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- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Building a Better MBA
the December/ January 2008 issue of the Academy of Management Journal in which they question the value of business school research. Henry Mintzberg of McGill University in Montreal devoted a book to his contention that “conventional MBA... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Q&A - Mark Fields
thing to do. Many other companies are now doing it as well. Now we look forward to better days. Our business plan for the next three to five years — known as our Millennium Plan — calls for growth, continued restructuring and reform, View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum
Secretary Samuel Bodman added his voice to those who say that critical decisions must be made without delay. “We are overly dependent on fossil fuels and will only become more so unless we make some critical investments now to truly... View Details
- 21 Dec 2022
- News
HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion
iStock MESSAGE FROM DEAN SRIKANT DATAR On February 27, Dean Srikant Datar sent a message to the HBS community regarding the invasion of Ukraine, noting the resources available to those looking to offer support and highlighting learning opportunities available at HBS.... View Details
- 27 Mar 2023
- News
A Sporting Chance
families, he launched projects collectively worth more than 500 million and helped create Spain's first real estate investment trust. He took over at Metrovacesa in 2016, just as the domestic market was taking off. By the time of its IPO... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
A Jolt for the African Coffee Industry
private equity fund invests in distressed businesses across sub-Saharan Africa, and Dozie soon found himself responsible for a coffee cherry washing station in the volcanic hills of western Rwanda. Up until that point, Dozie’s only sense... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Ask the Expert: Energy’s Next Era
sector supports, develops, or acquires the most promising low-carbon energy technologies of the future. Ultimately, the companies that are willing to make investments in these technologies will become our next generation of corporate... View Details
- 15 Nov 2021
- News
Charles P. Waite (MBA 1959)
Working Knowledge article. “Doriot’s thesis was that if you took a team of people with business experience and a willingness to expend time and effort as well as money, and mixed them with an entrepreneur they could invest in, it would be... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Higher Ground
you feel stupid,” says Atwood. “He values our opinions. He never draws a line in the sand. It’s very collaborative.” Solutions are often crowdsourced. “He’ll ask us ‘What do you think about this?’ as opposed to ‘You better do this’ and... View Details
- 18 Aug 2021
- News
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
2021 AUGUST 12 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation recently announced that it has established a $100 million Social Impact Investment Fund “aimed at advancing racial equity through economic development, especially in predominantly Black and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
How Sports Should Use Its Timeout
also not an ideal situation for athletes, who feed off of a crowd’s energy. But for the sports leagues and the related startups that can survive this transition period—and not all of them will—it could provide an opportunity to assess and View Details
- 22 Jul 2021
- News
Mentoring Fashion Startups in Singapore; Rising Star Accolades for Mid-Career Women
competition or another investing network. We took inspiration from our club’s mentorship program and came up with a shorter version, where we could advise startup founders.” Pundrik, Mansukhani, and Ventura lead the club’s New Ventures... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
debentures and stock representing 10 percent of the company, giving TDC an implied value of $1 million. Sahlman thought that, to put it mildly, this was an overly rich valuation—Parker’s entire investment up... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Class Acts
enhance the value of the MBA Program by creating a true partnership among faculty, students, and administrators. The Student Association seemed a good vehicle for implementing those ideas; in tandem with the School's MBA: Leadership &... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Enron’s Legacy
recent poll by the Investor Responsibility Research Center, the average dollar value of stock held by directors of companies with stock ownership guidelines (only 20 percent of the sample!) was roughly $175,000 in 2004, although how that... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
limited in investment banking in the 1970s, ended up working in advertising for a number of years before starting her own successful real-estate business in Washington, D.C. "I don't take orders well," she laughs. "As time went on, it... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
Resources for the Future, a Washington, D.C., think tank dedicated to providing research and policy analysis for environmental decision makers. "And even if returns on environmental investments were always positive, that does not mean... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
is still an industry, with economic inputs, business models, competitors, value chains, and a dynamic, challenging marketplace. Gaylin examines each of the major segments (Broadway, regional theater, orchestra, opera, and dance) along... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
much in the employer’s interest to also be there for them. I ask you, does it maximize profit to treat customers well by selling them products that represent good value for the money, or is it best to charge them as much as you can while... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
The Campaign for Harvard Business School
$475 $500 95% *Total includes undesignated and unrestricted gifts, as well as planned gifts at present value Stamps Gift Supports Baker Reading Room A recent campaign gift of $12 million from the charitable foundations of E. Roe Stamps IV... View Details