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- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Estonia, Incorporated
running a business so simple there. “The whole thing works because Estonia is one of the most advanced e-governments on the planet,” Kumar says. The government offers some 600 e-services to its citizens and 2,400 to businesses, and... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Eileen M. Rudden
spanned various stages of computing evolution — from mainframe to personal computer to local area network to the Internet. After working in a grassroots community organizing project ("One of those social experiments," says Rudden with her easygoing laugh) and View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
What I Do: Minnie Ingersoll (MBA 2002)
impact?” “One of our big projects was to enable people in California to get food assistance from their mobile phone. To promote that, we started running Google AdWord campaigns. We’ve found that for every $10 that we spend, we can get... View Details
- 30 Oct 2019
- News
Creating Agents of Change
Susana Eshleman (MBA 1998) is president and CEO of Children International. In this interview she talks about the goals and benefits of running an international nonprofit organization. “Children International is a global nonprofit... View Details
- 07 Nov 2018
- News
The Results Are (Mostly) In
District. Taylor and Moulton were also two of 17 veterans who won Congressional seats with the backing of With Honor, a nonpartisan organization supporting veterans who run for public office. CEO Rye Barcott (MBA 2009), himself a former... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
OPM Honors Marty Marshall with Professorship
has influenced legions of HBS students, especially those involved in owning and running their own businesses. Former student W. James Hindman (9th OPM) led the effort to fund the chair. "Marty changes the way you do business - you begin... View Details
- 24 Feb 2016
- News
Did William Alden Invent the Car of the Future in the 1960s?
and remarkably prescient.” Now 89, Alden is again in the PRT—personal rapid transit—business: ”After decades away from PRT, he reunited with a group of other transportation experts to build a new system called Airport Personal Transport, a tiny self-driving car network... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Film School
fabrics firm in Pennsylvania, but prior to that, he had run a departmentstore chain in Southern California and had friends and contacts in the movie industry. With their help, in 1994 Seder founded the Big Picture Alliance (BPA), an... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Case Study: Bionic Banking
contemplates moving forward with an actively managed robo-advisor. First, Alpha Architect has an overarching concern about pricing: Current passive robo-advising fees run about 0.25 percent, and have already begun to trend downward. And... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Everything Old Is a New Opportunity
is targeting seniors, when 90 percent of today's marketing spend is aimed at people under 50. And he's hedging his bets on something we all think seniors run from—namely, technology. It all came together in 2012, when Johnston and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
The Heart of the Deal
of Comcast who will run the new enterprise, has high-profile business, especially TV business, in his genes. His father, Dan Burke (MBA ’55), is the former CEO of Capital Cities/ABC and a television industry legend; and an uncle, James... View Details
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
Leveraging Veterans’ Competitive Advantage
networking resources and runs 101 employment fairs in 49 cities across the US every year. “Roughly half of those who attend leave with an interview scheduled, and 25 percent end up with jobs,” reports Gudmundsson, who says that in... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
An engine of innovation in public education
Drawing upon his background as an entrepreneur and educator, Stig Leschly (MBA 1997/JD 1998) leads Match Education, a reform group that seeks to redefine effective teaching and improve the educational experience of low-income students. It View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Online Fashionistas
“A lot of the brands love the fact that our Web site is private like a very contained platform in which we could sell their goods. It was actually very easy once we got the system up and running to get amazing designers, not only women’s... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Closing the Opportunity Gap
and education, followed by six months of apprenticeship at major area companies. “Our model is based on high support and high expectations,” Chertavian told the Boston Herald (September 7, 2004). Chertavian, who runs the four-year-old... View Details
- 27 Mar 2023
- News
A Sporting Chance
actually was in Pamplona for the Running of the Bulls. "I slipped. I had climbed to the top of a tall wall, and I just plummeted and hit my head." Perez de Leza was 25 at the time, a native of Madrid taking an extended summer vacation... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Letters to the Editor
risk? Just because you would gladly pay a higher capital gains rate doesn’t mean others would. Brian W. Keane (MBA 1986) Potomac, MD Both Sides Now LaMagna has fallen into the trap set by those who believe “fairness” runs only in one... View Details
- 18 Nov 2021
- News
Strength in Numbers
their careers and their future goals—personal, professional, and societal. “One of the things we talked about a lot in that forum was running toward the thing that hurts your heart the most,” Verdi recalls. For Verdi and his wife, Gina,... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Get Ready for Saudi Oil Shock
Photo Courtesy MATTHEW R. SIMMONS In his new book, Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy (John Wiley & Sons, 2005), Matthew Simmons (MBA ’67) sounds an alarm about a finite resource that he believes is View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
‘We were just doing what needed to be done’
disappointed. I said, “Oh my gosh, another segregated situation.” I thought that Harvard had run an unfair game of projecting itself as being so liberal. I associated the School with the Kennedy brothers and what they were trying to... View Details