Research and Development - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 1998
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Going Against the Flow

and those of developed countries. When capital is flowing freely throughout the world, there is tremendous growth and opportunity in emerging markets. But when the tap is... View Details

Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.

01 Oct 1998
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the development of new economies and profoundly improve the prospects for those countries. "By starting fresh in Eisenach," Hughes explains, "we were able to introduce lean manufacturing processes to workers... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

23 May 2018
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John A. Paulson, MBA 1980

remarkable success built confidence—and investors—and by 2006 led him to attract $6 billion under management. In 2005, Paulson was looking for new investment opportunities and began researching mortgage... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Sep 2018
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From Das’s Desk

and colleagues across HBS to develop a conceptual framework that identifies the professional and personal needs, challenges, and goals of alumni... View Details

Keywords: Das Narayandas

01 Apr 2000
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

officers. Participants will receive an update on the latest developments at HBS, have a chance to meet with Dean Kim B. Clark, and share best practices with colleagues representing domestic View Details

Keywords: Edmund A. Hajim (MBA '64)

13 Jul 2020
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Locally Grown

companies, we would have never succeeded in any of them if we thought that we could get in and out in three to five years.” Among the companies funded by Aravaipa is Lightning Systems. When the fund first invested in the company, it was... View Details

Keywords: April White

21 Dec 2018
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Bridging the Gap

traditional gap-year experience for high school graduates, focused on leadership development and featuring experiential, community-level project work in Asia, Africa, or Latin America. Global Citizen Year... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

30 Nov 2017
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Happy Meals (Are Here Again)

were unveiled: the smaller “junior,” the regular size, and the larger “grand.” “There was an insight that a lot of the social media chatter around the junior Big Mac was actually being driven by women. So we pivoted View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Saverio Truglia

27 Jan 2023
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Turning Up the Volume

every sector and every community,” says Goldman. While LEDA has been successful finding and developing leaders, the nonprofit is also still relatively young. Launched in 2003... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

05 May 2022
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Like-Minded

founder to pledge the company’s commitment to implement these ESG elements.” MPower’s first three investments reflect the firm’s wide range: WOVN Technologies, a group that produces a website and associated app that allows organizations... View Details

01 Dec 2015
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Giving Advice

(courtesy of Susan Wolf Ditkoff) The philanthropy economy is booming. Last year, America’s charitable giving totaled $358.38 billion, equaling 2.1 percent of GDP—a number last attained in prerecession 2004. With that growth have come a number of new options, including... View Details

04 Dec 2019
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Skydeck Live: The Case for Funding Female Founders

break this huge barrier from the institutional investors? And if yes, can you give us some advice? Dodi: We did raise money from some institutions in particular from the state of Oregon and a few other... View Details

01 Mar 2025
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Heartland

AI-powered grant-finding and grant-writing tool developed at CSU. “If we’re defining return as dollars alone, can you be okay with part of your portfolio having a 2X return over a 10-year horizon if the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photos by Vance Jacobs. OPEN CONCEPT: Lambert at Quail Ridge Dairy in Fort Morgan, Colorado.

01 Jun 2022
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Ink: Start Small, Rise Above

degree in aerospace engineering and several years at a real estate development and investment firm. But they collaborated on multiple ventures over the last 17 years. The most... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Mar 2018
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Case Study: On the Record

to build capabilities that would be hard to replicate. Let’s build a plan here—not just to grow but to develop some long-term defensibility. Some record profits would be music to investors’ ears. —Jeffrey Glass (MBA 1994) Grow market... View Details

Keywords: April White

25 Apr 2023
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Class of 2022 Startups Sweep Alumni New Venture Competition

Clubs News Clubs News In a first-ever result, all of the winners in the 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition (ANVC) hail from the same HBS class: the MBA Class of 2022. The ANVC finale, held virtually on March 22 and 23, brought eight... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Mar 2015
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Case Study: The Speed of Light

access that opportunity: (1) Develop a small set of critical core values that truly define your culture. (2) Hire and retain only people who clearly and strongly exemplify... View Details

Keywords: Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

01 Dec 1998
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A Journey to Leadership: Luke O'Neill

Brother. "His family had a number of serious problems," O'Neill relates. "It was up to this boy to keep them all together, and somehow he did, all the while developing his own natural talent for baseball.... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

27 Mar 2019
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Life Is a Startup

they see the need for it, but we have to go and develop it ourselves outside of the founding arena, is going and having that long-term plan, but being open to the... View Details

05 Apr 2018
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A Philanthropic Eye Reframes African American Abstract Art

someday be a patron of the arts, even though I didn’t know what that meant at the time.” Following Dartmouth, Joyner entered HBS, where she developed a vast network of relationships within her cohort and... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

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