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- 23 May 2018
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John A. Paulson, MBA 1980
globally,” he says. “The infrastructure to source and sell was so massive that volume continued to grow despite rapidly deteriorating credit quality.” Seeing the absurdity of it, Paulson bet against the market at the peak of the housing... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 19 Jan 2016
- News
Electric Avenues
in 2013 and is currently working on driverless cars—could offer cities an even deeper data stream. “When you start incorporating data generated from cars directly, you’ll be able to make much smarter transportation decisions, make much smarter View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 13 Jun 2014
- News
The Art of Effecting Change
$10,000 per year, a response so enthusiastic Evans nearly had to tamp down fundraising to get infrastructure in place. "There is an appetite for innovation and creativity right now," she says, "and people want to explore the current human... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
some of that will be directed to the state and city for expenses already incurred. The LMDC has received an initial $2 billion, targeted for infrastructure needs, such as rebuilding the subway and commuter train lines destroyed at Ground... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Understanding Challenges Across the Supply Chain
partnerships or alliances. While in Argentina, Alvarez observed how business leaders have learned to be flexible and creative. “I’m impressed when I talk to people who are keeping their food businesses going, given the turmoil they face dealing with View Details
- 10 Aug 2022
- News
Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age
for them. But who's going to pay for it? They bring up a lot of questions about policy. We are the only country that does not have an infrastructure for elder care. And they ask a lot about reimbursement mechanisms because Medicare for... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015
organizations to act in new ways is never easy. This book pulls together leading-edge insights from some of the world's best researchers about how organizational change in general—and sustainable change in particular—can be most effectively managed. Move: Putting... View Details
- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
as hard as it can be to overcome infrastructure issues, Gordon’s challenges go well beyond lemon shortages and umbrella access: She’s a first-time entrepreneur trying to build a family business in a country with an ever-shifting stance... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Dean Clark on the New Academic Year
the classroom. We have also built an infrastructure for expanding our efforts in e-learning and for strengthening our outreach to alumni. Our progress in this area has created an interest in innovation and the pursuit of new... View Details
- 25 Jun 2020
- News
Covering All Corners
the design specifications and granted us the rights to produce it. So with very little infrastructure in the medical-technology industry in Egypt, a consortium was formed—our business school association, a group of scholars, and an... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Offshore Learning
back to the mainland. “Our classroom is a 204-acre island with two salt marshes, a fresh water marsh, an inner tidal zone, meadows, and forests.” Since 2005, Pearson has spearheaded an $8.3 million capital campaign to fund infrastructure... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
South Africa's Lucille Meyer: Shaping a Practical Presidency
improved infrastructure for water and for jobs, notes Meyer. There is much at stake for Mbeki - only the second black president of South Africa - as he follows in the footsteps of Mandela. Meyer is careful to point out, however, that... View Details
Keywords: Morgan Baker
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
described as "American icons" by moderator Tom Davenport, director of the Accenture Institute for Strategic Change. Jack Duffy, SVP of corporate strategy at UPS, noted that the process of integrating technology into the company's View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
Reshaping Africa by Irene Yuan Sun (MBA 2016) HBR Press China is now Africa's largest trade partner, the largest infrastructure financier, and the fastest-growing source of foreign direct investment. Chinese entrepreneurs are flooding... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
objective was to provide an air-conditioned environment; offer support for customers who couldn’t read or write; and get them in and out of the store in 15 minutes with working service.” It sounds like a reasonable goal. But building the View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
anywhere, and to any industry. That kind of infrastructure can look very different from place to place. In Boston, it took the shape of District Hall, a public venue in the city’s Seaport District that functions as a communal gathering... View Details
- 24 Sep 2020
- News
The Race for a Vaccine
safe and effective vaccine. But the ultimate goal is even more ambitious than bringing an end to the current pandemic as quickly as possible. True success, say those involved, will be building the infrastructure necessary to prevent the... View Details
- 22 Aug 2019
- News
Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector
providers who don't deliver as they're supposed to a lot of times. I think at times just finding talent for some of the most basic things is difficult to do. You probably know about the infrastructure issues we have, power, water, and... View Details
- 25 Apr 2023
- News
Class of 2022 Startups Sweep Alumni New Venture Competition
roles, but hospitals’ current organizational infrastructure inhibits their ability to meet those needs.” Like Hue, the concept for M7 Health was born while its cofounders were still at HBS. “We actually started this business in Julia... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Empowering School Leaders to Meet Today's Challenges
so that everybody feels like they have a role in making that vision come true. They also set up the systems and infrastructure for people to be effective within that organization, to collaborate and solve problems together and continually... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie