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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Professor, Historian, and Storyteller
it’s psychological. Life feels like it just keeps moving faster! We are not the first generation to experience such quickening, but it’s never affected so many people before. I think that overall we are not quite sure what to do with the rapid speed with which the... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Sam Hayes
Samuel L. Hayes, III (MBA '61, DBA '66), the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking, Emeritus, is a widely recognized authority on capital markets, Wall Street, and the corporate interface with the securities markets. He takes a... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
government officials are transparent. “Public officials have got to be accountable to taxpayers when it comes to budget decisions, contracts,” Cognetti continued. “Officials must be able to show their work. That’s what we all learned in... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
One Two Punch
noted, were some one hundred thousand jobs lost due to the economic downturn and a multibillion-dollar budget gap. The new mayor has said he will not raise taxes but will cut expenses and impose a hiring freeze. Bloomberg took the oath of... View Details
- 15 Jul 2024
- News
A Sporting Chance
trainers to come to Spain, and his foundation has grown over the past 25 years to serve 1,500 people a year with a budget of more than 1 million. Meanwhile, Metrovacesa’s market capitalization has grown to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Higher Ground
on his rapport with the musicians and—in a field where operating budgets depend heavily on philanthropic support—his ability to work a room, the serious matter of contract negotiation began in late spring 2005. With all the particulars... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
How to Spur Prosperity
Dreams: Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed — and What to Do about It (Princeton University Press), HBS finance and entrepreneurial management expert Josh Lerner offers a timely look at what works... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
The HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation
their early stages with the help of gifts of all sizes to the HBS Fund. “In business, venture capital or R&D budgets seed the most promising new ideas,” says Dean Nitin Nohria. “In academia, where endowments... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019
and Shaping a New Era of Small Business Opportunity by Karen G. Mills (MBA 1977) Palgrave Macmillan Small businesses are the biggest job creators and offer a path to the American Dream. But for many, it is difficult to get the capital... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
New Wave
islands.) But the delays and costs involved nearly killed the company, which survived only with support from the WPTO. Capital expenditures for sources of marine energy are another stumbling block. The equipment that is required to... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
day, Lhota thought, as beautiful as any the city ever sees. After seven years in the Giuliani administration, including service as the city's budget director, Lhota, the deputy mayor for operations, was becoming more conscious of each... View Details
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
Schenk, director of the HBS Business and Environment Initiative, asked some of our alumni how they view this moment and how they are looking to capitalize on it. Julia Trotman Brady (MBA 1997) Partner, Valo Ventures This is the most... View Details
- 02 Dec 2021
- News
Learning Curve
Melcher. She served as president and handled the business side of the growing school, from learning to write a budget to scouring used furniture stores for inexpensive desk chairs and finding ever-larger classroom spaces (the school moved... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Just Keep Our Money
ask for IOUs in the form of savings bonds instead. In 2007, the federal government distributed tax refunds exceeding $248 billion to more than 114 million filers. Businesses have long capitalized on these refund dollars, which average... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
Groman said, "we are on the verge of an era in which quantitative analysis will fundamentally change the nature of marketing, much as it changed Wall Street in recent years. The 'quants' are coming to marketing, and marketing capital... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Additional alumni books for your consideration.
as money-market funds. Islands of Profit in a Sea of Red Ink: Why 40% of Your Business Is Unprofitable, and How to Fix It by Jonathan L.S. Byrnes (DBA ’80) (Penguin Portfolio) Given the uncomfortable truth that it’s possible, even easy, to have every manager meet or... View Details
- 08 Mar 2013
- News
The Accidental Innovator
the ability to have a longer-term vision. One concern is finding a way financially to compete with the rest of Silicon Valley for talent, so we can retain top people for the long haul with attractive compensation. Our total invested View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
process at every level of the 17,320-employee company. "Most nonhuman resources, such as capital or equipment, can be acquired," he says. "What's more important is how a corporate strategy is executed and how people utilize resources." At... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
The Accidental Innovator
talent, so we can retain top people for the long haul with attractive compensation. Our total invested capital to date is equivalent to the budget of a small elementary school, and we’re reaching 4 million... View Details
- 13 Jun 2017
- News
Finding Common Ground
horizons from being a project manager, being narrowly focused, to being a general manager and understanding how to manage a whole business.” He particularly credits professor emeritus Joseph Bower, who coauthored Capitalism at Risk:... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli