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- 06 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI
skills learned in parts of South Africa would be applicable to other parts of Africa. But South African firms have also come up with new products within sub-Saharan Africa outside of South Africa. For example, the cell View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town
Africa. As founder and CEO of Adesemi, Monique Maddy (MBA '93) spoke about her goal to deliver wireless communication - through a system of voicemail, pagers, and pay phones - to underdeveloped areas of the globe. Panelist John L. Mack of... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- Web
In-Office, Remote, or Hybrid: Strategies for Success - Recruiting
stay energized and effective. Mirror the rhythms of your in-office days: take short breaks, block time for focused work, and build in physical activity. Simple habits like standing during meetings or taking a walk during phone calls can... View Details
- 08 May 2019
- Blog Post
Top-Notch Talent Begets Top-Notch Talent
model into the finance world: it was an industry that had basically no concept of gig or contract workers. “It had never been a field that thought that way, so we had to explain to people why they should think this way,” explains Cheney.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Investing in Career Switchers - Cyril Straughn-Turner & Invesco US
Straughn-Turner learned a great deal, and was eager to continue his education. Applying to business school felt like the natural next step for this lifelong learner, and an ideal way to pivot into another industry he was drawn to – real... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Next Level
underdog to one of the big-three American cell carriers. All of this experience prepared Bond to take on the role she accepted last October: president of Xbox. It was a historic moment for the diversity of the gaming View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Year 2000 Computer Problem and You: Disaster for Some, Lessons for All
phone bills at home. Major organizations will be essentially ready. I do expect a period of transition and inconvenience such as we are now experiencing at times with credit cards. And government agencies must work to catch up if they are... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
A Boomtown's Echo
decades. I would always stop by, have breakfast, and see how all my local friends were doing. And this time she was just—oh, man—busy, busy, busy. She was on her cell phone, and she’s ordering an 18-wheeler full of frozen chicken parts.... View Details
- 24 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
How To Be an Angel Investor
seminars, learning an industry by working in it; these are all ways to develop expertise that will promote your success in investing. But in both entrepreneurship and angel investing, there is nothing like doing it. Nothing. The... View Details
Keywords: by David Amis & Howard Stevenson
- Web
Improve Decision-Making in Hiring: Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them - Recruiting
Insights & Advice 16 Jun 2023 Improve Decision-Making in Hiring: Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them Becca Carnahan & Christopher Moore Author HBS Team tag All Industries All Locations Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging Recruiting Advice... View Details
- 26 Jul 2011
- News
An Entrepreneur of the Arts
In 2010, she founded Growing Through Arts , a company that helps children learn about and explore the arts through books, e-books, toys, games and mobile phone applications. Saying “I am thrilled to bring the love of dance to children... View Details
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Strategic Financial Analysis Online Course | HBS Online
Online. What you earn . Overview Syllabus Enrollment Stories FAQs Enroll Now Key Concepts Forecast financial performance in the near and long term to guide strategic decision-making Compare organizations’ performance and recognize value and differentiation drivers... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Case Study: Your Call Is Important to Us
explain how we have arrived at this point, he says: Businesses everywhere are short staffed, and call volumes are at record levels, so the human-to-call ratio doesn’t work in the customer’s favor. Plus, with wages as high as they are, staffing the View Details
- 15 Jan 2020
- News
The Business of Access
the underrepresented, and the disabled,” she says. “They understand that their work can help create independence, which enables dignity and self-respect.” Vista Center recently piloted a conference, VistaTEC, to gauge industry interest in... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Home from the Sea
the news with a record-setting trimaran voyage from San Francisco to Boston. Before long, I was on the phone with him, arranging an interview that produced a lengthy feature article in the December 1993 Bulletin. Last spring, Wilson made... View Details
- 19 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
Analyzing Institutions to Solve Big Problems
does not do anything to destroy the underlying rigor." —Rosabeth Moss Kanter In his introductory remarks, Marquis cited the ever-changing health-care industry as an example of why institutional analysis is important. "It is a... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel & Anna Secino
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Donald P. Nielsen, MBA 1963
broken were education and medicine," Nielsen recalls. "But education seemed too big a nut to crack." Settling on medicine, Nielsen and Cramer pored over the Seattle phone book to find a research and development company they could buy and... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Africa's Way
Communications Group) has secured $37 million in financing to support wireless communication programs in underdeveloped regions, including sub-Saharan Africa. "We are currently setting up voicemail through wireless public pay phones at... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons
- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
technology and processes to support customers that align with their entrepreneurial culture. If you are a professional today buying from Home Depot, an app on your phone lets you order directly from the job site and gives you the option... View Details
- 07 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Personalized Entrepreneurial Finance and Other VC Trends
Over the last ten years, technology has reduced entire catalogues of consumer goods to devices that fit in the palms of our hands. Phones are smarter, networks are faster, and more people have access to more information than ever before.... View Details