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- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Entrepreneur in Residence
Todd Krasnow (MBA ’83) has been named HBS entrepreneur in residence for 2006–07. A member of Staples’ original management team, Krasnow left the company in 1998 to cofound ZOOTS, an innovative dry-cleaning business where he now serves as chairman. Recently, Krasnow...
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- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Entrepreneurs-in-Residence
Entrepreneurs-in-Residence at HBS this year — and their entrepreneurial ventures — are Jeffrey Bussgang (MBA ’95), cofounder of UPromise; Jeffrey Glass (MBA ’94), former president and CEO of m-Qube Inc.; Chris Michel (MBA ’98), cofounder of Military.com and Affinity...
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- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Alumni Connections: Photos of Recent Alumni Events
Recent HBS Alumni Events on Campus and Beyond More than 400 alumni returned to campus in May to join 936 first-year MBA students for the inaugural HBS Boardroom, a new Required Curriculum capstone experience that involves student teams presenting case-based management...
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- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Celebrating Women at HBS
Activities marking the 50th anniversary of women in the two-year MBA Program are continuing on campus and through HBS alumni clubs and associations. Photos courtesy of Baker Library Historical Collections Throughout the year, a number of HBS clubs—including the HBS...
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- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Better than Cash
and general management consulting services — all free of charge. “The five CAP volunteers assessed our agency carefully and gave me the kind of information I hadn’t had before,” says Alston-Follansbee. “They helped us realize that what we...
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- March 2015 (Revised April 2015)
- Case
The Heat Is On: Emerging Ecosystems in the Thermostat Industry
By: David Collis and Ashley Hartman
Beth Wozniak, President of Honeywell Environmental and Combustion Controls (ECC) at Honeywell International Inc., spun around in her office chair, reflecting about how the classic, mature thermostat industry was rapidly evolving. In February 2014, Google paid $3.2...
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Keywords:
Honeywell;
Thermostats;
Internet Of Things;
Smart Thermostats;
Google;
Nest;
Apple;
HomeKit;
SmartThings;
Partnerships;
Platforms And Ecosystems;
Linkages;
Communication Protocols;
Strategy;
Technology;
Home Automation;
Connected Home;
Buildings and Facilities;
Energy;
Information Infrastructure;
Applications and Software;
Internet and the Web;
Digital Platforms;
Partners and Partnerships;
Manufacturing Industry;
Industrial Products Industry;
Energy Industry;
Electronics Industry;
Consumer Products Industry
Collis, David, and Ashley Hartman. "The Heat Is On: Emerging Ecosytems in the Thermostat Industry." Harvard Business School Case 715-455, March 2015. (Revised April 2015.)
- 23 Aug 2018
- News
Healthcare Alumni Keep Learning Through Virtual Programming
the HBS Healthcare Alumni Association at hbshealthalumni.org/join. Additionally, registration for the HBSHAA Annual Conference in November is now open. Visit www.hbshealthalumni.org/2018Registration for more information and to register....
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- April 29, 2020
- Article
The Case for AI Insurance
By: Ram Shankar Siva Kumar and Frank Nagle
When organizations place machine learning systems at the center of their businesses, they introduce the risk of failures that could lead to a data breach, brand damage, property damage, business interruption, and in some cases, bodily harm. Even when companies are...
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Keywords:
Artificial Intelligence;
Machine Learning;
Internet and the Web;
Safety;
Insurance;
AI and Machine Learning;
Cybersecurity
Kumar, Ram Shankar Siva, and Frank Nagle. "The Case for AI Insurance." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (April 29, 2020).
- April 2005 (Revised March 2007)
- Case
eAccess, Ltd.
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann, Masako Egawa and Ariko Ota
The managers of eAccess, Japan's third largest provider of digital subscriber line (DSL) service, must decide whether to enter the mobile communications business. Japan's mobile services are among the world's most expensive, and incumbent carriers' profits are high. To...
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Keywords:
Information Infrastructure;
Diversification;
Policy;
Business Startups;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Communications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
Japan
Eisenmann, Thomas R., Masako Egawa, and Ariko Ota. "eAccess, Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 805-117, April 2005. (Revised March 2007.)
- 26 Jun 2008
- News
The First HBS Class Notes
A '14 get-together in Chicago The first class notes about HBS alumni were run in the Harvard Alumni Bulletin. But when the first issue of the Bulletin of the Harvard Business School Alumni Association — to give its full title — appeared in January 1925, fifteen years...
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- 01 Jun 2010
- News
One Student’s HBS Journey
Wallace Christina Wallace (MBA ’10) applied to business schools knowing that the best financial aid offer would determine where she earned an MBA. Her job as a rehearsal associate at the Metropolitan Opera came with many benefits, but a large paycheck was not among...
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- 14 Sep 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
Digital Labor Market Inequality and the Decline of IT Exceptionalism
- 16 Dec 2019
- News
Jeff Shell to Become CEO of NBCUniversal
Current chairman of NBCUniversal Film and Entertainment Jeff Shell (MBA 1991) will take over as CEO of the media company on January 1, reports the Los Angeles Times. In a statement to the Times, Brian Roberts, the current CEO of Comcast—which owns NBCUniversal—called...
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- 10 Apr 2019
- News
Rakuten’s Mikitani Bets $5.5 Billion To Shake Up Japan’s Telecom Industry
A recent feature in Forbes outlines Rakuten CEO Hiroshi Mikitani’s plan to disrupt Japan’s mobile phone market. Named Rakuten Mobile, the company hopes to build the network in “half the time and at a cost of up to 40% less than what it would take to build a...
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- 29 Jun 2015
- News
Why Xiaomi Can't Succeed Without India
- 29 May 2014
- News