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- 11 Dec 2017
- News
A Pioneer of Affordable Housing
Ross Freeman (PMD 30, 1975) launched Pioneer Group in 1997 to turn historic buildings into affordable housing and office space in the American Midwest. “I had never really thought about being a real estate developer, but it just came... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
LBS Picks New Dean
BUCHANAN: LBS an asset to business around the globe. Photo COURTESY LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL When it came time for the London Business School to appoint a new dean, a ten-month global search turned up the right candidate close to home. Late... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
After Ozempic
affiliate in Plainsboro, New Jersey. That all changed when its breakthrough drug for type 2 diabetes, Ozempic, hit the market in 2018. By some biochemical mystery, it also turned out to be a powerful tool for weight loss—which led to the... View Details
- 27 Aug 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Guts, Gall, and Good Luck: What It Takes To Be An Entrepreneur
Turning One Thousand Customers into One Million How Uber, Etsy, and Airbnb climbed from one thousand customers to one million. Skills and Behaviors that Make Entrepreneurs Successful Research at Harvard Business School takes a unique... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Karmic Kickstart
Douglas Schofield (MBA 1969/DBA 1972) (illustration by Gisela Goppel) Douglas Schofield (MBA 1969/DBA 1972) (illustration by Gisela Goppel) Like many HBS alumni, I’ve experienced a number of turning points over the years. Some I initiated... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Hollywood and Humility
found a niche: It turned to Wall Street and private equity for capital while establishing its own talent relationships and keeping creative control over MRC-produced content. Asked about his philosophy of dealmaking, Wiczyk replied, “Do... View Details
- 29 Oct 2019
- News
Is This Disney’s Next CEO?
all, turned Disney’s film business into the envy of the industry. Last year, the division earned a record $3 billion profit, the most ever for a Hollywood studio.” The piece opens with a mention of Mayer’s habit of returning to HBS to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
The Life of Ted
Today liked it so much the paper named it one of the best business books of 2008. “Ted has really lived ten lifetimes,” Burke said. “He just turned 70, and I can say he hasn’t slowed down at all. I would fly to his plantations to do... View Details
- 08 Dec 2014
- News
Creating career paths for underserved young adults in Atlanta
Belinda Stubblefield (MBA 1989) is executive director of Year Up Atlanta, a nonprofit program founded by Gerald Chertavian (MBA 1992) that prepares students for success in professional careers and higher education. “We’re turning lives... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Fighting Back from a Knockout
described the rating as “a knockout blow” and vowed that his administration would fight for its constituents and would turn the city around. Declared Laffey, who teaches a college finance course and is a former president and COO of Morgan... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Wizard to the Rescue
Just how much is the famous HBS brand worth? Quite a lot, it seems, from the humorous turn of events in this year’s HBS Show, The Wizard of Hawes. When Dean Clark takes HBS public, savvy students become overnight billionaires. But the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Kilimanjaro
have made it without my teammates,” said Graeme. “That was the most important lesson I learned on the trip.” Unfortunately, three members of the group did not make it up the mountain due to altitude sickness and fatigue. “At one point or another we all wanted to View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Profiles from the Class of 2002
sky-high expectations at the turn of the millennium has been replaced by a climate of uncertainty marked by color-coded terrorism alerts, horrific Middle East violence, and the precipitous downfall of a seemingly indomitable corporate... View Details
- 04 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage
What's happening in another part of the world that you could adopt and adapt in your environment? These disruptive innovations are not just novel inventions. Successful innovators take ideas and turn them into opportunities by adding a... View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
- 19 Sep 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Say Again? Uncommon Advice for Common Business Problems
iStock Much has been accomplished by business leaders who turned left when told to turn right, who reached for the door instead of for the stars, who hired A when the search committee unanimously recommended... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Sep 2016
- News
Crafting Success
distinctive taste that would work well with food.” He founded Cobra in 1989, going door-to-door to introduce stores and restaurants to the brand and somehow turning “noes” into “yesses.” The first five years were the hardest: “...[T]here... View Details
- Profile
Lauren Booker
impact on society." A scholarship from the Jackie Robinson Foundation introduced Lauren to Goldman Sachs, her scholarship sponsor. The relationship turned into an internship opportunity, which in turn... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Ink: Home Cooking, Secure Retirements, and Restoring Humanity to Finance
part of the world that I knew nothing about.” MORE Zhang reveals her travel secrets on the Skydeck podcast Excerpt “Every eight seconds, another American turns sixty-five—that’s some ten thousand people per day. By 2030, nearly 20 percent... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
The Governor’s Admission
estimate that, despite its modest size, Lynch’s Granite State exports more than $2 billion annually in goods and services. Lynch, who was inaugurated in 2005, entered politics after resuscitating national furniture-maker Knoll, Inc., where he View Details
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Yaw Agyenim-Boateng
in middle school — they believed in us. Later, I got fellowships endowed by generous others to attend Wesleyan and HBS. It's my turn to pass it forward. In moving back home to Ghana, I have chosen to answer what I believe is our... View Details