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by: Amy Gallo – HBR Most people have been asked that perennial, and somewhat annoying, question: “Where do you see yourself in five years?” Of course it is asked most often in a job interview, but it may also come up in a conversation at a networking event or a cocktail party. Knowing and communicating [...]
Published in Knowledge@Wharton LinkedIn went public with a bang last week, opening at 84% above its initial offering price on the first day of trading and, after shares continued to climb, closing out the day valued at an impressive — and unexpected — $9 billion. Within the next year, Facebook is expected to follow LinkedIn’s [...]
Published by: Knowledge@Wharton What customer wouldn’t want to score a deep discount on dinner, beauty treatments and other services, especially during a downturn? Barely three years old as an industry, online group buying sites are witnessing rapid growth, as more subscribers sign up, more partner businesses sign on, revenues climb and venture capitalists swarm to [...]
Animal feed in Zambia. Cookies in South Africa. Medical records systems in Botswana. Peanut processing in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. In regions scarred by intractable poverty, innovative programs to build new sources of wealth through these four businesses are providing lessons for entrepreneurs hoping to create new markets and economic opportunity. In a paper [...]
Published: May 25, 2011 in Knowledge@Wharton Soaking up oil spills with human hair, turning clunkers into hybrids and powering Tanzanian villages with rechargeable batteries are just a few of the ideas to come out of Knowledge@Wharton’s second annual Innovation Tournament. Sponsored jointly by K@W and Wipro Technologies, a global IT services company, the tournament challenged [...]
BOSTON—Harvard Business School has awarded the 2011 Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship to Rakhi Mehra (MBA 2009). Mehra was selected for her work in co-founding micro Home Solutions (mHS), a social initiative for developing sustainable housing solutions for the urban poor. Her achievement was recognized at this year’s HBS Business Plan Contest, where teams of student entrepreneurs [...]
WHARTON ANNOUNCES ENHANCEMENTS TO MBA PROGRAM DESIGN OFFERING INCREASED FLEXIBILITY FOR STUDENTS AND UNPRECEDENTED COMMITMENT TO LIFE-LONG EDUCATION FOR MBA GRADUATES. To Embrace a New Global Generation of MBA Students, the Wharton School Changes Curriculum Design to Promote Individualized Learning Enhanced Program Sees the MBA as Just the Beginning of a Business Leader’s Education: Commits [...]
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