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- 12 Apr 2023
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Step Change
analytical but also intuitive—one that acknowledges present realities while maintaining high levels of optimism. The same mindset is needed when navigating daily life in Cairo, particularly its infamous traffic—an unending river with few traffic View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Higher Ground
display, Atwood notes, that reads as passion, not tension—the conductor halted the proceedings with a wave of his arms and turned to the violins. “I want everybody in this 100 percent,” Prieto told them with some notable urgency. As the View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
INK: Maker’s Manual
Buchanan (MBA 2000) has witnessed the truth observed by Andrew Carnegie and Warren Buffett alike that it can be more difficult to give wealth away wisely than to accumulate it in the first place. Buchanan’s new book sheds light on... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
families they’ve helped—to address the challenges and opportunities of working in a family enterprise. Wineries of the Sierra Foothills: Risk-Takers & Rule-Breakers by Barbara Keck (MBA 1976) (Range of Light Media Group) The Sierra... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award
enterprise and philanthropy. This year’s recipients exemplify the award’s ideals and purpose to a remarkable degree. In light of the breadth and depth of their impressive careers, it is sometimes easy to overlook the fact that Alumni... View Details
- 17 Mar 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Adam Enbar (MBA 2010)
people web development for fun, and getting them amazing jobs and careers. I was blown away. That’s when the light bulb went off. Since then, we’ve done fairly well. We’ve trained over 500 graduates and maintain a 99 percent job placement... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
One-on-One with Tom Oreck
doctors, and we brought in insurance specialists to help people make insurance and FEMA claims. When you reopened the Long Beach plant on September 9, did everyone get right back to work? The first thing we did when the lights went on... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
an order of 30,000 face shields from the state of Kentucky. The company is selling the shields at cost and will soon begin making face masks as well. “This has just brought the light back to us,” Tynan told Washingtonian. APRIL 24 Led by... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
World Class Learning
Turkey. When the video ends, Janice McCormick, director of Academic Services, flicks on the lights and leads the group on its first foray into case method learning. Despite McCormick's encouragement, it is an awkward exercise, marked by... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
After the Fall
crisis provided the political will to create safeguards in the system that, even with deterioration over time, will protect us for a long time to come,” he says. Shining a Light on Shadow Banks David Scharfstein, Edmund Cogswell Converse... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
Drawing on generous contributions from the search fund community as well as his own experience, he sheds light on how this community converted $1.4 billion of investments into $8.7 billion, with $1.8 billion going to the entrepreneurs.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Putting Ghosts to Rest
to mitigate these risks to maximize the social return, and shed new light on what might have originally been a questionable business case. For young managers seeking to grow global careers, this implies several things: First, working in... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia
Web-based technologies. Recent HBS research has focused on a number of companies led by these pioneering senior executives. The profiles that follow shed some light on the challenges they face and reveal the extent to which the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
weatherizing an existing building’s exterior “skin” and upgrading its lighting and heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning, or HVAC, systems) can only go so far. Updating infrastructure and retrofitting in older cities especially can... View Details
- 02 Dec 2016
- News
The Story Behind the Stories
that business is not just about fancy people in fancy rooms and places with water, power, and light and very good infrastructure. That, in fact, some of the most resourceful and savvy entrepreneurs are in the toughest parts of the world... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
under a helmet. Retailing for about $150, the cap records head blows and lights up when a significant hit occurs. Sales, Kacyvenski notes, have been "very encouraging." "The CheckLight reinforces smarter playing technique," says... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
are driving electric adoption While electrification of SUVs and light trucks remains a challenge, some of the very largest people movers have already made the leap. Ryan Popple (MBA 2006), CEO of Proterra (and former senior director of... View Details
- 09 Sep 2016
- News
MaiTai Global and Kiteboarding
actually feel the vibrations and it's effectively hearing. When kids that are deaf hear whales communicating for the first time, their eyes just light up. And I'm putting together a group right now, to try to fund an expedition where we... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Next Normal
trust is much easier to do in person. Zoom is not an effective substitute for face-to-face relationship building.” —Steve Latham (MBA 1997) “What I learned is that, prior to COVID-19, we were focused on things that did not add value. The pandemic has put a View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
over what time frame, is an expression of those values. The commitment to reconsider, evaluate, question, and modify your decisions in light of your values is an expression of character. With an overly narrow focus on the near-term... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)