Tag: technology

RC Final Exam IT Glitches Explained

During last semester’s RC LEAD final, approximately 300 students experienced difficulty uploading completed exams to the HBS intranet. HBS IT and the MBA program reacted quickly to the situation, and the deadline for uploading the LEAD exam was extended. Cammie Wynn, Technology Advisor, IT Client Services, explained the root cause of the problem, “Some of… Continue reading RC Final Exam IT Glitches Explained

New Technologies for Job Creation in Africa

On December 12, the Africa Business, Social Enterprise and International Business & Development Clubs co-sponsored a lecture given by Martin Fisher, co-founder of Appropriate Technologies (ApproTEC), a non-profit organization based in Kenya. Fisher, a Stanford Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, first visited Kenya as a Fulbright Scholar in the mid-1980s. In 1991, he established ApproTEC, an… Continue reading New Technologies for Job Creation in Africa

Exciting Opportunities for Those Hungry for High-Tech

Despite the down market, the high-tech industry remains an enticing career option, providing a combination of attributes that many Harvard Business School MBAs still find irresistible: autonomy, fast pace, variety, intellectual challenge, potential for financial upside, and the chance to have a significant impact not just on a company, but on entire industries. Opportunities are… Continue reading Exciting Opportunities for Those Hungry for High-Tech

Interview with Bill Sahlman

Professor William Sahlman, Co-Head of the Entrepreneurial and Service Management Department, recently shared his views on entrepreneurship and the HBS Business Plan Contest with Todd Thedinga (OB). Professor Sahlman is giving the HBS Business Plan Contest kick-off presentation on Tuesday, October 23 at 3:30 in Spangler Auditorium. TT: Although we are entering a rough period… Continue reading Interview with Bill Sahlman

The Hunter Becomes the Hunted

In the first article of this series I made the case for action against the mass murderers of September 11 and those who plan to follow in their footsteps. I suggested that this presents the members of the international alliance with one of the most complex diplomatic and security challenges they have ever faced. I… Continue reading The Hunter Becomes the Hunted

Career Services Responds to CareerLink Problems

MBA Career Services realizes that EC students may have experienced some technical difficulties last week with the resume submission process. We appreciate your patience and feedback while we worked to address the problem. We’d like to provide the following information in an effort to clarify what went wrong, identify the action steps we took, and… Continue reading Career Services Responds to CareerLink Problems

CareerLink to Provide More Help for Job Hunters

The MBA Career Services office has unveiled its new web-based recruiting portal, HBS CareerLink, this fall. The much anticipated CareerLink has completely replaced the Job Bank and will be a “one-stop-shop” destination for all future on- and off-campus recruiting activities. In addition to a completely new and improved user interface, the site offers a host… Continue reading CareerLink to Provide More Help for Job Hunters

2003 VCPE Conference

The 2003 Annual Venture Capital and Private Equity conference held on February 1st, 2003 was a big success. The conference featured about 100 thought leaders from the venture capital and private equity industry, distinguished practitioners, and faculty from Harvard Business School and MIT. Nearly 400 students and outside registrants were in attendance. The conference featured… Continue reading 2003 VCPE Conference

Cyberposium VIII Comes to HBS

Over the past 8 years, HBS Campus has turned into the gateway for the most prominent leaders in technology to connect with the leading business school students and professors from around the globe. Last weekend, over thousand attendees and about 150 speakers gathered at HBS to take part in Cyberposium 2003. In the 8 year… Continue reading Cyberposium VIII Comes to HBS

The Low Technology Opportunity

Watching the news over the holidays and reading the inevitable “What’s to come in 2003?” articles in newspapers would lead the average person to believe that our planet is a humming technological wonder. A place where every earthling is videoconferencing with relatives over the Internet, taking notes on tablet PCs, double-checking their SUV’s speed and… Continue reading The Low Technology Opportunity

Westrek

WesTrek, an HBS tradition since the early 90’s, arrived in full force this year, with HBS students driving a full range of shiny rental cars across the Silicon Valley in pursuit of the perfect tech job. While traffic is certainly lighter these days, the news is better than some might suspect – despite reports to… Continue reading Westrek

Intuit CEO Steve Bennett Talks Business

Think Intuit is just Quicken? Think again. In a presentation at HBS on December 3rd, Steve Bennett, Intuit’s President and CEO, talked about Intuit’s future not only as the provider of Quicken and TurboTax, but more significantly as a platform for small businesses, a space they see as nearly limitless in its opportunities. The event,… Continue reading Intuit CEO Steve Bennett Talks Business

Shades of Gray

“Don’t worry, it’ll just happen.” That’s what I heard about study groups before I enrolled. It’s code for “complicated” in my experience. People say something will “just happen” when they can’t explain how it happened to them or how it might happen to you. You hear it most often in reference to incredibly complicated experiences… Continue reading Shades of Gray

Book Review:

As a self-admitted failure in the kitchen, I’ve spent the better part of my life (and paychecks/Citi Assist loans) resigned to eating what others cook for me. Running a few numbers (natch) prior to my arrival at HBS, I realized the financial impact of my “restauranting” and vowed to improve my culinary prowess. Consequently, I… Continue reading Book Review:

Building Better IT Partnerships

If information technology (IT) is the future of business, why is it such a pain to manage productively? The reasons lie in the way it has evolved; the solution lies in a move toward partner relationships among technology suppliers. Imagine a world where you could fill your gas tank with only one brand of gasoline… Continue reading Building Better IT Partnerships

Hawes Hall: The Next Generation

Baker Beach has new competition. New-kid-on-the-block Hawes Hall completes the fourth side of the Aldrich courtyard, creating a new grassy lawn with benches and landscaping that is attracting a new set of followers stricken with spring fever. The building was officially dedicated in a ceremony and reception last Friday, April 26, which hosted the Hawes… Continue reading Hawes Hall: The Next Generation

Editorial

Will it ever end? The RC recently completed yet another case on Microsoft, bringing the grand total of first-year cases dealing with the PC market to an appalling sum. (To be honest, we’ve lost count, and it’s too late in the semester to be running the numbers anyway.) We don’t deny that the PC has… Continue reading Editorial

Summer Internship Options: The Lebor Family Fellowship

For all those RC students debating internship options, there is a great opportunity to work for an early stage startup this summer, and to supplement your salary with a grant from the Lebor Fellowship, administered by MBA Career Services. The Fellowship was established by Mr. John Lebor (MBA 1930) to encourage HBS students to pursue… Continue reading Summer Internship Options: The Lebor Family Fellowship

Latin America Competitiveness: Poised but Unproven

Burden Hall was full of attendees and optimism, but the mood was tense as Sara Sievers, Executive Director of the Center for International Development (CID) at Harvard University, presented the results of the CID’s Global Competitiveness Report about Latin America. The results of the Latin America Competitiveness Report, which were also presented to the World… Continue reading Latin America Competitiveness: Poised but Unproven

HBS EC Student Named Technology Pioneer by World Economic Forum

The gathering of hundreds of foreign dignitaries, business luminaries and members of the press at January’s World Economic Forum in New York City, included one of HBS’s current students. An independent WEF review committee selected Amish Mehta (OH) as one of 69 “2002 Technology Pioneers” for his work as CEO of CommercialWare, a software company… Continue reading HBS EC Student Named Technology Pioneer by World Economic Forum

Doha and the WTO

The November 2001 meeting in Doha, Qatar, was another significant blow to the credibility and legitimacy of the WTO. Instead of pursuing the goal of conducting trade and economic endeavor “with a view to raise standards of living,” etc., as the GATT and later the WTO preamble very righteously claimed, Doha was a blatant display… Continue reading Doha and the WTO

Virgin Sings New Notes

On Thursday, February 14th I had the privilege of interviewing Virgin Chairman Sir Richard Branson and Glen Ward, President and CEO of Virgin Entertainment Group at the VIP launch party for the opening of the new Virgin Megastore in Boston. Located at the intersection of Newbury Street and Massachusetts Avenue, the store (Virgin’s 22nd in… Continue reading Virgin Sings New Notes

Tech CEOs Draw the Crowds at Cyberposium

Bruce Claflin, President and CEO, 3Com Corporation tells the story of his company’s turnaround. Bruce Claflin took over the helm at 3Com during a particularly turbulent time in the company’s history. In early December 2000, a month before Claflin assumed the role of President and CEO, 3Com issued an earnings warning that caused the company’s… Continue reading Tech CEOs Draw the Crowds at Cyberposium

BostonTrek 2002

This is the second in a series of articles profiling companies that are participating in BostonTrek 2002. With each new installment, it becomes more and more clear that there are still many great high tech jobs in the Boston area. Empirix was founded in September 2000 as a carve-out from Teradyne to pursue the opportunity… Continue reading BostonTrek 2002

Opera & Technology – The Perfect Combination

Before spending last summer with the San Francisco Opera (SFO), I did not imagine that technology could have an impact on the opera. I imagined a genteel and cultured set of people working to put on colorful and overdressed performances – very much as it was in Verdi’s day. Three months with the SFO changed… Continue reading Opera & Technology – The Perfect Combination

Bold Possibility, Important Causes:

Dan Pallotta is the Founder and CEO of Pallotta TeamWorks, a for-profit social enterprise that has raised more money for AIDS and breast cancer charities than any private enterprise in history. In seven years, the AIDSRidesUSA have channeled over $83 million directly to AIDS charities, and the Avon Breast Cancer 3-Day Walks have put over… Continue reading Bold Possibility, Important Causes:

Zibby Talks Tech

I’ve always considered myself technologically savvy. I was the family member who would set up the new CD player. I knew how to adjust the tracking on the VCR when the image was unclear. And, hey, I worked at an Internet incubator in California during the peak of the dot-com economy. Why wouldn’t I be… Continue reading Zibby Talks Tech

Take an Exam in Your Underwear? Not This Time

Well, it worked in March. Due to the success of last March’s Negotiations final for the September Cohort students, which was held on the March 5, the day Boston was blanketed with 10 inches of snow, the Negotiations faculty decided to give the Januaries the same opportunity to take their exam in their underwear. Unfortunately,… Continue reading Take an Exam in Your Underwear? Not This Time

Winning Business Plans Address Health Care Issues

Among the companies recognized by the HBS Business Plan Competition in recent years, one was acquired for $1 billion (Suppliermarket.com acquired by Ariba), another raised $100 million within months of graduation (Zefer), and another went public within three years (Chemdex, now named Ventro). All gained invaluable experience building a team and presenting their business plans… Continue reading Winning Business Plans Address Health Care Issues