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- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Big Deals: Project Finance Helps Mitigate Risk in Large-Scale Investments
mitigation is the use of off-balance sheet project finance instead of traditional, on-balance sheet corporate finance. Consider, for instance, Iridium LLC, a $5.5 billion global satellite communications firm backed by Motorola that filed... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Reaching Out
fellow Dan Katzir (MBA '91), director of The Broad Foundation, a Los Angeles–based venture philanthropy organization that funds innovative efforts to improve governance, management, and labor relations in large urban school systems. Both... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
INK: Taking Care
The sad and unfortunate fact is that one in every two people will develop cancer in their lifetime, Kathy Giusti (MBA 1985) writes in her new book, Fatal to Fearless: 12 Steps to Beating Cancer in a Broken Medical System. It first happened to her more than 25 years... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Making a Difference
alumni donors, the program aims to expose students to the rewards and challenges of the public and nonprofit world, while providing the communities and organizations they serve with the benefits of their HBS training. It attracted more... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Ticktock
Sleepyheads, Beware: An alarm clock that doesn’t mess around. Photo courtesy Nanda Home Related Links Watch Nanda explain Clocky See Tocky, the newest product Purchase the original Clocky case Purchase the "Life After Clocky" case In the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
How Sports Should Use Its Timeout
also not an ideal situation for athletes, who feed off of a crowd’s energy. But for the sports leagues and the related startups that can survive this transition period—and not all of them will—it could provide an opportunity to assess and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
An Investment in Tomorrow's Leaders
application related to their socioeconomic background, such as where they grew up, their housing situation, and how they paid for college. “This approach has enabled us to understand much more about what our students carry with them day... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
and what was once considered the province of nonprofit organizations are becoming increasingly blurred." Businesses, says Austin, are finding they can benefit in many ways by working to strengthen the communities in which they operate.... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
What's Cookin'
chocolate-chip cookies. Fox, who owns Community Bakery in Little Rock, Arkansas, says he never imagined he'd one day make his living absorbed in the business of food and its many challenges, including long hours, the unending demand for... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Cyberposium: Pros and Cons of Outsourcing
Sheeroy Desai, EVP and COO for Sapient, noted that his company saves 30 to 40 percent by offshoring IT — but the move has involved a significant investment in training. “Most IT organizations tend to underestimate the costs of management overhead, costs View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
they are doing everything more nimbly and efficiently, from the recipes they create to the wines and craft beers they stock, from the presentations they choreograph to the customized training they give their servers. Refuge: A Novel by Dina Nayeri (MBA 2006) (Riverhead... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Borders and the Self By Chinwe Ajena-Sagna (MBA 2003) Masobe Books “Who are you?” Every border tells a story. Every story has its origins. Tracing a cultural lineage from the beginnings of Igbo history in the ninth century by delineating... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
World Class Learning
MBA elective curriculum and teaches Coordination, Control, and the Management of Organizations. Salter believes that "all great courses at HBS communicate performance hypotheses - notions about what makes for good business practice - for... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 09 Sep 2016
- News
MaiTai Global and Kiteboarding
White: So MaiTai began as this overlap between the kiteboarding community and the entrepreneur community. What has it grown into over the last 10 years? Tai: Over time, we brought in a lot of people that have had a fair amount of... View Details
- 21 Oct 2010
- News
Hell? Maybe Not.
part of the 25 employees of MBA Career and Professional Development. “It’s an all-hands-on-deck situation,” says Director of Employer Relations Kristen Fitzpatrick (MBA ’03). Logistics and prepping aside, the week represents a prime... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
From Das’s Desk
with the results from our 2019 all-alumni survey on lifelong learning, we are continuing to reshape reunions to deliver an even more meaningful and inspiring weekend of learning and engagement for attendees and for the larger alumni View Details
Keywords: Das Narayandas
- 08 Mar 2018
- News
HBSAAA Leads the Way in Celebrating African American Alumni Impact
black leadership in April. Dozens of related events for prospective and current students as well as alumni have also been underway nationwide since last July. Ken Powell (MBA 1974) Ken Powell (MBA 1974) In addition, the HBSAAA is... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Looking to the Majors
PAULSON: Sports is a tough business for ROI, but the returns to the community can be ample. Merritt Paulson (MBA ’00), owner of the minor league Portland Beavers Triple-A baseball team and the United Soccer League’s Portland Timbers, is... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Banking on HBS
Bank after a distinguished career as a Wall Street investment banker. "I wanted a program that would stimulate their thinking and make them aware of different approaches to problem solving and implementation of alternative courses of action." View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Faculty Books
communication and collaboration between the FDA and the private sector. The editors place the perspectives of agency leaders and industry representatives within the context of the FDA’s regulatory history and provide newer, more realistic... View Details