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- 01 Dec 2006
- News
The Hard Way
Under Sicilian tradition enforced by her iron-willed father, she was expected to live at home until the right young man came along and proposed marriage. Desperate for independence, at age 26 she broke free of her parents and moved into a... View Details
- 26 Oct 2017
- News
Can Farming Save the Planet?
relying on] traditional sources of capital. It’s family offices and it’s funding partners that are looking for a stable yield.” Greener pastures, in every sense of the word. View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
The Exchange: Venture Forth
entrepreneurs to think about those dynamics as they build their board. Sequoia and Andreessen Horowitz, for instance, have a very different incentive for exit than some of the more traditional VC firms. They would be much more willing to... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Vivek Ranadivé
emotional difficulty of attending the faraway university, Ranadivé persevered, and in 1975 he arrived in Cambridge with fifty dollars in his pocket. He credits his parents for their support of his plans. "My family comes from a tradition... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014
highlight how large companies in traditional industries—from finance to manufacturing to pharmaceuticals—are using digital to gain strategic advantage. They illuminate the principles and practices that lead to successful digital... View Details
- 05 Aug 2014
- News
A Diversified Portfolio
real business opportunity to invest in companies with high-growth potential and at least one woman in a leadership role that were being overlooked by the traditional VC community. Sometimes, in order to see an opportunity, you have to be... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
David “Bull” Gurfein: Bronze Star citation
critical to the successful attack of I MEF into Iraq and the seizure of the key South Rumaliyah oil fields. His actions reflected great credit upon himself and were keeping with the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Road Work
That leap was necessary because Camino’s members—whose businesses include restaurants, construction companies, beauty salons, and small manufacturers, among many others—don’t fit the traditional categories for risk assessment. Twenty-five... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Capitalizing the Corner Shop
simplified the application process, asking business owners for only a bank statement as part of their mobile-based loan application, and delivering funds to successful applicants within 48 hours. “The joke we crack is that with most View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Blue-Green Revolution
production goals while sucking CO2 from a heavy polluter. He readily admits that challenges remain—like figuring out how best to extract the algae from their ponds and expel their oil—but the goal of producing algae biofuel that can compete with View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Case Study: Tip the Scale
we didn’t have that traditional care model [amount to] more than a third of our business,” says Kimmel. “Now it’s just 10 percent of our business. That tells me there’s demand for what we are doing.” View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Charting the Luminary Leadership in Professional Service Firms
priorities of the business.” Because this alignment is difficult to accomplish, they argue, “it creates a powerful competitive advantage.” How does a professional service firm differ from a traditional corporation? Lorsch: Professional... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
inherent in online trading. "The online consumer can execute a trade for up to 90 percent less than a traditional broker's fee," Light points out. "Consequently, the intermediaries in the financial services industry-the brokers-are really... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
in Massachusetts that manufactures high-quality folding bicycles. The case illustrates the difficulties faced by a new company introducing innovation within an established industry. “Montague’s creative insight was to develop a folding bicycle with the look and feel of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
take a company rooted in its history, in one kind of business, and develop a strategy and execution around migrating that experience from the traditional venue of our retail stores into new business areas and channels of distribution,"... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Q&A: William Kerr and Joseph Fuller
that the rate of change in terms of content of work has been accelerating, and the capacity of the traditional skill system—K–12, college, and other degree-granting institutions—hasn’t moved at the pace of technology or business... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Case Study: Building the Base
traditional political reporting, analysis, and video? If News Bling could establish itself as the major news outlet for the digital generation, the product and market would dwarf its current vision. But investing in video would also... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards
Whether you are developing products, managing money, or facing clients, you need to understand a broader population than was required in the past. It is really important to figure out what traditions and what aspects of your company... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Consumer Finance Makes HBS Debut
in other areas. But we didn’t have a course that would help students understand consumers and the financial service firms that serve them, including traditional banks, insurance companies, credit card issuers, and brokers, as well as a... View Details
- 17 Dec 2017
- News
How Music Forged a Fighter for Free Expression
but it was in that traditional model of Western aid work. And I certainly had the realization that—and have learned much more about this sense that it is not just about delivering aid. If you start to go down that path, what you start to... View Details