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- 02 Jan 2020
- News
Empowering Rural Communities
type of firm he wanted to launch than the sector in which he would work. “We wanted to start a company that helps people and benefits society,” he says. The energy sector, which was at the beginning of what Riley calls the “renewable... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
The US Patent System’s Uncertain Fate
(Illustration by Peter Arkle) What is really at stake when we talk about patents? Lauren Cohen: Innovation is the future of the US economy. Given that the value of firms is shifting toward intellectual property, if we don’t get patents... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Hollywood Story
has a lot in common with film producing and screenwriting. “There is definitely something to be said for having the kind of training I had at Goldman,” says Epstein, who finished production in May on The Deal, a “global oil thriller” she wrote and coproduced. Set in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
All For One
end of the studio’s decade-long string of successes that included Toy Story, Monsters, Inc., and Finding Nemo—each movie breaking new ground in its own way, pushing the boundaries in terms of both technology and storytelling. It was... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
A View from the Top
he cited the restructuring of WPP in 1991 and 1992 as a difficult time. Sahlman then noted that Zobel had guided his firm through volatile markets in the Philippines. “It’s easy to discount bad times,” Zobel observed. “Make the assumption... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Short Takes
Firms and Flexibility As job security and long-term relationships between corporations and their white-collar workers become relics of the past, what will link these two parties in the future? According to HBS assistant professor Jeffrey... View Details
Keywords: Judith Ross
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
How to Spur Prosperity
to Australian citizens. That sounded reasonable, but many of the new ventures were software companies that had to compete globally with firms that used inexpensive labor in places like Bangalore. Whatever... View Details
- 03 Jan 2017
- News
Using Technology to Tailor Learning to Each Child
Heather Staker (MBA 2001) is president of Ready to Blend, a firm that works with K-12 teachers to combine educational technology solutions with classroom instruction to accelerate children’s ability to learn and achieve. In this... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
HBS Business Plan Contestants Pin Their Hopes on the Internet
The HBS entrepreneurial spirit was evident on May 1, when nearly nine hundred students and guests jammed into Burden Auditorium for the finals of the School's fourth annual Business Plan Contest. The winning entry, Bang Networks, provides Internet companies with a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Avon CEO Jung on Leadership
Jung Andrea Jung, chairman and CEO of Avon Products, Inc., knows a thing or two about reinvention. After taking over the venerable beauty-products firm in 1999, she helped it shed the last vestiges of its “Ding-dong, Avon calling” image... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
50 Years & Counting
"Understanding gender triggers can make it easier for women to neutralize inequities." "Understanding gender triggers can make it easier for women to neutralize inequities." - KATHLEEN McGINN That study drew her to consider other common assumptions about women at work,... View Details
- 03 Feb 2014
- News
Eyes on Medical Breakthroughs
harder than her male classmates to succeed. From her father, a Hungarian immigrant with no business training who bought New York City's Chelsea Hotel and turned it into one of the Big Apple's most famous addresses, she learned to take... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Latin America's Decade
still wary of Mexico in the wake of a series of economic crises. In addition, he notes, "We now must compete against Internet companies for capital as e-commerce firms attract investors seeking high returns. But I think as our country... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Books
“consumption-based economy of the early 20th century originated in the face-to-face selling strategies of peddlers and book canvassers of the previous generation.” The book begins in the early 1800s with a look at the hardships of the first View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Value Added
regardless of location. "A handful of senior consultants will go out and open a new office," he says. "They hire the best talent available in that country and train them to assume total responsibility from their mentors within five to ten... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Delivering Trust
delicate corner of the medical world. Although the couple were happily employed—Deborah at a startup, Jake at VC firm Sequoia Capital—the Andersons realized they were that someone. Both left their jobs in 2014 and used personal savings to... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books
incorporates the lessons and insights that the authors have gained in the past five years. Two new chapters critically examine the role of organizational culture in promoting or hindering ambidexterity and its underlying fundamental... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
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Short Takes
No Mistake About It: Trust Is Key in Learning It's a real Catch-22: Learning is more critical than ever to firm success, yet the process often requires making mistakes. And many people believe mistakes lead to failure and thus avoid... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Things Everyone Should Know How to Do
Ettus Photo Courtesy Samantha Ettus In The Experts’ Guide to 100 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do (Clarkson Potter/Publishers, 2004), Samantha Ettus (MBA ’01) set out to write “a CliffsNotes for life.” Ettus, who is the founder and president of the talent and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
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Venture Capital’s Comeback
nationwide, will fail as the dust from the tech wreck continues to settle. Most firms that close go out with a whimper after unsuccessfully attempting to raise a new pool of investment capital. “There are... View Details