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- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Clubs: Capital Improvements
International. “Washington has transformed from a city dominated by government to one that has a thriving business community,” says Youngkin, “and it is attracting an enormous number of talented people.” View Details
Keywords: April White
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
A talent scout for tomorrow’s Africa
toward elevating business in Africa,” says Williams. “If we’re going to develop Africa, we have to attract the best, most intelligent talent and give them the best training and education possible.” (Published April 2014) View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
New Economy Theme of HBS African-American Alumni Conference
partner at Andersen Consulting, and Paula A. Sneed (MBA 1977) of Kraft Foods. Ronald Goldsberry, a former auto industry executive and now a dot-com entrepreneur, described the rewards of joining a growing Internet company. "I was View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Faculty Books
patterns of corporate governance and finance between the early 20th century and the 1990s. To attract investors, the statutes of companies organized before 1910 often included stronger protections for small shareholders than what the law... View Details
- 23 Aug 2011
- News
New Kid in School
Ellison hopes to reverse by “extending our reach, without lowering the bar, to attract more families and kids who are willing to work hard.” While at HBS Ellison recalls being inspired by several members of the Finance faculty — including... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Internet Tsunami
service. As for customers, in addition to making purchases, they use Rakuten for online auctions and chats about the site's vendors. According to Business Week (July 7, 2000), Rakuten, founded in 1997, has 3,100 vendors, attracts some 70... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Building business for a better Brazil
Heinz, and Burger King. “Create a big dream. Keep it simple, easily understood, and measured. Attract the right people who work well together. Measure results consistently,” says Lemann. “You can create, run, or improve anything with this... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Classroom Lessons Put Into Practice Abroad
hone their leadership, teamwork, and design thinking skills to prepare for their Brazil immersion. The process informed the goal: to help their partner company attract more young families to the bakery chain and scale the business. “In... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Sparking Internet Commerce
ATTRACTING INVESTORS like moths to a flame is Firefly Network, Inc. (www.firefly.com), a privately held firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that strives to make the Internet more consumer-friendly. Firefly CEO and co-founder Nicholas Grouf... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Making the Case for Maine: HBS Club and State's CEO Discuss Business Issues
among Maine's business leaders and entrepreneurs, who left the event with a clearer understanding of the problems that keep Maine from attracting new business. At the end of the discussion, Governor King spoke about his commitment to... View Details
Keywords: Janine Brunell Looker
- 20 Jan 2011
- News
A Precursor from the 1930s
professors from other graduate schools on research in interdisciplinary fields. They are also teaching courses that attract the interest of graduate students from other schools. And the Harvard Innovation Lab that HBS will fund, to be... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Soul Man
and evangelical exercises have attracted some 2 million young people, “more than Paul McCartney has pulled in,” Luce said. At one such recent gathering, Luce exhorted his audience to write down on pieces of paper all the negative societal... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Hot Tip
something relevant.” In 2000, Nkontchou, a veteran of Andersen Consulting and Merrill Lynch, started LiquidAfrica with $250,000 of his own money and $2.5 million from Modern Africa, a Washington-based private equity fund. Among his goals are helping to View Details
- 14 Jun 2024
- News
Highlights from the Spring 2024 Alumni Board Meeting
Attendees also heard updates from MBA Program Senior Associate Dean and Chair Matthew Weinzierl, highlighting the three priorities he and Executive Director Kierstead have focused on in the MBA program: Invigorate our sense of purpose, center the education, and View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Health Care’s New Frontier
1999, the nascent success of that program, called athenaNet, and the interest it attracted from investors and other medical practices convinced Bush and Park to shift the company’s focus from clinical care to Internet billing and... View Details
- 14 Apr 2014
- News
The Puzzle of Life
nonprofits, as well as individuals with an annual income of at least $200,000 or a net worth of at least $1 million, excluding the value of one's primary residence.) "It's essentially a form of equity crowdfunding," says Farquharson. "We see deals that we believe are... View Details
- 01 Feb 2013
- News
Growth Strategy Has Double Bottom Line
recreation-promises that would not be possible without conservation easements." Many investors are attracted to this model. "Some are conventional investors who think the strategy makes sense on a risk-adjusted basis-and they consider it... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Future Source
vision by creating highly skilled African workers who will attract foreign investment and help build the businesses of the future. Launched in 2014, the company has received $180 million in venture-backed funding to date. Andela offers a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The HBS Fund
Joseph Badaracco and David Moss, taught and shared their research in the January 2019 week-long program, which also educates business executives and government officials about the importance of empowering and promoting women employees. The HBS Japan Research Center... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Bridging the Success Gap
explains that he didn’t so much leave his career but start on his longtime dream. “I was coming back home,” he says. Navarro launched the program with private foundation support after spending a year researching the concept and piloting a model. It soon View Details