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- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Taking Care of Business
natural course of things is often upended by someone saying, ‘This is what I really need right now,’” says Mahesh. “That tends to change the priorities of your plan and development cycle.” Knock out!, an NVC winner in 2012, brought... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Courting the Poor
while reading the New York Times. An article on the front page of the Business section about an innovative Brazilian retailer prompted an immediate e-mail to Gustavo Herrero (MBA ’76), executive director of the School’s Latin America... View Details
- 12 Nov 2020
- News
All in the Neighborhood
joined up with Scott Brenton (MBA 1999) to launch the Bob Orr Entrepreneurial Fellowship Program for college graduates. “I look at the different leaders around the city that came up through the program and they’ve gone from being the 20-somethings to the 40-somethings... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Authentic Leadership
Leadership Development (ALD) are encouraged to check their public personae—the polished resumes or stylized Facebook pages they've crafted that tell a version of their life story—at the door. Inside the classroom, the focus is on... View Details
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Podcasts Engage New Audiences with HBS
among US millennials. Climate Change Challenges Facing the Real Estate Industry Arthur Segal and a Boston Properties EVP talk about the difficulty of financing development in coastal cities and the need to... View Details
- 19 Jul 2011
- News
Brightening the Future
Ayala: With solar lantern in hand, kicking off a campaign to light the rural Philippines. Photo courtesy Jim Ayala After a successful corporate career that included two decades as a senior partner at McKinsey & Company and, most recently, five years as chief executive... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Burunda Prince (MBA 1987)
estate and construction business in Atlanta 70 years ago. He was an incubator and accelerator before the terms were even coined. Our Big IDEAS curriculum helps develop a step-by-step plan for creating a... View Details
- 31 Jan 2022
- News
Michael Trejo Brings Business Back to the Valley of the Sun
capacity for growth, addressing sustainability and environmental impact, and reinvesting in the local community. “We’re right where we want to be as a business,” Trejo told the magazine. “We’re growing, and we want people and communities to grow along with us.” View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Supporting Women in Leadership
women and leadership. "Harvard is a global platform—HBS cases are read by so many individuals around the world. We thought, how do we help the leading business school in the world focus on this?" says Kordestani, cofounder and COO of the... View Details
Keywords: W50
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
his first company, Collegeboxes, a storage service, as an undergraduate at Duke University. The business almost went bankrupt, but he turned it around and sold it for cash just as he arrived at HBS. Karsenti launched his second venture, a real View Details
- 15 Aug 2021
- News
You’ve Never Heard of the Biggest Digital Media Company in America
spend money in a particular area (travel, tech, health) and guide them to their purchases, while taking a cut.” The Times piece argues that the Red Ventures’ success represents “a challenge to the oligopolistic dominance of Amazon over the internet.” “We’re going to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Feedback
42, 2012) It is not often that one can actually improve the quality of life for those in need. But SecondBite does that and more. Well done, Ian. —Leon Zwier via alumni.hbs.edu Motor City Momentum Re: Peter Cummings (OPM 13, 1988) [I’m] so happy to View Details
- 09 Feb 2011
- News
Still Shining through Florida's Clouds
Developer David Lucas (MBA '71) has won a reputation as a generous philanthropist. Along with homeowners, developers in Florida’s Gulf Coast real-estate market have been hit hard by the recession. David... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate
- 10 Mar 2016
- News
Can Doug Lemov Save US Soccer?
Illustration by John Cuneo Illustration by John Cuneo Teaching guru Doug Lemov (MBA 2004) is taking his teaching talents to the pitch. Profiled in the March issue of The Atlantic, Lemov was contacted by US Soccer in 2010 in an effort to improve their youth View Details
- 22 Mar 2016
- News
Bill (MBA 1966) and Penny George
Bill (MBA 1966) and Penny George “We made a legacy gift so that our contributions will continue after our deaths,” says William W. “Bill” George (MBA 1966) of the planned gift he and his wife, Penny, established to invest in students’ character View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Leadership in the Digital Age
Duggan (MBA 2006). The venture capital investor, who serves as a non-executive director for Barclays UK, participated in a roundtable organized by the Europe Research Center. EMBRACING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION READ MORE STORIES EMBRACING... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research
accelerates the process of knowledge creation at HBS and leverages the expertise of the School’s faculty. For the 2022–2023 academic year, the BiGS Visiting Fellows’ work centers on race, diversity, inclusion, and inequality. BUSINESS AS A FORCE FOR GOOD IN SOCIETY... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 10 Apr 2019
- News
Rakuten’s Mikitani Bets $5.5 Billion To Shake Up Japan’s Telecom Industry
much leaner than our competitors, and we can enrich the service using the existing Rakuten ecosystem. And I don’t think people really care whether it’s NTT, SoftBank or Rakuten that much. It’s primarily about connectivity, speed, price and what kind of extra services... View Details
- 29 Mar 2017
- News
Randy Day Named Perdue Farms CEO
consumer demands wherever they may lead.” Among the questions facing Day is consumer demand for slower-growing “heritage” chickens. “Broiler” chickens have been bred to grow larger and more quickly, which reduces costs for farmers. But Day told DelmarvaNow that the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Turning Point: Crossover
work in real estate investment to make coaching a full-time commitment; and I wanted to do it in my hometown of San Francisco, simply because I wanted to be closer to my parents and my brother and sister. Now I serve as the full-time head... View Details