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- 15 Jan 2020
- News
The Business of Access
bottom-line motivators of any person in trauma.” Nonprofit organizations help people regain their self-confidence and return to the community. Lisle immediately identified technology as an area for growth.... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 20 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
incentive award was announced for the best new application of technology, he set his sights on winning it—and did. "AutoCAD had been around, but it wasn't being used at Bath Iron Works," he recalls. "I ran the numbers on the cost savings... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
Photos by Webb Chappell At first glance, the MBA Class of 2006 is an interesting collection of data points: 897 students from 67 countries, 34 percent women, 32 percent international, and 21 percent minorities. But look again, deeper this... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
INK: Maker’s Manual
leaders to support social causes and institutions, using traditional and new approaches for effecting positive change. ... “What motivates today’s alumni to take action on a... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Creating Miracles — Charles A. Coverdale (MBA 1971)
It's June 1996. Black churches are burning in the South, and up North, in Long Island, New York, a young African-American man named Shane Daniels has lain for several weeks in the hospital teetering between life View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Karen Gordon Mills
years in business. “I've learned how to see the path ahead and motivate people to move forward productively,” she says. “I can't see the future, but I can see what makes sense View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Merrill Lynch's Stan O'Neal
that. They were an extremely sophisticated group who knew about the world, and they really motivated me.” One of only a few African Americans in his class, O’Neal says simply: “Not a lot of people looked... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; Merrill Lynch; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations
- 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... View Details
- 13 Sep 2019
- News
Hollywood Ending
least for very long. For the last 14 months she has been running circles around Hollywood, since signing on as employee number one of a startup called Quibi. After devoting the previous two decades to Silicon Valley’s Fortune 500 scene—first growing eBay from a staff... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Launch Codes
us for years—even before we raised any money—in part because Jana Care is a very mission-driven company. That was an important lesson for us: Money is not the only motivating factor in a small company. If you can build the right dynamics... View Details
- 11 May 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
the behavior and economics in agriculture, and, secondly, in industry. Misuse with no consequences and the lack of incentives for proper use are extremely problematic. At... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 08 Aug 2018
- News
Getting Life Back in Balance
focus is, and will always be, on people: motivating them, empowering them, and encouraging them to experiment and take calculated risks,” Gower... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
The Accidental Innovator
Khan Academy? I know this sounds dorky, but anyone who wants to better understand my long-term thinking and motivation for Khan Academy should read a couple of my favorite books: Foundation, by Isaac Asimov;... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Short Takes
other organization." Austin's hope for these new alliances is that "greater interaction will result in productive two-way learning: corporations can be enriched by finding out how nonprofits mobilize and View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Clay Christensen on Competing Against Luck
do not waste. I hope it truly brings predictability to innovation that historically we just have not had before. Why do managers ignore the motivations of their customers? Is part of it because they are now awash with data View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
An Eye to the East
Information and the Arts George Yeo (MBA '85). "We are absolutely delighted and honored that HBS has chosen Hong Kong," said Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong's chief executive, at the inaugural dinner. Fung added,... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 18 Apr 2022
- News
Home Grown
actually think about years and half a decade or more. What excites me is the fact that we are building an institution and a culture of innovation in an environment of a technology company View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Open Market
we’ve seen in the percentage of women investors and underrepresented groups, including Hispanic and Black investors. It is incredibly motivating for me, View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Delivering the Goods
profit motive is needed. One argument for ending monopolies and opening the market for private services is that this might lead to more rapid technology introduction and... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
What’s Behind the Explosive Growth of Sustainable Investing?
It made a difference in the world in such a short time frame, which speaks to how dynamic this space is and how motivated the students are to bring about change. What will the picture look like in another... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint