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- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Underwater Options May Not Sink Incentives
when substantial stock price shifts had occurred, they found the effect on the delta, and thus the effect on incentive alignment, to be surprisingly low. For example, although Nasdaq stocks dropped an average of 19 percent in value over... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
A Case For Fellowships
the point. Members of the class come from 68 countries, 13 percent of the class are the first in their families to graduate from college, 34 percent come from STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) backgrounds, 20 percent have View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
There and Back Again: The Challenges and Rewards of Working Abroad
married and both with large families in the Northeast, had concerns about such a dramatic move. Together, they visited Taiwan and found their concerns transformed to excitement. Keohane spent about three years there, returned to the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Serving through TechnoServe
encourages its clients to “look at production as a business and figure out what their competitive advantage is,” Tierney explains. He has led efforts to modernize the organization, which was founded in 1968 and is based in Connecticut.... View Details
- 05 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Should Not Do in the Next Banking Crisis
a Spanish foundation allowed Steinwender and Garicano a detailed look at exactly how companies changed their investments in the wake of the credit shock. As they began looking at the data, the researchers quickly found that not all... View Details
- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why dot.coms Will Rise Again
In separate sessions at the 2001 Global Alumni Conference, HBS professors McFarlan (HBS MBA '61 and DBA '65) and Dorothy A. Leonard dissected the dot.com disaster and found much worth salvaging. In fact, they insisted, the Internet... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Curse of Double-Digit Growth
problems. Werker's research adds to a body of work, largely in Africa, that examines fragile states, foreign aid and investment, and conflict and governance. Into Africa Werker found his way to Africa after taking a leave of absence from... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 13 Oct 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Building a Business in the Context of a Life
decades, including those who have found success professionally, when they lift their heads up in their 40s or 50s and question whether their lives are heading in the right direction. “We sit back, look ahead, and ask, 'What do I really... View Details
- Profile
Lara Hodgson
Lara O’Connor Hodgson thought she’d found the entrepreneurial dream while running Nourish, the successful startup she launched in 2009. But it was Nourish’s very success that triggered Hodgson’s next and even more successful venture,... View Details
- 06 May 2022
- Blog Post
Career Advice: Starting a Sustainable Startup
Career Advice: Starting a Sustainable Startup Tell us a little about what you were doing before HBS and what brought you to HBS. I’ve always found myself drawn to working on products and services that can have a positive impact on the... View Details
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
service (SNS) providers in China, was preparing to raise funds from venture capitalists. Since late 2003, Wang had established several Internet startups in China. Xiaonei.com, which he founded in December 2005, had been the most notable... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Profile
Andrew Boudreau
school was missing out on revenues, and the world was missing out on terrific new innovations.” The business, Hopkins Technology Commercialization Agency, started with five students and quickly found “a lot of demand inside the university... View Details
- 07 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
Attending Peek Weekend
Peek has changed a lot since its founding in 2015! Please visit the Peek website for the most up to date information on dates, registration, and program events. When I first learned about Peek Weekend it seemed like the perfect... View Details
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Business Track | New Venture Competition
teams require at least one Harvard Business School MBA student who plays a primary role in the business and is present at the Super Saturday judging. The HBS student should be a part of the founding team and a significant equity holder,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
LME Fund Makes HBS Dreams a Reality
’60), Charley Ellis (MBA ’63), and John McArthur (MBA ’59, DBA ’63). The three men’s LeBaron-McArthur-Ellis (LME) Fellowship Fund has supported more than 530 HBS students since its founding in 1983, when Ellis conceived of the idea and,... View Details
- 05 Oct 2021
- News
Launch Signals
but COVID-19 did not solve safety issues, and, in fact, we found that there was a higher need for our product both at home (domestic violence) and out of the home (as people adapted to a new normal),” Fitzgerald said. In its first year,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Expertise From The Front Lines Of The Eurozone
generous gifts from alumni and friends that enable the School’s efforts to bring faculty with unique perspectives and experiences to the classroom. “Professor Roscini excels as a practitioner — he has found a way to marry his dynamic... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Training Principals to Build Great Schools
frequently don’t have peers to bounce ideas off of.” Thompson adds, “Participants have found colleagues who intimately understand their work and whose opinions they value.” To date, over 2,100 people have completed the first course to... View Details
Keywords: University Collaborations
- 01 Oct 2018
- News
Advancing Opportunities for Others
senior Asians and Indians, that are in corporate America. Very proud of that conference. “The second thing is we started an in-house, multicultural innovation lab. It is truly an accelerator for entrepreneurial companies that are founded... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Research Brief: Profit with Purpose—and Middle Management
researchers found that companies with a strong purpose came in two main forms: those with high camaraderie among its employees, and those with high clarity from management about worker expectations and future plans. This latter group saw... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson