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- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Philip L. Yeo, MBA 1976
supporting private-sector research; another $2 billion was earmarked for R&D that the government wanted scientists and engineers to pursue to help local enterprises improve their technology and become more competitive internationally. But there is more to it than big... View Details
- 26 Feb 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Morgan Hermand-Waiche (MBA 2010)
elements in life that drive you away from working on something you're passionate about. It can be peer pressure (e.g., 'you should do consulting or finance'); money (e.g., 'a hedge fund is the job with the highest odds of making good money'); and life in View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
$300 million. Much of that success was due to the innovative strategy of the gentlemanly Cotsen to focus on a single brand name with an image for safe, mild, quality skin care endorsed by the medical profession, especially dermatologists.... View Details
- 20 Aug 2014
- News
With No Time to Lose
companies, who were looking for blockbusters for large markets,” recalls Nate Boaz (MBA 2006), Prize4Life cofounder and board member, who is now managing director of talent strategy at Accenture in Atlanta. The meeting yielded more... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Increasing Access and Expanding Opportunity
especially given the substantial investment the students are making in terms of their own time and money. For all three stages, we are deeply grateful to HBS alumni who generously support our financial aid programs as they pay it forward... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
World Class Learning
reject." To avoid generating only "a grossly ethnocentric set of values," continues Salter, explorations of performance hypotheses require a diverse student body. "We also need to be alert to the fact that different cultures place... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
economic. - Michael Porter "Many approaches to revitalizing the inner city have focused on the social problems, but the more fundamental issues are often economic," notes HBS professor Michael E. Porter, a world-renowned strategy and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
exploding. "Over the next 20 years, we have to generate 80 million jobs," Masha says. "That's the population of Germany, the world's fourth-largest economy." But endemic corruption has scared off many foreign companies. "Nigeria is a... View Details
- 30 Sep 2016
- News
Competing Against Luck
Actually, I need to help them have experiences where they fail. Because only if they experience failure can they experience success. And I think a lot of us in my generation think that, oh, well, I just have to be sure that they always... View Details
- 16 Nov 2017
- News
The Business of Social Justice
businesses as well as evaluating, researching, and developing expansion strategies for NGOs in Vietnam and Laos. “It was nice to be settled and really learn about the language and culture of one place,” she recalls. “I even studied... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
James McNerney Jr.
Island native Jim McNerney (MBA ’75). Later, his résumé would include stints at blue-chip companies like Procter & Gamble, McKinsey & Co., and General Electric, where he led various divisions of the multinational giant (including GE... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
spoke about the importance of getting back on track. Three weeks after the attacks, General Motors president and CEO G. Richard Wagoner, Jr. (MBA '77), told the Wall Street Journal, "The best way we can respond to acts of terrorism on our... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Faculty Retirements
Michael Jensen, the Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, is an authority on organizational theory, organizational strategy, and finance. He is codirector of The Monitor Company Organizational Strategy... View Details
- 17 Mar 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Adam Enbar (MBA 2010)
was that: ‘Five hundred years ago, it was generally accepted that only 10 percent of people had the mental capacity to read and write. We look back and think that’s ridiculous. But if I asked you today what percent of the population has... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
General George Yong-Boon Yeo (MBA ’85), Minister for Trade and Industry for the Republic of Singapore. Speaking to a luncheon audience, Yeo assured the group that “there’s a font of goodwill between China and the United States.” Just... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
the threat, with analysts predicting it will grow to $170 billion by 2020. (In his proposed fiscal 2017 budget, President Obama requested a $5 billion increase in federal cybersecurity spending, up to $19 billion annually.) Money is one thing, View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2005
Mahesh, as a member of the fourth generation and recipient of an engineering degree from Stanford, cites the importance of remaining true to the family culture while bringing something new to the table. “I’ve been living in the United... View Details
- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
When hotel manager Alessandro Benedetti worked for Kempinski chain locations in Spain and Switzerland, morning meetings were a time to go over the numbers and discuss strategy for the days ahead. But ever since Benedetti moved to Havana... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
strategy to get us through this period of uncertainty, both with the Eclipse and with the broader economy. I see this as an interim step that will allow us to level off and get to the point where we can start climbing again.” ALL ABOARD:... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
card company that was licensed to use Disney images, and for the next three years she stayed put in Paris. With the help of a nanny, Dodi says she balanced work and family quite well, settling into the French rhythm of long midday breaks at home, reasonable working... View Details