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- 15 Jan 2020
- News
The Business of Access
help,” she says. A success to be sure, but the nonprofit world, Lisle quickly learned, was more complicated than the business world: “In the private sector, a customer pays and receives something, whether it be a product or a service. In... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Microfinance's Big Payoff: Michael Chu and ACCION International
utilizes the one asset that exists in abundance in even the poorest and most fragile social sectors - people's self-initiative. It increases the productivity of the person engaged in economic activity, thereby creating new wealth, rather... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Taking Time to Make Time
eyeshades) to dealing with employees' mistakes ("No matter how spectacularly the project flopped, don't attack the person"). Classic productivity books often focus on time management, but Extreme View Details
Keywords: Time management
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
human potential. It has made the US an economic powerhouse. It has played a major role in capital being allocated to the most productive uses. Free enterprise has led to the creation of a staggering number of jobs that support families... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
the norm for health care than the exception. They may not have ever taken a management course, despite the challenge of overseeing dozens of employees across a variety of functions. They’re responsible for their unit’s financial... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Alumni Books
the Economy Is Wrong by Edward Conard (MBA 1982) (Portfolio/Penguin) To explain the causes of the US financial crisis, conventional wisdom blames Wall Street and the mortgage industry for using predatory tactics to seduce homeowners into... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Building Blocks
loves: “Putting the pieces together with a client is the fun part, whether or not the development of a physical space is involved. I do have an appreciation for beautiful buildings, but I also love problem-solving and creating new View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Is Private Equity Blockchain’s Killer App?
they need. “It’s all about who gives the other person access to what is essentially their ‘page,’ ” says O’Grady. These days, though, O’Grady rarely needs to shorthand blockchain. Its most famous application, bitcoin, has become an increasingly mainstream investment,... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Books
Companies Must Merge Social and Financial Imperatives to Achieve Superior Performance, Paine has condensed twenty years of research and teaching in the oftenmaligned field of business ethics to argue that companies can — indeed must — be... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Dean Clark on Leadership, Educational Priorities, and Funding the Future
such as corporate governance, the relationship between values and leadership, corporate accountability and the challenges of financial disclosure, executive compensation, and the role of intermediaries in capital markets. Through our... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Competitiveness at Risk
successfully in global markets while also supporting high and rising living standards for Americans. America is not more competitive if businesses succeed by paying lower wages. Actually, the need to cut wages reflects a lack of View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Pitfalls, Trade-Offs, Dreaming Big
and capital may benefit greatly from a VC’s experience, contacts, and financial resources. A downside is that VCs often will be inclined toward courses of action that a King founder might not like. Also, it’s important to remember that in... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Q&A: Wrestling with the Unthinkable
to businesses about what can happen when a crisis hits and they're not ready. A crisis could be triggered by terrorism but also by an earthquake, a product recall, or anything that constitutes a serious risk to a company's reputation,... View Details
- 22 Jul 2021
- News
Mentoring Fashion Startups in Singapore; Rising Star Accolades for Mid-Career Women
partners such as incubators, accelerators, government agencies, and other organizations, the NVSC aims to facilitate connectivity within the ecosystem, and leverage the intellectual, social, and financial capital of alumni. That might be... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
products, from venture capital to financial services firms, from manufacturing to services, HBS graduates were helping to create, revolutionize, and reinvent industries. Indeed, life without the host of View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Up Against The Firewall
else’s problem — until now. A phone call from the IT department reports that your company’s computer systems have been accessed by an intruder. Troves of business and financial data, your customers’ as well as your own, have been... View Details
- 20 Nov 2015
- News
Room to Grow
says Kendall, executive director of the Henry P. Kendall Foundation, his family’s philanthropic organization, which is dedicated to creating a “resilient and healthy food system in New England that increases the production and consumption... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Breaking Down Barriers: The Electronic Wallet
help users compare product prices, keep track of their purchases, and store information. For example, a music buff who has conveyed information about her online CD purchases to Ticketmaster could be notified when one of her favorite... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Young Alums Honored for Social Enterprise
urban and rural communities. Fenton manages programs and financial operations for New Leaders for New Schools (NLNS), a national nonprofit aimed at improving education for all children by recruiting and supporting leaders for urban public... View Details
- 13 Nov 2018
- News
Building a New Real Estate Investment Model
since then I’ve been trying to understand the economic gaps in the United States. Why are large groups of people systemically financially underprivileged?” One answer, Davis soon discovered, is a lack of access to real estate. Davis, now... View Details