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- 15 Feb 2023
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Grand Ambitions in the Great Plains
Photo credits: Meghan Kenny and Jonas Lee Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Meghan Kenny: Our prototype is called Hobbes. All of our major pieces of equipment are named after cartoon characters. Hobbes's predecessor is actually named... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Competitiveness at Risk
was not shocked by that figure, but its underlying components gave us a new perspective. Survey respondents were more pessimistic about the future of American living standards than about companies’ prospects. Alumni appear to believe that firms will be able to adapt to... View Details
- 17 Jan 2019
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
believe are the most transformational technology companies. We do this across the spectrum––from our early-stage seed and Series A fund all the way through our two later-stage vehicles. We are only three years old and so my role is not only to invest but to View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
opportunity, marshaling of required resources, exploitation of opportunity, and harvesting." In other words, "entrepreneurship" is a way of managing that occurs in organizations large or small, youthful or experienced. Underpinning... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
Photography by Jason Andrew Ibrahim Mustapha grows maize in Katsina Fulani, a village of mud-brick houses topped by rusted corrugated roofs in northern Nigeria. Like millions of farmers in his country, Mustapha is a "smallholder"; he and... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
HBS Conferences Explore Range of Issues
regulatory infrastructure. Political corruption, restrictions by China on the free flow of information and opinion, or other official interference could be potential areas of conflict, he said. Organized by the Asian Business Club at HBS... View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
research on impact investing The Acumen Fund’s Sasha Dichter (MBA/MPA 2002) on how to grow impact investing Moving the Needle (Fran Seegul, MBA 1998) Making A Difference: Àlvaro Rodríguez-Arregui (MBA 1995) Maya Chorengel (MBA 1997) Lisa... View Details
- 24 Aug 2017
- News
Unlocking Potential
extend their education, and develop workplace skills. They also receive support in personal areas where they need it, such as mental health, addiction recovery, and parenting. A Partnership Is Born Anderson’s own path was shaped by her family environment. View Details
- 29 Apr 2016
- News
The First Five Years: Kelly McKenna (MBA 2015)
progress. When thinking about our strategy and how to communicate it to teammates, I walk myself through the list of each class in the RC first-semester curriculum as a sort of outline/checklist. It’s an organized way to think about how... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
Beginning in late January, the School's student clubs host a series of annual conferences that explore a wide variety of specialized business issues. Organized and staffed by hundreds of hardworking HBS student volunteers, the conferences... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Making History, Starting Over
British government to declare a state of emergency and place businesses on a three-day workweek to conserve electricity. It would take more than luck to grow a business in such conditions. By 1977, two of the founding partners had moved... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Letters to the Editor
While James Hoagland is correct that in recent years there is a growing tendency to flip or resell buyouts after a rapid turnaround, the general experience is actually quite different. As I mentioned, holding periods and investment time... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016
the practices that characterize entrepreneurial individuals, families, and organizations and offer pragmatic advice. The Upside of Inequality: How Good Intentions Undermine the Middle Class by Edward Conard (MBA 1982) (Portfolio) Conard... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Do You Speak Business?
of familiarity, cultural gulfs and local differences often remain hidden. Amid these conflicting realities, however, HBS alumni report anecdotal evidence that a youthful and growing cosmopolitan business class is bringing these different... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
three MIT scientists founded E Ink in 1997. “I was the business guy,” says Wilcox, who over time has held senior leadership roles at the company in areas ranging from sales and marketing to finance to R&D. Twelve years later, the company Wilcox now heads as CEO is... View Details
- 04 May 2017
- News
Going the Distance
keep pushing ourselves forward,” says Frey, who completed the final leg of his journey in April 2016 by sailing 6,000 miles across the North Pacific Ocean in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. Drawn to the ocean as a young boy View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
No Place Like Home
Not surprisingly, affordable housing has also become a growing problem in the suburbs. Often devoting little thought to housing availability in outlying communities, companies have relocated due to generous tax breaks and other... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 02 Oct 2017
- News
Radical Generosity for the Real World
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Growing up in a single parent household outside of Chicago, Ami Campbell's (MBA 1997) thoughts on money were mainly focused on scarcity. As she writes in the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Your Own Medicine
fibrosis treatment. Williams got into pharma by chance. After working in investment banking before and after HBS, he took a job at the consulting firm Corporate Decisions (now Oliver Wyman). One of his first clients was launching a drug that would help prevent View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Li & Fung's Global Footprint
about how to manage and grow the company? The turning point was when Deng Xiaoping opened up China, making available the most important natural resource it had, its labor, to the rest of the world. Starting in 1979, China began to... View Details