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- 01 Apr 1999
- News
An Eye to the East
demonstrates "the depth of the School's commitment to building intellectual capital in the region," says Yeh. The former investment banker and longtime Hong Kong resident has already welcomed several faculty members to this "home away... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Eric Schiffer
inefficiencies and waste in a business where every penny really does count. Did you ever expect to be in the retail industry? No, never. I was trained as an electrical design engineer and spent four years in venture capital after leaving... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Your Own Medicine
what you have done?" Williams asked. "No," admitted Tracy. "I'm going to change that," he said. In its first few years, the fund concentrated on raising money to support research, even hiring a research director to keep tabs on their... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2025
Edited by Julia Hanna; photographs by Susan Young Award Recipients Video MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2025 recipients, and learn about past recipients. ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS SITE MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2025 recipients, and learn... View Details
- 19 Aug 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
with one another, making it far easier to do everything from discovering new medicines to designing better batteries. The pharmaceutical and chemical industries have taken note: The venture capital arm of the pharma giant Merck, for... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
New Wave
so. When Verdant began deploying prototype turbines in the East River nearly 20 years ago, for instance, the company’s actions raised immediate concerns among fishermen and federal regulators. And while the startup proved that its... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Q&A - Dirty Money: Raymond Baker Explores the Free Market's Demimonde
Baker returned to the United States and was involved for many years in a variety of trading activities that took him to some two dozen countries in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Observing further how corruption could subvert markets and development, Baker decided to... View Details
- 30 Apr 2025
- News
A Social Enterprise Talk in DC; Canadian Alumni Talk Trade; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Colorado
also serves as the SEI’s faculty chair, and in that role, he organized and moderated the panel discussion, which featured Rosie Allen-Herring (SPNM 2015) the President and Chief Executive Officer of United Way of the National Capital... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 02 Dec 2016
- News
The Story Behind the Stories
capital markets. In terms of opportunities for people. In terms of how business could actually create opportunity and hope for people who needed it. White: It was during your time here at HBS, that you traveled to Afghanistan. How did... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Producers
producer, if you can maintain the rights, or have a pool of capital at your disposal, or both, you are ahead of the game.” Zee and the other alums interviewed for this article agree that it’s become more difficult over the past ten to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
In Review
coming back for his 75th reunion. He was nearly 100 years old and had just two living classmates. Yet it meant so much to him to return to our campus as he had never missed a reunion. He epitomizes the extraordinary commitment of our alumni. By View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The $4 Billion Question
their capital commitments to the firm’s next fund. ABRY’s fourth fund raised $780 million; its fifth could potentially reach $4 billion. Is this a problem? In the case, Yudkoff describes his belief that... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
industry, men earn 24 percent more, on average, than women, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.) These stories aren’t encouraging, though the widespread response to them is. And these numbers, and others looking at woman-founded startup and venture... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019
fleeing to America, Miri and Vanya have been raised by their babushka, a famous matchmaker who has taught them to protect themselves at all costs: to fight, to kill if necessary, and always to have an escape plan. But now, with fierce,... View Details
- 26 Oct 2020
- News
A Social Impact Roadmap; Arts Leadership in a Pandemic; Amplifying Hispanic Contributions
crisis. The program featured speakers Rebecca Henderson, the John and Natty McArthur University Professor at HBS, and Sir Ronald Cohen (MBA 1969), who talked about their latest books, Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire, and IMPACT:... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Andrea Silbert
we are doing really counts.” With a mission “to empower women to become economically self-sufficient and prosperous through entrepreneurship,” CWE provides education, training, technical assistance, and access to capital to women who want... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
consumer-driven system would require transparency in health-care quality and costs. Can you imagine shopping in a supermarket where you don't know products' prices or ingredients? In the 1930s, President Roosevelt created the SEC to oversee the View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Summit Sound Bites
too.” —Yong Tao, Chairman, Strategic Decision Resources Group “Executives who now make 350 times what the lowest worker in their firms make are behaving in an especially unbecoming way when they seek to explain that raising the top... View Details
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
lateral career move. There are benefits to being a working parent, of course—not only for family income and personal fulfillment but also potentially for children’s choices as adults. Research by Kathleen McGinn, Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration, has... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
approach. The authors draw on years of research and teaching to deliver a truly interactive learning experience. The case studies cover all areas of corporate finance, including capital structure, financing needs, and project and company... View Details