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- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Faculty Books
he seeks counsel from a panel of advisers, resulting in a wealth of teaching moments. Judgment Calls: Twelve Stories of Big Decisions and the Teams That Got Them Right by Thomas H. Davenport View Details
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities
John Walson launched the first commercial cable television system in Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, an Appalachian town eighty-six miles from Philadelphia. 1,2 Walson worked as a lineman for Pennsylvania Power & Light and also owned a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Maiden Voyage
wealth to reinvent itself as a modern global competitor. Still, getting to Mars will be a nine-month journey, and lots can go wrong. “A country can only have one fiftieth anniversary,” says Al Hashmi.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
A CEO Goes Undercover
had agreed to work at different jobs in my company. But I would not appear as myself, the president and CEO of Herschend Family Entertainment (HFE), one of America’s premier, privately held theme-park operators. Instead, I would be “John... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Dear Future Author…
your book as you do writing it.” —Douglas P. McCormick (MBA 1997), investor, entrepreneur, and author of Family Inc.: Using Business Principles to Maximize Your Family’s Wealth “[Investment consultant View Details
- 18 May 2016
- News
What Does the American Dream Mean in Today’s America?
Alexander Navab (MBA 1991), head of investment firm KKR’s Americas private equity business, was honored this year with an Ellis Island Medal of Honor, presented annually to “individuals who have made it their mission to share with those less fortunate their View Details
- 12 Aug 2010
- News
You Can’t Take It with You
Last week, The Giving Pledge announced that forty of the wealthiest families and individuals in the United States have committed to give away at least half their fortunes to charitable organizations. Cofounded by Bill Gates View Details
- 06 Oct 2022
- News
On the Road to Recovery
company while still at HBS and had recently sold his investments, was intrigued by the opportunity. Travel nursing had gotten its start in the 1980s, and its biggest player had recently gone public,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Real Estate: A Local Business Goes Global
trend is not going away. This trend is being driven by two things. The first is the wealth buildup in Asia. The domestic real estate markets in Asia are still small, so Asian real estate investors have turned to Europe View Details
Keywords: Real Estate
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion
year. Despite the wealth of people like Wu Yajun and Yin Mingshan, the average Chinese lives on less than $2,000. Why would the latter want, in effect, to lend money to the former, who is twenty-two times... View Details
- 23 Sep 2020
- News
HBS Action Plan for Racial Equity
individuals who apply,” Rivkin told The Wall Street Journal. “Reducing financial barriers is key. It increases financial aid to families that have historically been unable to accumulate wealth over generations View Details
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
When you think about which countries have produced the greatest management innovations, the United States and Japan are likely to top your list. But it was Germany in the late 1800s and early 1900s that was... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2024 Commencement Remarks | About
society—lifting millions of people out of poverty and providing valuable products and services that have improved standards of living around the world. Across all your courses,... View Details
- 09 Dec 2021
- News
Higher Returns
causes of all this that you lay out in the book is what you refer to as the “great wealth migration.” Can you talk about the great wealth migration? Define it and tell us a... View Details
- 07 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Exit Interview: HBS Dean Kim Clark
should always be held to that high standard. Our work should be more than rigorous and relevant. It should give some measure of inspiration and aspiration to the world. Part of our work is providing the... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Alumni Bulletin Staff
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Arunma Oteh (MBA 1990)
(Photograph by Stephen Voss) World Bank VP and Treasurer Arunma Oteh (MBA 1990) has a clear sense of why she likes her job: “You bring very sophisticated finance tools to tackle the world’s most challenging problems.” Originally from... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
America the Difficult
Last year, foreign investors set new records for their acquisition activity in the United States. And 2008 began with nearly daily stories of American financial executives courting foreign direct investors, particularly sovereign View Details
- Portrait Project
Gordon C. Liao
i want to create wealth through poetry, passion and performance fulfill decades of unfilled entrepreneurial dreams of inner city tenants build success for descendants of slaves, laborers, refugee immigrants... View Details
- 28 Jan 2014
- News
Income Inequality as a Sustainability Issue
Chandler’s Legacies
had access to a wealth of resources through the Baker Library, and received fantastic support from librarians who opened my eyes to new sources of information. Furthermore, my time at HBS offered me the... View Details