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- 01 Mar 2011
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The Path to Economic Revival
period, there was a very strong national economic strategy around using science to drive economic growth. We created the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health, among others, and the government invested... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Entrepreneurial Venture
Three important events happened at the end of the 1970s. First, there were changes in ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) legislation that allowed pension funds to invest in private equity; second, the growth of the... View Details
- 15 Nov 2024
- News
Driving Change
focus for future business success, with speakers emphasizing its potential to reshape workplace dynamics. “If you are not investing in AI, you are not investing,” said Leslie Feinzaig (MBA 2007),founder and general partner of the Graham &... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019
as how French people are like coconuts; Can you learn to argue like a French person? What books have changed French lives? And, most important of all, how do you keep your soup from exploding? New to Big: How Companies Can Create Like Entrepreneurs, View Details
- 24 Aug 2017
- News
Unlocking Potential
invests in programs that merge education with workforce development and help low-income youth prepare for sustainable, productive careers. After starting at HBS in 2011, Anderson interned at Next Street, a Roxbury-based merchant bank that... View Details
- 13 Sep 2019
- News
Hollywood Ending
that the only way to create this new market was to build a huge library of content that was made specifically for mobile devices, and then pursue whatever marketing investments are necessary for people to sign on for a monthly plan of... View Details
- 03 Mar 2017
- News
Big Blue’s Big Bet
Watson. In 2014, the company announced a $1 billion investment in the Watson Unit, which would advance its cognitive computing technologies in not only medicine but law and finance and government services and culinary services and on and... View Details
Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
Common Asset Management, Boston, Massachusetts Leaders should learn empathy and seek employees who bring greater empathy to their work. Social intelligence distinguishes a firm and leads to superior outcomes. Having diversity of perspectives expands this skill. At the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
A Quiet Force: Remembering Jay Light
research into the causes of the crisis. “Jay came at the recession like the expert he was,” says Angela Crispi (MBA 1990), Executive Dean for Administration during Light’s tenure. “He moved quickly to manage expenses, while continuing to View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
How Green Is the Valley: HBS Students Explore Booming California Industries
Intel, Netscape, Oracle, Apple, and Hewlett-Packard, among other technology firms. Some 35 high tech, venture capital, and investment management companies opened their doors to the eighty students on the West Club's trip and sent... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 20 Apr 2016
- News
Steps to Success
going into consulting or investment banking. What I was interested in was the grain merchandising business. His class was very popular and tough, and I loved it. Somehow it struck me—all these large companies that move giant quantities of... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 19 Jan 2016
- News
Electric Avenues
invests up front to develop and build the desalination facility, signing up local utilities to long-term contracts at firm prices. “It’s one of the first examples of a private company in the US water industry taking on development and... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 13 Jun 2014
- News
The Art of Effecting Change
Evans runs the operation according to the rigors of an investment fund. And that's where her HBS education really comes in. "It was the training in how to think about your approach to opportunities," Evans says, recalling a business... View Details
- 21 Jan 2014
- News
Climbing to New Heights
move, but his perseverance paid off once again. Today, Petzel works in London at a comfortable altitude—24 meters (79 feet)—as a managing director in the firm's Merchant Banking Division, one of four divisions that put capital to work. "I View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 02 Sep 2021
- News
Back to School
investment banking to become a seventh-grade math teacher at Harlem West Middle School, teaching for three years before taking positions in school leadership at Success Academy Midtown West and Harlem Central Middle School. The experience... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 19 May 2021
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Alumni Convene to Support Nonprofit Boards; Seven Clubs Mix It Up Online
says, was a very modest time investment with a big payoff. “It was exciting to meet a variety of fellow HBS alumni from all over the world who you might never get a chance to meet in the real world,” he says. “I’m always blown away by the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 17 May 2018
- News
Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs
HBS alumni in New York to participate in a voluntary outreach program to help local nonprofit institutions. Bhargava and Misra, who had found early success as an investment executive and founder or three tech startups, quickly became good... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
Spring Reunions: Milestones and Memories
firm," Hilsinger relates. Last year an energy fund managed by Accel Group decided to invest in Mavel, and as part of Mavel's management team, Hilsinger is watching over that investment. "The Czech Republic was a new world to me, but I am... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Bringing Hope to a Violent Land
private sector, for one, do more. “There is a responsibility, particularly in a global economy, for corporations to invest in educating children around the world,” she says. “A lot of the insecurity in the world stems from populations... View Details
- 15 Apr 2017
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Bringing Markets to Myanmar
sort of questions did they have? Brunell: Well first, there was a preliminary meeting with the head of the investment agency in Yangon. He told me his objective was to prepare a private sector development transition plan to accelerate and... View Details