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- 01 Jan 2013
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André R. Jakurski, MBA 1973
he explains, "We had our best year ever. We borrowed in US dollars and invested in Brazilian reais. It was incredible." By 1997, the once small Pactual had grown into a large institution. When his business partner wanted to expand into... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
a wide assortment of consumer durables. Two years later, Barford took Beatty into the big time, buying up a larger competitor, General Steel Wares, Inc. (GSW). As head of the new concern, Barford reorganized GSW and developed it into the... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
information technology and management, or organizational behavior. That broad range of choices, coupled with the satisfaction of conducting research in the field, generates an extraordinary demand for the handful of available places each... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The $4 Billion Question
between generating wealth for the firm’s investment professionals via the fee stream, which is strictly a function of how many dollars you manage, and the investors in the firm — the so-called limited... View Details
- 18 Sep 2014
- News
Room to grow: global expansion in the middle ground
global players with hundreds of millions, and sometimes billions, of dollars in sales. Their middle-ground strategies emerged from Israel’s small size, relative isolation, and cadre of executives accustomed to military maneuvering. Ofek,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Is Cash the Best Form of Charity?
and deliver those dollars directly to people in need, no strings attached. The initial response to the idea was lukewarm. GiveDirectly and a handful of other groups experimenting with cash payments were a direct challenge to both the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Head Games
deeper medical research — could change as much as attitudes about smoking? Guesstimates as to the value of the sports business range into the hundreds of billions of dollars — could that juggernaut be affected simply by parents refusing... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Research Brief: Subject Expert Matters
Karim Lakhani (photo by Dana Maxson) Karim Lakhani (photo by Dana Maxson) Every year billions of dollars are granted to scientists based on the evaluation of peer-reviewed proposals. The final decisions about whose project gets funded,... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 15 Oct 2024
- News
Ratan Tata, Visionary Business Leader, Dies at 86
Ratan Tata (AMP 71, 1975), who was one of India’s most admired leaders, died on October 9, in Mumbai. The Tata Group announced his death in a statement. He served as chairman and chief executive of the Tata Group from 1991 to 2012, during which time profits multiplied... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Insatiably Curious
innovation sectors of the economy,” she says of the new position. Working as COO “synthesizes my past experiences,” she adds, citing her early career as an investor at General Atlantic; her recent work as a limited partner at Fremont... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
The Eyes Have It: Business Plan Winners Pursue Global Vision
a microentrepreneur borrows from a microfinance institution, such as ACCION International or Grameen Bank, to pay for a testing kit and eyeglass supplies. The entrepreneur, who also undergoes a one-week training session, will then be able to sell eyeglasses for less... View Details
Keywords: eyeglasses
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Crash Pad
When 4753 North Broadway opened in 1924, the neoclassical tower represented the height of American architectural design, a terra-cotta temple of capitalism at the heart of Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. Over the next century, a series of banks occupied the spacious... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Primer on Patents
center.” Instead of subsidizing this agency, Congress wanted the PTO to generate significant revenues for the government. As a result, starting salaries for examiners fell far behind the private sector, and it became difficult to recruit... View Details
- 20 Feb 2014
- News
Managing the World’s Trouble Spots
“because there were virtually no General Motors vehicles there, which meant no spare parts or maintenance available,” Goodwin recalls. Ultimately, politics won out, and the ambulance was shipped, but Goodwin knew it provided no benefit to... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Q&A: Playing the Hits
dollars to spend in a given year, you're better off making 100 movies that each cost $10 million, or 20 that each cost $50 million. But it turns out that it's much safer to make a handful of really, really big bets. On average, the... View Details
- 02 Mar 2023
- News
Carbon's Second Act
Photo credits: Brenae Bowers Brix and Russ Campbell Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: This story starts the way all classic stories of tech entrepreneurship do: In Todd Brix's garage. Brix (MBA 1997) started his career in the... View Details
- 03 Mar 2017
- News
Big Blue’s Big Bet
that we’re smart in the things we’re attacking, and to try to solve real-world problems that make an impact.” Watson General Manager David Kenny (MBA 1986) adds: “The tech sector tends to reward short-term thinking.” But Watson is... View Details
Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page
- 04 Feb 2020
- News
In Harmony
for myself.” Over the next 35 years Weinstein held leadership positions at various arts organizations, including as general director of the Pittsburgh Opera, executive director of the Washington Opera at the Kennedy Center (with a view of... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 05 Aug 2014
- News
A Diversified Portfolio
says Dorsen, "including several of whom had not even been formally invited." While there was a lot of interest in the idea, the principal concern among the group was whether there were enough good companies in the pipeline to generate... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Noted & Quoted
also be a statutory cap on leverage, a maximum speed limit, if you will, that regulators can’t loosen.” — HBS professor David Moss commenting on the need for financial reform legislation to place limits on the amount banks can borrow for every View Details