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- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Microfinance's Big Payoff: Michael Chu and ACCION International
its pragmatic use of the profit motive and market mechanisms to make a sustainable, self-perpetuating, and effective impact on the lives of poor people. When the ACCION opportunity came along, it forced me to confront those late-night... View Details
- 20 Dec 2019
- News
The 19 Musts of 2019
(MBA 1986), founder of Second Opinion Wealth Management and author of five novels, including The Pell Heist (2018) and Windfall (forthcoming) MUST READ Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders? (And How to Fix It) by Tomas... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town
Relations, and one of the driving forces behind the School's Global Alumni Conferences, began by praising the conference cochairs' hard work and dedication in organizing the event. In his remarks to the capacity crowd, he quipped that... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
contract with California utilities for $0.14–$0.16 per kWh. As the technology matures and scales, that should fall below $0.10. And these plants can be realized in three to five years, compared with ten or more for nuclear plants. As the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
In Review
five Is. What are your reflections on your progress on each one? Let’s start with Innovation. We launched some significant innovations, including the FIELD program and HBS Online. Other lesser-known innovations worth mentioning include... View Details
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
Within—Almost 90% of McDonald’s in the US are owned and operated by franchisees. Paulo Pena (MBA 2004) runs the rest. Hear from Kristy Cunningham on the all-day breakfast initiative on the Skydeck podcast Five days after the call,... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
opportunity fund. How to Stash That Cash details how to invest your funds, using nine decades of data. It’s simple, consistently performing, ultra-low cost, and easy to implement. Founding Sheriff By Edward Massey (MBA 1967) Five Star... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
finding anything that resembles a national purpose these days. The most powerful forces in society today, he argues, are what he calls microtrends. “The power of individual choices has never been greater, and the reason for those choices... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Greylock
the framework for the firm's culture. "Similarly," he continues, "I decided to lay Greylock's financial foundation by bringing together a group of limited partners who had some relationship with me and often with each other, rather than... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Status Update
services to working on a reduce, reuse, and recycle campaign. The job really showed me how government could be a force for good.” Network effects: 2.1 billion people use Facebook, WhatsApp, Messenger, or Instagram every day. Podcast... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
discusses how the United States can reformulate some of these ideas from China to foster much-needed change at home. Understanding Michael Porter: The Essential Guide to Competition and Strategy by Joan Magretta (MBA 1983) (Harvard Business Review Press) Competitive... View Details
- 09 Jan 2020
- News
Your Whole Self
hoping leaders could achieve with these principles? Amy Jen Su: My greatest hopes with these five principles is that we address the whole person, that someone leaves the book saying, "Wow, I now have a holistic View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
HBS Student Battles ALS
face of this frightening disease. “The diagnosis was shocking,” says Kremer, a former officer in the Israel Defense Forces and project manager at a high-tech Israeli defense-industry firm. “I had so many plans for the future, so many... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Karmic Kickstart
up an advanced and highly aggressive cancer. Even with a hideous year of surgeries and chemotherapy, the best I could hope for was a 50 percent chance of surviving the next five years. I was forced into an... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books
swept across vast swaths of the country, taking town after town and spreading terror as the civil war burned all around it. From that unlikely showdown in Kobani emerged a fighting force that would wage war against ISIS across northern... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 13 Mar 2018
- News
Leadership Lessons from the “Lone Survivor” Mission
to snap the ball, but how about you just take a knee? Go on over to the sideline. I'll take the play, and you can just watch. About five minutes later, they took off, and they sped towards this crisis scenario. And I made my way to the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019
to regain its credibility by making significant changes in its outlook and practices. Hilsinger examines five key areas of scripture, about which he feels church dogmas are particularly bothersome or confusing to people in today’s... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Rankings Game
Illustration by John Kachik Depending on which business school ranking you consult, the best MBA program in 2010 was at the University of Chicago, HBS, the London Business School, or Stanford University. Among the five leading media... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Globalization Revisited
should become “global” by standardizing the production, distribution, and marketing of their products across all countries. Sameness meant efficiency and would be more profitable than difference. From economies of scale would flow competitive advantage. Much of the... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Ray A. Goldberg (MBA '50)
In June, the School conferred its highest honors, the Distinguished Service Award and the Alumni Achievement Award, on four professors emeriti and five alumni, respectively. This is a profile of a Distinguished Service honoree. Ray... View Details