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In-Office, Remote, or Hybrid: Strategies for Success - Recruiting

with the skills to lead in any environment, explore our resources for recruiting HBS talent . Technology: Use It, Don't Let It Use You Remote collaboration is easier than ever thanks to platforms like Zoom, Slack, Google Workspace,... View Details

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French-Speaking Club | MBA

French-Speaking Club is to provide an active platform to gather HBS students and alumni of all nationalities united by a desire to practice or learn French, and to discover the cultures of the various French-speaking countries. Annual... View Details

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Impact Stories - Business History

Capitalism Re: Ai Hisano Expanding Horizons Re: Melanie Sheehan Chandler’s Legacies Re: Xavier Duran Intriguing Questions Re: Aditya Todi Business and Society Re: Melanie Sperling Platform for Dialogue Re: Sudev Sheth History's Guiding... View Details

30 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019

2019 HarperBusiness The Business of Platforms: Strategy in the Age of Digital Competition, Innovation, and Power By: Cusumano, Michael A., Annabelle Gawer, and David B. Yoffie Abstract—The Business of Platforms explores the strategic,... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

9 AM – 10 AM EST, 23 Jan 2019
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HBS Online Disruptive Strategy

Make innovation a reality with strategies from two-time World's Most Innovative Business Thinker, Clayton Christensen. Program Dates: January 23, 2019 - March 6, 2019 View Details

01 Sep 2010
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Start-Ups Make Their Pitch

Medical Devices, the regional finalists were: Boston: iSpecimen (Mike Pierce, MBA ’01, interim COO) is building a network that connects clinical laboratories and hospital electronic medical record systems at leading institutions. The system will provide researchers... View Details

Keywords: awards; Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

28 May 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019

Imprint “You are fierce. You are bold. You are unique. You are driven. You are inspiring. YOU ARE A GIRL MOGUL.” As founder and CEO of Mogul, Pham has created one of the most successful platforms for girls worldwide. In Girl Mogul, she... View Details

14 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 14

http://hbr.org/2014/01/can-a-strong-culture-be-too-strong/ar/1 January 2014 MIT Sloan Management Review Strategic Decisions for Multisided Platforms By: Hagiu, Andrei Abstract—Multisided platforms such as... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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IT Strategy: HBS IT Website Provides Easier Access to News and Support | Information Technology

engaging. In tandem, the IT Service Delivery team led an effort to build a new support portal to improve access to help information, support details, and service statuses. The teams ensured integration of the two sites was as seamless as possible. HBS IT also leveraged... View Details

30 Apr 2018
Blog Post

HBS Grad Drives Lori Systems to Success

vendors with trucks, one of the greatest barriers to African economic growth could be mitigated or even overcome. Hence the birth of Lori Systems, Josh's Kenyan-based start-up that uses a centralized electronic platform to connect willing... View Details

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S&P Capital IQ Pro | Baker Library

S&P Capital IQ Pro An industry-focused platform covering news, data, transactions, filings and analysis covering financial, real estate, insurance, energy, media, consumer and industrial industries. Read More News data and analysis... View Details

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Education Club | MBA

provide students with a platform for shared learning and a cross-functional network to drive change and impact in education. Annual Events Career info sessions and 1-on-1 coffee chats for students interested in pursuing a career within... View Details

04 Mar 2019
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The Anti-Shark Tank

Videolicious (a platform for making high-end video) respectively. Despite their success, the pair couldn’t help wondering what it was like to be a female entrepreneur without HBS connections. In 2016 they formed Able Partners to invest in... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Empowering Japan through e-commerce

hundreds of cases, a light clicked on. “It was in an HBS classroom that I first considered starting my own company,” he says. Rakuten operates e-commerce businesses in 13 countries, spearheaded a $100 million investment in Pinterest, and recently acquired eReader Kobo,... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Transforming the lives of the needy across Pakistan

thousands of small nonprofits in Pakistan that were doing amazing work on the ground remained undiscovered by mainstream donors. Borrowing from his private equity training, Wasim employed a metrics-driven approach to selecting the best organizations and projects. ADP... View Details

November 2021 (Revised April 2022)
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EbonyLife Media (A)

By: Andy Wu, Feng Zhu, Pippa Tubman Armerding and Wale Lawal

Founded by Mosunmola “Mo” Abudu in 2012 with a mission to bring high-quality African stories to the world, EbonyLife was the company behind many of Nigeria’s biggest films and TV shows. The company began as a television channel on the Africa-wide direct broadcast... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Mission and Purpose; Growth and Development Strategy; Digital Platforms; Consumer Behavior; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Nigeria; Africa

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12 Dec 2015
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Racial Discrimination in the Sharing Economy

guests with African-American names are about 16 percent less likely to have their reservations accepted. As Luca told the Washington Post: “Nobody at Airbnb was thinking to themselves, ‘let’s build a platform where we could discriminate... View Details

Raymond J. Noorda

Upon his arrival at Novell, Noorda realized that the future of computer networking lay in the software and not the hardware. Novell’s product, Netware, dominated the network operating system market in the early 1990s by making it possible for individual users on all... View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

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Career Tools & Resources | MBA

students and recent alumni who are making a difference working in Africa. The GO Fellowship is awarded to a limited number of students/recent graduates who accept a full-time, post-HBS job in Africa, or are a founder of a new venture in Africa. HBS Recruiting View Details

9 AM – 9 AM EST, 07 Nov 2018

HBX Disruptive Strategy

Make innovation a reality with strategies from two-time Worlds Most Innovative Business Thinker, Clayton Christensen. Program Dates: November 7, 2018 - December 19, 2018 View Details

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