HBS Alumni Bulletin - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Genomics: Can We Start Making Money Now?

drugs, and will they be less expensive?' My answer is, 'I don't know, and probably not.' Lechleiter was one of several panelists to discuss, "Breaking the Genetic Code: The Business of Life Science in the 21st Century" at the 2001 Global View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Good News, Not Blues, For the Inner City

economy," is ripe for economic vitality, says HBS Professor Michael E. Porter. And, as he explained in a plenary session called "Inner City Renewal" at the HBS 2001 Global View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

24 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital

Venture capital is a tale of two continents, HBS professor Josh Lerner (coauthor of the book The Venture Capital Cycle) explained in his opening remarks at a Global Alumni Conference panel titled... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner; Financial Services

13 Oct 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Building a Business in the Context of a Life

that may come simply from feeling in control of their own destiny, Kraus says. About half of HBS alumni report that they have started a business at some point. However, the other half chose different paths.... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education

10 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Encouraging Entrepreneurs: Lessons for Government Policy

of businesses so that he could study the outcome. "That's truly how to find out what does and does not work in a given environment," he says. Julia Hanna is associate editor of the HBS Alumni... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

24 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Global Brands: Connecting With Consumers Across Boundaries

panelists at a Global Alumni Conference session addressing the topic "Global Brands: Connecting with Consumers across Boundaries," chaired by HBS associate professor Nancy F. Koehn, a business... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Howard Stevenson on the Lessons of the Internet Era

landscape presents a world of possibility. "We're seeing a world that will open up opportunities in ways unimagined," Stevenson told alumni at the HBS 2001 Global View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

30 Jun 2020
Book

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

Paine: The book had its origins in the preparations for celebrating the Centennial of HBS in 2008. The School was founded because important Harvard alumni discussed with President Eliot their observation... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

IT Links for Boundaryless Companies

David Upton's Alumni Conference report on the state of information technology for business-to-business began with a lesson in technology history because, said the HBS professor, "understanding doesn't... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

09 Sep 2013
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching Climate Change to Skeptics

A few years ago, Joseph B. Lassiter traveled to San Francisco, Houston, and New York to hold discussions with Harvard alumni on the topic of business and the environment. Each time, he surveyed the audience about the touchy subject of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace

it a fad that amounts to little more than sensitivity training in New Age clothing, or does it reflect something more profound about the way we are beginning to conceive of and relate to work? In the following pages six HBS View Details

Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso

19 Mar 2013
First Look

First Look: March 19

BrownellHarvard Business School Case 813-122 Brent Grinna is evaluating different options for the technology development of his start-up's iPhone app, including hiring local programmers, finding a CTO, or outsourcing. He only has a little over two months before he... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?

make HBS a vibrant, innovative, principled place, a place that our alumni will be proud of, and a place that will earn the trust and the respect of the society we serve. That's my commitment. View Details

Keywords: by Kim B. Clark

29 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and Organizations of the Future

business for the HBS Alumni Bulletin; that article will include a description of the colloquium. The main themes of the discussion at the conference will also be presented in a Harvard Business Review... View Details

Keywords: by Teresa M. Amabile & Mukti Khaire

25 Feb 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Scholars and Students Unpack the Digital Business Revolution

hedge fund, an Amazon employee focused on retail data, and a forecaster at General Electric," says HBS David Sarnoff Professor of Business Administration Marco Iansiti, who serves as faculty chair of the initiative and head of the... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education; Technology

20 May 2013
Research & Ideas

The Long-Term Fix to US Competitiveness

spirited discussions on how HBS alumni could play an active role in the national debate, countering the "circus" in D.C. “People who should be allies are at cross-purposes with each other.”... View Details

Keywords: by Stephanie Schorow & Harvard Gazette

29 Apr 2020
Book

The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages

Who will solve the great problems facing humanity, a list of critical issues that only begins with the current pandemic? In the interview below, Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses her recent book, Think Outside the Building, and her view that solutions are most likely to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

04 Dec 2006
Research & Ideas

The Money Connection—Understanding VC Networks

study further in Networks in Technology and Entrepreneurship, a work-in-progress that will combine data analysis with insights culled from interviews with HBS alumni working in the high-tech and... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services

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