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- 31 Jan 2019
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A Global Mission
millions of people had been driven from their homes. To assist with the country’s efforts at rebuilding, DeFehr developed a crop-diversification strategy. He spent two years establishing the project, which is still in operation today.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Julie Bishop (AMP 151, 1996)
Richard Vietor’s course Business, Government, and the International Economy put many things in context.” Number of state visits since taking office: 57 trips to 49 countries, including Iraq, Iran, Indonesia, Ukraine, Afghanistan, and 12... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photography by X99/Zuma
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A U.S. Turnaround?
electronics industries were developing momentum. We took our leadership for granted, ignored this shift, and became complacent. Our problems became more serious when communism failed in Russia, Chairman Mao died, and reforms that were... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959
endeavors to nurture businesses in emerging economies and promote sustainable sources of energy, show his continuing determination to bridge the gap between policies and people. In the course of one two-week trip last May, James... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World
reasonably to expect. Nobody wants to play a game where they find out after the final whistle whether the high or low score wins." Stevenson, who joined the HBS faculty in 1968, developed two real estate courses with a general management... View Details
- 18 Feb 2014
- News
Stick with Plan A
markets, mobile money is designed to leapfrog plastic by going from cash directly to digital. Because the global economy is increasingly digital, billions of cash-based buyers and sellers are currently excluded from global commerce. These... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969
view is better when you’re closer to the precipice.’ ” MMG (Multinational Management Group) was launched in London, Paris, and Chicago in early 1972, but with Great Britain’s economy then bogged down with state-owned enterprises, high... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Charting the Luminary Leadership in Professional Service Firms
world’s top corporations. Why do some of these organizations enjoy generations of success while so many others flounder? “The answer,” say Lorsch and Tierney, “lies in the ability to develop and motivate star talent, while explicitly... View Details
- 09 Jul 2019
- News
The Road to Impact
Library (NYPL) and the education initiative accelerator America Achieves, and he currently serves as president and CEO of Education Development Center (EDC), a nonprofit based in Waltham, Mass., that for more than 60 years has View Details
- 16 Oct 2019
- News
The Road to Impact
contribute a lot.” Since then, he’s proved that thesis correct—several times over—in positions at the New York Public Library, at America Achieves, and currently as president and CEO of Education Development Center (EDC), a global... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Venture Capital’s Comeback
managing partner with Accel Partners in Palo Alto, California, and chairman of the National Venture Capital Association, representing some 450 venture-capital and private-equity firms. An improving economy helped boost total... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Critical Information: MIS Monitors the Ever-Changing World of IT
MIS faculty, as well as faculty from other units whose research is related to MIS, are currently engaged in research to track the evolution of information technology and to determine how IT infrastructure can create value in the marketplace. Nolan, who View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb
- 01 Jan 2009
- News
Jorge Paulo Lemann, A.B. 1961; Carlos A. Sicupira, OPM 9, 1984; Marcel H. Telles, OPM 10, 1985
Jorge Paulo Lemann, Carlos Sicupira, and Marcel Telles have been primary figures in Brazil’s economic development for more than 30 years. The three friends and business partners have much in common: remarkable business acumen, a strong... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Alumni Books
industry’s growth from a small base in the U.S. North-east in the 1960s to today’s highly visible role in economies all over the world. Brooke lays out his vision for the industry as an essential element of economic growth and... View Details
- 13 Dec 2022
- News
The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith
important? Christine: "We believe business plays a fundamentally noble role in society. From rural to left-behind urban communities, business leaders play a vital role in creating an economy that works for everyone. We want to motivate... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Case Study: On the Table
their experience, real estate, and logistics. In exchange, you can expand their product offerings and grow their customer segment. —Cindy Park (PLDA 12, 2013) Here are my quick thoughts based on years of emerging and developed market... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Learning from Global Immersion Experiences
just India—to HBS and the best of HBS to the region.” Anjali Raina (AMP 174, 2008), Executive Director of HBS’s India Research Center With the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund predicting that India will overtake China as the fastest-growing major View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
A Janus-Faced Reflection
time for the unpleasantness of the last eighteen months. Still, the changes wrought by technology, and to be wrought by biotechnology, aren't going away. They are here to stay, just like the more fundamental shift from a manufacturing to a service-based View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Embracing Activism for Social Change
much of her first post-HBS year managing the pilot. Resolving Crisis Situations Mendu and other members of the partnership developed a three-part initiative informed by the best practices they gathered from local stakeholders and... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 22 Feb 2019
- News
Empowering a New Generation of Business Leaders
World Congress Center in Atlanta for a program called JA BizTown, where students learn business concepts and skills through a simulated economy in which they create and run a company. “We had a very rewarding JA day,” says Tom Mallory... View Details