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- 01 Oct 1996
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Mastering the Competition — Michael E. Porter (MBA 1971)
time for family activities. "I've eliminated most of my overnight trips," he notes, "and I try to arrive home on weeknights in time for dinner." His involvement in athletics these days is limited View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
The Exchange: Where Ethics Meet Economics
Max Bazerman and Mike Luca (Image by John Ritter) What makes people behave the way they do—and to what degree are design choices influencing that? Associate Professor Mike Luca studies the design of online platforms, while Professor Max Bazerman’s work focuses on... View Details
- 22 Sep 2023
- News
Capital Connection
worked on transactions that required more than $50 million in capital. That created a major gap in the market, leaving commercial real estate operators who develop or renovate smaller properties with more limited funding options. Whereas... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
“This is the first new kind of computer in 75 years,” says John Levy (MBA 1979), CEO of the quantum computing startup SEEQC. “And we’re building it on a chip!” Strolling through his company’s design and testing facility in Elmsford, New York, Levy looks less like a... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
trucking-tech company, has a simple goal: Get goods where they need to go as efficiently as possible with a limited labor force. For TuSimple, that means a focus not on the cities themselves, but rather on... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Pet Project
plateau online with rising costs due to iOS 14 privacy limiting tracking, so retail will open the door to a huge new pool of captive customers. Maev can offer different SKUs... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Venturing Forth
Illustration by Adam McCauley Venture capital is a heady industry: Big bets mean big checks when the deals hit right. And for most of the last decade, those taking part in the funds were riding high: Capital was abundant, valuations were soaring, and the stock market... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Remix
So many boxes. Drew Dixon (MBA 2004) moved into this Brooklyn Heights apartment just a few days ago, as evidenced by the ratio of boxes emptied to those still filled. The living room, though, is an island of unpacked order, bobbing above... View Details
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
manufacturing small boats in New England. After initial success, he ran into all kinds of problems and eventually hid in his basement from creditors who knocked on his door. My takeaway was that there’s no premium on good ideas, but there’s enormous value in execution.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Bridging the ESG Data Gap
and venture capitalists. Founders use the software to report ESG data by answering a few operations-focused questions, and then they can easily access ESG scores, peer benchmarks, and customized plans for improvement. Venture investors... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Keeping Hourly Workers Focused on the Stock, Not the Clock
implementing a broad-based ownership program isn’t easy. It requires a commitment to change from the leadership team. But this new approach is winning fans among other private equity firms—“I had two calls this morning already,” Stavros... View Details
- 30 May 2023
- News
Finding PRIDE
graduated college, I didn’t feel there were any limitations to what I could do, but I regressed on that front after HBS. I had worked at BCG before HBS, but I decided not to go... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Mind Your Manners
charges $16,000 for a three-month "hostess course" on manners, entertaining, and decorum. Including, but by no means limited to, how to use a knife and fork, the teachings of her institute, Ho explained,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Come Sail Away
When Michael Sard (MBA 2018) arrived at HBS, he owned about 50 Hawaiian shirts. “It was one of the few items in a man’s closet that could have a ritual to it around going out, like a tuxedo does,” he says. Purchase options, however, seemed limited to two extremes:... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
My First Job
intern at JPMorgan as a junior in college. My manager invited me to an open-bar event in the final week of my internship, after confirming that I had turned 21. She hoped I would get a glimpse of the company outside the workplace.... View Details
- 10 Apr 2023
- News
Leading the Way
challenges of poverty, under-resourced schools, and limited opportunity. He found his way to college, Wall Street, and HBS, then started his own investment firm, Southwest Harvard Group, before returning... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
than feel limited by what seems possible. They are also clear that this is a moment for their business to be used as a tool for activism, not activism as a tool for business. Carl Ferenbach (MBA 1972)... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
Business Administration, Emeritus Alumni Achievement Awards Ralph M. Barford (MBA '52) President, Valleydene Corporation Limited Chairman, GSW Inc. Despite occupying diverse industry sectors, several of Canada's best-known blue-chip... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Egon P.S. Zehnder (MBA '56)
eager to start a business that was foreign to most Europeans. With limited resources, he was ready to take advantage of an opportunity others... View Details
- 29 Aug 2023
- News
Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In this episode, we’re going to be highlighting an episode of another HBS podcast: Climate Rising, which focuses on what businesses are doing, can do, and should do... View Details