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- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
less like a game of Russian roulette; high prices and grumpy drivers were all too common. “People didn’t trust the Malaysian taxi system,” says Anthony Tan, echoing criticisms of Jakartan taxis and ojek. Tan recalls the early days of the... View Details
- 16 Jul 2020
- News
Accounting for Real Change
of this moment echoes back to the Wall Street crash of 1929, he writes, when investors realized that they didn’t comprehend the nature of a company’s true profits. By 1933, the US government started mandating that companies adhere to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
The Race Against Resistance
resistance, we will fall back to a time when simple infections killed people.” “We are approaching a cliff. If we don’t take steps to slow down or stop drug resistance, we will fall back to a time when simple infections killed people.” The World Health Organization... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 22 Mar 2011
- News
Maximum Cities
discussion that brought together leading thinkers from industry, government, and academia by noting that those cities have all essentially tripled in population during his lifetime. That phenomenon echoes a global trend: The Earth's... View Details
- 25 Sep 2008
- News
Been There, Seen That
possible threats to market capitalism. He will also lead sessions on the topic at the upcoming Business Summit at HBS in October, when no doubt new and pressing dangers will be the subject of passionate discussion. But sadly, at the end of the day, much of it may sound... View Details
- 07 Aug 2012
- News
A Novel Approach
to know the answer!' And you could tell that his wheels were turning. He's always looking for new kernels of ideas, and he gets them from everywhere, which is cool," recalls Lyle, who rejoined BCG after graduation. Emmanuel Coque (MBA 2012), Lyle's Section J Class Gift... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Extending Opportunity: Brock Family Fellowship
echoes that sentiment. "Jane is a role model for all women at HBS-she's demonstrated that women can break into new fields and be enormously successful," says Leahey. View Details
- 19 May 2021
- News
Alumni Convene to Support Nonprofit Boards; Seven Clubs Mix It Up Online
was another way to see some of that. Full marks to the Chicago team. They had a great concept, moderated it well, and handled all the details perfectly. I give it a 10 out of 10.” Sandy Damm (GMP 29), from the HBS Club of London, echoes... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Globalization Revisited
“The world’s needs and desires have been irrevocably homogenized. This makes the multinational corporation obsolete and the global corporation absolute.” —Theodore Levitt (1983) They were bold, even breathtaking words at the time. Two decades later, their View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Navigating Uncertainty: Dean Datar on HBS’s Path Forward
With Harvard navigating an array of pressures, Jana Kierstead, Executive Director of the MBA and Doctoral Programs and External Relations, spoke with Dean Srikant Datar about how HBS is responding to new challenges while maintaining its focus on strategic priorities.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Crisis and Creativity
"I'll be happy to give you innovative thinking. What are the guidelines?" © The New Yorker Collection 2005 Leo Cullum from cartoonbank.com. All Rights Reserved. Rahm Emanuel, President Obama’s chief of staff, recently echoed Machiavelli... View Details
Keywords: Bhaskar Chakravorti
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Student Conferences Tackle Business Issues
Traveled,” moderated by HBS Initiative on Social Enterprise associate director Margot Dushin, and a panel on manufacturing, moderated by HBS professor Janice H. Hammond. At the end of the day, the enthusiasm of conference attendees seemed to View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Groundwork
a future that complements the past: the new green formed between Aldrich and Spangler echoes Baker Lawn as a focus of campus life. That green is a central feature of the future vision, along with a continued, southerly build-out along the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Patch Work
The week before the November 2024 US elections was like so many that came before at Winning Connections, with John Jameson (MBA 1991) padding around his firm’s Capitol Hill town house in athletic shorts, trying to demonstrate that the telephone still has a role to play... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
An Eye to the East
limitations and failings of his country's other companies. "It's not enough to do research on the 'can' aspect of Japanese management. There must also be work on the 'cannot' aspect," he said. "We have difficult problems, so this is a good time to do research."... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Fellowship Campaign Approaching Goal
encouraging others to “never regret your own personal journey.” Echoing Parry’s message, Dean Kim B. Clark noted that the strength of the HBS community is made most evident “in times of challenge.” Clark, a grandfather of seven, then drew... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Producers
so long.” * * * * * As president of Echo Lake Productions, Douglas Mankoff (MBA 1995) is doing his bit to foster movies that might fall through the cracks at a big-budget studio. In 1997, Mankoff raised a private equity fund to finance... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town
Leeuwenhof, the majestic estate of Western Cape Premier Gerald Morkel. With the splendor of Table Mountain above and the beauty of Table Bay below, Morkel welcomed his guests to Cape Town, which he described as "a region of great economic hope." Sounding one of the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
we’ll be reading about the startups by some of these young people who are lying flat,” he notes. Even so, tang ping continues to echo in the online forums where China’s youth congregate. The concept has parallels in other countries,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Latin America's Decade
properties in Brazil are run mostly by Brazilians. They know our culture, but they also know how to get around Brazil much better than anyone in Mexico City." DeRemate's Guillermo Cepeda echoes that sentiment, noting that for his company,... View Details