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- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Education Innovation
its economy. Her conclusion, which helped inform HBS's US Competitiveness Project: "The United States must recognize that its long-term growth depends on dramatically increasing the quality of its K–12... View Details
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From the Chief Financial Officer | Annual Report 2024
research initiatives and strategic priorities, this trajectory is not sustainable long-term. Maintaining a careful balance between investment and fiscal responsibility is paramount. By continuing to carefully monitor the relative growth... View Details
- 15 Sep 2016
- News
US Competitiveness Report Sees ‘A Nation Divided’
and members of the American public. According to the authors, America retains and enjoys many strengths. However, various economic indicators show that the US economy has failed to deliver strong growth and shared prosperity for nearly... View Details
- 13 Aug 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Managing the Family Business: Entrepreneurs Needed for Long-Run Success
lines of business, rejuvenate the founder's legacy, and put the enterprise on a new growth path. Entrepreneurs (typically family members) working outside the business but with family financial support can keep talented kin inside a... View Details
Keywords: by Michael J. Roberts
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Dow at 20,000: What's That All About?
even worse, south. There is no reason to think that bear markets are over. At the same time, this is a country with a very robust and resilient economy. Markets will have their painful moments, no doubt, but I’m optimistic about the View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 20 Nov 2019
- News
From the Ground Up
we use those funds to provide school uniforms, provide school supplies, provide clean drinking water to the schools, and provide lunch. It was a pretty easy thing to implement. We think [it] has made some significant difference on the children in Fiji and will have a... View Details
- 03 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Homeland Security: A Ready-made Market
consensus. There's an enormous chokepoint when it comes to getting the job done." It's about providing IT solutions to a complex, evolving environment.— Murray Mazer,Lumigent Technologies Even so, the federal government offers enormous View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
A Boomtown's Echo
those kinds of projects. No siree. We remember last time around.’ ” Myers is managing director of Dallas/Ft. Worth–based Boldmore Growth Partners, and launched the Internet service provider Bakken Wireless in 2012 to serve the region’s... View Details
- 23 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick
Many companies follow a tried-and-true approach to pursuing corporate social responsibility practices. They set aside a certain amount per year to fund a CSR office, which then tries to help clean up the environment or improve the quality of life of people in the areas... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 25 Aug 2015
- First Look
First Look Tuesday
short- and long-term direct monetary effects of operating a winning athletics program for an academic institution of higher education. We construct a unique panel dataset from multiple sources and utilize the latest dynamic panel data... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
This entrepreneurial energy is following a decidedly terrestrial opportunity. The nonprofit advocacy group Space Foundation estimated that the global size of the industry reached $330 billion in 2014, with an annual growth rate of 9... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 14 Jul 2021
- News
The First Five Years: Nicolas Manes (MBA 2020)
What are your long-term goals for the company? “In the short term, we are raising a new round of financing to boost our growth in Mexico and to launch an operation in Brazil and in Central America. In the... View Details
- 01 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Much Time Should CEOs Devote to Customers?
Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing KnowHow, for Harvard Business. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge.Customers are the source of all cash flow. Organic growth depends on... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Is Private Equity Blockchain’s Killer App?
O’Grady is cognizant that expansion will take time. “It’s not as though by the end of the year we’re going to have all of our private equity fund clients [on blockchain], because it’s still the early days of the application of this technology,” he says. View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
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What Happens When Company Tweets Get Political | Working Knowledge
second fact is that this growth was really asymmetric. Starting in 2019, we see rapid growth in Democratic-sounding speech, while Republican-sounding speech stayed constant or, if anything, decreased toward... View Details
- 28 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
African American Student Union Spotlight on Entrepreneurship
Devon Gethers (MBA 2025) Where is your hometown? I’ve lived half of my life in Washington State and the other half in Salt Lake City, Utah. What was your pre-MBA industry and role? Before pursuing my MBA, I dedicated several years to a View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Honorable Mention
Association's task force on admissions, were recognized for their efforts to help develop a long-term strategy to boost admission of women to the MBA Program. David Hughes, section president, student senator, and HBS Show production... View Details
- 21 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
The Power of Business in the Energy Transition
provide cheap, abundant energy to local communities that can simultaneously alleviate poverty while replacing biomass as a fuel source. Attendees enjoyed balanced perspectives from panelists on topics from sustainability efforts in natural resource firms, to redefining... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
identify emerging Internet leaders that combine long-term fundamental growth and strong cash flow. In China, virtually no company of any size exists without government investment. How does that affect how... View Details
- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
European Private Equity—Still a Teenager?
restructuring opportunities or divestitures or even, more recently, public-to-privates. But I think increasingly what happens in our industry—and in Europe more recently than in the U.S. —is that private equity has become the long-term... View Details