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- 30 Jan 2018
- Blog Post
HBS Global Opportunity Fellowship: Making a Difference in Africa
chargers to sunglasses. After spending some time understanding our clients’ needs, we promised to get back to him on the possibility of extending his line of credit at the bank. This was Africa – a stark contrast between street hustlers... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Capturing Human Capital
Confronted with the fundamental changes that are transforming today's global business environment, a number of firms are finding it necessary to reevaluate their organizational priorities. "These are turbulent times for business as many... View Details
- 21 Oct 2010
- News
Hell? Maybe Not.
(more comfortable) side of the desk: 75 percent of recruiters are HBS alumni. “It’s nice to see that relationship come full circle,” says Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick wants to dispel the myth that only large companies making multiple hires... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
An Action Plan for Economic Recovery
most effective boards are those at companies that are owned by private equity. They are composed of the CEO and six directors, all of whom have relevant industry expertise. The directors make the time... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Consumer Finance Makes HBS Debut
the idea to develop such a course? The inspiration came to me ten years ago, about the time I got tenure. As I reflected on my post-tenure plans, I wrote about my interest in how the financial sector works for regular individuals. At the... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Ann S. Moore, MBA 1978
decision because she loved magazines. When she was appointed chairman and CEO of the company in 2002, it was the highlight of her own success story. Now the highest-ranking woman in the Time Warner... View Details
- 19 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 4/5
companies and not come to business school. This is why we’re here at HBS. Don’t let this unique and monumental time pass you by. We need your help to hold HBS accountable, and this will only prepare you to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- Blog Post
Reflecting on the HKS/HBS Joint Degree Program
year in the MBA program at HBS. This fall I will start the third year of the joint degree program, which combines courses at both schools. Prior to coming to Harvard, I worked for McKinsey & Company in Mexico and India, and then with... View Details
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Ta-Wei "David" Huang
As a data scientist, David Huang (he/him) spent much of his time analyzing customer¬ data to provide personalized experience and improve long-term customer values for companies in different industries. As... View Details
- 13 Apr 2016
- Research Event
What Does 'Diversity' Really Mean?
'diversity' really mean? Keynote speaker Anna Holmes—founder of Jezebel.com, columnist for the New York Times Sunday Book Review, and editorial director of the digital company Fusion—recalled an event from a... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
What Happens in Vegas Could Shape the Metaverse
company would be more than likes, comments, and shares, he said, and Meta would develop the community on top of the Oculus platform it bought for $2 billion in 2014. The Facebook-Meta name change came a year-and-a-half into the COVID-19... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Q&A: Suzy Wetlaufer
who applied to the School on a lark, accepted a position at Bain & Company after graduating from HBS as a Baker Scholar. She and a Bain partner later wrote an article about leadership styles and submitted it to the Harvard Business... View Details
- 16 Mar 2018
- News
Enabling The Pursuit of Entrepreneurial Dreams
she worked in real estate investment banking at Goldman Sachs and then pivoted to the Walt Disney Company and AwesomenessTV, a digital studio that produces original programming for the emerging Generation Z. Ng knew she wanted to pursue... View Details
Joseph Boyer
Boyer helped William S. Burroughs develop the adding machine and was the inventor of the first successful pneumatic hammer. In 1900, Boyer moved the Burroughs Adding Machine Company to Detroit. By 1930, at the View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
if we are holding investments in companies for a period of three or five years, or in many cases seven or ten years, it’s appropriate for any gains that might be generated on those investments to be taxed at a lower rate than ordinary... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Books
turn, moving ideas on new paths to market and perhaps even publishing research to enhance industry knowledge will provide new and important ways for companies to realize the value of their discoveries. — Laura Singleton (MBA ’88) Artful... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Robert McNamara Dies at 93
Motor Company as a“whiz kid,” eventually becoming its president briefly before the Kennedy administration tapped him to be Secretary of Defense. He became known as the architect of the Vietnam War, a conflict that marked him forever.... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Funding His Purpose
concept proved successful—nonprofits and for-profit social or environmental impact companies did benefit from access to loans—but the model did not. SITAWI did not see the necessary volume in deals to be sustainable as a lender. So... View Details
- 25 Mar 2018
- News
Modernizing Infrastructure Management
In this interview, Joseph Heieck (MBA 2014), CEO and President of gWorks, describes how his company makes it easier for municipalities to track their infrastructure needs—and stay resilient. “I was in the Navy for a long time, but I am... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Real Conflict
Indeed, from low wages to limited health-care coverage, the company has a number of issues to tackle. But to characterize Wal-Mart’s success simply in terms of its exploitation of its workforce, as many of the company’s most ferocious... View Details