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- 01 Oct 1997
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William K.L. Fung
open-minded about what I could do," says Fung. "He was a visionary." So William took on the challenge and went to work. Six months later, he presented a plan to professionalize Li & Fung's management by severing ties between the management and the family and taking the... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Books: Judo Strategy
this lesson with examples from new- and old-economy firms that have learned to “push when pulled” and leverage their opponents’ assets. The authors discuss in detail how the leaders of three companies — Palm Computing (and later... View Details
- 17 May 2018
- News
Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs
“The government was not prepared to handle a fraction of that number,” says Bhargava, who is president of the Washington, DC–based consulting company Bankworld. “Things got out of control.” Police opened fire, killing three of the young... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 26 Aug 2016
- News
Connecting with the Past
thrown in the deep end,” he recalls, of owning his first business. “I did everything: marketing, making sales, coordinating shipments, supervising, installation of the ceilings.” In 1963, Diamond bought out his two partners, and later, merged with another View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sweet Deal
administration's rescue and restructuring of General Motors, spent months trying to save the bankrupt company from dissolving. But the bakery workers' union ultimately refused to accept a proposed deal. "Given the historical... View Details
- 05 Nov 2013
- News
Start-Ups Get a Start in New Orleans
says Carol Markowitz (MBA 2003), a corporate finance expert from Los Angeles whom Wilkins recruited to work at Idea Village. "The alumni network has also been very helpful." After serving as Idea Village's COO, he left in May to start... View Details
- 21 Sep 2018
- News
HBS Association of Southern California Boosts Support for Startups
with mentors and identify potential investors. The Entrepreneurial Series: Idea and Pitch workshops kicked off on September 13, with three alumni-led companies in various stages pitching before four fellow alumni mentors. The workshop was... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 18 May 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Anjali Vaidya (MBA 2010)
Yahoo, the challenge is to catalyze growth at an Internet company with tremendous assets. I’m learning every day how to inspire people to challenge conventional wisdom, use data to drive decisions, and tackle roadblocks proactively. I’ve... View Details
- 30 Jan 2018
- News
Four Alumni Named as Presidential Leadership Scholars
2002), cofounder and CEO of Parsagen Diagnostics, an early-stage medical device company focused on women’s health The members of the 2018 class were selected based on their leadership growth potential and the strength of their personal... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Kenneth A. Goldman
Excite@Home's acquisitions and partnerings with the many cable, computer, and media companies necessary to create its new platinum-paved info highway, Goldman has been heading some of the most interesting high-tech dealmaking going on... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Blockchain for Good
made at all.” Fast-forward to 2020 and the pandemic, when Dyer and her friend, entrepreneur Kene Ezeji-Okoye, again saw a system badly in need of updating. Existing payment networks were extracting big fees from individuals and merchants,... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
personally transporting several patients to local COVID wards. “Instead of giving people numbers, we do the work for them,” he told India Today. “If someone needs a nebulizer, a medicine or oxygen, we get it to them.” The article goes on... View Details
- 20 Nov 2015
- News
Room to Grow
inspired by the work of Food Solutions New England, an organized network of agricultural experts, farmers, academics, concerned citizens, and regional grassroots organizations working to overcome barriers to increased local food... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 19 Sep 2019
- News
Predicting Human Behaviors
pedestrians, correctly assigning an intention score (Do they want to cross the street?) and an awareness score (Do they know there is a car?) to each. Guided by technology developed by Perceptive Automata, the company cofounded by Misra,... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Future Tech Leaders Dive into New Program
leaders of technology ventures by combining their passion for innovation and engineering with an in-depth understanding of management and leadership. “These students want to build things and lead companies that make the world a better... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
‘We were just doing what needed to be done’
male-dominated building services contracting industry, running her own company for 25 years in six states and employing more than 1,200 people. Now an author and public speaker, Lambert received HBS’s Alumni Achievement Award in 2003. Ted... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Keepers of the Flame
the right over some of the world's great capitals to host the Games' one-hundredth anniversary. From his sixth floor office, Frazier overlooks the Georgia Dome, an important Games venue, and Ted Turner's Cable News Network headquarters.... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 22 Jul 2014
- News
Hungry for Change
crops that otherwise would have gone to waste. The organization distributed a total of 76 million pounds of food in 2012 (26 million of which was perishable), both directly and through a network of nearly 1,000 food pantries and homeless... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
them in order to provide direction to the management negotiating team." This approach worked well, Carty says, in a recent negotiation with the Transport Workers Union. As a result of that negotiation, the View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Inside the Revolution
center,” says Enriquez of the LSP’s central functions. “For example, we work with the Finance faculty, studying how to value assets and structure the finances of businesses as they change in the face of the life sciences revolution. We’re also creating a framework for... View Details