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- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Game On
It’s raining in Sarasota. And not a light sprinkle but a proper, Florida drenching, so the outdoor courts at the Pickleball Club’s Lakewood Ranch location are deserted. Inside is a different story. Most of the 12 courts are in play. With four people to a court, all... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Case Study: The Home Team
Illustration by Jon Krause Illustration by Jon Krause Brendan Kennealey (MBA 2006) wasn’t even searching for a business idea. A couple of years ago, the Wilmington, Delaware, native met up with an old friend who’d bought a new house. Over dinner this friend enumerated... View Details
- 11 Oct 2023
- News
Soldier On
of Hampton, the adjacent city, and we filmed a PSA for Habitat for Humanity. We're going to do a blitz and repair a lot of houses in our downtown community. And then I had a call with the head of human resources. We're going through a lot... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
At Consoleya, a coworking space in Cairo’s former French Consulate, multiple levels of meeting rooms and workspaces operate at capacity, from a ground-floor café to a rooftop deck. The scene—coders bent over laptops, concepts scrawled on whiteboards, clusters of people... View Details
- 31 Jan 2014
- News
Body, Heal Thyself
Chien and Derrick Rossi, published a paper in the journal Nature Biotechnology that showed mRNA Therapeutics was capable of stimulating blood vessel growth, repairing damaged heart tissue, and helping a mouse through myocardial... View Details
- 03 Nov 2023
- News
Global Networking Night; Sweden Club Holds Climate Forum
Clubs News Clubs News Global Networking Night 2023 Another successful Global Networking Night (GNN) is in the books, after alumni around the world held nearly 60 separate events on October 25. The annual GNN features alumni gatherings—some in person, some... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 13 May 2014
- News
Willing Hands
planning. "In that regard, the nonprofit and private-sector worlds are very similar," he says. "We talk about our work as a ministry, and it is—there are 5,000 people in Charlotte who live in homes that have been built or repaired by... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Burunda Prince (MBA 1987)
My parents were both public school teachers, but they also owned a repair shop called Satellite TV. After school and on Saturdays we’d all go over to the family business. That was my first insight into the hard work of entrepreneurship.... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Bert W.M. Twaalfhoven (MBA '54)
nine associated firms specializing in the manufacture and repair of turbine engines for the aircraft and other industries. But in addition to his business career, Twaalfhoven has long carried the flag for the cause of entrepreneurial... View Details
- 15 Dec 2011
- News
An HBS gift guide
football, repair capitalism Business lessons for a global century Chocolates for a cause Safe water for millions Nature belongs to everyone Capitalize on the network The world at home Quiet your mind (Images via the HBS Bulletin,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
New Economy Theme of HBS African-American Alumni Conference
said of his decision to become CEO of CarStation.com, a Web site linking car owners, repair shops, insurers, and suppliers. Mature industries with established relationships can present barriers to minority entrepreneurs, Goldsberry... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Microfinance's Big Payoff: Michael Chu and ACCION International
economy and brings food to the table through microenterprise - selling oranges, repairing shoes, making utensils out of scrap metal. We provide access to credit that those people can't otherwise get. Over the last five years, we've... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Long and Winding Road
and hips and repaired with laser surgery. Laptop computers, the Internet, and cell phones make the 24-hour workday a virtual reality. As we journey even deeper into middle age, will we decide to restructure the priorities we've placed on... View Details
Keywords: Wayne R. Vibert (MBA 1973)
- 26 May 2016
- News
W. James McNerney Jr., MBA 1975
obstacles, you’ll find obstacles.” One of McNerney’s first orders of business when he arrived at Boeing was to repair relationships with the company’s largest customer, the federal government, which were damaged by malfeasance that had... View Details
- 25 Jun 2019
- News
After the Storm
after the initial cleanup operations are finished. Once they’re on the ground, the mission includes repairing homes, rebuilding schools, health clinics, community centers, and whatever else is needed. It’s a job that taps into his entire... View Details
Keywords: Paul Flannery
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Where Conservation Means Business
four-inch-thick volumes of Moody’s financial directories from the early 1900s. And Anderson demonstrated the delicate work of making an almost invisible repair to a torn page in a Dutch commodities price ledger dating from 1719. “If you... View Details
Keywords: Roger thompson
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Short Takes
abandonment - refusing to repair a broken product. "People feel most satisfied with their purchases when they can put the paradoxes of technology in relative balance in their lives," says Fournier. Fournier hopes this research will prompt... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Plan B: The Brick Bank
the target household’s average savings capacity was $1 per month, that local annual inflation was nearly 20 percent, and that home repairs usually cost about $300.” While that environment was not conducive to the savings program, the team... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Setting the Legislative Agenda
assume trillions of dollars in liabilities spent to try to repair a broken system. The costs of regulatory failure and the urgency of regulatory reform could not be clearer.” Related Links Too Big To Fail View Details