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- 24 Apr 2014
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Expanding the reach of business from Silicon Valley to the global arena
William H. Draper III (MBA 1954), one of America’s first venture capitalists, financed hundreds of high-technology companies. He also was chosen by President Reagan to be president and chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, where he helped to sustain... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
High Yields
Illustration by Chris Philpot Hobbyist drones might make headlines with their crashes on the White House lawn, but the market for unmanned vehicles is rapidly expanding beyond the niche: Over the next decade, according to industry trade... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Keeping an iron grip on Nigeria's financial markets
market is emerging, new products have been introduced, new trading platforms have been launched, institutions participating in the market have been strengthened, and there is greater public awareness of the... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Ceiling Unlimited
pocket," Chen recalled of his arrival in America. After working at Hughes for many years building satellites and at a high-tech trading firm he cofounded, in 1990 Chen helped... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Thirteen years ago, Marcelo Claure, founder of wireless services company Brightstar, discussed with a reluctant Steve Jobs the idea of launching a trade-in and recycling program for iPhones. It was a business move that expanded the market and created a new profit... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Meyers
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
An Electrifying Tale
Prior to earning her MBA, Maryanne Cataldo (MBA ’92) decided to leave Washington, D.C., and her job as an economist in order to plug into a different career. She moved to Boston and joined an electrical workers union as an apprentice. “I... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Walking the TalkTalk
challenges.” She embraced a formidable task in 2010 when, with years of experience at supermarket chains Sainsbury’s and Tesco but none in telecom, she became CEO of TalkTalk, which supplies telephone and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
It’s the Economy
Detroit from imminent bankruptcy will be futile. see article HBS professor Peter Tufano makes the case for allowing Americans to automatically buy U.S. savings bonds with their tax refunds, building family and national savings View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
No Bull — Nancy E. Havens-Hasty (MBA 1971)
profitable departments at Bear Stearns, I was doing more managing and politicking and less of what I enjoyed most -- trading securities," she explains. At Havens Advisors, a hedge-fund firm, Havens-Hasty focuses on investing View Details
Keywords: Linda Goodspeed
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Qiao Ma (MBA 2010)
up—it was electrifying. After that, I helped him chart stock prices on the only empty wall in our house. I’m pretty sure my parents were disappointed that I took a job in investing, because stock View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
2nd HBS Survey on US Competitiveness
accessible energy supplies and a more level playing field in the international trading system also garnered strong support across the political spectrum. Liberal business leaders tended to support greater... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
The Power of National Identity
Soviet states and Russia is the result of each state’s unique sense of national identity and historical relationship with Russia. The countries’ distinctive approaches to monetary policy and trade relations have placed them roughly View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Steven Rogers
Steven Rogers (MBA 1985) Before his 14th birthday, Steven Rogers (MBA '85) was already learning a lot about business. He had delivered newspapers and milk in his Southside Chicago neighborhood, bused tables at a downtown hotel,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Rob Price (MBA 1997)
musicianship, they learn to cooperate, negotiate, and compromise; they learn courage, confidence, intuition, and presence. What excites us is that those skills are transferable to everything—from a classroom to a boardroom, operating room, or View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Case Study: Ready for an Upgrade
LinkedIn and in trade publications) and speaking at industry events about the very real challenges Stell is trying to solve for its customers. Stell should launch these efforts right away but budget for... View Details
- 20 Feb 2013
- News
Thanking Veterans Online
U.S. Army Captain Blake Hall (MBA 2010), right, in Afghanistan in 2007 with members of his unit Photo Credit: Tony Overman Blake Hall (MBA 2010) knows from personal experience that US military veterans can... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Europe Business Conference Forecasts the Future
a New Yorker. In the business world, Hannezo predicted that synergies will continue to develop between Europe and the United States, thanks to a shared system of values and a wealth of talent on both sides of the Atlantic. "Together, we... View Details
- 12 May 2015
- News
A Flash of Insight
When American Airlines Flight 11 struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center on the bright, sunny morning of September 11, 2001, it set off a chain of dark events that would kill 3,000 people and change forever the way many Americans... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
One-on-One with Thomas Riley
to win hearts and minds, we must reach the people at the bottom of the economic pyramid. What role can business play in helping Morocco’s development? We just concluded a free trade agreement with Morocco,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
End of Campaign Celebrated
and Bill George talked about the new required MBA course, Leadership and Corporate Accountability (LCA). They provided a firsthand look at LCA by leading discussions using two cases developed for the course. In the first, a young View Details