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- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
impact on our trajectory." Last year, with three remaining locations in the Boston area, Finale's original lead investors acquired a majority ownership in the business, folding it into a Rhode Island-based holding company where Conforti now serves as View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
management at the health-care consultancy Carol Corp. (Puz continues to serve DFA in an advisory role; DFA’s original team also included doctors Gilbert Tang, MBA 2008, and Krishna Yeshwant, MD/MBA 2009.) “Negotiating the View Details
- 31 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?
So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo and Ibram Kendi’s How to Be An Anti-Racist. I’ve been keen to re-read The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley and Malcom X, but can’t seem to find my copy as I think I... View Details
- 26 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Power of the Noncompete Clause
passed, often twelve to twenty-four months. Such a clause, for instance, sparked a public legal battle two years ago when Google hired away a top Microsoft executive, Kai-Fu Lee. But disputes and tensions over noncompetes are not isolated instances. As most View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 12, 2016
socioeconomic disparities in health and mortality is a well-established fact. Many pathways have been adduced to explain inequality in life spans. In this article we examine one factor that has been somewhat neglected: people with... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Marketing Wine to the World
occasions, while the breweries told people that beer is the beverage of every occasion. That's crazy. In the old country [Italy], wine was a blue-collar beverage, not an elitist, white-collar drink." Q: In 2000, Foster's of Australia... View Details
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Lara Hodgson
your HBS experience impact your career? The two things I gained the most from HBS were 1) an ability to assess risk and creatively think about ways to manage it. Risk doesn’t scare me. Risk represents opportunity. And 2) the people. HBS... View Details
- 13 May 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #5: Phyllis Newhouse, CEO, Entrepreneur, Leader
was a good opportunity? We started with analyses of some 25 companies. Heliogen’s leaders had strong technology backgrounds. We were looking for companies that caused disruptions in their industries. Heliogen had a great management team;... View Details
- 20 Dec 2019
- News
The 19 Musts of 2019
(MBA 1986), founder of Second Opinion Wealth Management and author of five novels, including The Pell Heist (2018) and Windfall (forthcoming) MUST READ Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders? (And How to Fix It) by Tomas... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
Doriot’s ARD holding a significant stake, the company had some 63 European financial institutions and banks as shareholders. Management included a stellar group of French business luminaries. The EED investment port-folio grew over time,... View Details
- 20 Nov 2015
- News
Room to Grow
nonprofits at the time. “When I went into the nonprofit world in 1991, the number of MBAs there was very small compared to today,” he says. “For better or worse, many nonprofits only attracted people who had the passion and skills in the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
When In-House Research Isn’t Enough
Advanced Management Program and a founding member of Intel. Now executive vice president of that corporation, he is also president of Intel Capital, a corporate venture capital unit investing in companies in this country and companies... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 25 May 2021
- Blog Post
Aisha Fatima Dozie is Igniting Confidence as the Founder of Bossy Cosmetics
Wall Street, this time working in corporate advisory and M&A where she rose into executive level positions and managed massive strategic clients across West Africa. With a hugely successful career and a growing family at home, it... View Details
- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
growing rapidly in importance. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52240 forthcoming Management Science Discretionary Task Ordering: Queue Management in Radiological Services By:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 15, 2008
specializing in building and managing prisons. Students must assess the firm's strategy and risks, evaluate key financial reports, derive forecasts of future performance, and use these forecasts to value the firm. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2023 Commencement Remarks | About
congratulations, and bravo. Before we begin, I would like to ask our students to thank the many people who have supported you during your time at HBS and throughout your lives, and who have made you who you are. Mothers and fathers,... View Details
- 14 Aug 2019
- News
Leading from Within
look at business development and values, management practices and ethics, and their roles. And that’s all well and good, says Lim, in that CEOs typically walk away renewed and clear-headed about their next steps within their... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 16 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence
on our minds so strongly that it becomes tougher to convince people of their talent in fields where they believe their gender is weak, Coffman says. “A policy prescription to correct a confidence gap in women might be: Let’s find talented... View Details
- 08 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 8, 2015
that exists at the top of organizational hierarchies. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49601 forthcoming Management Science Financing Risk and Innovation By: Nanda, Ramana, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship in Asia and Foreign Direct Investment
talented people in Singapore want to work for the government.— Yasheng Huang Private Firms And Political Bias To understand the reason for the bias against private firms in Singapore and Malaysia in the 1970s, Huang contends, one has to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace