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- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Keepers of the Flame
some truly Olympian details to take care of, including planning for 2 million spectators (joined by 3 billion television viewers, or 60 percent of the human race); 15,000 athletes and officials from 197 participating countries; 30... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Research Brief: Launching into a Downturn
reason that these people are more constrained by bumpy labor markets than others. The paper has implications for founders and funders alike. Entrepreneurs, Roche says, need to be true to themselves if they’re launching because of a lack... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Faculty Books
The CEO Within: Why Inside Outsiders Are the Key to Succession Planning by Joseph L. Bower (HBS Press) Professor Bower explains how companies can develop internal candidates for the CEO role by grooming “inside outsiders” — leaders with... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
markets where American football has no grassroots presence. Ongoing concerns include players' use of performance-enhancing drugs and off-field misbehavior and the PR and internal challenges they pose. And then there is the mounting... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
can be extremely lonely.” That began to change in 1997, when Endeavor was founded to spur economic growth in emerging and developing markets, initially in Latin America. It now has offices in India, South Africa, and Turkey, with plans to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
Capital Association. When it comes to technology start-ups, Accel’s niche, Breyer ascribes the firm’s success to “a balance of people judgment, market intuition, as well as luck,” with luck sometimes claiming top billing. He candidly... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
World Class Learning
Business School's commitment to international business education has expanded. When Dean Kim B. Clark announced plans last fall for the opening of an HBS research facility in Hong Kong, he underscored the importance of the School's Global... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
Entertainment Group and ahead of Cinemark Theatres), AMC has 345 theaters and nearly 5,000 screens across the United States, with about 20,000 employees hosting some 200 million moviegoers each year. (AMC has the largest market share in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Charting the Year Ahead
percentage takes advantage of them. Insightful demographic and psychographic profiles have been developed from alumni survey data that will enable the committee, chaired by Jim Rice (MBA 1986), to recommend segment-specific marketing and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Making a Difference
closely with actor Marlon Brando before his death in 2004 to create a development plan for Brando’s 1,500-acre Tahitian atoll. When the forty-unit project is completed in 2012, the resort will be virtually carbon neutral and a showcase... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Home Sweet (Modular) Home
drag on for weeks. Greentech’s solution? Stuntz plans to acquire a small finish-work construction company to guarantee timely completion of future projects. After an initial rush of orders, Greentech’s assembly line fell silent last... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Regional Alumni Events Address Climate Change
Kyung-Ah Park (MBA 1998), managing director and head of Environmental Markets at Goldman Sachs, who will be meeting with members of the investment team at her company. Grant says the gathering “was useful in helping me to develop a... View Details
Keywords: Jen Myers
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
at Fidelity Investments to launch a venture aimed at providing analytical information to bond traders. He showed Sahlman his business plan for a company that he was calling Technical Data Corporation. Basically, Parker had figured out a... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Getting Security Right
MILLS: Many business leaders do not know enough about markets and business practices abroad. In his many years of teaching and research on the topic of leadership, HBS professor emeritus D. Quinn Mills developed a “natural concern” about... View Details
- 27 Jul 2017
- News
Seeing a Way Forward
opportunities,” Leger says. “I believe the idea that there is an inevitable tradeoff between profit and impact is fundamentally flawed and can be challenged through innovative social enterprises that will tackle markets and needs... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Looking back; looking forward
many changes, though, our essential mission remains the same. We educate leaders who make a difference in the world. We’re still looking hard for underlying principles. We’re still working at the difficult intersection of values and profits. View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
HBX: Expanding Our Reach
In the last few years, the landscape for online learning has changed dramatically. Using new and ever more powerful technologies, the market is shifting rapidly, with many dozens of organizations, aggregators, and educational institutions... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Li & Fung's Global Footprint
West with Chinese-made goods, which is what we used to do in my grandfather’s days. Li & Fung has thrived as a low-cost export-driven company. Will that continue to be your business model? No. We actually think that China will not be as cheap as before. Its new... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
spent the better part of the last two years planning and preparing for the early April event. Held in the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center and the adjacent Grand Hyatt Hotel, the meeting included two days of intense discussion... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
develop a support mechanism whereby alumni could receive training through volunteer IT specialists. Highlights of its recommendations included a broader marketing effort to all alumni, publicizing the benefits of the online services... View Details