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- 01 Feb 1997
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Doing It Your Way
In the beginning there was the microprocessor. The mass market availability in the early 1980s of this revolutionary piece of technology — which shrank the computer from an unwieldy Goliath of a machine to a compact unit that could fit on...
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- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Making History, Starting Over
skeptics who figured he would sidestep company policy that requires retirement by age 60. “I’m not really retiring,” Cohen pointedly explains in an interview at Apax’s Portland Place headquarters, a stately townhouse on a tree-lined View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
heat-trapping gases such as carbon dioxide that are released into the atmosphere when coal and petroleum products are burned. That same day, the Wall Street Journal reported that in California and Arizona, General Motors would this year...
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- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
better." Graduating from HBS at the dawn of the psychedelic '70s, the Class of 1971 nevertheless seemed to follow in the footsteps of generations of MBAs before them, opting for careers on Wall Street or in manufacturing, real estate, or...
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Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2020
are a lifelong gamer, a curious Fortnite parent, or a businessperson seeking to understand the marketing opportunities of this multibillion-dollar phenomenon, The Book of Esports charts the rise of this exciting new industry, crafting a...
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- 08 Dec 2009
- News
Don’t Scare the Bankers
and that some wag had suggested there should be a parade down Wall Street to mark the occasion, Mr. Ji smiled and raised a cautionary finger: “A good idea,” he said, “but don’t scare the bankers!” Afterward, the idea that someone from...
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- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Faculty Books
Star analysts who change firms suffer an immediate, lasting decline in perfor-mance. He also explores how some Wall Street research departments are successfully growing, retaining, and deploying their own stars. International Differences...
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- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
How did we get into this mess, and how do we fix it? Those were the key questions that three separate expert panels — two convened by HBS and one by Harvard University — addressed for standing-room-only audiences in late September as the nation’s financial crisis...
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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Alumni Books
dividends and compounding matter; explains options-trading techniques that will be beneficial no matter what the market does; analyzes real-life examples of investing opportunities; and provides tips on how to construct a portfolio, value...
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- 01 Dec 2002
- News
What You Know Depends on Where You Go
and Palepu's research, however, showed that conglomerate-owned firms in these markets often outperformed comparable stand-alones. “These business groups appear to Wall Street as anachronisms, but in the...
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- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Reaching Out
"Many people want to spend their productive years doing something that they care about, and one way to do that is to work through the social sector on issues that markets alone don't always address," Childress says. A Two-Way View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Life in Lockdown
leads a team?” By 8:30 Thursday morning, Foalea is ready. Today, she will shepherd the Startup Lockdown team through 12 to 14 intense hours of brainstorming, market research, and prototype building to test the business idea she settled on...
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- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Banking on HBS
Bank after a distinguished career as a Wall Street investment banker. "I wanted a program that would stimulate their thinking and make them aware of different approaches to problem solving and implementation of alternative courses of...
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
made from that research. I felt that through economics, I could really make a difference.” With medicine off the table, Bandourian soon discovered the world of finance and landed on Wall Street as an investment strategist with Goldman...
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- 01 Mar 2003
- News
All in a Day's Work
is located in Dudley Square, Roxbury’s commercial hub and the intersection of several major streets — there’s a quiet hum of activity in the open, airy room where twelve BCC staffers are beginning their day. Since its founding in 1985,...
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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
awards and accolades from the World Economic Forum, the Wall Street Journal, and MIT’s Technology Review. “This is a $170 billion market screaming for a fundamental innovation,” says Evans. “It’s a fantastic...
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- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Code name: Miesiąc
in a safe place. Right after entering the room, he asked [Janek] what had happened during the whole time [when he was gone]. [Janek] told him that he had been interrogated at the police station at Wilcza Street and that he said nothing.”...
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- 17 Aug 2011
- News
Breath of Life
but brought back from the brink of bankruptcy by its current president David Green (MBA ’91). Explaining that a natural trachea is shaped by its “scaffold” (its framework of cartilage and muscle), the Wall Street Journal (July 8, 2011)...
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- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Class Acts
man. "As part of the 1 percent of HBS students who are Democrats," Lyon quips, "I used to read only the New York Times. Now I read the Wall Street Journal, too." « Back to the top of the page A Woman's Place — Melissa J. Ma by Elaine...
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- 01 Dec 2012
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The Accidental Pioneers
Sherwood came to HBS with the aim of being a securities analyst on Wall Street, but she graduated without a job offer. "I guess I picked the stodgiest firms to interview with, and Wall Street wasn't very open to women at the time," she...
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Hanna, Julia