Hult Prize winners to revolutionize health care in urban slums
Six students from the Indian School of Business have won USD1 million of investment in their revolutionary idea to improve health care for India’s slum-dwellers. The winners of this year’s…
What Is Your Curiosity Quotient? [Huffington Post]
Written by Cari E. Guittard, Professor of Global Management, Corporate Diplomacy, and Women’s Leadership at Hult International Business School, for the Huffington Post “What is your curiosity quotient?“ When I…
Arrogant MBA Students are Products of Role Modelling [Financial Times]
Written by Olaf Groth, Global Professor of Management, Strategy, Innovation and Economics at Hult International Business School, for the Financial Times on May 4th, 2014, “Arrogant MBA students are products of…
Hult Prize Finalists complete boot camp and prepare to present to President Clinton for USD1M prize
BOSTON, August 18th, 2014 — After completing a month-long start-up accelerator hosted by Hult International Business School’s Boston campus, the six finalist teams vying for the USD1M Hult Prize now…
Resumes don’t tell the full story [Harvard Business Review]
Any employer knows that in business, it’s not just what you know that counts, it’s what you can do. This is where resumes just don’t tell the full story. When…
Time for Business Schools to Get Ahead of the Game [Financial Times]
Written by John Beck, president of North Star Leadership Group and a senior adviser to the government of Cambodia, and Steve Hodges, President of Hult International Business School. Business schools,…
Business School Professors Should Be Like Movie Directors [Harvard Business Review]
Written in collaboration with Olaf Groth, Global Professor of Management, Strategy, Innovation and Economics at Hult International Business School, for the Harvard Business Review Blog Network “Business School Professors Should…
The Surest Way to Make a Woman Angry at Work? [Huffington Post]
Written by Cari E. Guittard, Professor of Global Management, Corporate Diplomacy, and Women’s Leadership at Hult International Business School, for the Huffington Post “The Surest Way to Make a Woman…
Do you have Captive Value? [Huffington Post]
Written by Cari E. Guittard, Professor of Global Management, Corporate Diplomacy, and Women’s Leadership at Hult International Business School, for the Huffington Post “Do you have Captive Value?“ I just…
Don’t Write Off the (Western) Focused Firm Yet [Harvard Business Review]
Written in collaboration with Daniel Deneffe, Professor of Strategy and Managerial Economics at Hult International Business School, for the Harvard Business Review Blog Network “Don’t Write off the (Western) Focused…
The Problem of Dodginess
The Problem of Dodginess: In a world where bad behavior is rewarded, can anybody keep MBAs honest? By Hult Professor John Beck and Hult President Dr. Stephen Hodges for Biz…
Highlights from Round Two of the #HultTweetUp on Disruptive Business Models
We’ve all heard of disruptive business models, but what are some examples—and why are they so important? Professor Grandinetti talks about specific companies that are paving new paths with new…
Blended Action Learning Meets Innovation [Innovation Excellence]
Written by Ronald Jonash, Dr. Hitendra Patel, Kate O’Keeffe, and Michael Warsaw for Innovation Excellence. Read the full article here. Introduction Exploring the interface between Blended Action Learning and Business…
Eight Ways Europe Can Boost Entrepreneurship
Written by Olaf Groth, Professor for Global Strategy, Economics, Management and Innovation at Hult International Business School. Read the full article here. For the past five years, Europe has been…
The Youth Unemployment Crisis—And What Businesses Can Do About It
There’s been a great deal of discussion lately about the global problem that is youth unemployment. Persistent youth unemployment causes a variety of problems for a country or society, not…
Highlights from the HultTweetUp on Social Entrepreneurship with Professor Mike Grandinetti
You hear a lot about social entrepreneurship these days, but what exactly is it? And what are the fundamental philosophies behind it? Hult Professor Mike Grandinetti fields some common questions,…
Our World Demands a More Effective Global Leader [The Huffington Post]
Written by Cari Guittard, Professor of Global Leadership, for The Huffington Post. Over the past several years, many American leaders in both the public and private sector have reinforced a…
Highlights From the #HultTweetUp with Professor Mark Esposito
Miss the #HultTweetUp on complexity with Professor Mark Esposito and thirsting to know more? You’re in luck. Check out the Storify version of the Q&A right here: How complexity is…
Highlights from the #HultTweetUp on Immigration Reform
Immigration reform is a hot topic in the U.S. right now. Newly proposed legislation, which just passed in the Senate, is now in the hands of the House of Representatives….
Highlights from the Hult TweetUp on Leading Change
Early this morning (or late in the day, depending on your time zone), Hult Labs grabbed a steaming cup of coffee and welcomed Professors of Change Management, Adam Carstens and…
#LeadChange Tweetup with Prof. Adam Carstens
If there’s anything we can count on, it’s change–and that can be scary. But here’s the thing: when we know how to effectively lead change, it suddenly becomes a very…
Conversations With Female Forces of Nature in Small Business 1 [The Huffington Post]
Professor of International Negotiations and Women’s Leadership Cari Guittard interviews the powerhouse behind Foundary Communications. Republished from The Huffington Post. Cari Guittard: What inspired you to start Foundry Communications,…
Is One Sleep Per Night Enough? You May Need Two
Imagine a world in which everyone is a night owl. Everyone, including you, goes to sleep soon after the sun sets. But then everyone rises a few hours later –…
Busting Stereotypes: The Greatest Goods of Asia
I was in Bangkok, on the last night of a whirlwind 8-country/8-day book promoting tour in Asia. I had been meeting potential students for Hult International Business School when I…
Halfway there in push for true gender equality [The National]
Efforts to empower women in the UAE – at school and on the job – are yielding results. As The National reported recently, the findings of a new survey on…
Professor of the Week, Mike Grandinetti [Financial Times]
Financial Times Professor of the Week Mike Grandinetti is professor of entrepreneurship, innovation, marketing and management at Hult International Business School, where he has been awarded two global teaching excellence awards….
The Statistics of Grit: How a Baseball Applies to the Real World
Spring is here, and for many of us, that means the joyful return of baseball. For me, there’s nothing better than a pleasant day at the ballpark, enjoying peanuts and…
The Big Phenomenon of Big Data: It’s More Personal Than You Think
Numbers matter. They matter a great deal in business and in life. But as Nate Silverman pointed out in his book, The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions…
Let’s Retire the Term ‘Emerging Markets,’ Shall We?
The term “emerging markets” traditionally refers to countries or regions with inadequate economic welfare and structures. It’s also a label that is applied to economies that have in fact already…
Free-Expanding Markets—a New Way to Look at the Global Markets
Where will we find growth opportunities, the kind that will take businesses and investment portfolios to the next level? The terms we use when looking at current markets and potential…