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- 03 Jun 2016
- News
Again in a Great City
Above: Cummings in the iconic Fisher Building, known as “Detroit’s largest art object.” Cummings and his partners are redeveloping the 28-story landmark. A trip through downtown Detroit with Peter Cummings (OPM 13, 1988) is part urban planning seminar, part zoning... View Details
Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
Lovepop Woos The Sharks
Wombi Rose (left) and John Wise Wombi Rose (left) and John Wise Former i-lab resident LovePop—founded by Wombi Rose (MBA 2015) and John Wise (MBA 2015)—had an atypical appearance on ABC’s entrepreneurial reality show, Shark Tank: By the end of their presentation, they... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Research Brief: What Makes a Mobile Money Service Thrive in an Emerging Market?
Ishan Sachdev (MBA 2013) Since 2009, more than 80 mobile money services have popped up in emerging markets to offer financial services to the millions of people who have a cell phone but no traditional bank account. Taking advantage of the increasing availability of... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Student Conferences, at a Glance
Every year, members of HBS student clubs work overtime to organize conferences that address an array of business-related themes and issues. This year’s events, which featured renowned guest speakers and thought-provoking panels, focused on topics such as technology and... View Details
- 09 May 2013
- News
Amy Hood to take on chief financial officer role at Microsoft
Keywords: Microsoft; Skype; Yammer; Windows 8; Management; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management
- 17 Dec 2018
- News
Tomorrow, Transformed
What does the future of business look like? And how will HBS help define that future? The School is uniquely positioned to help businesses and their leaders rise to meet the global challenges ahead. The faculty are already at the forefront of this work, digging into... View Details
- 13 Nov 2018
- News
Building a New Real Estate Investment Model
Tawan Davis (MBA 2006) was 15 years old when he first recognized an issue prevalent in American cities. “I asked my grandmother why everyone else had money and we didn’t,” recalls Davis, who grew up in Portland, Oregon, now one of the most rapidly gentrifying cities in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
HBS Celebrates Launch of New Legacy Society
Cindy Whitehead (center), the widow of the late John Whitehead, with event hosts Beth (MBA 1984) and Mike (MBA 1982) Fascitelli. (photo by Dana Maxson) Cindy Whitehead (center), the widow of the late John Whitehead, with event hosts Beth (MBA 1984) and Mike (MBA 1982)... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
On Credit
Illustration by Eduardo Recife The large tome looks its age, which is roughly 160 years old. Bound in leather, an average page, of which there are about 800 in the volume, includes almost 100 eye-blurring lines of pen-and-ink script. It’s one of 2,522 volumes of credit... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 23 Sep 2014
- News
We Can't Talk about Inequality without Talking about Talent
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sands of Time
Well before he arrived at HBS, Michel Ray de Carvalho (MBA 1970) had led a charmed life. But it was only destined to get better. Already a veteran child actor at 17, he was tapped to play one of Peter O'Toole's young Arab sidekicks in the film Lawrence of Arabia,... View Details
- 18 Feb 2021
- News
Jumping In, Fighting Bias
Photo via LinkedIn Photo via LinkedIn Growing up in suburban Chicago, Sumaiya Balbale (MBA 2009) and her Indian immigrant parents didn’t see many other Muslims. At school she was teased and bullied—an experience that no doubt shaped her as she moved from a history... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Books
Connecting the Dots by Cathleen Benko and F. Warren McFarlan Selling China by Yasheng Huang What Customers Think by Gerald Zaltman Connecting the Dots by Cathleen Benko and F. Warren McFarlan (Harvard Business School Press) A recent study by the Project Management... View Details
- 26 Feb 2020
- News
Phoenix Rising
persuade people, when the country was falling apart, that you see an incredible opportunity to move ahead,” she says. But all of those cases from second-year Entrepreneurial Finance proved invaluable in helping her grow the business in... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 25 Aug 2010
- News
Games, Parties, Pranks, and Celebrations
were to do in the section, from smoking a cigar in Finance class to borrowing that massaging seat cover for a day. I believe that our BGIE professor, Willis Emmons, who attended the event, even offered as an auction item the performance... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Inspiration Is Not Enough
According to venture capitalist Jeffrey Harris (MBA 1981), there are entrepreneurs, and then there are transformative entrepreneurs. The former group includes Richard Branson, who has created many great products and services but not one that changed the world. Harris... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Hollywood and Humility
WICZYK AND SATCHU: With Hollywood’s major studios increasingly risk-averse, a pair of HBS classmates finds a winning niche. Media Rights Capital (MRC) founders and co-CEOs Mordecai (“Modi”) Wiczyk and Asif Satchu (both MBA ’99) are among the hottest dealmakers in... View Details
- 07 Dec 2015
- News
Easing the Costs of Adoption
When Kerr Taylor (OPM 39, 2010) and his wife, Jill, returned home from Russia in 1998 with their adopted daughter, Christina, they brought with them a desire to make the process easier for other families. They created Pathways for Little Feet, a nonprofit that provides... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Bottom-Line Beauty
The dollars-and-cents reality of outfitting a new venture may not be the most glamorous topic, but Inc. Technology's special "CEO's Start-Up Toolkit" issue (Summer 2000) showcased both style and substance by featuring Marla Malcolm (MBA 1998) on its cover. As CEO of... View Details