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01 Mar 2013
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Sizing Up Social Impact

level," notes Ebrahim. "It doesn't disappear into other government agencies. The reasoning is that you can't achieve results without an accountable, locally embedded authority directly championed by the country's executive leadership. In... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Crop Production; Agriculture; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities

01 Sep 2009
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Consumer Finance Makes HBS Debut

in other areas. But we didn’t have a course that would help students understand consumers and the financial service firms that serve them, including traditional banks, insurance companies, credit card issuers, and brokers, as well as a... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance

25 Aug 2022
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Harnessing the Tools of the Digital Age

Vladimir Jacimovic (MBA 1992), an HBS executive fellow and founder of ContinuumLab.ai, a differentiated venture firm that incubates and launches AI startups. The Institute, which launched in July, has... View Details

Keywords: April White

19 May 2021
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Alumni Convene to Support Nonprofit Boards; Seven Clubs Mix It Up Online

Executive Solutions, a firm that guides nonprofits through successful leadership transitions. “More and more, HBS alumni are engaged in philanthropy and the nonprofit world, and the school itself is doing so... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Sep 2005
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London Forum Highlights the Best of HBS

their research. Faculty presenters were paired with one or more business executives and other experts who added insightful commentary to the topic under discussion. The presentations reflected the wide diversity of interests pursued by... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Oct 2001
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Making a World of Difference

educational matter. The implications are vast — we can begin to imagine a world safe for difference when coexistence education enters the school curriculum." Slifka's investment career began as a summer associate at L.F. Rothschild & Co. Upon earning his MBA, he joined... View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

24 Sep 2020
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The Race for a Vaccine

Above: illustration by Matthew Roharik/Getty Images In November 2019, a team from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, visited Moderna, Inc.’s manufacturing plant in Norwood, Massachusetts. The biotech... View Details

Keywords: April White; COVID-19; Scientific Research and Development Services

01 Jun 2013
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Collective Wisdom

and gain energy. A company like SAP has realized that relying on communities is a way to build support for features that customers will value, instead of blindly pushing out solutions and hoping for buy-in. It's a matter of firms... View Details

Keywords: crowdsourcing; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

19 May 2022
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Leading to Salvation

to apply to HBS, launching a career that would include executive roles at McKinsey, Citibank, and Union Texas Petroleum, as well as board service for General Mills, Hewlett-Packard, Stanley Black & Decker, and UnitedHealth. From 1993... View Details

01 Mar 2004
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New Horizons for Iraq

’91), an expert in project finance, studies how firms structure, value, and finance very large capital investments such as oil fields, mines, and power plants. His research covers both developed and developing countries, including... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; James E. Aisner; Julia Hanna; National Security and International Affairs; Government

01 Dec 2005
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Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper

commercial real estate prior to 1990. Since then, almost every major Wall Street firm has become active in real estate private equity. “Morgan Stanley alone has gone from zero dollars under management to almost $40 billion over the past... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Real Estate

05 Nov 2013
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Start-Ups Get a Start in New Orleans

the pension firm State Street Research. Although the family moved because Wise got a job at Tulane, Wilkins quickly saw opportunities in the city's burgeoning business scene. "I'm an entrepreneur at my core, and after Katrina everyone... View Details

Keywords: New Orleans; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

01 Jan 2008
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Anand G. Mahindra, MBA 1981

Mahindra. “From the corporate center, we provide services—financial skills and help with branding, for instance—and monitor the financial targets very closely, but we are essentially allowing professional executives to do their job.” To... View Details

01 Sep 2017
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History’s Lessons

success.” This certainly makes for compelling reading in our time, and it is conceivable that Shackleton placed the notice. He was searching for men with a specific outlook and orientation, and this ad would have appealed to such... View Details

Keywords: Abraham Lincoln; Ernest Shackelford; Rachel Carson

01 Apr 2001
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Student Conferences Tackle Business Issues

Barksdale Group and former CEO of Netscape; Hank Barry, CEO of Napster; Irwin Jacobs, chairman and CEO of QUALCOMM; and Carl Yankowski, CEO of Palm, Inc. Representatives from top venture-capital and consulting firms joined a diverse mix... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Feb 1997
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OPM Celebrates 21st Anniversary at Gala Florida Reunion

and develop friendships with those outside your class as well." The academic program began early the next day and included presentations by W. Earl Sasser, Jr., the UPS Foundation Professor of Service Management and chair of the School's View Details

07 Sep 2021
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Green House

complex, and Harper worked with design-and-build firm Group Design Build to execute an exacting vision. Each bay and gable creates challenges for unwanted air leakage and heat loss. To dramatically decrease... View Details

01 Jun 2017
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The Exchange: Venture Forth

and its place in the business ecosystem has changed significantly in the intervening decades. Two recent working papers explore those changes—Gompers’s survey of decision-making at hundreds of VC firms and Professor Ramana Nanda’s study... View Details