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- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Lesson from the Fall
is unclear and the spirit of the law is open to interpretation. A close reading of the record suggests that much of Enron’s behavior fell into this penumbra. But that same record also suggests that Skilling... View Details
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
our business. We have built a business that is, despite our small scale, has a very clear track record of profitability, and have had the fundraising challenges And his response was "Well, you're not really a fast-growing business." And... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
NMNH, which has opened a record five new exhibitions in Fri's two-year tenure, realizes that in order to keep its title as the most-visited museum in the world, it must continue to create new attractions. Name: Robert Fri Title: Director... View Details
- 03 Mar 2017
- News
Big Blue’s Big Bet
almost every case, Watson found a problem that the doctor had overlooked. “We have so much data now for every patient,” Mehta says—up to 1,000 pages of records, for someone who’d been coming to the Cleveland Clinic for just two years—“and physicians have maybe 20 to 40... View Details
Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
New Releases
purchase on approval. This strategy, she explains, helped create elite patronage for the young Wedgwood brand. It was also one of the earliest recorded examples of "inertia selling" - a practice commonly used by book and music clubs... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Entrepreneurs Speak at HBS
all. But Branson, whose career began in the late 1960s when he launched a student magazine and then a record company, told the audience that his enterprises all fit the company's brand. He defined the Virgin brand as representing service... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Rebooting Europe
percent in the next two years. Global patent filings from the EU also dropped to record lows, hovering at a dismal 5.8 percent of global filings in 2013. (In comparison, the United States was at 22.3 percent, China at 32.1 percent.) And... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Health IT at the Bedside
surprisingly personal twist when my mother phoned to say that my father had been admitted to our local ER with unexplained fevers and chest discomfort. We soon learned that my dad’s past records — from care that took place across several... View Details
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
myself. I'm cautious when investing because we need to build sustainable businesses and create a competitive track record for the country, if we're going to improve opportunities for the next generation." [music] Targeted efforts like... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
it's possible to build a very attractive company that might ultimately be acquired or go public." The reason for the good news, Sahlman observes, is "there is more startup capital available today than there ever has been in recorded... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Of Value and Values
proven track record for delivering power to India. On the one hand, ABB India represents hope for millions of Indians in the form of life-changing electricity. But because that electricity will be generated primarily by coal, Generation... View Details
- 10 Aug 2022
- News
Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age
Initiative at the Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute. This episode of Skydeck Live is an excerpt from a conversation recorded at Golden’s recent Reunion, where she and I spoke about her new book, Stage [Not Age]: How to Understand... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
chubby eight-year-old—but a yield assessment conducted earlier in the season showed he'll easily exceed 6 tons, which will break last season's record by 30 percent. In the old way of doing things, Masha and his farmers would be in a... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Come Clean
career: Simon still writes music and plays jazz piano. “I’ve recorded nine CDs and at one point performed a couple dozen times a year around the country. I was able to put at least one of my kids through college with my income as a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
How Deep Brain Stimulation Could Change Medicine
the procedure’s precision: There were a few cells in his brain that were responding in unison—the effect akin to a record skipping, playing the same note over and over again. Bennet and his colleagues needed a way to resume the melody.... View Details
Keywords: Janelle Nanos
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
America the Difficult
Last year, foreign investors set new records for their acquisition activity in the United States. And 2008 began with nearly daily stories of American financial executives courting foreign direct investors, particularly sovereign wealth... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Business Case (Or Not) for Sustainability
establishment. If government isn’t addressing these issues, can companies take a leadership role? MT: A lot of companies are trying to figure out what they can do in the absence of regulation. Companies like Microsoft have gone on record... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
"Knowledge, Risk & Change: Business Without Walls," will attract record crowds, so be sure to register early! And it's not too soon to block out time for the 2001 conference in Cleveland. Scheduled for May 15-18, the conference theme will... View Details
Keywords: Edmund A. Hajim (MBA '64)
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
Commons Project, a nonprofit that in April launched Common Health, an Android app that allows users to securely download their health information from Electronic Health Records (EHR) and lab sources (similar to Apple Health). The... View Details
- 30 Oct 2018
- News
Paths of Victory
employees and an algorithm to match them to employers, Apli aims to fill that gap. “We got amazing media and investor exposure, which kick-started our fundraising process and helped us raise a new round of capital in record time,” Makarov... View Details