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- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Looking to the East
policies of Western entities such as the IMF and the World Bank are often contrary to India's best interests, he told the newspaper that a strategic agreement between India and Japan would greatly benefit both countries over time.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Decision Points
Bush: For future observers, a context for his administration. On the occasion of the publication of his memoir, Decision Points, and in his first newspaper interview since leaving the White House, a relaxed, introspective former President... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Women and VC
years.” The WVCF, launched with help from Dodi’s female HBS classmates, according to Toronto’s Globe and Mail (March 30, 2012), seeks to begin to redress a pronounced shortfall: less than 5 percent of US venture capital goes to start-ups run by women, the View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sands of Time
but as de Carvalho commented to the Irish Daily Mail (November 12, 2012), "We couldn't possibly discuss the fun in an elegant family newspaper they were the superstars and I was the bag carrier. But even superstars can only handle so... View Details
- 08 Aug 2019
- News
Cloudflare Pulls the Plug on Hate Site
wrote Prince. “Even if 8chan may not have violated the letter of the law in refusing to moderate their hate-filled community, they have created an environment that revels in violating its spirit." In an interview in the New York Times, Prince told the View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Reality to News Biz: Drop Dead
of newspapers and magazines. And yet, as print ads flee online for pennies on the dollar — and newsprint prices jump while circulation and newsstand sales slump — these enterprises have never seen their financial prospects dim so rapidly.... View Details
- 03 Aug 2021
- News
Leading Maryland’s Only Black-Owned and -Managed Commercial Bank to Be a Pandemic Resource
The Baltimore Sun recently highlighted the work of John Lewis (MBA 2004), President and Chief Operating Officer of Harbor Bank of Maryland, which the newspaper notes became a vital pandemic-era resource for businesses looking to obtain... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Alumni Bookshelf
Press) Drawing from residents’ reminiscences, newspaper accounts, company newsletters and histories, and local records, Carlson looks at towns in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho and the impact that companies have had on them. Restructuring... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Stocking Up Can Build Customer Value
A classic business problem from the 1950s illustrates the tension between inventory costs and missed sales. A newspaper vendor must decide how many papers to buy each day based on typical demand. His profit is optimized, the solution... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Ideas: Books
research team) examine 24 cases of collaboration between businesses and nonprofit organizations in Mexico (a food bank and an American supermarket), Colombia, Chile (a pharmacy chain and an elder-care home), Argentina (a newspaper and a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Leading the Charge
was David (“Bull”) Gurfein (MBA 2000), whose picture appeared on television sets and in newspapers around the world. According to the New York Daily News (March 22, 2003), Gurfein wanted the gesture to reassure apprehensive Iraqis that... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Karen Tumulty Reports on America
named business editor. "I could see even then that newspapers were expanding their business coverage," Tumulty says, "and that got me thinking about going to business school, but always with the intent of staying in journalism." Covering... View Details
- 08 May 2019
- News
Lessons from the Ashes
you arrive at HBS in 1985. Where did the company stand? And what challenges was it facing? Warwick: Back in the '80s, newspaper companies were still doing pretty well. It was before the internet, so the bulk of View Details
- 21 Oct 2021
- News
DraftKings Backs New VC Firm
Photo courtesy Drive By DraftKings A recent article in the Boston Globe reported that the venture capital firm Drive by DraftKings, led by Meredith McPherron (MBA 1993), had raised its first venture fund. Called Drive by DraftKings, McPherron tells the View Details
- 18 Sep 2019
- News
Buffett Protégé Britt Cool to Start Own Firm
Heinz Co., and will leave those posts early next year, the newspaper notes. Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett noted that Britt Cool spent much of her time at Berkshire aiding struggling companies, including Benjamin Moore & Co. and... View Details
- 04 Nov 2016
- News
A Solo Sail Around the World
event in France, with daily radio, TV, and newspaper coverage. Some 300,000 spectators attended the start of the race; months after it was over, 120,000 people showed up for the awards ceremony, which featured fireworks, lasers, and... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Emerging Information
offices in 18 countries. The firm's main product, ISI Emerging Markets, is a continually evolving resource of information covering emerging markets in Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Contracting with local information providers - from View Details
Keywords: Paul Michelman
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Media, VC Discussed at WSA Conference
opportunities. At the Washington Post, Margaret M. Cromelin, vice president of marketing, said that 20 percent of its readers are spending less time with the newspaper because of alternative news sources on the Internet. However, 11... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
No Bull — Nancy E. Havens-Hasty (MBA 1971)
quietly) and not to take things personally. Havens-Hasty married newspaper publisher Dozier Hasty in 1984. The couple has two sons, aged six and ten, who enjoy playing golf and chess with their parents. "We have a lot of help on the home... View Details
Keywords: Linda Goodspeed
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Katharine Graham Offers Advice on Leadership
Eugene Meyer, who acquired the newspaper in 1933, Graham graduated from Vassar and the University of Chicago and cut her teeth as a journalist in San Francisco before accepting a position as a reporter at the Post in 1938. In 1940, she... View Details