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16 May 2017
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Facing the Board

began with a review of the case, which was focused on two decisions facing asset management firm BlackRock, Inc.: Should the company license its Aladdin operating system? And should it acquire Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM)?... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; photos by Susan Young; Blackrock; The Boardroom

01 Dec 2015
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Leading Boston and Beyond

as it happened, Nova’s twin daughters had interned in the Mayor’s office. Segneri worked with then-Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis to launch Operation Safe Delivery, a comprehensive safety plan for local... View Details

Keywords: Jen Myers; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

07 Sep 2021
News

Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 1

Immelt had spent his second year at HBS reflecting on his career path, and he decided that he was more interested in being an operator than an investor, accepting a position with a lower salary at GE. Jeff Immelt (MBA 1982) Jeff Immelt... View Details

01 Dec 2012
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Alumni Book Briefs

Alexander P. Dyer (MBA 1959) (ShiresPress) This memoir deals with the issues of ethics and leadership in business at all levels, from the salesman to the boardroom. Dyer served as a director, CEO, deputy chairman, and chairman of several major View Details

Keywords: Broadcasting (except Internet); Information

01 Jun 1996
News

Class Acts

stepmother's homespun culinary skills, he created "Uncle Dave's Vermont-Made Old-Fashioned Ketchup," an all-natural, spoonable condiment in a jar whose time had apparently come; after just two weeks of sales the tasty sauce brought in $6,000. Within six months, Lyon... View Details

01 Oct 1996
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Leading In a New Era

Internet, and corporations are now buying their entire travel budget through specialized applications we deliver over the Internet." Technology has also changed the decision-making process for airline employees, giving them "the ability to take vast quantities of data... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Dec 2007
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The Wise Men

International Economy (BGIE) and teaching other courses centered on business-government relations and comparative ideology. He is currently working to start an antipoverty alliance of multinationals, governments, and NGOs that is the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna

17 Feb 2015
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The First Five Years: Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010)

smart, passionate people here at Children’s HealthWatch, as well as with talented, passionate funders, advocates, and policymakers. “We operate in many ways as a small entity, but are also part of a larger organization. We also work... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

01 Feb 1998
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Running Up the Score

share amounting to $39 million a year. Television, of course, has been great for fans, giving them access to innumerable games that they otherwise would not see. (In recent years, it has also made possible the marketing and expansion of American leagues into the View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Dec 1996
News

Starting Up and Starting Over

problems involved in establishing and operating new enterprises. The course is intended primarily for students who contemplate going into business for themselves." The first course devoted to entrepreneurship established at HBS, MNE, in... View Details

16 Dec 2016
News

An Environmental Epiphany

to make the transition from a communist planned economy to a market economy. And we felt incredibly privileged to be part of that process. We became good friends with the then, Prime Minister Philip Dimitrov. We started the International... View Details

01 Sep 2009
News

E Ink’s Wild Ride

percent a year and is poised on the cusp of enormous change. In June, Prime View International (PVI) signed an agreement to acquire E Ink for about $215 million. Based in Taipei, Taiwan, PVI is E Ink’s largest customer and the world’s... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; e-books; e-reading; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Jun 2023
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The Exchange: The Tech Leader’s Tightrope

the question we wanted to ask students is, How does Apple balance its responsibilities to consumers and consumer privacy and, as a US-chartered corporation, what are its obligations to the government that makes its operations possible?... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

05 Feb 2019
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Protecting the Power Grid

enterprise owners. In his first year, he also learned that just a few individuals can affect the course of an entire society. He found Business, Government, and the International Economy (BGIE), taught by Professor Emeritus Jim Austin, to... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli; terrorism; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

26 Aug 2016
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Connecting with the Past

building global distribution. He renamed the entire operation Intalite. “Within a month, I was on an airplane to Germany and Denmark setting up distribution,” he remembers. “American manufacturers of specialized ceilings were so insular... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Jun 2017
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017

must disrupt the way we think about social change. The author suggests how this can be done by sharing stories and case studies focused on innovative approaches to large-scale social change. Operating Model Canvas: Aligning View Details

01 Jun 1998
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Diversity and Community

business with, an evermore diverse domestic and international customer base." READ MORE HBS Forum: Business Leadership in the Social Sector How the Ron Brown Award Was Born READ MORE HBS Forum: Business Leadership in the Social Sector How... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

14 Mar 2019
News

The Merchant of Osaka

Umeda visits. Sato-san’s right lung has failed; morphine helps ease the pain, but it’s hard not to worry as the weekend nears. The clinic is always a phone call away, Dr. Umeda reassures them. Matsubara is one of eight clinics operated by... View Details