alumni and networking opportunities that would provide a leg up on the job hunt, so she joined forces with Fishman to create an alumni organization to... View Details
- Career Coach
Nate Le
Nate wanted to help students leverage their network and expertise to find the right roles that align with them in tech. He had prior work experience in Corporate Finance, Fintech and Web3 in both mature View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Innovation: The Fish-Farming Fix
team of four experts in fields such as biochemistry, molecular biology, and electrical engineering from Harvard, MIT, and the University of Massachusetts. Just three years into developing a proprietary freezing process, they’ve already made a serious splash in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Everything Old Is a New Opportunity
Johnston says these four companies represent the variety of start-ups Aging2.0 is working with: Sabi improves day-to-day life by rethinking the most commonly used products and tools to elevate everyday moments with superior functionality... View Details
- Web
Diversity on Boards - Race, Gender & Equity
Diversity on Boards Diversity on Boards Board Diversity Network The HBS Board Diversity Network connects HBS alumni from underrepresented groups with corporate board opportunities. By leveraging the global... View Details
- Web
Wartime Innovation - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
accommodate three pairs of socks, and durable enough to withstand cold weather. Doriot relied on his vast network of contacts in diverse industries as well. He recruited Monsanto and Dow Chemical Company to... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Siebel Addresses HBS Northern California Club
large part to its founder's emphasis on customer relations over shareholder value. Today, Siebel has over eight thousand employees in more than 34 countries. Fortune magazine ranked the company second in its 2001 listing of the "100... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Closing the 'Network Gap'
alma mater and the companies I’ve worked at, I was only exacerbating the network gap.” Schrier, who is white, had met Hu virtually through the HBS network prior to their first... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 10 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Become a Value Creator
at Alghanim Industries, one of the largest multibusiness companies in the Middle East. Hall previously served as EVP and then interim CEO of the company, and is now an adviser. "You will never succeed until you become a good team... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Action Plan: Portfolio Strategy
varied work people often aspire to achieve at the end of their career, Gillani says. “Well, why wait?” How to: Build a Portfolio Career Create the space. Choose roles with companies that provide the time and space to pursue skill-building... View Details
- 04 Nov 2019
- News
A Home for Startups
Ankit Samdariya (MBA 2013) is CEO of The Hive, a collaborative workspace firm in Chennai, India. In this video, he discusses how the company is serving the rapidly growing trend toward collaborative work among Indian startups and small... View Details
Keywords: work space
- 29 May 2020
- Op-Ed
How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents
farmers. The company is operating at reduced capacity to ensure social distancing in its factory and contributing to food drives in several Nigerian states. “AACE also is leading a drive to provide its Soyamaize product, which is a... View Details