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- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Big Deals: Project Finance Helps Mitigate Risk in Large-Scale Investments
new geographic markets and for new types of undertakings, combined with an increasing need to finance development in countries with limited resources, suggest that project finance should continue to loom large in the years ahead. This article was adapted from View Details
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Raymond Hwang (MBA 2010)
Rather than focusing on how the material at hand might be useful to you in the future, whatever your plans are, participate fully in the experience of understanding that material. Doing so facilitates the kind of deeper learning that... View Details
- 05 Jun 2017
- News
Women on Boards: A Course Becomes a Movement
how engaged the participants were, with the material and with each other,” says Groysberg. “They bonded immediately and got together with no prompting from us. I don’t recall that happening in any other program. Since the course ended,... View Details
Keywords: Margaret Kelley
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Plight of the Global Poor
multinational corporations (MNCs) and local businesses are serving the previously invisible BOP market: Nestlé, with its “milk-district model” that encourages supporting businesses to spring up around its dairies in rural India; CEMEX’s program of affordable payments... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Capitalism’s New Agenda
theatrical for some people. But odd as it may seem, their concerns were not very different from the concerns we heard when we talked to business leaders around the world about the problems they thought might constitute material threats to... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Path Ahead
together the two experiences. It makes me very optimistic and enthusiastic about what we can do, because I have great faith in the innovativeness of our faculty and our community. For example, I could imagine that alumni interested in learning new View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
everyone else," she said. Material goods are all well and good, she continued, but the value of "stuff" doesn't last. "What happens to it all?" she asked. "The real wealth is family. The true currency is love and friendship." Later that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Reimagining the MBA
all the teaching materials for the course. The leadership intelligence module, FIELD 1, is defined by small-group exercises that help students make the transition from being outstanding individual performers to performing as leaders... View Details
- 14 Nov 2024
- News
How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms
adaptation house-by-house, right? We can provide incentives for folks to use the proper materials and to weatherproof their home, et cetera. But it has to be infrastructure. I spoke to the mayor of Boston about porous sidewalk View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Up from the Ashes
Regardless of subjective assessments by popular writers and literary intellectuals, statistics show that the average worker, under “an avalanche of consumers’ goods,” has a better material existence than ever before. In other words, “the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Ilene Lang
our double focus is women in upper management and the pipeline leading to that point. We plan to leverage our research by turning it into materials that can be used in training, with the goal of shaping leaders who value change and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Case Study: Glass Half Full
concedes. But glass is a rare material that, while energy-intensive to create, can be reused literally for centuries. Given that, he sees a unique opportunity to build a storied brand with the potential to become a lasting household name.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Quantum Leap
Illustration by Edmon deHaro Even before we’ve seen the full potential of quantum computing in any material sense, the global market is estimated to reach $5.5 billion in the next five years. To begin to understand why, consider how it... View Details
- 08 Jun 2023
- News
Three Alumni Clubs Celebrate Leadership, Community, and History over Dinner
L. Johnson, who proclaimed that April 29, 2023 be known as Harvard Business School Club of Dallas Day in recognition the club's 75 years of impactful service to the Dallas community. The festivities also included a display of historical View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
the key role of U.S. business in ensuring our country’s economic recovery. Daniel H. Taft (AMP 88, 1982) Arlington, VA Wall St. vs. Main St. In the Anglo-Saxon/American capitalistic order, there are two important aspects of market capitalism — View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
process, a common activity in the construction of large structures such as bridges and buildings. Piles — heavy beams of concrete, steel, or other material — are pounded into the ground by a large “hammer” attached to a crane. The cushion... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Team MBA
classroom perspective, I’ve retained more content and material that I can apply later on than I thought I would. I think a lot of that speaks to the case method and the way you learn how to apply a concept across different industries and... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Minoru Makihara, 75th AMP, 1977
enterprises have long held a special place in society, and none more so than Mitsubishi. Its origin goes back to the 1870s, when three sailing ships transported raw materials to Japanese manufacturers and carried exports to markets... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014
Build. Repeat—to reinvent the way one maneuvers in an unpredictable job market. International Strategy: Context, Concepts, and Implications by David Collis (Wiley) Drawing on the course material developed at the Harvard Business School... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
One-on-One with Thomas Riley
buying material for a sewing business, for example, or lights for a spice vendor’s shop. The repayment rate is 99.4 percent. It’s incredible and inspiring to see what the people in this program are achieving. We need to do more of this... View Details