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20 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Activist CEOs Are Rising Up—and Their Customers Are Listening

the Washington Post headlined, If Howard Schultz runs for president, Starbucks will be on the ballot, too. Schultz’s political ambitions mark a growing wave of business leaders speaking out on social issues—termed “CEO activism” by... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Adam Kanner

laptops. Savvy entrepreneurs often find opportunity where others find flaws. For Adam Kanner, a former vice president for marketing and business development for the National Basketball Association, the empty seats triggered a startup... View Details

18 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Breaking Through a Growth Stall

Starting a successful business is often considered the hardest thing entrepreneurs do—but growing an existing venture may be even more difficult. Many companies get stuck on a plateau that inhibits their ability to grow: a scale stopper.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

21 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Lessons for Retailers from the Rebirth of Indie Bookstores

Raffaelli, a professor in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. “All the ingredients were there for the independent sector to see the end of its days.” Something miraculous started happening in 2009, however. After... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Entertainment & Recreation

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2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

2017 Clarendon Lectures in Management Studies at Oxford University, Said Business School. Author of numerous articles in the Harvard Business Review and other top academic journals, Ibarra also writes for... View Details

24 May 2023
Blog Post

Get to Know Class Day Speaker Adán Acevedo

View Video Adán Acevedo (MBA 2023) has been selected as the student speaker for Harvard Business School’s (HBS) Class Day celebration, held this year on Wednesday, May 24. Class Day honors graduating students and typically takes place on... View Details

17 Sep 2020
Blog Post

HBS Grads Launch Cybersecurity Nonprofit to Fight Infodemic

and Africa. She’s particularly passionate about blockchain, cryptoeconomics, and privacy. humanID is an anonymous Single-Sign-On replacing “Login with Facebook” while also blocking bot-armies and trolls, with the goal to stop fake news and cyber-bullying. It was a... View Details

30 May 2016
Blog Post

Meet the HBS Sound Society

had some pretty big names on campus — artists like The Chainsmokers and Alison Wonderland. We spoke with them about the business of being a musician, how digital technology was impacting how they make money and communicate with fans, how... View Details

01 Apr 2002
News

"Rising to the Challenge" Program Addresses Post-9/11 Issues

Program in response to last fall's terrorist attacks, was cosponsored by the HBS Social Enterprise and International Business and Development Clubs. In his dramatic introductory remarks, moderator Reynold Levy, president and CEO of the... View Details

Keywords: War on Terror; Ronald Levy; Health, Social Assistance

04 Nov 2020
News

The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises

opportunity to start my own business. I actually wrote the business plan in one of my HBS courses as the final project. I then took this business plan to the bank and was able to secure a loan to start a... View Details

30 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Do Social Movements Sway Voters? Not Really, Except for One

important implications in an election year marked by widespread protests. Harvard Business School Professor Vincent Pons teamed up with Amory Gethin, a fellow economist at the World Bank Development Research Group, to study 14 major... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

19 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Celebrating Black History: Elevating the Voices of Our Student and Alumni Communities

February we leveraged our social media platforms to celebrate just some of the incredible accomplishments and achievements of our students and alumni. Student and Alumni Spotlights Melcolm Ruffin (MBA 2020) Head of Athlete Content... View Details

01 Feb 1997
News

Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management

students learn how to apply discipline to the inexact science of valuing private enterprises." Running and Growing the Small Company The dramatic beginnings of entrepreneurial businesses have been much discussed in the View Details

24 Jul 2012
First Look

First Look: July 24

information has increased considerably in the last decade, companies are still failing to disclose material information in a comparable format. We believe this has two downsides. On the one hand, companies are not adequately managing important View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 May 2019
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019

method that can be applied to everything from everyday decisions to strategic issues in business to global social challenges, the authors provide 30 detailed, real-world examples to transform the way you approach problems and take you to... View Details

10 Dec 2007
HBS Case

One Laptop per Child

bit more complicated than originally anticipated. A new Harvard Business School case study called "Marketing the '$100 PC'" spells out these opportunities, problems, and challenges from a marketing point of view. As the case... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Computer

10 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

Celebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later

inequality in the workplace. In particular, the book makes clear how organizational roles and structures shape unequal access to opportunities, resources, and advancement. In a wide-ranging conversation, Robin Ely, the Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of View Details

Keywords: by Robin J. Ely

01 Aug 1998
News

Spring Reunions: Milestones and Memories

technology and entertainment. Since graduation, his career path has wound its way through pay-per-view television programming and new media business development to his current job as president of E! Online.... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

08 Nov 2024
News

Latino Alumni Banquet Marks 20th Year, Atlanta Club Celebrates 90 Years of Connection

HBS LASO. The panel, moderated by HBSLAA Co-President Alfonso Alanis-Cue (MBA 2009) focused on Latino voices across the media landscape, and featured HBSLAA co-founder Gabriel J. Esparza (MBA 2000), Trustee of the Central Piedmont... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

11 Feb 2015
Research & Ideas

Politicians Benefited From Using Toxic Loans

opting for the short-term benefits in spite of the risks?” "There is no doubt the transactions were very risky, as interest rates on these loans frequently exceeded 20 percent," says Boris Vallée, an assistant professor in the Finance unit at Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

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