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- 22 Aug 2019
- News
Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector
out in his HBS admission essay: “When I graduate,” Sulyman wrote, “I'm going to go back to Africa and lead a technology company that is creating massive impact that will propel Africa into the future.” Today, Sulyman is carrying out that... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
Entrepreneurship is nothing new at HBS. The first course in entrepreneurship was taught over fifty years ago, and the list of alumni who have founded profoundly influential companies — from Continental Cablevision to Staples to Bloomberg... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
James McNerney Jr.
Australia, and Wichita, Kansas. "Boeing Company: Moonshine Shop" - A case by HBS professors Robert Austin and Richard Nolan details front-line innovations implemented at Boeing by a small group of creative generalists. Sailing instructor,... View Details
- 30 Jul 2024
- News
Reddit’s Rise
Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian in 2005, Reddit had seen its share of CEO turnover as it grappled with questions about how to moderate content and build a sustainable advertising model without crushing the site’s notoriously independent spirit. Luckily, Wong had... View Details
- 26 Feb 2020
- News
Phoenix Rising
past that are relevant for today’s discussion about which direction we want to take the country.” Titan operated only in Greece for its first 90 years, says Papalexopoulos. Both his grandfather and his great-grandfather, who founded the View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
Gleason (MBA '97) is finding a way to make both a profit and a difference. Last fall, as a part of HBS associate professor Marco Iansiti's Managing Product Development course, Gleason created a model for a company that would employ... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Women at the Top
corporate officers in Fortune 500 companies are women, such an opportunity is indeed rare for female executives, most of whom have always worked in male-dominated workplaces. "While they're able to perform very well in predominantly male... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
In the Blood
Chimneys for a fee of $100,000. “We’re nothing more than glorified farmers here, but it’s a fun business, and there’s a little bit of glamour to it,” says Clay, who grew up in the small town of Mt. Sterling, Kentucky. His family was in... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Q & A: Herb Kohl
the School, I think I might have failed at Kohl's. I learned how to devise and implement a strategy and, most important, about the importance of working well with people. What was your strategy in running Kohl's? `/bulletin/bullpics/acircle.jpeg~ Kohl's is a View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
"Foundations" Paves the Way for Entering MBAs
with a business simulation having practical application for HBS students. Working in twelve-member student groups, each team, or "company," inherited a bankrupt greeting card company - complete with all the rules, procedures, and work... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 2
And number two is just the strength of focus, right? You know, when you're a big company, and particularly a conglomerate, you can get de-focused every now and then. But there's something really inspiring about a company that's trying to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A Force for Good
this was about managing an institution. McArthur saw HBS as essentially a small community — one that a leader could easily get his or her arms around. But equally, it was about McArthur himself: a warm and generous man who makes friends... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Savings and Loam
distributes grass-fed beef and other sustainably produced meats to customers across New York and New England. “And by that, I mean companies that have anything interesting to say about social and environmental impacts.” Cummings has a few... View Details
- 14 Oct 2020
- News
Sewn with Love
could one company or brand do?” she wondered. Photos courtesy VPL Photos courtesy VPL Hanazawa also understood the fashion-industry network is powerful and has the potential for wider impact. In 2011, she tapped fellow industry leaders... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
MBA vs. MBA
Exxon Mobil stock. After working for McKinsey & Company and Trammell Crow, he started a real estate investment firm and now runs Waco-based Vananne LLC, focused on commercial real estate turnarounds and reinvestments. Taylor moved from... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
John McArthur
his residence on campus. The dinner consisted of a small gathering of about five foreign students including myself and the Dean. The dinner made me more at ease about HBS, but more importantly, made me feel like I mattered because someone... View Details
Keywords: Dean
- 16 Dec 2016
- News
An Environmental Epiphany
afterwards, you felt this pull to do more than build successful companies. How did that impact your career in the near-term and in the long-term? Kortenhorst: In the near-term, after my stint in Bulgaria, I spent a number of years helping run a private equity-backed... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
right to nominate directors into something that is real — and has a real chance of holding boards of directors accountable to company owners.” Major business groups lost no time denouncing the reform measures as vehicles for ceding... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
An American Odyssey
recalls. After consulting at the Stanford Research Institute and teaching at Stanford Business School and UC Berkeley’s business school, America worked in the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Small Business Administration, focusing on... View Details
- 10 Oct 2018
- News
Working with a Giver’s Spirit
Manny Ayala (MBA 1992) is managing director of Endeavor Philippines, a branch of the global Endeavor organization, which fights poverty by finding and supporting high-impact entrepreneurs. “Our mission statement is to create an economic multiplier effect in markets... View Details