Why female entrepreneurs are driving the start-up recovery
Entrepreneurs are a unique group of people – they know how to combine business acumen, determination, and an unwavering belief in a great idea. They also often avoid the traditional…
Jobs, growth, and future potential in the Boston biotech industry
Boston is going through an unprecedented phase of biotech growth, placing it alongside San Francisco and San Diego on the list of the leading U.S. hubs for the industry. As…
Top 10 digital dos and don’ts for businesses
Consumer behaviors are changing all around us. Expectations of online experiences are constantly increasing and loyalty is harder than ever to gain and retain. Meanwhile, the new boys on the…
China’s search for talent, its role in the global economy, and Hult Shanghai hosts its third International Cultural Festival
Hult Shanghai is unique among our campuses in that every student is from overseas. Career events on campus offer a global perspective on local issues and social events have a…
MBAs with a mission – social impact and venture capital is changing business from the inside out
As millennials make up an increasing percentage of the global workforce and business schools graduate a new generation of Masters of Business Administration, a marked shift in focus can be…
From exploitation to transformation – Focus on social impact requires new business models and transformative leaders
By Joanne Lawrence, Global Professor of Corporate Responsibility and Social Innovation, Hult International Business School News headlines in recent years have included stories of businesses behaving badly at an…
Hult WINS AMBA’s 2014 MBA Innovation Award
Hult International Business School beat 100 other schools to win the Association of MBAs’ (AMBA) 2014 MBA Innovation Award for their redesigned One-Year MBA curriculum. AMBA is the international independent…
How to (Gradually) Become a Different Company [HBR]
A number of recent headline-grabbing announcements of divestments and split-ups by companies such as HP (spinning off its PC and printer businesses), GE (the sale of its appliances business to…
Innovate or die – why companies are turning their back on business as usual
Innovation has gone from being a niche sector that successful companies could either choose to participate in or not, to an absolute must for any business wanting to survive. Every…
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…
Bill Clinton Rewards a Social Startup and Resolves a Minor Health Crisis in the Same Night [Bloomberg Businesweek]
This article was originally published by Bloomberg Businessweek on September 24, 2014, ‘Bill Clinton Rewards a Social Startup and Resolves a Minor Health Crisis in the Same Night‘. A team…
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…
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…
Crowdfunding 101: An Interview with CrowdEngine’s Dan Baird
Let’s say you’re stuck on a problem. You need help. You ask co-workers, you reach out to friends, and bit by bit you gather the data to get unstuck. Now…
The Hult MBA: Learning (and Rapping) in a Creative Environment
The other day I read an article on Forbes: Why Twitter’s IPO Was Really A Failure. A smile stretched across my face. Not because of a dislike for the social network,…
Minister Dubs Dubai An Entrepreneurial Paradise
The Hult Prize regionals in Dubai featured prestigious judges from the region, including the Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development, Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan. Addressing the competitors…
TEDA: Enabling Funding for China’s Next Generation of Tech Firms [Business Wire]
Published by Business Wire, featuring Olaf Groth, Professor for Global Strategy, Economics, Management and Innovation at Hult International Business School. TIANJIN, China–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cities, governments, and industrial parks the world over…
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…
Hult International Business School Launches Visionary Speaker Series [Press Release]
BOSTON, November 12, 2013 — Hult International Business School (Hult) is proud to announce that it will launch its first Visionary Speaker Series next month. The new series will showcase…
The Lean Mindset—and What it Takes to Measure Innovation
At the 2012 Olympics in London, Om Yun-chol, of North Korea, won a gold medal for weightlifting in the men’s 56kg event. He did it by lifting three times his…
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…
First-ever JUMP! event has a successful landing for students and startups
Entrepreneurs, investors, educators, students, and many others came together last weekend to JUMP! in the name of global entrepreneurship, courtesy of Hult San Francisco’s Hult Venture Group. JUMP! is a…
Greenovate! City of Curitiba, Brazil Rapid Transit System [Innovation Excellence]
Organizations still have a long way to go to to fully integrate the social web to connect to their customers. Here are some great examples, curated by Professor of Innovation,…
Connectivate! AIRBNB – Beds for Rent [Innovation Excellence]
Organizations still have a long way to go to to fully integrate the social web to connect to their customers. Here are some great examples, curated by Professor of Innovation,…
Connectivate! GAIKAI Online Game Ecosystem [Innovation Excellence]
Organizations still have a long way to go to fully integrate the social web to connect to their customers. Here are some great examples, curated by Professor of Innovation, Hitendra Patel…
Greenovate! – ACAL Next Gen Fuel Cell Technology [Innovation Excellence]
This article is republished from Innovation Excellence, the world’s most popular innovation website serving visitors from 170+ countries. See the original article here. Real world stories about innovators and innovative…
Hult Innovation Scholarship – Investing in ideas
Francesco Pierangeli, Hult Innovation Scholar, MIB class of 2013 “I was already considering developing an innovative idea about the empowerment of local community life, together with my friend Valerio Massaroni, when I…
Hult wins Innovation Excellence Award at NACE conference 2012
Hult brings home the award for Innovation Excellence Award at the NACE conference this year. The National Association of Colleges and Employers Innovation Excellence is one of two leading University…
Hult Social Entrepreneurs Hope to Bring Social Innovations to Malawi
(LONDON – May 29, 2012) Driven by a desire to empower local communities in Africa, a team of six young social entrepreneurs at Hult International Business School will embark on…
