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- 01 Dec 2007
- News
A Call to Innovation
decline: an eroding educational system relative to other top nations, a talent drain, the drop-off of spending for basic R&D, and a lackluster telecommunications infrastructure. Meanwhile, Finland — with the same population as... View Details
- 01 Oct 2015
- News
Banking on Trust
and focused on some big-ticket items, such as telecoms. The net effect was dramatically improved telecommunications service in rural areas.” Sheppard calls this kind of knowledge sharing and relationship building “the World Bank at its... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Faculty IXP Taps into Cooperation, Innovation
In a new twist on the Immersion Experience Program (IXP), HBS professors from units across the School headed west for an all-faculty IXP in early January. Hosted by the University of California’s California Institute for View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Environmental Impact
Investments and a former US Ambassador to Austria, focuses her philanthropy on three areas: environmental conservation, education, and international economic development. She and her husband, Craig, the telecommunications pioneer who... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Jennifer L. Scott
Fisher Associates in San Francisco, which invests in early-stage technology and telecommunications ventures. What will motivate Scott in her new job is what has inspired her in all of her endeavors - the pleasure she gets from bringing... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Going Against the Flow
up a global hedge fund called JGP. "Our focus is on global trading, with a special emphasis on Brazil," Jakurski says. "Today's telecommunications allow those of us in faraway markets to compete with Wall Street's big guys. It's amazing -... View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.
- 15 Apr 2021
- News
Bringing Light to the Fight
of Spark, New Zealand’s largest telecommunications and digital services company. That practical experience informed her work on the board of Breast Cancer Foundation NZ, of which she became chair in 2009. “Measuring performance in charity... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
HBS Expands Global Presence
adds. "In the telecommunications arena, for instance, the European market is more focused on wireless devices than is the case in the United States, so the technology industry is evolving in distinct ways." The ERC's development of... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Ask the Expert: In Security
served on the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee, which provides industry expertise on national security preparedness. Over that time, cybersecurity has snowballed from a back-office IT function to one... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
More Than a Business
recalls. Indeed, Graves the younger was soon hauling in hefty ad revenues from the likes of telecommunications giants, major banks, and scores of other prominent firms. "Family businesses are doomed from the start if the members don't... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey Lazar
- 28 Oct 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Nick Soman (MBA 2010)
What was the inspiration behind Reveal? “The inspiration for Reveal happened in 2009 during my second year at HBS. I got an illness called GBS (Guillain-Barré Syndrome) that stripped the protein sheaths around my nerves so they couldn’t take signals from my brain. I... View Details
- 19 May 2016
- News
Creating a Public Greenway in Northern California’s Scenic Wine Country
include Covad Communications, a groundbreaking telecommunications company established in 1996. “Any great company—including those I’ve started—the technology will be obsolete by then.” McMinn’s passion for the Vine Trail was borne of... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Sheila Lirio Marcelo
Cambridge, for example, she served as a market research consultant, covering the telecommunications industry in Asia. Her strong interest in the region prompted her to seek a summer internship in the Philippines with Monitor Company, the... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 26 May 2016
- News
Sunil B. Mittal, OPM 27, 1999
telecommunications business. “There is an old maxim: First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then they lose,” says Mittal. While others ignored him, Mittal installed fiber-optic cables throughout India. By the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Ready for Take-Off
(MBA '77) of Communispace, a software environment for virtual collaboration within companies. Tracy A. Lawrence (MBA '99) of GetConnected.com, Inc., an Internet channel where consumers can comparison-shop among telecommunications... View Details
Keywords: Spingboard
- 07 Oct 2021
- News
Bringing Light to the Fight
own businesses and is now director of the Auckland International Airport and chair of Spark, New Zealand’s largest telecommunications and digital services company. “Measuring performance in charity is as important as in a commercial... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Q&A: John Quelch
markets, a trillion dollars in foreign exchange move through the markets each day. The telecommunications revolution is a huge factor, as is the vast increase in cross-border migration and air travel, notwithstanding recent events. As a... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Alumni Bookshelf
cofounded a telecommunications company. I Quit, and Choose Work That Aligns with My Soul by Karyn Pettigrew (MBA 1990) (KPConsulting) A motivational speaker, coach, and consultant, Pettigrew helps people align their careers with work that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
MBAs by the Numbers
The MBA Program recently released statistics on its newest recruits — the Class of 2002 — as well as job placement information on graduates of the Class of 2000. An analysis of the incoming Class of 2002 reveals the growing diversity of the MBA Program, with a one... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Edwin Yu: Bidding on the Future
The conventional wisdom is that Asian businesspeople tend to avoid confrontation and take only calculated risks. Edwin Yu is clearly breaking that mold. Last April he came out on top in the first boardroom proxy fight in South Korean history, winning control of... View Details