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- 01 Sep 2003
- News
These Are the Good Old Days
the same. Reading and thinking are still very important.” One dramatic change has been how the media and entertainment industry has become a key driver of the American economy and a powerful influence on the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016
business endeavors through the lives of ten titans of commerce. Beginning with the Tudor merchants who transformed England’s economy via trade with the New World, the author traces an entrepreneurial golden line through men such as Thomas... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Putting on the Wheels
the development of new economies and profoundly improve the prospects for those countries. "By starting fresh in Eisenach," Hughes explains, "we were able to introduce lean manufacturing processes to workers who were ready for a new... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Summit Sound Bites
“We can bail out the economy — we cannot bail out the environment.” —John Doerr (MBA ’76), Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers “Our position on immigration right now is more a manifestation of our lack of confidence as a country... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014
late 1940s is unraveling, and Murphy thinks the American foreign policy and defense establishment is directly culpable for what has happened. MetaWars: The Freedom Frontier by Jeff Norton (MBA 2003) (Orchard Books) The final book of the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
Paulson (MBA ’70) announced a plan to inject $250 billion into the nation’s banks, a painfully ironic twist for a free-market Republican administration, signaling a turning point in postwar American economic history. Against this backdrop... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Case Study: On the Table
with the country’s young and growing middle class. With funding from angel investors, the company launched in Mexico City in October 2014 with 3 employees; now it has more than 50 employees, 35 percent growth month over month, and an additional $2.5 million in venture... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Engaging More Deeply with Business in Africa
in Johannesburg. They also drew on the vast experience of Caroline Elkins, Harvard University professor of History and African American Studies and a visiting professor at HBS, and Hakeem Belo-Osagie (MBA 1980), chairman of Metis Capital... View Details
- 20 Apr 2016
- News
Steps to Success
those classes,” she says. A return to consulting, for marketing firm Mavens & Moguls—run by her sister-in-law, Paige Arnof-Fenn (MBA 1991)—led Ruhr to join the volunteer board of the American Refugee Committee (ARC). Eventually she became... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Alumni Books
Thomas J. Bolam (MBA ’64) (McFarland & Co.) The Bolams examine 407 commercial films that include an American president as a character. They summarize each president’s administration and discuss its films, giving plot summaries, credits,... View Details
- 22 Feb 2019
- News
Empowering a New Generation of Business Leaders
World Congress Center in Atlanta for a program called JA BizTown, where students learn business concepts and skills through a simulated economy in which they create and run a company. “We had a very rewarding JA day,” says Tom Mallory... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Alumni Books
four-year research program that spanned 25 industries, identifying long-term winners and what they do differently, Capon talked to marketing mavens from across the global economy and presents their insights in five broad groups: picking... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
our factories humming, our economy growing, our nation thriving. We're part of the economy, and what we do influences the economy." GM's initial responses included donating $1 million to the American Red... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
New Releases
economy as a whole. The authors, who include HBS professor Dorothy Leonard-Barton and Rosenbloom, explore new ideas for linking research with commercial markets and identify the policy choices for industry, government, and universities as... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Speakers Share Triumphs and Challenges
continued M&A activity among companies seeking economies of scale and scope and attempting to take full advantage of political liberalization, globalization, and emerging markets. This positive business climate, Corzine noted, will be... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 29 Jul 2013
- News
Opening New Markets for Black South African Winemakers
awareness. "The Mandela family saw it as a way—through the medium of wine—to support a local economy and to tell the story about their values and their tradition that hopefully can be lessons for other people," says Cuffe. "So we are just... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Ann S. Moore, MBA 1978
such as Fortune, Sports Illustrated, and People before being named to the top spot in 2002. Walk into most bookstores or approach any kiosk on a city street and you will encounter a wide array of magazines whose mix of news, entertainment, gossip, self-help, and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Alumni Take Action to Improve US Competitiveness
When HBS launched the US Competitiveness Project in 2011, the American economy was struggling to recover from the Great Recession, Washington was in gridlock, and the nation was caught in the hype of a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
firsthand as CFO of Liberia’s Forestry Development Authority (FDA). An American citizen, I came here in 2006 to work in a USAID-sponsored project aimed at combating corruption in state-owned enterprises. Here’s one case I encountered: A... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Broken Link
internet was in the computer lab,” Marwell says, “and it was really hard for teachers to integrate technology into their curriculums.” While the American economy was being transformed by 21st-century... View Details