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- 25 Feb 2020
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Q&A: William Kerr and Joseph Fuller
distinction is that the project is about managing the future of work. We’re not saying we know exactly where artificial intelligence is going to go, but instead we’re commenting on how leading companies can manage issues such as AI and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
14 for '14
experiences and services at scale, from the smartphone to the desktop to interactive TV." —Bob Lord (MBA 1990), CEO, AOL Networks "Cloud storage will become more specialized (versus generic services like Dropbox). I think we'll begin to see more cloud storage offerings... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
“Pretty straightforward. Pretty frightening.” That’s how Jim Sharpe (MBA 1976), chairman and CEO of Extrusion Technology, Inc. (ET), describes an out-of-the-blue situation his company faced two years ago, when its largest customer... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
that prevented small units from sharing their resources and competencies with one another." Information and other kinds of technology have enabled people to communicate laterally within their organizations — to move information from the... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
James McNerney Jr.
Australia, and Wichita, Kansas. "Boeing Company: Moonshine Shop" - A case by HBS professors Robert Austin and Richard Nolan details front-line innovations implemented at Boeing by a small group of creative generalists. Sailing instructor,... View Details
- 19 Apr 2017
- News
Chicago Becomes a Hub of Startup Action
Ecosystem” details the city’s evolution as a growing hub for startup activity. “Chicago has been called the most American of American cities,” Emanuel commented. “It’s a very big city but a small town.” He cited its diverse economy (no... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Arunma Oteh (MBA 1990)
communities: “In one instance, I met a couple who, for the first time, owned the title to their newly rebuilt home. As a result, they had enough collateral to start a small business. That is the real change that makes what I do so... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
"Foundations" Paves the Way for Entering MBAs
with a business simulation having practical application for HBS students. Working in twelve-member student groups, each team, or "company," inherited a bankrupt greeting card company - complete with all the rules, procedures, and work... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Savings and Loam
distributes grass-fed beef and other sustainably produced meats to customers across New York and New England. “And by that, I mean companies that have anything interesting to say about social and environmental impacts.” Cummings has a few... View Details
- 14 Oct 2020
- News
Sewn with Love
could one company or brand do?” she wondered. Photos courtesy VPL Photos courtesy VPL Hanazawa also understood the fashion-industry network is powerful and has the potential for wider impact. In 2011, she tapped fellow industry leaders... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
right to nominate directors into something that is real — and has a real chance of holding boards of directors accountable to company owners.” Major business groups lost no time denouncing the reform measures as vehicles for ceding... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 2
And number two is just the strength of focus, right? You know, when you're a big company, and particularly a conglomerate, you can get de-focused every now and then. But there's something really inspiring about a company that's trying to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
MBA vs. MBA
Exxon Mobil stock. After working for McKinsey & Company and Trammell Crow, he started a real estate investment firm and now runs Waco-based Vananne LLC, focused on commercial real estate turnarounds and reinvestments. Taylor moved from... View Details
- 16 Dec 2016
- News
An Environmental Epiphany
afterwards, you felt this pull to do more than build successful companies. How did that impact your career in the near-term and in the long-term? Kortenhorst: In the near-term, after my stint in Bulgaria, I spent a number of years helping run a private equity-backed... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Venture Capital’s Comeback
WILCOX: “At the height of the boom, all venture-capital funds had LPs begging to get in. Today, the really good funds are back competing for the very best deals.” With roughly half of the nation’s venture-capital firms and scores of venture-backed View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
attempt at starting his own company. Because venture capitalists were unwilling to fund travel businesses in the wake of the 1973 fuel crisis, Belkin financed his startup with an American Express card and small investments from twelve... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 15 Jun 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020
company of his fellow climbers, including Mark Seaton, Andy Kirkpatrick, and Stephen Venables, and to appreciate the splendor of his surroundings. On classic routes like the North Face of the Eiger and the Nose on El Capitan, it is hard... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
think all New Yorkers felt personal outrage that this had happened and a commitment to seeing the city rebuild." "To see that kind of trauma inflicted on my city made me angry," declares Paige Sutherland (MBA '85), a former investment banker who has volunteered her... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
making. In 1979, he was part of the first, small HBS delegation to visit a newly opened China. “It was the single most important trip of our lives,” he recalled. He glimpsed the future, and it now has come to pass: China has emerged as an... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
and raising cattle on it is a challenge fit for an MBA—one that Whiteside decided to pursue full-time after finding a new tract of land and selling his company just a few months before the 2008 economic crisis. "If you apply fertilizer,... View Details