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- 23 Aug 2020
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In the UK, She Leads the Search for a COVID Vaccine
money in,” she explains. “So they want us personally on the hook with skin in the game for everything we do. That sort of approach is actually what you need in this case. It’s government money, not my money, but the mentality is the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Bringing Out the Best
and remembering what I said.’ ” Curry was more interested in finance then, but after 25 years in commercial real estate, she now sees that the professor was right. “It all comes down to organizational behavior,” she says. “You have more responsibility, and your success... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth
them — were needed to stem internal bleeding caused by even mild stress on his joints. His blood-filled knees and ankles left Massie unable to walk and brought on “interminable nights when pain banished... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Sherman Baldwin: Leadership under Fire
Baldwin (known by the radio call sign "Tank") was on the aircraft carrier USS Midway in the Persian Gulf, flying 45 combat missions over Iraq in Operations Desert Storm and Southern Watch. As the pilot of an EA-6B Prowler, he led a crew... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Mar 2007
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Private Equity under Investigation
capital.” Now modern-day trustbusters have again launched an investigation into collusion in financial services, this time focusing on private-equity firms. The Justice Department is concerned that... View Details
- 24 Feb 2014
- News
A Capital Idea for Small Business
enacting its provisions, partly due to concerns over perceived risks to unsophisticated investors. Moreover, not all of the provisions will be enacted at once. For now, Callaghan and McGee are focusing on... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Climate Change as Must-See TV
concern and to take action. For HBS alumni, we intend to address any doubts or questions about climate change through an online platform and events at HBS clubs. We also plan to organize a meeting of interested HBS alumni with... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Can a Digital Platform Open Up the Opaque Metals Industry?
Refined metals like gold and silver have a standard quality and are priced on global exchanges like the London Metal Exchange. But concentrates vary widely in terms of quality—some rocks have more copper than others, some come with... View Details
Keywords: Nicole Torres
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Multimedia Simulation Provides Real-World Reality Check
four of these teams are then aggregated into an industry. Team members study data and collaborate on beer design, pricing, and packaging, as well as on decisions concerning... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Reimagining Capitalism In a World of Limited Resources
digitization. Today, natural resources and waste are no longer negligible concerns but urgent issues every business leader must understand. How do we celebrate what makes capitalism so amazing—its power as a prosperity-creating... View Details
Keywords: Dalai Lama
- 08 Dec 2009
- News
Don’t Scare the Bankers
intended) of Foxwoods than Bretton Woods, it is the bankers who have scared the rest of us to death. A measure of that concern can be found in the work of Professor David Moss, an expert on systemic risk in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
HBS Alums Help Jailhouse Entrepreneurs Go Straight
Whether it’s an upfront enterprise on Main Street or illegal dealings on Mean Street, competition, risk management, and profitability are primary concerns in both business... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Donald P. Nielsen, MBA 1963
entrepreneurs decided to raise money to purchase Hazleton Laboratories Corporation, a struggling research concern in Virginia. Within six weeks, the company was making money thanks to a prescription of cost-cutting, tough performance... View Details
- 17 Dec 2015
- News
A Bridge to the Future
much one can, or should, plan out a career, and they shared concerns about the challenges they would face. Students took advantage of sessions designed to help them navigate specific sectors and to introduce... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Truth Be Told
Image by John Ritter In 2018, HBS associate professors Aiyesha Dey and Jonas Heese wrote a case about a whistleblower at a multi-national gambling company who exposed financial misstatements, first to his manager and later to the US Securities and Exchange Commission.... View Details
- 20 Apr 2020
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To Build Connection in Quarantine, Clubs Go Virtual
meeting for the very latest on the coronavirus pandemic. In his work as the CEO and Chief Medical Officer of Enable Biosciences, an award-winning early and accurate disease diagnosis company in San Francisco, Seftel had been aware of the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Understanding Challenges Across the Supply Chain
Alvarez has visited farms, slaughterhouses, packing plants, and supermarkets to explore issues of concern to managers working around the world and across the supply chain. “We try to get into the weeds of what’s happening and speak to the... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
A Journey to Leadership: Luke O'Neill
accreditation before its first class can graduate. O'Neill is spending much of his time on funding issues (90 percent of Shackleton's students receive financial aid), but he says he is not overly concerned... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Q&A: Andrew Kendall
providing for their stewardship? The age-old question! One of the biggest traps organizations like ours can fall into is acquiring property even before developing a stewardship plan, out of concern that... View Details
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Diogo Castro Freire (MBA 2012)
college. At the time, I was studying economics and found the topic fascinating, from an economic theory perspective; it was—and still is—an unprecedented market failure and tragedy of the commons on a global scale. “Over time, my interest... View Details