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- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
entrepreneurship is imbedded in the structure of the family." Cherie Nursalim, manager in the corporate strategy and planning division of her family's Gaja Tunggal Group, a major Indonesian conglomerate with extensive interests in... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Cathy A. Nichols
When Air Force brat Cathy Nichols turned ten, her father left the military and moved the family to a house without electricity in rural Maine. Nichols grew up in semipoverty, working every summer to earn money for clothes and knowing that... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
With the 15th Reunion for the Class of 1984 just around the corner, the Bulletin revisits five members of the class we've been keeping tabs on over the years to learn how they're balancing family and professional responsibilities. We... View Details
- 08 Mar 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Can the Proposed American Health Care Act Improve on 'Obamacare'?
Yesterday, President Donald Trump endorsed the American Health Care Act (AHCA), a plan proposed by Republican United States lawmakers to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), more commonly known as “Obamacare.” Democrats rallied against... View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?
of dogs and interested families, Exley and Battles have begun designing an accessible, up-to-date list of families looking for dogs. And there are plans to update the site. (At the risk of making a bad dog... View Details
- Portrait Project
Gad Caspy
I plan to have a smile on my face at least 30% of the time. I will achieve that by enjoying the little things I do, such as traveling to places I have never been before such as Australia and China, playing squash and soccer with friends... View Details
- 10 AM – 11 AM EDT, 22 Oct 2015
- Webinars: Trending@HBS
Collective Impact: An Innovative Approach to Improving Public Education
In this webinar, Professor Grossman will describe an innovative approach to improving public education Collective Impact and how you can get involved to help transform public education in the communities you care about. View Details
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Women Can Get More Venture Capital
and what kind of deals they made. When we talked with female partners, the anecdotal evidence was mixed. They said, "We don't think we see any more business plans from women entrepreneurs than our male colleagues. But, we as a firm... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
- 04 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids
and their ability to pay for each of our projects to assess the situation.” Uncertainty about “what the runway of cash should be and how long to plan for” compounded CEOs' liquidity concerns. Family and... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Vision: Learning Curve
technology so that we can reach out in a low-cost, scalable way,” Mahajan explains. Rocket targets the least educated and most impoverished families in India. Many parents earn between one and two dollars a day doing construction or... View Details
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Digital Designs on the Inner City
opportunities in inner city businesses, said surveys show a general increase in computer ownership and online access among inner city families. Even so, she pointed out, computer use in the inner city remains significantly lower than in other areas. For example, online... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Profile
Frank Spencer
trust. "Affordable housing in particular has been a longtime passion of mine." In addition to helping to develop the first SRO (single-room occupancy) residence for homeless men in Charlotte, Spencer has served on the board of the Charlotte Housing Authority... View Details
Samuel C. Johnson II
Taking the helm of the family business in 1966, Johnson began a diversification plan to lessen the company’s exposure to the introduction of “no-wax” floors. He aggressively moved the company into the... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
- 03 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
Forget About Making College Affordable; Make it a Good Investment
state colleges and universities for families with incomes below $125,000. "A bachelor’s degree may once have been a ticket to the middle class, but that is no longer a sure thing" Such a plan has... View Details
- 11 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Riding the Internet Fast Track
a narrow segment of higher-end families in selected communities in the Boston area. After four years of perfecting its business model, Streamline only recently expanded to the Washington, D.C., market. Its narrow market focus bypasses... View Details
Keywords: by Peter Jacobs
- 23 May 2018
- News
Christopher B. Howard, MBA 2003
parents were both the first in their families to go to college. They met in high school, where his mother was the class valedictorian and his father was the salutatorian. “My narrative is the American narrative,” observes Howard, who... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 10 Aug 2022
- News
Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age
be anywhere in your 50s all the way to your 80s. But I call it the "R" years because you're really relaunching, rethinking what you want to do. And then, the fourth quarter is what I would call sort of the legacy years, where you're View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Redefining Success: Women & Work.
from HBS. "These are women who know that having it all' is part of the superwoman myth," notes Hart, who designed Charting Your Course to help alumnae plan their work and family-life strategies. "It is possible, I believe, to have both... View Details
- Career Coach
Matt Spielman
Matt (Columbia ’94, HBS ’99) is the Founder and Managing Partner of Inflection Point Partners, an executive coaching and leadership development firm dedicated to igniting careers and energizing lives. Matt and his team at Inflection Point form meaningful partnerships... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Up Your Time Affluence
productive but leave us feeling time-poor. To counteract that effect do some time blocking. “Prioritize important tasks by planning long periods of uninterrupted time,” Whillans advises. Make a time-affluence to-do list. Instead of... View Details