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- 21 Feb 2017
- News
Wilson Claims Title of Fastest American Solo Sailor
Bulletin is considered “the Mt. Everest of the seas.” This year’s competition was his second successful solo ocean race. He soundly bested his time in the 2008-9 edition of the race of 121 days and 41 minutes. While battling storms, rough seas, and a gimpy GPS system,... View Details
Keywords: Vendee Globe
- 23 Sep 2010
- News
How Did You Spend Your Summer Vacation?
telecom provider. “I helped redesign the strategy for M-Paisa, the country’s first mobile money mechanism,” Keshavjee told the Harbus. “Given that 97 percent of Afghanistan’s population is unbanked, M-Paisa represented a unique mechanism... View Details
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
students," she says. "The challenge now is to align financial and environmental sustainability in our investments. "I believe in starting somewhere," she continues. "If we study our options, it's a stepping stone. You start a dialogue, and a window of opportunity... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Building a Social Network
regarding how to improve ratings for the other half. The organization’s strategy to date has focused on a “broad” approach where member interest drives group formation; to generate the revenues needed to provide online and administrative... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Faculty Books
Getting Unstuck: How Dead Ends Become New Paths by Timothy Butler (HBS Press) Acknowledging that people may feel stuck or psychologically paralyzed at times in their lives, Butler, director of Career Development Programs, offers View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Reimagining China and India
KHANNA: “The countries are inverted mirror images of each other.” Lots of books have been written about modern China and India, but nearly all deal with one or the other — not both. HBS professor Tarun Khanna set out to fill the breach... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Frank Blethen (PMD 35, 1978)
relevant, quality newspaper and deliver it on time. To my knowledge we're the only newspaper in the country that guarantees 5:30 a.m. weekday home delivery, which is very expensive to do. But we think that's critical. About 40 percent of... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Understanding the global economy from a new perspective
principal global challenges can be addressed more effectively if our two countries work in complementary ways.” The Paulson Institute takes a “think-and-do” approach to its work on US-China relations, through publications and programs... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Outsourcing for Radical Change
were transformed by outsourcing were also more prevalent overseas. If I had to guess why, I would suggest that the approach to partnerships in other countries tends to be more collaborative and less adversarial. It may have as much to do... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965
company's long-term viability. The strategy paid off, with sales jumping well over 50 percent in the first year alone. Under intense scrutiny, Gerstner then reversed a plan to split IBM into independently operated "Baby Blues," choosing... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Beantown as a Beacon
help boost America's performance in the global economy. The May event was part of a series of city-specific "Paths Forward" programs held across the country that brought together expert panels to weigh in on how the national business... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Ink
Future-proof Handling his first consulting job after years of experience in accounting and academics, Vijay “VG” Govindarajan (MBA 1976, DBA 1978) sat down to sketch out a strategy for his client. Literally written on the back of an... View Details
- 09 Jul 2019
- News
The Road to Impact
need,” Offensend says. EDC partnered with U.S. VETS to create a marketing strategy to reach out to the 19,000 female veterans in the Southern California area, through an online portal. Responding to how vets used the site over the course... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Short Takes
all, say Professor Krishna G. Palepu and Assistant Professor Tarun Khanna, authors of "Corporate Strategies for Business Groups in Emerging Markets," a working paper slated to be published (under a different title) in the July-August... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Around the World
ago, Nohria made advancement of the School’s international strategy one of his top five priorities. “Today, HBS would be derelict in its mission if it weren’t preparing the leaders it educates to succeed in a global context,” says Nohria.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Faculty Books
experiences in more than twenty countries. (See cover story) How Countries Compete by Richard H.K. Vietor (HBS Press) Professor Vietor examines the different social, economic, cultural, and historical forces shaping governmental... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Consumption Is America’s Competitive Advantage
United States, rather than investing massive sums to regain technological preeminence, is much better off becoming the best country at incorporating such advances in new products and services, no matter where the ingredients are produced.... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
New Releases
companies and countries seeking effective strategies for competing in today's global economy. "If this collection could convey only one message," Porter writes in his introduction, "I would want it to be a... View Details
- 20 Feb 2019
- News
Building an Ecosystem for African Entrepreneurs
Talk to Tony O. Elumelu (AMP 166, 2004) for more than a few minutes and you are sure to hear about “Africapitalism.” The Nigerian businessman and philanthropist coined the term in 2010 to describe the investment strategy that has shaped... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Banking on HBS
Challenge Indeed, the Bank's stated mission is to reduce poverty and improve living standards by promoting sustainable growth and investments in people. To those ends, it provides loans, technical assistance, and policy guidance for its member View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons