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- 05 Aug 2014
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A Diversified Portfolio
extensive strategic and financial experience included consulting at McKinsey, investment banking at Salomon Brothers, and leading business development at several Internet and media companies. The pair started investigating and found a lot... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Academic Cross-Pollination
to encourage the development of new technologies that focus on clean, renewable, or efficient energy resources. One of our teams developed last year’s winning idea: a polymer-producing bacteria that eats... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
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Sizing Up Social Impact
after stints at the World Bank and at his family's industrial distribution business. "Then you have to consider the outputs: Did they use this new technology and training? Did it produce more bananas or mangoes or pineapples? Did they... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development
- 06 Dec 2021
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New Wave
commercial-scale power generation lies in the United Kingdom, which has led the way in developing industry standards for ocean power. Indeed, Smith anticipates working on a number of projects in the UK that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
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Up by the Roots
a new sector on top of existing infrastructure and industries is in fact the best way for a city to accelerate the growth of an entrepreneurial ecosystem—better by far than attempting to replicate the Silicon Valley model, which View Details
- 28 Feb 2025
- News
Joy to the World
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010), CEO of East Boston Social Centers, spent time in foster care as a child, living in more homes than he can remember,... View Details
- 19 Jan 2023
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Forged in Fire
interested in your thoughts on empathy because empathy feels like something that we hear a lot more about today as a necessary trait for leaders. BG: Absolutely. I studied as an industrial engineer and that was all about how you use your... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Case Study: The Credit Bureau
young professionals) select pieces from curated collections on the company’s website—think Scandinavian, mid-century modern, or industrial looks. Within a week, a white-glove team delivers preassembled pieces and arranges the room. When... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Regional Alumni Events Address Climate Change
cofounder and COO of FarmTogether, a startup connecting investors to farmland investment opportunities. “There is a strong coalition of alumni working in various roles and industries here in New York City who are committed to generating... View Details
Keywords: Jen Myers
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Entrepreneurial Venture
surprising that the venture capital industry was essentially dormant at the time. But with the growth of the microprocessor and of biotechnology in the late 1970s, as well as the deregulation of the airline and financial services... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
New Fitzhugh Professorship Celebrated
In late November, a distinguished group of HBS alumni, faculty, and friends gathered on campus at a celebratory dinner to pay tribute to the legacy of the late H. Naylor Fitzhugh (MBA '33). A leader of industry and a pioneer in business... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Short Takes
HBS professor Michael Beer and Harvard University doctoral candidate Nancy Katz report on a survey of 205 executives from 30 countries in industries such as manufacturing, retail, and financial and professional services. The survey... View Details
Keywords: Orna Feldman and Caroline Chauncey
- 25 Jun 2020
- News
Covering All Corners
the design specifications and granted us the rights to produce it. So with very little infrastructure in the medical-technology industry in Egypt, a consortium was formed—our business school association, a group of scholars, and an... View Details
- 24 Oct 2013
- News
Engineering a More Secure World
Shell and American Can Company. "All the guys who were making the decisions in the corner offices had advanced degrees," he recalls. "I wanted to call the shots." At HBS, Harris learned about leadership and motivating teams, citing courses such as View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
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Case Study: Your Data, Your Health
potential fertility with her ob-gyn, Tariyal was told that she could come back for a clinical workup after she had tried and failed to conceive for a year. Determined to give women more agency over their health, Tariyal cofounded NextGen Jane in 2014 with patented... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Oct 2002
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John Batcha: Sowing the Seeds to Fight Hunger
food,” notes the low-key Batcha, who was raised on a farm in rural New Jersey and majored in horticulture at Rutgers before coming to HBS. “I believe hunger and famine would be much more widespread today without the changes the seed View Details
- 02 Mar 2023
- News
Carbon's Second Act
Photo credits: Brenae Bowers Brix and Russ Campbell Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: This story starts the way all classic stories of tech entrepreneurship do: In Todd Brix's garage. Brix (MBA 1997) started his career in the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
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Bottom-Line Discrepancies
and the degree to which book and tax income are allowed to diverge. Desai concludes by pointing out that “the underlying developments driving these phenomena — including increased globalization and financial innovations — are unlikely to... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
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The Doctor Is In
finance, it seems, are never far from the minds of anyone in health care these days, even at fiscally sound MGH, the Harvard-affiliated teaching hospital that is recognized as an industry model. Indeed, with its conflicting mix of human... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
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Judith R. Haberkorn, 111th AMP, 1992
for women to think more about their marriage prospects than their business future. Nevertheless, Haberkorn walked into the Baltimore employment office of the AT&T-owned Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. of Maryland and landed a job in the telecommunications View Details