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- 01 Jun 2000
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Long-Term Investor: Dick Jenrette
build things was useful when it came to shaping a company, moving people around, and planning new strategies." When asked to explain the strategy behind his acquisition of so many beautiful homes, Jenrette confesses that there was none.... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
through Jakarta are jammed so tightly that walking from car rooftop to rooftop seems feasible during rush hour—roughly three hours from six o’clock in the morning and then again for about four hours in the evening. Japanese-made minivans... View Details
- 19 May 2020
- News
Exploring the Economics of a Pandemic; Alumni Forums Draw Closer Online
virtual conversation with 50 HBSAAA members. The hour-long session focused on ways black business owners can shore up their finances in anticipation of a long period of economic uncertainty, and included advice on how to apply for loan assistance View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 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 View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
High Adventure
husband, an importer of automobile parts, began considering some big changes. Beilharz quit her job to care for her first child and stayed home as her brood grew to four — now ages 9 through 18. In 1998, the family left Austin for an... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Inspiration Is Not Enough
“human transporter.” But tons of funding and big-name partners couldn’t overcome consumer reluctance. “Kamen endowed Segway with many positive attributes but not enough to break through and claim commercial success,” Harris writes. Many... View Details
- 20 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna. I'm a writer for the HBS Alumni Bulletin, and in July I flew from Boston to Omaha to spend a day with Taylor Keen (MPA 1996/ MBA 1997), a professor of View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Field Course Helps Nascent Entrepreneurs Connect with Customers
simply have the best products. Today’s young entrepreneurs realize that success requires customer connection right at the outset.” In the course’s beta version rollout, Cespedes, Roberge, and Eisenmann carefully tracked students’ learning View Details
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint
on the ground, supporting our faculty in their research and bringing a global perspective to our classrooms. Through this network, HBS faculty can quickly get insights into global developments such as the COVID-19 pandemic and how... View Details
- 05 Apr 2018
- News
A Philanthropic Eye Reframes African American Abstract Art
many of the artists that Joyner and her husband, private equity investor Alfred Giuffrida, collect are enjoying increased visibility. Major museums in the United States (and beyond) are reevaluating the artists’ careers and influence View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
number of women graduating with undergraduate computer science degrees rose through the 1960s and ’70s, until the mid-1980s. In 1985, 37 percent of computer science graduates were women. In 2012, only 18 percent of computer science... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 02 Nov 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)
Julianne White (MBA 2017) is vice president for food acquisition at the Greater Boston Food Bank. How did you become interested in the food industry? “I grew up with a lot of ties to agriculture. I was raised in a small community where... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Nurturing Emerging Scholars and Leaders
(i-lab). Doris and Sauer were a natural fit for these roles. In 1986, they left Lucasfilm to found Sonic Solutions, where they developed and marketed audio signal processing, professional sound editing, and later DVD and digital video products. They led the company for... View Details
- 15 Mar 2019
- News
A Model of Drive and Impact
three years), and the opportunity it has provided to fulfill a personal mission. “What we do at Clicars is to eliminate in-person visits to car dealerships through digitalization and trust. Thirty percent of consumers would rather go to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Organic Matter
upside through the sale of methane for vehicle fuel or as electricity. “We want agriculture to financially benefit while acting as environmental stewards,” says Black, who sees California Bioenergy as a good example of public-private... View Details
- 20 Jul 2017
- News
Pushing the Next Generation Forward
would bridge private- and public-sector work,” he says, “so it was an opportunity see how that could play out in an amazing, mission-driven organization.” The experience led to his joint MBA/MMP studies at Harvard. “I was meeting people who were talking a lot about... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 25 Jun 2014
- News
A Man on a Mission
the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and in 1968, his entry to NASA, which early on sent him to the University of Michigan for a doctorate in radiation physics. Even as he rose through the ranks at the space agency, Earls' scientific... View Details
- 25 Mar 2021
- News
Alumni Honor Nitin Nohria and Support His Legacy
members pursue innovative and practical research and course development, including through cross-disciplinary projects that bring new insights to complex issues, as exemplified by this recent work: “How Businesses Can Find ‘Hidden... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014
CarterCovington Entrepreneurial Spirits: Through the Seventeen Principles of Napoleon Hill by Polycarp Emenike (OPM 38, 2009) The Napoleon Hill Foundation The Missing Something Club by Bill Haylon (MBA 1988) Terwilliger Press The Spice... View Details
- 25 Jan 2016
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Helping Young African Managers Find Their Way Home
Igun (MBA 2012) became aware of this situation—and saw an opportunity—while he was a student at HBS, through his involvement with the Africa Business Club and the Africa Business Conference. “At that point, every school was starting to do... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman