Growth And Development - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2000
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The HBS Show Must Go On: "STARt-up WARS" Continues Tradition of Smash Hits

HBS. "There's the classic tension of product development versus delivering a final product. We'd come up with lots of ideas for the production, but at some point you have to stop developing View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 1997
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Jennifer L. Scott

design one of the most innovative student-driven initiatives to hit the HBS campus in years. The contest provided students with the opportunity to develop a business idea from concept through execution - an experience, Scott notes, that... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 May 2013
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Isik Kececi Asur, MBA 1997

country and culture,” Asur says. In addition to Mustafa’s diversified family oil business, the Asurs are partners in Istanbul-based Aragon Capital, a firm they launched five years ago that manages a variety of investments including... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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From observers to active participants in the global economy

reduce poverty through economic growth, and it’s been very effective,” says Bloom. The US agency, now with an annual budget of about $900 million, has committed more than $10 billion to projects in View Details

05 Aug 2015
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Nourishing the Next Generation

developed a lot of their food habits, yet,” Kohn says. “If you present them with healthy food options and there is good, positive peer pressure from their classmates, their teachers, View Details

01 Jun 2006
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Utopian Vision

dentists who got lucky on the stock market.” The development plan calls for a golf course with villas, a luxury boutique hotel, farms, a nature preserve and science research center, View Details

Keywords: Finance; Real Estate

28 Jun 2024
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Honoring Leadership in New York; PRIDE Alumni Share HBS Stories

New York Leadership Dinner Honors Leaders Challenging the Status Quo At its 55th Annual Leadership Dinner in May, the HBS Club of New York (HBSCNY) honored four leaders whose careers and contributions to the world embody this year’s theme, “Challenging the Status Quo.”... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Oct 2001
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The Play's the Thing

Baron: prize winning playwright. Visiting Mr. Green, by Jeff Baron (MBA '78), is a play about the relationship that develops between an elderly widower and the youthful executive who almost kills him while... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment

01 Apr 2001
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Teresa Clarke: An Advocate for Education in South Africa

high-school education for talented, disadvantaged students in and around Johannesburg. Clarke’s own experience as a sponsor and board member for the New York program was the spark that led to the View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

24 Apr 2014
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Powering on wireless electricity

award underlines the fact that our technology is capable of enormous positive economic and environmental impact,” says Giler, whose entrepreneurial spirit extends to other areas of interest. He is the cofounder of Scratch Wireless, which... View Details

01 Apr 1997
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HBS Duo Offers Personalized Career Assessment

Business. Written by Timothy Butler and James Waldroop, director and associate director, respectively, of the School's MBA Career Development Programs, the book presents a... View Details

Keywords: Bob Binstock

01 Jun 2002
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East Side Story

In January, veteran New York state senator Roy Goodman (MBA '53) was appointed president and CEO of the United Nations Development Corporation by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg (MBA '66). In accepting... View Details

21 Apr 2014
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A lifetime of quiet leadership

The late John C. Whitehead (MBA 1947, LLD 1995) garnered enough career achievements for three lifetimes—as a business leader, public servant, and philanthropist. After retiring as cochairman of Goldman Sachs, where he worked for 38 years,... View Details

19 May 2015
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Getting Ready for Success

midst of starting Valiente College Prep, a Los Angeles charter school set to open in August 2015. “In America, we have millions of jobs that will need to be filled in engineering, science, and technology. We absolutely need to access... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Educational Services

01 May 2013
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Dhruv Agarwala, MBA 2002

Dhruv Agarwala, who grew up in Calcutta, credits HBS for being instrumental in shaping his career. From his first job in the United States—as a business development associate at General Electric—to his latest entrepreneurial endeavor in... View Details

01 Jun 1997
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Short Takes

regulatory bodies that are taken for granted in the West but are not available in emerging markets. "Companies can create value by developing these systems for themselves," notes Palepu. For example, large diversified companies doing... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Dec 2005
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Andrews, Raymond Remembered

Professors Emeriti Kenneth R. Andrews and Thomas J.C. Raymond, two distinguished and much-loved faculty members, both passed away in September. Andrews, who served on the HBS faculty from 1946 to 1986, was a... View Details

01 Sep 2016
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Code name: Miesiąc

From the book Kryptonim “Wasale,” by Łukasz Kamiński From the book Kryptonim “Wasale,” by Łukasz Kamiński Waldemar Maj (MBA 1996) shivered in the dark Warsaw alley and wedged his body further into a crevice in the building wall. At his... View Details

Keywords: April White; photographed by Piotr Malecki

20 Feb 2018
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David Perry’s Green Revolution

decided to pursue something “that would make a positive difference in the world.” That’s when he found Indigo Ag, a company that is commercializing microorganisms that help plants grow. Indigo Ag’s scientists have identified microbes that confer resistance to drought,... View Details

01 Dec 1999
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Good Day, Sunshine

developments at the School, and enjoying faculty presentations. "Our alumni are the measure of the School," said Dean Kim B. Clark in a welcoming address to all classes. "I am grateful for what you do in... View Details

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