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- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Building a Network for Social Enterprise in Latin America
Angela Serino, manager of corporate responsibility for Natura, a Brazilian cosmetics company, and Maria de Graça Fernandes Branco, principal of Matilde Elementary and High School. The pair are subjects of a case produced by the SEKN that... View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
definition means being comfortable with failing.” “Failure is not just the opposite of success,” says Shikhar Ghosh, a senior lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit who has founded or led eight tech startups over the past 20... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Making Change
What's been most surprising? As with most entrepreneurial plans, the projections in my original business plan were orders of magnitude more ambitious than what was realistic. I'm learning that sometimes we must "go slow to go fast." Down... View Details
- 17 Jun 2020
- News
Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines
equipment to these front-liners in 12 provinces.” Angie G. Flaminiano (AMP 196) President, NutriAsia, Inc.: “In alliance with Project Ugnayan, a collaboration effort among 59 private business establishments, NutriAsia donated $2 million... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Six Receive 2017 HBS Alumni Achievement Award
three days, though.’ Sometimes, confusion—even being shaken to one’s roots—can be a good thing.” Reasonable expectations: “In baseball, the best hitters average .330 or .370. You don’t have to bat a thousand to stand out, to be good at something.” View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic
goes to education—about $800 million. Business people are also allocating a lot of private philanthropy money. JOSEPH FULLER Professor of Management Practice and Co-chair of HBS’s Managing the Future of Work... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
almost implies a consumer Internet bubble, with a number of me-too projects that will continue to get funded. We simply do not ever want to be chasing hot sectors. As we think about Internet opportunities, Web 2.0 would no longer... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
jet-powered airliners. The growing requirement for more factory space was fueled by new models and a surging worldwide demand for air travel. Massive construction projects were launched, including a new factory on 760 acres at Paine Field... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016
with the Wahhabi establishment, and its increasingly dangerous environment populated with a diverse set of enemies, he looks at the prospects for the survival of the monarchy and suggests ideas for reform. Managing in the Gray: Five... View Details
- 24 Aug 2017
- News
Unlocking Potential
numbers all day?’” Anderson recalls. She switched her focus to social entrepreneurship, working as an associate and then a project manager at New Profit, Inc., a Boston-based nonprofit, venture philanthropy... View Details
- 26 Aug 2016
- News
Connecting with the Past
all over the world. By 1970, we had a factory in Holland serving Europe. In 1971, we started assembly plants in Australia and Japan.” He visited more than 50 countries, including many in the Middle East to take advantage of the oil boom. Among his most elaborate View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
class; structuring asset classes and adding value-oriented or other opportunistic “tilts”; measuring and managing risks, avoiding common mistakes, and more. The Soul of a Patient: Lessons in Healing for Harvard Medical Students edited by... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
country riven by tribal factions and lacking roads, electricity, and a well-functioning government—required the mindset of a manager who half-jokingly refers to himself as a “lovable dictator.” Khoja below a billboard on Bibi Mahru Hill,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Technology for Learning's Sake
School's education and research mission. "Today's general manager is operating in an information-inundated world," Clark elaborated recently. "We need to prepare our students to meet that challenge. We also need to take full advantage of... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
plant in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, to introduce a new pilot project designed to enhance the motivation and performance of a group of 200 employees. A rare female manager at Frito-Lay, Johnson finds that... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
Morgan—Rodríguez helped give the nascent movement a moniker. More than just a tangential part of the movement’s creation story, the name gave it a useful center, says Matt Bannick (MBA 1993), managing partner of Omidyar Network, eBay... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Neil MacKenna on Effective Job Search Strategies
expertise with HBS alumni by leading a job counseling workshop, titled On Effective Job Search Strategies, to Boston-area graduates and at reunions. “Neil’s insights are time-tested, his advice is unique, and his words of wisdom are genuinely helpful,” says Christine... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
A Message from Dean Clark
few of our current initiatives. I will start with our faculty, because that is where almost everything begins at HBS. The mission of this School demands a gifted faculty that is close to practice. We need people who can see business through the eyes of the general... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Giving Advice
about choosing a cause if there are many things you’re passionate about? There’s a lot written about choosing specific projects or charities within a cause, but what if you’re interested in doing good, and there are many causes that speak... View Details
- 13 Jun 2014
- News
The Art of Effecting Change
artists to fund a variety of projects, ranging from major site-specific installations to endeavors that support the entire creative ecosystem, such as the international professional journal for curators, The Exhibitionist. Evans, who lives in Boston with her classmate... View Details