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- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Investing in Innovation
and society have never been more divided. Even as the economy has recovered, trust has not. As business leaders, we need to remind the public that business is a force for good and is fundamental to societal progress by creating jobs,... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Jimmy Lai Chee-ying: Rags, Riches, and Risk
broadsheet aimed at working-class readers that shook up the more established newspapers, forcing them to scramble to compete. In 1999, Lai dabbled in the Internet, setting up Admart, an online grocer that failed, losing $140 million in... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Dean Clark on Leadership, Educational Priorities, and Funding the Future
world needs principled leaders. Business has become one of the most dynamic forces in our society. If you look at what our graduates are asked to do, you will find them holding influential positions on the boards of major nonprofit and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
One-on-One with Robert McNamara
HBS,” McNamara explains. “It was a terrible wrench for Margy and me because our years at Harvard were certainly among the happiest of our lives.” (Eventually, “through force of will,” McNamara says, Margy recovered, raised three children,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Financial Services 24/7
recent research has focused on the issues facing financial institutions in the Internet age. "Banks have often been slow to adopt technology and to change what they do," she observes. "But the competition that the online banks are sparking is View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
A Market-Based Prescription
they price their products depend on consumer demand, value, and traditional market forces. Our present system suppresses these forces and innovation. Doctors can only provide services that fit static billing and payment codes. These codes... View Details
- 18 Oct 2016
- News
China, artificial intelligence, and Jim Breyer
presentation was that at the bottom of the website it said, ‘A Mark Zuckerberg Production’,” he recalled. “I knew he was passionate about the site and making it a platform beyond college campuses.” “I caved,” he said. “It was five cents a... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Over 50 and Job Hunting?
inventory their professional skills, attend relevant professional conferences and seminars, and study marketplace trends. “You can’t do anything about getting older,” she notes, “but you can stay in touch with the forces that drive your... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?
Much of the movement's inspiration can be traced back to education reformers like free-market economist Milton Friedman, who argued as early as 1955 that education aid should follow students to the school of their choice, thereby forcing... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
One-on-One with Carter Roberts
So on climate change, for example, how do you create a market where people get credit for avoiding deforestation, which contributes to greenhouse gases? Is the emphasis on understanding and altering market forces something new for the... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 05 Dec 2016
- News
The Dragon’s Tale
five minutes or so.” Fast-forward 37 years, and that same roadway is 10-lanes wide and jammed with traffic from 7:00 in the morning until 9:00 at night. During more than 70 visits to China, McFarlan has watched the leaders of a nation... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 02 Dec 2016
- News
The Story Behind the Stories
business school? Gayle Tzemach Lemmon: I really believed that business is among the most powerful forces changing the world for the better. And also, for the worse, but I wanted to be part of the for the better part. And really, have a... View Details
- 18 Feb 2014
- News
Stick with Plan A
dependency. In many cases, it crowded out entrepreneurship and private investment. "After five years working in New York, Indonesia, Angola, and the Central African Republic, I decided I had had enough and would apply to business school."... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2015
integrated reporting, explains the forces that give momentum to the associated movement, and examines the motives of the actors involved. It posits integrated reporting as a key mechanism by which companies can ensure their own long-term... View Details
- 20 Apr 2016
- News
Steps to Success
climate change through sustainable food, water, energy, and income-generation programs. Ruhr, who joined the mission shortly after it began, has been central to its work. At the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, in... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
her yard. Interested in a “green” career post-HBS, she found it difficult to locate the alumni and networking opportunities that would provide a leg up on the job hunt, so she joined forces with Fishman to create an alumni organization to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Turning Point: In Good Company
in India. I have also been stable for nearly five years, a hard-won and cherished milestone. Over the years, the HBS mission statement sustained my ambition to make a difference in the world, to not be defeated by my illness, and to learn... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Value Added
regardless of location. "A handful of senior consultants will go out and open a new office," he says. "They hire the best talent available in that country and train them to assume total responsibility from their mentors within five to ten... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 12 Jan 2017
- News
Personalizing Women’s Path to Success
and skills to the workplace, but still honor what’s important to them personally. Unbeknownst to me, Sheila Marcelo ended up in my same fellowship class. We decided to join forces to address this massive and universal pain point for both... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Making History, Starting Over
was known as the “sick man” of Europe, with lumbering state-owned enterprises, high unemployment, and a crushing top marginal tax rate of 93 percent. In an ominous sign of the times, the day after Cohen launched what was to become known as Apax Partners, a bitter coal... View Details