Northwestern United States - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 1997
News

Mexico on the Brink: A Conversation with Juan Enriquez-Cabot (MBA '86)

calamitous for the United States as well. What's been the impact of NAFTA on the current situation? Unquestionably, Mexico must modernize its economy; NAFTA is a vital component of that. But when you force a... View Details

01 Mar 2008
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One-on-One with Jim Breyer

in many ways, reminiscent of the late ’90s here in the United States for similar types of Internet companies. We have an extraordinary team of partners in China led by Quan Zhou, Hugo Shong (AMP 151, 1996),... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2007
News

A Call to Innovation

BIG BETS: Kao proposes investment in research and education. Robert Gumpert/NB Pictures As innovation guru and former HBS faculty member John Kao (MBA ’82) sees it, the United States is already losing on the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Telecommunications; Information; Management

01 Mar 2010
News

Money Matters

Indian stock market was booming, and investors had grown accustomed to outsized returns. Then the bottom fell out. The financial crisis spawned in the United States reverberated around the globe during the... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

Profile

Jenny Tison

everything When it came time to consider a career, Jenny realized what must have been obvious to the people around her: “I really love working on teams,” she says. Jenny attended Northwestern as a drum major in the marching band,... View Details

29 Sep 2020
News

A Righteous Path

When Rich Leimsider (MBA 2003) became the executive director of the Safe Passage Project in 2016, his mandate was to expand the organization. Today, there are 40 staffers working in partnership with 450 pro-bono attorneys to represent 1,001 young refugees who arrived... View Details

Keywords: Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 Mar 2012
News

Shop Talk, Different Avenues

$205,000). By Invitation Only, a book detailing their entrepreneurial journey, will be published in April. AW: Marvin, you spend a lot of time traveling abroad. Are there any innovative retail concepts that you see outside the United... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; shopping; e-commerce; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

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Films & TV | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

steel mill plant in Pennsylvania and the Fairless Hills community for plant employees. The film underscores the corporation’s outreach efforts with the local community. Full film available at: https://vimeo.com/353587440 United View Details

24 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?

they hear the words "national health insurance," but it is disturbing that we fail to provide health care to so many of our citizens. At the same time, firms in the United States are global leaders in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Biotechnology; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage; Health

17 Oct 2014
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Keeping the US competitive in science and technology

Andrew Pratt (MBA 2015) wants to ensure that the United States remains competitive in science and technology, both in business and education. (Published October 2014) View Details

January 2002 (Revised July 2004)
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Renationalization of Railtrack?

Railtrack faces bankruptcy five years after its privatization. Railtrack's performance deteriorated since its privatization in 1996, exhibited by its weakening financial health, unsatisfactory services, poor safety record, and mismanaged investment program. In October... View Details

Keywords: Rail Transportation; Privatization; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; State Ownership; Rail Industry; United Kingdom

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2016 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

companies from 2000-2010. Tinsley also has collaborated with the White House and U.S. State Department to execute a woman-to-woman mentorship summit and has partnered with the U.S. State Department and the... View Details

26 Apr 2011
News

BioMine Strikes Gold

California/San Diego, Shanghai, South Africa, Toronto, and United Arab Emirates acted as regional hubs, and finalists were chosen in March through contests held around the world. In addition to BioMine, the regional finalists,... View Details

Keywords: Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

Profile

Justin Bardin

As a participant in the United States Navy's Immediate Graduate School Program, Justin Bardin is one of only twenty Naval Academy graduates selected for continued graduate studies, even as he maintains... View Details

09 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

Fearing Fox News, Democratic-leaning Companies Delayed Negative Announcements

Fox News has influenced how companies disclose financial news. Legal analyst Gregg Jarrett on the set in 2016. Source: Wikipedia Commons, CC 3.0) The United States presidential election of 2000 took place in... View Details

Keywords: by Jen Deaderick; Media & Broadcasting

Larissa Bifano

Larissa Bifano concentrates on patent and other intellectual property strategy, counseling, prosecution, diligence, and litigation in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and federal courts. She... View Details

Keywords: Legal

23 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Just How Independent are ‘Independent’ Directors?

board members are dissenting from the party line and which are following the majority. “In the United States you know this happens, but you don't get to observe it." —Juan Ma Khanna and HBS doctoral... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

17 Dec 2015
News

Examining Global Workforce Management

in Brazil. Furloughs as an alternative to layoffs are used less frequently in the United States than in the rest of the world. Sucher’s case on Honeywell reveals how the firm—the only one of its US peers to... View Details

01 Jun 2004
News

Strengthening Ties with Executive Education Graduates

entire spectrum of manufacturing and service enterprises in the United States and upward of 100 other nations. Executive Education alumni are different from MBA alumni in important ways. Unlike the MBA... View Details

Keywords: Ted Fischer; Alumni Association Board of Directors; committee; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

03 Dec 2015
Op-Ed

How "New Nuclear" Power Could Save the Planet—If Regulators Would Allow It

Leaders from some 150 nations have convened in Paris this week for the COP21 conference with a singular goal: to fight the global threat of climate change. Each of them have brought to Paris their own national plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions that drive... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy

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