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- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Right Connections
Ties on Investment Bank Affiliation and IPO Success." In research conducted with Ranjay Gulati of Northwestern's Kellogg School, Higgins found that "what matters most when executives are trying to raise money is their professional ties... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 May 2013
- News
Lynn Thoman, MBA 1979
culture. The Medical School has been able to use the funds to invest in R&D across HMS and the affiliated hospitals, thereby bringing all the institutions closer together and leveraging the strength of the entire network.” Thoman’s... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Stem Cell Man
inclusive approach has helped to bridge differences and create new rules of engagement within and among Harvard schools and more than 750 scientists at eleven affiliated research hospitals,” the Boston Globe (June 11, 2007) reported.... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Water, Water Everywhere
privatize water services." A big fish in the industry is Rebecca Mark (MBA '90), chairman and CEO of Azurix, an affiliate of energy giant Enron that she helped create and which recently went public. (See first item, preceding page.) "We... View Details
- 08 Jul 2016
- News
So Why Don't You Have Your Dream Job Yet?
and certainly not in your first job or two or three coming out of college.” His advice to new grads? Don't hunt perfection. Now, you know that the first thing you do you will actually have massive downstream effects, because who you get exposed to, what brand you get... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Online Job Bank Debuts
total. (HBS affiliation is not required for potential employers, and there is no charge for job postings.) Says Sullivan, “We realize that our alumni will experience a number of job shifts, and perhaps even industry changes, over the... View Details
- 25 Sep 2009
- News
HBS’s Oldest Class Secretary
percent from the petroleum industry. Charlie was among the last group, for he was manager of Standard Oil’s Everett, Massachusetts, refinery when he attended HBS. He worked a total of 36 years for affiliates of Standard Oil and the last... View Details
Keywords: Keith Larson
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Dare to be Different
table having an interesting conversation with someone about the way the world works. There is a certain seamlessness between business and the everyday lives of ordinary people. I wanted to create that same kind of seamlessness in the book. You write that the kind of... View Details
- 11 Jan 2019
- News
Case Study: Beating Bias
establishing an audience, then adding targeted ads and affiliate marketing, Patel aims to build a “commenting platform 2.0,” he says: Media companies could license the product to enable more robust user-generated discussion within the... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 03 Apr 2018
- News
Taking Frontier Markets to the Next Level
like that. We saw that there was an opportunity to bring cleaner and cheaper energy through solar energy to these companies. “We started CrossBoundary Energy as an affiliated investment vehicle to help finance solar energy for businesses... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Research Brief: The Real Cost of Countering China
Mexico, among other countries, have seen an increase in their share of American imports. Alfaro compares China’s situation to that of Japan 60 years ago. In the 1960s and 1970s, the United States imposed tariffs on Japanese goods. In response, Japanese firms moved... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Leadership Project Codifies Elusive Traits
legacy (past), global, and emerging (future) — the initiative aims to provide cutting-edge research on the often-elusive topic of leadership. Led by Anthony J. (“Tony”) Mayo (MBA ’88), its seven affiliated faculty members are part of the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Check In
boutique space that didn’t exist previously. For example, Marriott has its Autograph Collection, Hyatt has its Unbound Collection, and Hilton does something called Curio. You can affiliate with those big brands and still be an... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Designing Change
come easily, of course. For starters, Kahn has little leverage to convince independent affiliates to adopt the new logo and the added expense of new marketing materials. Faced with the task of influencing View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 30 Sep 2015
- News
The Power of Service
explains Reilly, who cofounded City Year in Boston in 1988 with Harvard friends Michael Brown (HLS 1988), Alan Khazei (HLS 1987), and Neil Silverston (HBS 1987). At the quarter-century mark, the nonprofit today engages young adults in community-building activities in... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Microfinance's Big Payoff: Michael Chu and ACCION International
Michael Chu (MBA '76) is president and CEO of ACCION International, a private nonprofit corporation founded in 1961 and based in Somerville, Massachusetts. ACCION's affiliates in thirteen Latin American countries and the United States... View Details
- 19 Jul 2011
- News
Brightening the Future
has similar distribution partners in Ethiopia, Kenya, Senegal, and Argentina. Both companies are affiliated with the Stiftung Solarenergie International Network for Rural Development, a German foundation dedicated to development aid. The... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Alumni Books
demonstrates the benefits of affiliating a business with charities and nonprofits. They include an increase in the bottom line and employee morale as well as a boost to the company’s brand and reputation. Plugged In: The Generation Y... View Details
- 31 Oct 2019
- News
Business Success Means Community Success in Wisconsin; GNN Roundup
seen interacting with each to forge new connections. The overall feedback was that it was a wonderful, well-spent Wednesday.” HBS alumni and affiliates also gathered in Singapore, South Africa, the UK, Australia, Hong Kong, Sweden, Dubai,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Thomas A. James, MBA 1966
investment in people have remained steadfast as he has grown the company into a leading global financial services firm. In the 1970s, RJF expanded into brokerage offices across the country, working with affiliates that acted as... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young