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- 06 Oct 2022
- News
On the Road to Recovery
learning curve. When Nightingale Nurses got its start, Moreno’s partners had staffing experience only in areas like IT and office personnel, and Moreno had led companies in sectors such as engineering and environmental testing. But none... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
HBSAA of Israel Sponsors Middle East Outreach
The HBS Alumni Association of Israel (HBSAAI) is involved in several efforts to help HBS graduates learn more about visiting and doing business in Israel and the Middle East. "The technology sector in Israel is really booming," notes... View Details
- 24 Aug 2017
- News
Unlocking Potential
urban business sectors and communities. It was also in 2011 that Anderson met Jane Mitchell, an educator who worked in correctional institutions, while visiting a mutual friend in New York City. Like Anderson, Mitchell was convinced that... View Details
- 09 Nov 2022
- News
Public Good
“I’ve got to listen and learn before I make major changes.” Hudson’s background includes 25 years of experience in the corporate world, most recently in the field of medical technology. After a year-long break following a successful IPO, she made the switch to the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Jackie Adams
news. Now interested in “moving from success to significance,” Adams says, “I’m working in the nonprofit sector as a consultant to create wealth for minority communities as well as bring together companies and individuals to turn the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: Human Intelligence
(AI) technology but a recent McKinsey survey of senior executives shows that financial services, utilities and media firms are now testing the AI waters. On the R&D side, CB Insights research shows that there have been over 3000 VC deals within the AI View Details
Keywords: April White
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
wasn't that they were wrong and I was right," Enan says. "I just wanted to do something different." She had also been told she was too confident, too ambitious. Why was this a problem? "Women are well represented in the banking and government View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 12 Jan 2021
- News
Keeping the Coast Clear
life experience prior to landing at Save the Bay has been informed by interacting with lots of different people in different disciplines and different sectors and figuring out how to connect with them on a level where we can find common... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Preparing Global Leaders
and long-term value creation. In addition to this, he is cofounder and chairman of Voxtra, a social impact investment firm that focuses on improving the livelihoods of those in the agriculture sector in East Africa. He and his wife,... View Details
- 21 Sep 2016
- News
Ideas with Economic and Social Impact
While many countries are facing mounting economic, social, and political challenges, Karen Wilson (MBA 1991) says that “there’s a lot of potential in leveraging private sector approaches to address these challenges in new ways. The... View Details
- 11 Jun 2015
- News
Making connections at Harvard and beyond
included a number of senior administrative roles at HBS, as well as 10 years in the private sector as president and COO of the First Marblehead Corporation. “The world’s critical problems are not one-dimensional,” he continues. “Improving... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Delivering the Goods
an exciting time for opportunity in the logistics industry. “It’s going to raise a lot of questions, none of which are without consequence for the Postal Service,” he says. Through his consulting practice and now as director and strategic advisor in PWC’s public View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
September 2021 Alumni Books
discussed. Food Entrepreneurs in Africa: Scaling Resilient Agriculture Businesses By Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli (MBA 1999) Routledge Entrepreneurs are the lifeblood of the agriculture and food sector in Africa, which is projected to exceed $1... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
that the pursuit of energy independence was the “moon shot” of the next decade, with government and the private sector acting as partners. The American people, she added, are “dying to be asked to help solve this problem.” “Forty or fifty... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
in a post-apartheid era. “It was a phenomenal introduction to business,” Naidoo says. “The experience made me appreciate that the private sector has extraordinary potential to create positive benefits for society.” It was back to Harvard,... View Details
- 06 Oct 2022
- News
Untapped Potential
water entrepreneurship ecosystem is lagging behind other sectors that are on focused climate and sustainability—led Ferguson to found Burnt Island Ventures in 2020. The company invests exclusively in entrepreneurs building technologies... View Details
- 19 Oct 2021
- News
In the Contest for Content
through content, because it travels to places you and I can’t go with our hands and our feet,” she said. She also suggested that she may be looking at sectors that have traditionally been undervalued. While there has been a wave of deals... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Emerging Research on Emerging Markets
income norms as predicted by economic theory," noted HBS professor Bruce Scott in his talk on "Creating Capitalism." Other speakers and their topics were Erik Bergloumlf of the Stockholm School of Economics on financial architecture in transition; Bernard Yeung of NYU... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Competitiveness at Risk
failing to deliver on some of its critical roles. Unfortunately, the federal government today is in a state of gridlock and is not addressing some important areas of national concern. But government is not the whole story. We believe strongly that the private View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Do You Speak Business?
average companies in France, Germany, and Japan may all look quite different from each other, those countries’ best-performing multinationals look quite similar. “When you consider the top-quartile companies across multiple sectors — such... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons