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01 Jun 2001
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Leng Lim: The Spiritual Face of Business

understanding of it,” he says. “In addition to wanting to gain some important analytical tools at HBS, I realized that there was a fruitful internal journey to be taken by coming to a place where I was not acquainted with the way of thinking.” For Lim, who has accepted... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

22 Sep 2021
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Student Spotlight: Jesse Lou (MBA 2022) – Working to Change the Food System

living in San Francisco working at a data science startup as a product manager. I have always gravitated toward technology and science throughout my life, and machine learning, artificial intelligence, and... View Details

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Jonathan Evans

clubs supplement learning through panels, executive visits, and treks. One influential experience was joining over 100 students on the TechMedia Club's WesTrek, a program in which students visit various companies in San View Details

Keywords: Technology; Entertainment / Media

24 Oct 2013
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Searching for a Better Society

Francisco to be senior director of search. I finally was working for a technology company in California." That move also got him more focused on search. Two years after arriving in San Francisco, a call from... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

March 2024 (Revised May 2025)
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Governing OpenAI (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine, Suraj Srinivasan and Will Hurwitz

In late November 2023, OpenAI’s new board of directors took stock of the situation. The company, which sought to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI)—computer systems with capabilities exceeding human abilities—was looking to regain its footing after a chaotic... View Details

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16 Sep 2015
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Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?

recall—perhaps naively, but excitedly—thinking, I know how to save the dogs! We just need to come up with a better matching algorithm,” says Exley, who, while working on her doctorate in economics, spent her free time volunteering at the View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

01 Dec 2019
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Accelerating a Gas-on-demand Startup

customer delivered pizzas. “If you can save me 20 minutes,” he told Frist, “you are saving me money.” Yoshi estimates that it can return 30 hours a year to the average car owner. Today, president and COO Frist, who splits his time between offices in View Details

Keywords: April White; startups; on-demand economy; entrepreneurship; Personal Services

01 Sep 2018
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In My Humble Opinion: In the Deal

Listening to entrepreneur pitches is one of the best parts of working in venture capital, says Anna Khan (MBA 2016), a vice president in the San Francisco office of Bessemer Venture Partners. “It’s a sacred... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jun 2009
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Entrepreneur’s Rwandan Start-Up Gets HBS Support

we estimate a $115 million loss in GDP a year in Rwanda alone.” SHE picked Rwanda as its first business site because it is one of the fastest-growing economies in Africa. The organization already has global reach. Scharpf recently hopped from New York to View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

February 2019 (Revised April 2021)
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Honda Innovations: Leveraging External Insights to Accelerate Creation

By: Antonio Davila

Nick Sugimoto, CEO of Honda Innovations—the open innovation organization of Honda, has to decide how to extend his organization’s approach to innovation across the world. Honda Innovations dates back to 2000 when Honda created Honda Research Institute in Silicon... View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Radical Innovation; Corporate Venturing; Corporate Innovation; Organization Structure; Management Control; Business Units; Disruption; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Global Strategy; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Organizational Structure; Strategy; Auto Industry; San Francisco; Japan

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01 Sep 2003
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Patrick Moreton

partner of Moreton & Moreton Associates in Cambridge, Massachusetts, from 1987 to 1989 and a management consultant at Edgar, Dunn & Conover in San Francisco from 1983 to 1987. Moreton earned his Ph.D. in... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Telecommunications; Information

01 Apr 1999
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A Random Sampling of HBS Graduates in the News

Lawrence S. Kramer (MBA '74), who spent twenty years as a newspaper reporter and editor for publications such as the Washington Post and the San Francisco Examiner, was himself in the news last January.... View Details

25 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

The Country Effect: Does Location Matter?

School's ongoing International Seminar Series. This area of research is of universal interest. After all, a basic question that any multinational business would like to answer is this: Is there a single business model or set of best practices that works equally well in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2009
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My Real Career

Moldow Photo Courtesy Charles Moldow Last spring, my husband, Charles Moldow (MBA ’93), and I attended our 15th HBS reunion. Suffice it to say, it was rather different from our 5th. At that time, I was newly married; had a fabulous job investing in Internet stocks with... View Details

Keywords: Liesl Pike Moldow; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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Institute Associates - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Austin. He is a nationally recognized leader in orthopaedic surgery and value-based health care payment and delivery models. Prior to joining the Dell Medical School, he was the William R. Murray Endowed Professor and Vice Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University... View Details

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Ben Faw

and Professional Development led Ben to a career coach who graduated from both HBS and West Point. For the summer, Ben will intern with LinkedIn in San Francisco where he will “gain more experience in an... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Technology; Manufacturing

04 Mar 2025
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WesTrek 2025: Exploring the future of tech in Silicon Valley

Impressions and New Connections Students touched down in San Francisco over the February 8-9 weekend and kicked off the trek with iconic Bay Area experiences. Many hiked scenic trails, visited the Golden... View Details

Keywords: Technology

19 Jun 2014
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Turning "Black Gold" to Green

manager in Silicon Valley for a few years before his green impulse kicked in again. In 2001, California was in the middle of a full-blown energy crisis, complete with 800 percent wholesale price spikes and rolling blackouts, so Dawe volunteered to work on two ballot... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

02 Sep 2018
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Havana Rising

South Sudan. After they were married in 2014, they found themselves increasingly spending more time apart—with Michael traveling frequently from San Francisco to East Africa and then to Cuba. It felt like a... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North

02 Jun 2021
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Paul’s Sabbatical Story: Hypothesis-Testing by Sabbaticals

both physically and mentally. He used the time to transition from city life in San Francisco to country life in Sonoma County. He proposed to his girlfriend, helped plan a wedding, and plotted a career... View Details

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