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- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Getting the Message
marketing-services firms, describes the $4 billion spent last year as "chicken feed." What he finds interesting about the Web is the impact it is having on the wider area of communication services. Sorrell, whose business leadership... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
opportunity to create and spread innovative solutions to some of society’s most pressing problems. In doing so, they joined a groundswell of interest in social entrepreneurship. Just as entrepreneurs spot missed opportunities in business... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
New Biotech Joint Degree Program Kicks Off
biology major interested in business. “I wanted to learn more about commercialization, investing, and policy, but I didn’t want to move too far from the hard science,” says MacColl. A few years later, she was thrilled to discover... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
A Silent Workplace Crisis
relatives over the age of 50 also hold down jobs. Nearly three-quarters of those caregivers report a negative impact on their work lives. With 10,000 baby boomers turning 65 daily, the current estimate of $17–$33 billion in annual productivity losses will certainly... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Shaping Leaders Who Understand Business and the Environment
Administration. Serafeim teaches Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems, one of several electives in the MBA Program that focus on environmental and social challenges. Given the surge of student interest in the topic, Serafeim,... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Shaping the Way Business Does Business: HBR at 75
started soliciting reader input. As management education began to grow in popularity over the next three decades, so did HBR. The magazine began to feature new depart-ments on business topics of current interest and more articles written... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Merton Named University Professor
Kim B. Clark called Merton a "terrific choice" for the McArthur University Professorship. "His interests have natural connections with faculty and students in different parts of Harvard," Clark said. "His research is at the forefront of... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The Same the World Over: Focusing on Customers and Innovation Brings Success
Do successful firms in different countries share cultural traits? HBS professor Rohit Deshpandé's long-standing interest in this and related research has led him, with Professor John U. Farley of Dartmouth's Amos Tuck School, to examine... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Right Connections
impact on the size of the start-up's IPO. "Downstream social capital was essential in attracting the interest of a top investment bank and getting a high valuation for the IPO," Higgins says. Such downstream connections can be valuable... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
From Bytes to Bites
which built the large machines that automate the production of cardboard boxes. “I’ve always been wired operationally,” says Thomas, who majored in industrial engineering at Stanford University before coming to HBS. That background, coupled with her View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Making A Difference: HBS Club of Puget Sound Reaches Out to Young Alumni
a month, and as one of its youngest members, Kwiker recognized the need to get more young HBS alumni involved. “I went to the president of the club and told him I was interested in hosting a dinner party for recent HBS graduates,” says... View Details
Keywords: Elena N. Berg
- 22 Nov 2013
- News
A Passion for Film
budget? How do I manage those costs?" he said. "I didn't think of it as interesting or relevant, and it was both." While at HBS, d'Arbeloff found an internship through TV executive and HBS alum Stephen Chao (MBA 1981), and when he... View Details
- 23 Jul 2013
- News
Building Great Schools around Great Teachers
Tony Klemmer Photo courtesy of NAATE Plans for a second career took an abrupt turn in just one day for Tony Klemmer (MBA 1983) when, after a quarter century of successful startup launches, he left the business world to pursue personal View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Ann M. Fudge
accolades for her management and marketing savvy in overseeing some three thousand employees and familiar brands such as Kool-Aid, Jell-O, and Grape-Nuts. Fudge attributes her success to her ability to get the job done and her genuine View Details
- 02 Jun 2011
- News
Serious Fun
why I went to HBS and the Harvard Kennedy School. I’ve always had an interest in entrepreneurial enterprises and activities that can have an impact on people’s lives, especially the poor and working poor in the United States.” View Details
- 16 Nov 2011
- News
Are Humans Cost-Effective?
course there is the obvious upside. As IBM says, such business analytics systems “help cut costs, boost profits, manage risk, and make better predictions about your customers and your market.” One area in which the company is particularly View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
thirty-year resident of Boston's inner-city Dorchester neighborhood, has long been interested in the revitalization of urban areas. "I have personally witnessed the challenges and opportunities embedded in our urban communities," notes... View Details
- 22 Jan 2018
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
as safari animals—or some other costume, depending on the theme. Half the groups would stay put in apartments and cook, and the other half would travel from apartment to apartment for a big rotating dinner party.” What advice do you have for current HBS students View Details
- 27 Jul 2017
- News
Seeing a Way Forward
for high school followed by a summer in Spain. By her senior year of high school, the family had moved again, this time to Vancouver, Canada. It was the fourteenth school of her youth. That nomadic spirit instilled in Leger an interest in... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Shop Talk, Different Avenues
flatten out pricing as the number of people shopping on international sites grows. Gilt shipping to over 90 countries can certainly change the character and potential of the business. I think it’s interesting that Gilt created a new form... View Details