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- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Three Promoted to Full Professor
examining how firms compete in foreign markets and how government policies shape and constrain their options. She is also writing a book about information-based industries, such as media and entertainment, and their quest for global... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
submitted were quite a bit different from what they first showed me.” A member of Staples’ original management team, Krasnow is currently a domain expert in marketing at Highland Capital Partners, a Boston-based venture capital firm. I... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Elevator Pitch: First Byte
employees and customers.” Heard: “We’re working on a pilot with a foodservice provider in the Boston area. For us, the biggest milestone will be putting a robot in the market so we can become a more proven concept before we start... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Where Are They Now?
director of the Brady Commission, a task force created to examine ways to avoid another stock market crash like Black Monday on October 24. “It was hard not to say yes,” he recalls. After the commission completed its report, Glauber... View Details
- 18 Jan 2012
- News
Survey Reveals Depths of US Competitiveness Problem
RELATED LINKS Survey results Survey methodology Watch Porter discuss the survey findings More US Competitiveness Surveys RELATED LINKS Survey results Survey methodology Watch Porter discuss the survey findings More US Competitiveness Surveys HBS alumni overwhelmingly... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Ed Tian: Boardroom Revolutionary
industry, the state entities are unlikely to sell off their shares in the near term. But Netcom could go for a listing on the stock market eventually. “We need the government’s support,” says Tian. “We want to wire the entire country, and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
ANDRUS: Unemployed at graduation, an unlikely and inspiring odyssey takes him from his parents’ basement to the corner office of a company on the cutting edge. Photos by August Miller HBS Alumni of a certain vintage might recall a BusinessWeek article from a decade ago... View Details
- 26 Feb 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Morgan Hermand-Waiche (MBA 2010)
friends and family complain about the options for buying lingerie in the United States. I found that there was a huge opportunity to disrupt the intimate apparel space. People are so tired of high prices and slow fashion from Victoria's Secret, and I knew we could... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Entrepreneur’s Rwandan Start-Up Gets HBS Support
miss school each year for this reason, estimates UNICEF. “Our goal is to turn what has been an obstacle into a business opportunity and vehicle for economic growth in Africa, Asia, and Central America,” says Scharpf. The Rwandan venture will manufacture and View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
INK: Maker’s Manual
for everything from market research to packaging. What do you hope the book will do for would-be entrepreneurs? I’d like it to give them confidence to start their ventures with a playbook so that the path is not as lonely or ambiguous.... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 29 Jan 2010
- News
Back to Glass-Steagall?
collateralized debt obligations or derivatives, that contributed mightily to the financial market meltdown in 2008. So the question arises, would the Volker Rule really prevent another financial crisis? HBS professor David Moss argues... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
An SUV Built for African Roads—by African Workers
improve challenging last-mile distribution on rough terrain. Even before doing any marketing for the Mobius II, Yong reports that they have a couple hundred preorders and are building a sales and service network across the country to... View Details
Keywords: Amy Yee
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
this activity: Egypt's population is approaching 110 million, the highest in the MENA region, with about half of its citizens between the ages of 15 and 45 and the range of mobile-phone penetration well over 90 percent. The market to meet... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
of the league's broadcasting committee and the securing of lucrative TV contracts, and for helping forge peace between players and owners during heated labor negotiations in 2011. Goal to Go While expanding its fan base and finding new... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Trade Off
What patterns emerge from history that can help us better understand where we are today? Sophus Reinert: To many people, globalization is teleological, something that necessarily becomes stronger over time and leads to an ever-more economically interconnected world,... View Details
- 06 Apr 2016
- News
Raising a Glass to Life-Long Entrepreneurship
huge global companies that are very well run and have been very financially successful. In the US beer business we have a little bit less than 2 percent market share. So, we have to keep the heart and passion of a small business.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Taiwan Club President Thrives on Region's Entrepreneurial Energy
"Taiwan today is an exciting place to be in business," said Benjamin P.L. Feng (MBA 1975), managing director of All Asia Partners, a venture capital firm headquartered in Taipei. At HBS this fall to attend his 25th Reunion, Feng took time out to share his enthusiasm... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Books
business conditions has become an essential CEO survival skill. "The challenge of change has given rise to a CEO labor market that places a premium on a person's track record in leading change," write HBS... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Alumni Books
market capitalization. The book examines how misguided investment and acquisition strategies have created the paradox that, in media, the faster revenues grow, the worse their stocks perform. The Elements of Investing by Burton G. Malkiel... View Details
- 30 Oct 2017
- News
Giving Minorities a Playbook for Career Success
2011. Of the nation’s 16.2 million management jobs at smaller companies, only 6.7 percent are held by blacks, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. These realities prompted John Rice (MBA 1992) to found Management Leadership for... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman