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Jake Johnston
1,600 flying hours, with 1,100 of those in mission profile or combat hours. Learning in preparation for teaching Jake has been assigned to a new role as a teacher of economics at West Point. "The position requires an MBA," Jake says. "And the degree... View Details
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Humbulani Dombo
throughout life." Seeking "optionality," Humbulani majored in economics and information systems at the University of Cape Town. After completing her degree, she joined Anglo American, a diversified mining company, and... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
merchant houses established business groups with diversified portfolio and pyramidal structures overseas, primarily in developing countries, both colonial and independent. In the domestic economy, large single product firms became the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 May 2021
- News
History’s Future
government hopes that the tourism industry will revitalize the region and account for 10 percent of the country’s GDP in a decade, up from just 3 percent. The work of drawing global attention to this forgotten swath of the country is part of Saudi Vision 2030, a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
An SUV Built for African Roads—by African Workers
Motor Vehicle Manufacturers—the lack of manufacturing deprives the region of an important source of jobs and economic growth. “It is critical for economies in this region to diversify beyond the usual sectors, such as agriculture,... View Details
Keywords: Amy Yee
- 18 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 18
enterprise in the new state of the Republic of Turkey from the 1920s. After World War II it diversified rapidly, forming part of a cluster of business groups that dominated the Turkish economy alongside state-owned firms. This study shows... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Action Plan: Writing the Next Chapter
as long as a week, from the preparation of the lead to the packaging. Yet there still was room for innovation. Under her father’s leadership, the company had expanded its reach internationally and diversified its product line, each with... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Katharine Graham Offers Advice on Leadership
from friends such as feminist Gloria Steinem and investor Warren Buffett (a major Post shareholder), Graham gradually gained the personal confidence and management skills that enabled her to build the Washington Post Company into a highly View Details
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Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors - Course Catalog
and family-controlled companies, as well as companies with a large diversified shareholder base. Roughly two-thirds of the sessions concern the boards of US companies; the others are about companies based in other parts of the world,... View Details
- 22 Apr 2020
- Research Event
How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities
attention to what's happening to the market, not only what's happening to the portfolio we own,” said Hiro Mizuno, then chief investment officer of Japan’s $1.6 trillion Government Pension Investment Fund, one of the largest pension funds in the world. As a universal... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Stuart Gilson
business opportunity. For example, in an equity spin-off, a diversified firm's businesses are split apart into independent entities, each with its own common stock. Spin-offs can make sense when a high-growth business is being held back... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2015
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: Goldman Sachs
substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net-worth individuals. We commit people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to... View Details
- 29 Apr 2021
- News
Equal Partner
in the ranks of investors. She also knew that some firms were seeking to diversify their partnerships without addressing underlying structural problems. “Partner” did not always mean check-writing abilities or a voice on the investment... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Short Takes
regulatory bodies that are taken for granted in the West but are not available in emerging markets. "Companies can create value by developing these systems for themselves," notes Palepu. For example, large diversified companies doing... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 27 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
From Africa to HBS
Humbulani Dombo (MBA 2016) was born and raised in a small town in South Africa. Growing up in a remote part of the country fueled her curiosity about the world, and sparked a desire to explore as much of it as she could. After graduating from university, she joined a... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Merton Discusses Risk Management at Dean's Seminar
processing), while a few continue to offer diversified products and services. Many, he noted, are becoming global retail or wholesale businesses. "Time will tell which strategy will succeed," Mendoza concluded. View Details
Keywords: Elizabeth McNair
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
HBS Addresses Racial Equity
color, diversifying boards, and leveraging diversity in organizations, as well as one called Thrive, which is designed to encourage career advancement for underrepresented minorities with 5 to 7 years of experience (with an emphasis on... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 16 May 2017
- News
Facing the Board
and Al Gordon (MBA 1985), president and CEO of the Delectable Dining Group, as the board members. Kashyap opened the presentation, stating the team is recommending licensing the Aladdin operating system to government clients and institutional investors as a “good... View Details
- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Selling Luxury to Everyone
houses—Morse noted that Estée Lauder has 400 chemists—selling products to customers who come in for services help it compete. Daniel Langer, executive director of marketing for hair products maker Bumble and Bumble, said that while many luxury goods companies have... View Details
- 19 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?
through Vermont, because they have diversified their own risk across the possibility of hurricanes in Vermont, floods in England, and earthquakes in California. "One relies on the insurance sector to promote risk sharing," says... View Details