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- 01 Sep 2015
- News
State of the Unions
out a contract. “The auto industry is a top-of-the-food-chain type of employer,” says Silvers, explaining that most labor organizations look to the UAW as a role model for negotiations across the country and a signal about the direction... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
High Honors
Anglo American in 2007, one of the world’s largest mining companies, Cynthia Carroll determined that increased transparency was important if the company—and the industry as a whole—was going to improve its safety record. “People responded... View Details
- 06 Oct 2022
- News
Untapped Potential
management worldwide. The fund has already invested more than $9 million in 12 companies that address such pressing problems as flood tracking, water waste and reuse, and sewer infrastructure and maintenance. “This is an overlooked, giant View Details
- 05 Dec 2016
- News
The Dragon’s Tale
country that had missed the industrial revolution that happened in many other countries in the 19th century, and then had suffered terribly under Mao since 1949. The so-called Great Leap Forward in 1958 triggered a famine that killed 40... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Alumni Bookshelf
Authentic Leadership by William W. (“Bill”) George (MBA ’66) (Jossey-Bass) Drawing from a decade of experience as CEO and chairman of medical technology company Medtronic, George analyzes the causes of the current crisis in corporate leadership and provides guidelines... View Details
- 02 Aug 2018
- News
Can Marketing Help Halt the Heroin Epidemic?
Lee Shaw, who is a friend of mine and part of the Shaw Industries family. He was from Northwest Georgia like I was in some rural areas. And he said, I want you to come help me with this methamphetamine campaign. We're bringing this big... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
14 for '14
1.0. But food is one of the biggest industries on the planet, and the tech that supports it hasn't changed in 30 years. Stay tuned for big innovation." —Nick Taranto (MPA/MBA 2010), cofounder, Plated Karen Tumulty "History—with the recent... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
to sitting on the sidelines afraid to invest, period. To make matters worse, staffing their start-up turned out to be painfully difficult. It didn’t help that the free office the partners secured from a friend for a year was located in a gritty New Delhi suburban View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Exchange: Micro Management
Image by John Ritter In the 50 years since modern microfinance was introduced as a tool to fight poverty, institutions have distributed hundreds of millions of loans to people in developing countries. Such loans are repaid at rates often as high as 98 percent. Those... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Flexibility Is Key to Product Development in Internet Time
functionality contained in a search engine. Instead, each project was assessed by a panel of industry experts, who rated the performance of the resulting product relative to others that targeted similar customer needs at the same time.... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Taiwan Club President Thrives on Region's Entrepreneurial Energy
high-tech-driven economy and his role as president of the Harvard Business School Club of Taiwan. "If you have a good idea, there is venture money available," he continued. "You don't have to come from a rich family or have an extensive background in View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Africa's Way
Communications Group) has secured $37 million in financing to support wireless communication programs in underdeveloped regions, including sub-Saharan Africa. "We are currently setting up voicemail through... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum
declared, American policy needs to become more multilateral, and globalization must be shaped by the international community “to resist the negative aspects and leverage the positive.” Richard haass: The former State Department official... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
What's Cookin'
homemade specialties such as sweet plantains, black beans, and fried yucca in mouthwatering detail. “Typical industry practices like ‘boil in the bag' and ‘freezer to fryer' have resulted in commodity-like, homogeneous food.” "When you... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
lives in the Bay Area and has closely followed the career of his first-year HBS study group friend. “The park was a keystone in the team’s rise, and Larry was all over that, but he also has great competence in media, marketing, and View Details
- 09 May 2013
- News
Road Trip
share what we learn with a larger, supportive community of fellow entrepreneurs, professors, venture capitalists, and anyone else committed to entrepreneurship. We'd like this trip to be a growth engine for entrepreneurial practice... View Details
- 27 Sep 2021
- News
Sewn with Love
established to mobilize the American workforce quarantined at home, and began offering their MadeByUS kits that include everything—from assembly instructions to precut gown panels—for anyone with a sewing machine and knowledge of fabric patterns who was willing to help... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Reawakening rural America
Jack Schultz (MBA 1976) founded Agracel, an industrial development firm, to boost the economies of rural America in places such as Teutopolis, Illinois, the small farming hamlet where he grew up. The Effingham, Illinois-based company has... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Looking to the Majors
PAULSON: Sports is a tough business for ROI, but the returns to the community can be ample. Merritt Paulson (MBA ’00), owner of the minor league Portland Beavers Triple-A baseball team and the United Soccer League’s Portland Timbers, is... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Price Is Right
companies, and others. Given these very different industries and consumption contexts, I was curious to see if there is variation in how people behave in these situations, what explains that variation, and whether sellers could subtly... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna