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- 12 Feb 2022
- News
Industrialist Rahul Bajaj Dies at 83
with convenient mobility solutions,” Pawan Munjal, chairman and CEO of Hero MotoCorp, a Bajaj competitor, told Forbes. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi noted that Bajaj “will be remembered for his noteworthy contributions to the world... View Details
- 22 May 2016
- News
An Evangelist for Entrepreneurs
As former chief secretary to the British Treasury under Prime Minister Gordon Brown, MP and former entrepreneur Liam Byrne (MBA 2010) has had plenty of opportunity for success, failure, and reflection. Asked what his one change would be... View Details
- 15 Oct 2024
- News
Ratan Tata, Visionary Business Leader, Dies at 86
Ratan Tata (AMP 71, 1975), who was one of India’s most admired leaders, died on October 9, in Mumbai. The Tata Group announced his death in a statement. He served as chairman and chief executive of the Tata Group from 1991 to 2012, during which time profits multiplied... View Details
- 21 Sep 2015
- News
Helping Japan Build a Strong Economic Future
Partnership (TPP) with the United States, Singapore, Australia, Chile, and seven other countries. “Strong political sensitivities over comprehensive tariff elimination—a TPP negotiating principle—made Japan’s participation extremely divisive,” notes Munakata. She... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Net Gains
incredible," he says. He points to China as a prime example of the league's international potential realized. Thanks to a decades-long campaign, the country is now the NBA's largest international market, with more than 100 employees, wide... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Corporate Governance Conference Addresses Global Challenges
In recent years, government and business leaders throughout the world have made governance issues a prime focus, as capital markets have increased their scrutiny of countries' and companies' corporate-governance structures, policies, and... View Details
- 10 Jan 2017
- News
Sir David Clementi Named BBC Chairman
for TV licences for over-75s. In news, the BBC has to innovate to meet the digital demands of a new generation of consumers. And in entertainment, where it has long been used to being the biggest beast in the jungle, there are new predators such as Netflix and Amazon... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Looking to the East
When Japan's Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori conferred about matters of commerce and technology last August in Bangalore, India, with S.M. Krishna, the state of Karnataka's Chief Minister, a key figure at their meeting was Shrikrishna... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Picture This
from wall art to puzzles to pillows. And its acquisition, last August, of Spoonflower—an artist marketplace for custom-designed fabric, wallpaper, and other home-decor items—puts Shutterfly in a prime position to leverage consumer... View Details
- 29 Apr 2022
- News
Clean Slate
2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office, and in a stroke of good fortune, he made accessibility to toilets a top priority in one of his earliest public addresses. “People may criticize me for talking about toilets,” he told the... View Details
- 28 Sep 2017
- News
Alumni-Founded Aerospace Pioneer Orbital Acquired for $7.8 Billion
capital supplied by maxed-out credit cards, Orbital Sciences Corporation launched in April 1982, the first corporate entrant at the prime contractor level in nearly three decades. According to Bloomberg, the acquisition is the largest... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
In Brief
courses as they worked in small teams to build viable microbusinesses. More Attention, HBS Entrepreneurs! Venture capitalists Patrick Chung (MBA 2004) and Harry Weller (MBA 1998) are prime movers behind the Experiment Fund, launched to... View Details
- 21 Oct 2010
- News
Hell? Maybe Not.
part of the 25 employees of MBA Career and Professional Development. “It’s an all-hands-on-deck situation,” says Director of Employer Relations Kristen Fitzpatrick (MBA ’03). Logistics and prepping aside, the week represents a prime... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Giving Amazon the Boot
founder and editor-in-chief of the online magazine The Business of Fashion, understands the pull of Amazon’s wildly popular Prime subscription service and the fact that it’s the go-to site for most products. “If someone has a very high... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Nancy M. Barry, MBA 1975
CURRENT STUDENTS "Follow your passion. Don't wait until you are 50 to find meaning and purpose in your life. Focus on building your life and the resume will follow. Choose faith, not fear, as your prime motivator. Trust people, trust the... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Rahul Bajaj, MBA 1964
the group companies. During that time, he also earned a law degree in Bombay (now Mumbai). By the 1990s, Bajaj Auto faced problems worthy of an HBS case study. A combination of the company's ramped-up production and the entry-thanks to some early liberalization... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The HBS Fund
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a firm believer that the professional advancement of women is key to addressing this issue, invited Professor Hirotaka Takeuchi to develop a program, now in its third year, to train Japanese women for management... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Pitfalls, Trade-Offs, Dreaming Big
teaches the popular MBA elective Founders’ Dilemmas. In 2011, the course was named one of the top entrepreneurship courses in the United States by Inc. magazine. What’s a common instance of ill-advised behavior by entrepreneurs? Splitting equity with your cofounders is... View Details
- 05 Apr 2020
- News
Launching in a World in Limbo
the context. With potential customers largely confined to their homes, it will now go up against established platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video that can be watched on any screen, including the living room TV. Quibi works only... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Truth Teller
or 15. “You had to have a good bath when you got home.” Morning routine: None. “I work in two or three different offices, and the nature of what I do is perpetually changing.” Prime time: “I’m not going to get into top gear before I’ve... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna