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- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Maiden Voyage
Space Missions, Science, and Technology Management. In that role, he will be helping the agency and the UAE to develop and manage its short- and long-term space mission projects and to develop the UAE’s capability in science and technology related to the space... View Details
- 16 Dec 2016
- News
Kurt (MBA 1967) and Louise Wulff
Exxon oil refinery and designed chemical plants for Chevron. “I had practical experience in the energy field, but as an engineer, I focused entirely on the quantitative,” explains Wulff. His wife, Louise, suggested he take business courses at night. He did well, and... View Details
- 21 Nov 2013
- News
Case Study: BlackBerry and Thorsten Heins
which was facing numerous challenges: a rapidly decreasing market share, falling revenues, and cratering investor faith. Heins went about cutting costs—including the layoff of more than 5,000 workers in May 2012—scrapped View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Gardella Joins Alumni Career Services
service here." The ACS office has experienced a growing demand for its services, reflecting a dynamic job market and changing career patterns. Gardella fields calls from alumni at all stages of their careers - a 1997 MBA whose first job... View Details
Keywords: Caroline Chauncey
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
excessive compensation has contributed to lowering the legitimacy of the free market system because it ends up making the system look more like a game than an institution producing goods and services that advance the general social... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Case Study: Power Nappy
Amazon if they are strategic in planning for the channel. Pick your first retail partner carefully. I suggest a small- to mid-sized retailer to build into a larger account, preferably one with a credibility halo (Erewhon comes to mind). A... View Details
- 27 Jan 2011
- News
The Joys of Cooking
THE JOYS OF COOKING: Bibi Kasrai (MBA '96) has hit an entrepreneurial sweet spot as the Harvard Cookie Girl. After years in high-tech marketing and non-profit fundraising, Bibi Kasrai (MBA ’96) found a way to blend her talent for business... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Blockbuster Deals
decide, for example, when to disclose plans for the merger, what restrictions to place on insider use of information, what counts as fair and proper accounting and taxation, and how to treat employees who may lose their jobs. "In M&As;... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
profitability. He notes that Xerox Corporation, for example, is currently implementing a plan to reclaim its equipment, refurbish it, and resell it - without having any waste leave the plant in the process. "They not only hope to achieve... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
hallmark of sweeping, technology-driven change, HBS alumni, faculty, and invited guests representing nearly thirty countries considered today's newest frontier: the world of information technology. "Nobody on the organizing committee had any idea, when the View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
The Small Business Difference: How Smaller Companies Manage with Less
Slayton (MBA 1990) discussing the situation he faced in 1997 when he took over as president and CEO of a small company called MySoftware. The firm was a struggling Silicon Valley business that developed and sold software for a variety of small-business needs such as... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Social Entrepreneurship Fellows Named
For many entrepreneurs, the inspiration for starting a business is rooted in personal experience. An enterprise is born not just to fill a neglected market niche but a personal need as well. Such is the case with ventures created by HBS... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Over 50 and Job Hunting?
their career experience by packaging themselves to fit market needs. “Rather than looking for openings,” she argues, “a better strategy for senior executives is to work on the principle that com-panies have problems that you are uniquely... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Laura Scher of Working Assets
into a much-needed windfall for a host of cash-strapped nonprofits. Since cofounding Working Assets in 1985, Laura Scher has helped the company channel nearly $20 million to organizations such as Greenpeace, Oxfam America, Amnesty International, View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Andresen Becomes First European and First Exec. Ed. Graduate to Endow HBS Professorship
United States but have nonetheless benefited greatly from an education at this eminent worldwide business school." Initiated last year to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Marshall Plan (announced at Harvard in 1947), the Andreas... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Made in the USA
heavily in quality control and state-of-the-art equipment, a strategy that has helped him fend off competitors. A case in point is a Chinese company that launched a product similar to Aquamesh in 2000. “They tried to invade my market with... View Details
- 13 Jul 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Meaghan Fitzgerald (MBA 2016)
friends and family while hanging out in a VR living room, to attending a concert with hundreds of people from around the world, to just playing games together.” Can you tell us about your role as head of product marketing for AR/VR... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
High Brow
You could be forgiven for not knowing it by the look of the average bloke on the street, but American men annually drop $19.5 billion on “hair services” and $5 billion on grooming products, the New York Times (December 25, 2003) reported. That’s a View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
years later, both camps benefit enormously from their close ties: the mutual fund is America's investment vehicle of choice, with one in three U.S. households owning a stake in the industry's $5.5 trillion in assets. "By making the capital View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Sheila Lirio Marcelo
Cambridge, for example, she served as a market research consultant, covering the telecommunications industry in Asia. Her strong interest in the region prompted her to seek a summer internship in the Philippines with Monitor Company, the... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso