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- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Big Deals: Project Finance Helps Mitigate Risk in Large-Scale Investments
Forget millions; think billions. That’s what HBS associate professor Benjamin C. Esty does in Large-Scale Investment, a new MBA elective course he has developed that examines how companies structure, value, and finance large, first-of-a-kind projects. “Most of these... View Details
- 13 Jan 2014
- News
How Government Can Restore the Faith of Citizens
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Analyze This
Story ideas sometimes come from unexpected places. I would hazard to guess that this issue of the Bulletin offers a first in the magazine’s long history. Inspired by a copy of our international mailing list, Senior Associate Editor Garry Emmons proposed writing an... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Yoga Inc.
phenomenon it pretty much created. “From the foundation of yoga wear, we started a category that before us did not exist,” says Vivien Yeung (MBA 2001), Lululemon’s chief strategy officer. Understanding the public consumption ritual... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Halber
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Case Study: Let’s Dance
says. “Artists have not always benefited from capitalism in the past, so there’s some healthy skepticism there.” The grassroots strategy has been effective—but obviously labor-intensive. Liang wonders about the best way to expand into... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Navigating the Populism Phenomenon
have been advocating for, which can be very unorthodox and generate economic disasters. In addition, their effects are very hard to predict because they have not been tested. The resulting uncertainty can also be costly to businesses. What View Details
Keywords: April White
- 26 Jan 2017
- News
Finding a Path out of Poverty
into his classes and made lasting friendships. “The leadership classes gave me great frameworks and current scholarly thinking in this fascinating and dynamic field,” he explains. “And the strategy classes brought a laser-like focus on... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Alumni Books
key to economic progress lies in unleashing women’s potential. For example, China has prospered because it emancipated women and brought them into the formal economy. Unleashing that process globally is the the best strategy for fighting... View Details
- 07 Apr 2021
- News
Why Do Startups Fail?
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Accelerating a Gas-on-demand Startup
Service with a Smile: Classmates Nick Alexander (left) and Bryan Frist with one of Yoshi’s service-on-demand vehicles. (photo by Cayce Clifford) The first purpose-built, drive-in gas station opened in Pittsburgh in December 1913. The gleaming Gulf station finally made... View Details
- 10 Dec 2010
- News
Notes from the Trenches
Last week’s post by Roger Thompson featured “Ten Rules for Entrepreneurs”. To build on that, I thought I’d include some of the more quotable moments and insights from a recent panel featuring past participants of the HBS Business Plan Contest (BPC). Moderated by... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Winning Season
Last year, St. Louis, Missouri, saw its beloved Cardinals open a new stadium, win the World Series, and unveil plans for a $650 million “Ballpark Village” that will change the face of the city’s downtown. Meet the father-son team behind one of baseball’s most popular... View Details
- 29 Jul 2010
- News
Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Alumni Books
New Ventures by Jon Burgstone (MBA 1999) and Bill Murphy Jr. (Farallon Publishing) The authors explain the key common strategies and tactics used by some of today’s most extraordinary entrepreneurs and offer a seven-step framework for the... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Student Conferences Inspire Campus Dialogue
Associate Professor Joshua Lerner spoke about opportunities and challenges in the venture capital and community development fields; Professor James L. Heskett discussed strategy and community revitalization; and Professor Michael E.... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Donald P. Nielsen, MBA 1963
self-cleaning rat cages for psychology labs. Learning that pharmaceutical companies use large quantities of rats, they negotiated a deal with him and over the next few months also executed a roll-up strategy that eventually made them the... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Philip L. Yeo, MBA 1976
supporting private-sector research; another $2 billion was earmarked for R&D that the government wanted scientists and engineers to pursue to help local enterprises improve their technology and become more competitive internationally. But there is more to it than big... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
strategy to get us through this period of uncertainty, both with the Eclipse and with the broader economy. I see this as an interim step that will allow us to level off and get to the point where we can start climbing again.” ALL ABOARD:... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Finance: Helping Consumers Improve Their Financial Life
Large consumer banks have historically collected a lot of data on their customers, which they have used to sell standardized products. Increasingly, however, we have seen new entrants using customer data to help the consumer and provide them with customizable products... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Ears to the Ground
Working with Clark on the ShotSpotter partnership with GE: Jaime Irick (MBA 2003), chief commercial officer of Current, GE’s lighting and energy division. Working with Clark on the ShotSpotter partnership with GE: Jaime Irick (MBA 2003), chief commercial officer of... View Details