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- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
look no further than five factors historically associated with financial crises: inflated prices of real estate, institutions with high levels of leverage, new products falling into regulatory gaps, rapid growth in an asset class or... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Alumni Clubs Put Skills to Work
and fundraising for scholarships to attend social enterprise-focused Executive Education programs or fellowships for MBA students. While HBS alumni clubs worldwide have long been engaged in their local... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
VC Luminary John Doerr: Education Reform Critical to Success of New Economy
Last February, in his first speech at HBS in six years, L. John Doerr (MBA '76), a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and one of the world's foremost venture capitalists, confessed that he stumbled into his line of work with no... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Capturing Human Capital
simultaneously," commented HBS professor Christopher A. Bartlett in a recent interview with writer Peter K. Jacobs. Bartlett, faculty chair of the School's Executive Education Program for Global Leadership, identified the globalization of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Mr. Start-Up
getting customer feedback, and just being good at executing, then it could work in a variety of fields. But my hunch is our dramatic user growth and financial successes... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Alumni News | Book Briefs
To break through this glass ceiling, women must learn to take bold steps when opportunities arise. Blalock, who rose to become CIO in the traditionally male utility industry, offers her advice and that of 28 top female View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Next Level
In 2017, Sarah Bond’s boss, Phil Spencer, the head of Xbox Gaming, warned her that working in the industry would be very difficult. Not just for the usual reasons that corporate America can be tough, but also because, as a Black woman in gaming—an industry with a... View Details
- 12 Jul 2019
- News
The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster
problem here was the first a-ha, and then the next a-ha was that we came up with a really elegant solution to it. And then we were like, wow there’s a really interesting business model around this. We did a... View Details
- 13 Jun 2017
- News
Finding Common Ground
departments—with the goal of improving the health of honey bees in general and especially in production agriculture. Building trust is crucial to the relationships CollaborateUp fosters. Activists fear business View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Minding The Gap
PELP-developed cases. PELP in Action Less quantifiable, but arguably more important, is evidence that PELP is influencing practice. PELP faculty often point to the practical applications of the "Coherence Framework," a conceptual tool that helps district leaders... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Blagg, Deborah; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
- 19 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
through the business world is a great advantage. The IPO went well? Yes, we raised nearly $190 million, which enabled us to retire debt and go in some new directions. My main challenge now is managing growth... View Details
- 20 Feb 2019
- News
Building an Ecosystem for African Entrepreneurs
Talk to Tony O. Elumelu (AMP 166, 2004) for more than a few minutes and you are sure to hear about “Africapitalism.” The Nigerian businessman and philanthropist coined the term in 2010 to describe the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
morning known as “Super Saturday,” 63 student teams present these and other ideas in the Aldrich classrooms where other people’s ventures are the usual topic of discussion. Judges — a mix of angel investors, VCs, serial entrepreneurs,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Commitment to Leadership
remains at the forefront of leadership research and development. We are committed to preparing future leaders for the new realities of leadership—leaders with the character and competence required to build... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Lisa Churchville (MBA 1979)
joined the Rhode Island Foundation to present Strategies for Not-for-Profits. The course was open to executive directors and the chair of their volunteer boards. I attended... View Details
- 18 Mar 2021
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Authentically Leading with Blind Ambition
sales/finance leader, and inspirational change agent who works at Red Hat/IBM. He was the first blind executive to graduate from Harvard Business School’s Program for Leadership Development View Details
- 03 Feb 2021
- News
Power Play
contributed complementary skills from the energy sector—to establish the firm’s leadership team. Advani believes the company’s middle-market private equity investment strategy is better executed View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
her to-do list. After an extensive RFP process, she is leading the organization through a full strategy review with McKinsey. It’s a first for the NGO and a major investment. But it’s time to start shifting... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Lego Stays on Script
of approximately $4.52 billion (five times greater than that of its nearest competitor, Fisher Price), and the company has been hailed as a growth champion. Hear more from company cochairman Jørgen Vig... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 22 Nov 2017
- News
How to Build a Winning Culture on a Losing Team
games. It was all part of a long term strategy to improve the franchise by getting better draft picks. And it necessitated a short term strategy of losing. Throughout, though,... View Details