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- 19 Jul 2011
- News
Brightening the Future
Ayala: With solar lantern in hand, kicking off a campaign to light the rural Philippines. Photo courtesy Jim Ayala After a successful corporate career that included two decades as a senior partner at McKinsey & Company and, most recently, five years as chief executive... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Duncan M. ("Greg") Murray (MBA 1964)
join a groundbreaking urban redevelopment project and went home to Halifax in 1966. After the real estate aspect of the project was well along, I returned to the marine portion of my roots and became the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Taking Care of Business
$30M (70 percent from international investors) to establish the country’s first post–civil war private equity fund providing capital to small- and medium-sized firms. YSP’s expanded offerings now include consulting, research, and the country’s first crowdfunding... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Andrew H. Tisch
brother and cousin, that forms the Office of the President at Loews' Manhattan headquarters. Among his primary responsibilities are watching over several major real estate investments and working closely... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Hit Radio Show and HBS Alumni Help Young Classical Musicians
Slavet, a nonprofit arts entrepreneur and partner in a real estate development and management firm. “But we want to be more than that. Through our radio show, Web site, education programs, and upcoming TV... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
2006 MBAs Go to Work
Equity/LBO: 15.4%) (Commercial Banking/Other: 4.1%) Consulting 21.4% Technology/Telecom 5.8% Other Services 5.7% Pharma/Biomedical 4.6% Consumer Products 4.4% Retail 4.3% Other Manufacturing 3.7% Entertainment/Media 3.4% Nonprofit/Government 2.8% View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Jennifer L. Scott
curriculum. Participating students developed their business plans in elective courses and field studies, honing their ideas with the help of some 25 HBS alumni who also evaluated the plans based on their commercial viability. Nearly 20... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Path to Economic Revival
innovation powerhouse? Shih: I think so. But the problem comes about as more manufacturing moves offshore and commercialization capabilities diminish. Flat-panel displays are a good example. Because there is no flat-panel manufacturing... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Technology for Learning's Sake
advertising campaign. "We have all the necessary information on CD-ROM to give students a real taste of what it feels like to make marketing decisions under pressure," Quelch explains. Students worked in teams of five or six, clicking... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig
- 14 Feb 2018
- News
A ‘Hopeaholic’ Promotes Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality in the Workplace
and equality is meaningful and challenging,” she adds. “I know my goal to develop organizations and society on this issue is a lofty one; and I may not be able to change the world, but I can sure keep the ball rolling.” Coleman began her career working in the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Clubs Offer Popular Management Programs
Charlotte, North Carolina, where Socarras is vice president for sales and marketing at Afton Village, a mixed-use real estate development company. “It was a pretty intense course, a lot of work, but I... View Details
- 06 Dec 2018
- News
Source Code
about a dog, and they even generalize to an amazing extent. If they see a cartoon image of a purple dog, even though they’ve never seen a real purple dog in their life, they still know that it’s a dog. Whereas a Google engine may fail on... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
The Future Is Now: 21st-Century Business Pondered at HBS Forum
opposed to in the real world?" In a panel on "Technology and Commerce," HBS professor David B. Yoffie elaborated on that theme, observing that the big challenge for CEOs today is "not necessarily to start something new, but how to bring... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Inside the Revolution
develop across cultures, West was seeking a different science-driven commercial realm in which to test some of his semiconductor observations. In 1998, he began looking at the life sciences. “People in the industry were crying out for a... View Details
- 06 Apr 2016
- News
Raising a Glass to Life-Long Entrepreneurship
make a sales call. I didn’t know how to negotiate a real estate lease. I didn’t know how to set up a payroll. I had no idea how to interview and hire the right people. These are all really important business... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Clearing the Air
adoption of environmentally friendly technology. Little noticed in the headlines, however, was the change to IRS Section 45Q—a revision that experts believe is likely to make the US a technological leader in the still-nascent carbon capture industry. NAME DESC Jonas... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Everything Old Is New Again: The History of Technological Frontiers
In each case, she noted, contemporary reactions to the new frontier followed a similar pattern. The commercial opportunity attracts pioneers, some of whom resort to piracy to seize their claims. This leads to the assumption that... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
The Class of 1977
development of commercial and residential real estate. Orit Gadiesh helped Bain emerge stronger than ever from one of the most turbulent periods in its history. Bill Foote took USG into Chapter 11 to shield... View Details
Keywords: Desmond Wong
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Rural Renewal
graze. “I immediately told the real estate agent that this was my dream house,” she says shaking her head, still surprised by how she let emotion cloud her usually savvy negotiation skills. Reade didn’t plan... View Details
- 11 Apr 2018
- News
The First Five Years: Regan Turner (MBA 2013)
grateful to Professor Nick Retsinas for supervising me in my HKS Policy Analysis Exercise; and Professor Rebecca Henderson had a great way of framing ethical challenges and decisions in LCA. “But I’d have to say that Nori Lietz left the greatest lasting impact on me in... View Details