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- 03 Mar 2017
- News
Big Blue’s Big Bet
had to memorize everything, and I thought, ‘Could I get a computer to do all this stuff so I don’t have to?’ ” That notion had furthered his interest in artificial intelligence, which had led to his career at IBM, and now, with Watson’s success, he saw an View Details
Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page
- 15 Apr 2017
- News
Bringing Markets to Myanmar
sort of questions did they have? Brunell: Well first, there was a preliminary meeting with the head of the investment agency in Yangon. He told me his objective was to prepare a private sector development transition plan to accelerate and... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
All in the Family
children who can succeed, whether in business or in other fields. The symposium will advance the dialogue that was begun at the "Family Enterprise Symposium," held at the School in 1992. "These courses and symposia provide wonderful View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Changing the way the world sees Africa
of Africa.com to both be a tremendous opportunity and a great responsibility,” she says. Clarke acquired the domain name when she was teaching corporate finance at Wits Business School in Johannesburg, South Africa, and serving on the... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Transforming the landscape of agriculture in Nigeria
explains Nwuneli. AACE’s product line includes spices, spreads, sauces, and other foods grown in Nigeria. The company is one of two ventures managed by the couple’s investment firm, Sahel Capital. The other is the $100 million Fund for... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
From Das’s Desk
cycle: Early-career alumni are going through a period of discovery while establishing themselves in their industry or field. Mid-career alumni are in the process of investing in and expanding their careers, their professional selves, and... View Details
Keywords: Das Narayandas
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA
MBA classroom, says MBA Class of 1958 Senior Lecturer Scott Snook, a retired Army colonel and HBS graduate, who serves as an unofficial advisor to veteran and active-duty students. “The level of responsibility and opportunity to lead very... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Changing Lives One Computer at a Time
for a new opportunity for alumni to connect with the community. "It's important that we invest in our youth," says Powell, who brought Dell and the middle school together for the innovative collaboration.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Advancing the Vision for HBS
As chair of The Harvard Business School Campaign, I have seen firsthand its impact on advancing key HBS priorities, including field-based learning, HBX, global research, the Harvard Innovation Labs, and financial aid. The philanthropic View Details
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
such a critical issue for our nation and the world, and for seeing that it’s also the greatest investment opportunity of our era. Christian Weeks (MBA 2010) CEO, enVerid Systems Every year, the world adds 51... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
prices. Incomes were soaring, and by some measures about 1,000 new cars were being added to Jakarta streets every day. Not long after his graduation in 2011, Makarim joined Germany-based e-commerce investment firm Rocket Internet as its... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Ali Allawi
Governing Council. A member of a prominent Shia family who fled after the revolution of 1958, Allawi was educated in England and the United States, worked for the World Bank, and later became an investment banker. He watched the fall of... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Short Takes
Managing Development Flexibility in Uncertain Environments," the authors assert that increasing flexibility during the product development cycle can enable a firm to adjust to unanticipated circumstances so opportunely and cost... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Caroline Chauncey
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
is considering launching a COVID relief van program to help carry oxygen and basic medicines to those in need. MAY 20 Students Fight COVID was started by 250+ MBA/MS 2023 admits from across the world, including HBS, with the aim to fight COVID in India. The initiative... View Details
- 29 Aug 2018
- News
The Value of Valleys
career at my first company, post Business School. So I joined Anheuser - Busch. It was a really cool marketing role in global innovation, and it was a really exciting role for me because it was an opportunity for me to use business school... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
"I tend to think that small and focused is the name of the game," agrees Matthew R. Simmons (MBA '67), president and chairman of Simmons & Company International. Established in 1974 as a specialized investment bank to the oil service... View Details
- 25 Mar 2021
- News
Alumni Honor Nitin Nohria and Support His Legacy
advance initiatives to serve society and to address the opportunities and challenges facing the world today,” Datar said. Broad, Versatile Support Strengthening the role business plays in society has been central to the HBS mission since... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
An Authentic Leader
are much better leaders,” he explains. Stepping out of the CEO’s chair early gave George the opportunity to put his thoughts about leadership into a recently published book, Authentic Leadership: Rediscovering the Secrets of Creating... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Lunch with Jack: Student Dines with GE's Welch
met for a catered lunch in a room next to Welch's office on the 53rd floor of the GE Building at Rockefeller Plaza. "We talked nonstop," says Sanders, who spent his summer in Boston at the investment management firm of Gannett Welsh &... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
An American Odyssey
corporations and Wall Street as part of the cause of social injustice. But I also understood that they would need to be a big part of the solution, as indeed they have been.” America, who teaches courses on investing in Africa and on... View Details