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- 01 Aug 2002
- News
Class Day & Commencement
experiences at HBS, Schock noted, “We've all learned there's no better place in the world to be than here. In the future, we'll realize there's no better place to be from.” Plunkett praised the character of his classmates, observing that “whether responding to tragedy,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
one run, as we drop down from twenty thousand feet to release our bombs, the flak clouds bursting around us make me think of popcorn going off. That’s the closest I came to thinking I might get shot down. Landing back on the carrier is one of the most View Details
- 13 May 2025
- News
If I Knew Then
to and work as hard as you need to, but it’s good to go the extra mile. I grew up in a small town in Massachusetts—Brockton—a very diverse, middle class, or aspiring, and you knew the value of the friendship of everyone there. And then... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
one-third of China’s GDP. “In eight years,” he predicted, “I expect the private sector to contribute three-quarters of the GDP,” as the role of local and state-owned enterprises continues to fade. Economic reforms already have given rise to a new and growing View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Professor, Historian, and Storyteller
says about him and our present-day consumer society, to a story about the rise of the Negro middle class in the South in the 1960s, to a fascinating obituary of Jay Gould, the nineteenth-century speculator, to a wonderful piece on cell... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
these things, people look on it as the most difficult country to change." And yet, a shift appears under way. A new reformist government has started treating agriculture as a problem to be solved by industry rather than by aid. Private... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Sir Martin S. Sorrell, MBA 1968
success in running an established business or entrepreneurial venture." ADVICE TO STUDENTS "Have fun. Try to balance family, career, and society—something that is, in fact, very difficult to accomplish. For those who can do it, the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
only give you one year.’ That was 10 years ago,” recalls Lee Shaw. The controversial media campaign—which included TV, print, billboard, and radio ads—saturated Montana from 2005 onward, with the effort spreading to six other states. However View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
New Releases
takes them through some difficult twists and turns. Promotions, for instance, are typically much more elusive for minority executives in the early stages of their careers than they are for whites. And once they make the leap into View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
mutual antipathy. Solutions to heal the partisan divide haven’t worked because they have failed to address the root cause of the problem: A wedge has been driven into American politics by powerful political, social, and economic incentives that are very 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 years. “It’s more View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
Your Way through the Hardest and Most Crucial Part of Any Bold Venture by Scott Belsky (MBA 2009) Portfolio We love talking about starts and finishes, even though the middle stretch is the most important and often the most ignored and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
One-on-One with Tom Oreck
employees and their families to a cookout. The idea was that in the middle of this train wreck people could do something normal that would give them hope. You clearly put people ahead of the business in the aftermath of the storm. Had... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Making History, Starting Over
stepping down from management responsibilities for Apax, but remaining active,” an understatement that seems fittingly British. Since 2000, Cohen has been increasingly involved in efforts to nurture social investment in disadvantaged areas of the UK and in the View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
difficult times. Photos by Thomas J. Fitzsimmons A Week Like No Other The memorial service came at the end of a week like no other in the School's history, as those who work and study at HBS joined the rest of the world in trying to... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
"I wanted to be closer to the work the Enterprise Fund was doing on the ground and to see what else I could do in Egypt—and that was too difficult to judge from the United States." In September 2018, she returned to Cairo. [music] Enan... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
throughout your career. Early in your career, pick your boss, not your job. Seek those who give open and honest feedback, guidance, and support. Early success will help build confidence and competence. In the middle of your career, make... View Details
- 22 Aug 2019
- News
Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector
think the first thing I realized was, "This is huge." Lagos is very populated. If you're commuting back and forth to places you don't get to really experience it sometimes. Being in Paris, being on the train, and just literally being in the View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
can be extremely lonely.” That began to change in 1997, when Endeavor was founded to spur economic growth in emerging and developing markets, initially in Latin America. It now has offices in India, South Africa, and Turkey, with plans to set up shop in more countries... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
No Place Like Home
urban neighborhoods," says Poorvu. He also notes that it is very difficult to build sound but less costly housing because of constricting regulations, building codes, and bureaucracy. "When all the various levels of subsidiary costs are... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons