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- 01 Jun 2011
- News
What’s after Fannie and Freddie?
to what will replace Fannie and Freddie. The administration has outlined three options designed to frame the congressional debate expected to unfold over the months ahead: (1)privatization of the mortgage market, (2) new private,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Better Care at Lower Cost
company called MinuteClinic, with locations in Minneapolis/St. Paul and Baltimore, operates a number of facilities where a nurse-practitioner or physician’s assistant provides an array of basic medical services, from diagnosing and... View Details
- 29 Aug 2018
- News
The Value of Valleys
company and raised $2.25 million for it, and then we shut it down. We certainly made a lot of mistakes in building out the company, but my number one piece of advice for the HBS community is that HBS offers incredible optionality and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
My HBS Eureka Moment
1965) Have a Long-Term Strategy — Jose M. Faustino (MBA 1963) Beware of Bias — Donald J. Chiofaro (MBA 1972) Exceed Expectations — Bill Bogardus (MBA 1972) See Every Side — Jacqueline Beato (MBA 2009) Take a Chance — Michael Kubin (MBA 1973) Make the Hard View Details
- 19 Jun 2014
- News
Turning "Black Gold" to Green
carbon neutral," he says. The entire process is a major technological undertaking—one Dawe says he probably wouldn't be involved with if he and C12 Energy cofounder Kurt Zenz House hadn't been introduced to each other by a Harvard Business School professor. "Kurt and I... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Merton Named University Professor
Kim B. Clark called Merton a "terrific choice" for the McArthur University Professorship. "His interests have natural connections with faculty and students in different parts of Harvard," Clark said. "His research is at the forefront of... View Details
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Gerald Chertavian, MBA 1992
potential and his prospects, Chertavian was determined to help expand options for Heredia and kids like him. “I saw that David had enormous talent and drive, but he needed help to reach his full potential,” says Chertavian, adding an... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Steven Murch: Philanthropist-in-Training
programs and CD-ROMs, including a travel title called Expedia, which was later spun out of Microsoft as an Internet IPO. With the rise of the Internet, Murch led Microsoft's online games division and produced the hugely popular MSN Gaming... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Green Dreams: Eco-Friendly Countertops
time to give up on IceStone, she said. Dante listened quietly. Then he said, “No, Mommy. What you’re doing is really important. I can get along. Don’t worry about me.” When Magagnini tells this story, she tears up. What Dante called... View Details
- 06 Aug 2020
- News
Defining Flex Work
employees’ needs fit into a combination of six categories Werk devised after reviewing existing company policies, including “remote,” an employee who is never in the office; “desk-plus,” an employee who has the option to work from the... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Short Takes
can be an inflationary influence if a committee feels pressured to raise its own top executive's pay in order to keep up with the competition. In addition, the sample companies favored the inclusion of stock options in CEO pay packages as... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 16 Jan 2014
- News
Learning from Helping Others
class and a Robert Coles-taught seminar called Moral and Social Inquiry. "We read literature and discussed what the characters had done and what decisions they had made. It allowed us to then think about our own lives and what kinds of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Pitfalls, Trade-Offs, Dreaming Big
entrepreneurs such as Tim Westergren of Pandora and Evan Williams of Twitter. YouTube cofounder and former CEO Chad Hurley has called the book “an invaluable alternative to real-world trial and error.” A past recipient of the HBS... View Details
- 05 Oct 2021
- News
Launch Signals
tech startup producing stylish bracelets with an inobtrusive control button that can send text messages and GPS tracking to friends, a pre-recorded call to a specific phone number, or a direct connection to the police. “Flare gives you... View Details
- 02 Sep 2021
- News
Elevating Ethiopian Entrepreneurs
who was raised in Ethiopia and understands the market quite well. And so through her, we're able to access women entrepreneurs and women CEOs that we want to work with. “Our prime minister recently achieved gender parity of close to 50% of his cabinet. So we View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
From Das’s Desk
As the External Relations team explores the breadth of options for lifelong learning content and programs for alumni, one area where we’re already seeing success is in the world of podcasting. Over the past few years, podcasts have... View Details
- 28 Apr 2022
- News
Finding Her Place
about 800 beds—offering access to housing and medical, educational, and other social services. Hudson had recently relocated to Miami when the recruiter’s call came. While she was broadly supportive of Chapman’s mission, Hudson recalls... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Gimme Shelter
crafting innovative ways to make that happen in the Bay Area, where median home prices sail north of $1 million. In Oakland, for example, the nonprofit used a little-known tool called the Chapter 8 Tax Sale to acquire 24 blighted,... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
A Piece of the Action
capitalists call the Valley home. RELATED PROFILES Arthur Rock (MBA '51) A Conversation with John Doerr (MBA '76) Peter Wendell (MBA '76) Stacey Lawson (MBA '96) Les Vadasz (107th AMP) Gregory Slayton (MBA '90) RELATED PROFILES Arthur... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
of doing any business with you? My bank adviser can guarantee higher returns than you can.” Such was the investment climate in India during the spring of 2007 as Dhruv Agarwala and Kartik Varma (both MBA ’02) attempted to get their start-up, View Details