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- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity
to help finance his education. “My original goal coming to HBS was to eventually work for a big technology company. The fellowships have enabled me to stretch and pursue my entrepreneurial passions more,”... View Details
- 25 Jun 2018
- Blog Post
The Internship Search: “Is this just a personal interest, or is there a real professional opportunity here?”
summer, however, “I wanted to gain a different experience outside the finance bubble.” Aaron drew up a list of goals. “I wanted to try something different, get another perspective,” he says. The internship also had to be personally and... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
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Introduction - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections MORE EXHIBITS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS RESEARCH LINKS SITE CREDITS GEORGES F. DORIOT Introduction EDUCATION Early Years at HBS Educating Leaders INNOVATION & VC Wartime Innovation ARD DEC View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Fast Forward
productivity, Professor Mihir Desai addressed a Senate finance committee in July 2014 and again in March 2015, offering lawmakers an action plan. “This combination of reforms has the potential of addressing significant changes in the... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
An Rx for Small Business Recovery
disruptions and revenue losses will require even more transformational thinking.” Mills believes three important lessons from the pandemic can help point the way. FINANCE AND THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY READ MORE STORIES View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Strange Bedfellows
Publicly reporting taxes paid is a sensible first step in restoring some sanity to these parallel universes. With luck, these strange bedfellows will be productive ones as well. — Mihir A. Desai is the Rock Center Associate Professor in View Details
- 24 Oct 2013
- News
Searching for a Better Society
corporate finance at Ernst and Young, as especially inspirational. "What was special," Dumon recalls, "was his energy. He made it fun." After graduating from HBS, Dumon returned to Europe and began working for McKinsey as a technology... View Details
- 21 Nov 2017
- News
Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy
I went to business school without having taken any business courses previously. So, for me, the two courses that had the most impact were Large-Scale Investment with Ben Esty, and Entrepreneurial Finance... View Details
- 22 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 22
on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, edited by David Audretsch, Oliver Falck, and Stephan Heblich. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., forthcoming Abstract Financing constraints are one of the biggest concerns impacting... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
2022 Climate Symposium: Tackling Climate Together
discussions featuring industry experts in the following areas: Energy Transition; Ag-Tech Innovations; Consumer Driven Sustainability; Living with Climate Change; Early Stage Climate Investing; Scaling Carbon Markets; Climate Mitigation & Adaptation in the Built... View Details
- 02 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Networked Incubators: Hothouses of the New Economy
mechanisms of a properly designed incubator transcend any individual's capacity to network. To summarize, networked incubators provide value through preferential network access while fostering entrepreneurial drive and offering economies... View Details
- 25 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Adjusting the Fit for Government
The role of government in Africa must be to establish an "investor friendly" environment, according to Obiageli Ezekwesili, a panelist at the Africa Business Conference's debate on "Government and the Enabling Environment." As View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Profile
Ben Steiner
consultants involved in business-process outsourcing to India. Ben gained experience in health care and investment banking at Goldman Sachs. “My interests became focused on affecting change through for-profit ventures,” says Ben. Empowered by View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
India's Chidambaram Says Nation Is "Poor Rich"
poverty by the country’s growing economy, Palaniappan Chidambaram (MBA ’68), India’s finance minister, predicted in a speech at HBS in October. However, India remains a land of vexing contrasts and contradictions, with enormous inequities... View Details
- 20 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
Lessons of Successful Entrepreneurs
his current stint at General Catalyst, a private equity fund. Filipowski, who founded software maker PLATINUM Technology and sold it to Computer Associates International in 1999 for approximately $4 billion, said one ingredient for his View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2018
- Blog Post
Recap of the 4th Annual Women in Investing Summit
Caitlin Riederer (MBA ’20) co-chaired the 2018 Women in Investing Summit. Prior to attending HBS, she worked in private equity at Charlesbank Capital Partners and strategy consulting at The Boston Consulting Group. Caitlin received undergraduate degrees with highest... View Details
- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship in Asia and Foreign Direct Investment
industries, and foreign firms will think twice before entering into such a market." "My question is why FDI finances 40 percent of investment in Malaysia vis-à-vis Hong Kong where FDI finances... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn
he was, and wondered why I had asked. Well, I told him of some rules of thumb I have been working on to isolate entrepreneurial opportunities in a recession, and this question was meant as a test for one of the rules. I knew of several... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
reflection, he adds genetic engineering, specialty retail outlets, catalogue companies, restaurants, and superstores. But when Sahlman's attention turns to the present day, his answer is immediate and unqualified: the Internet. "In many ways, everything that has gone... View Details
- 17 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
The International Experience at HBS: Zoe Sun (MBA 2024)
professionally? How has it empowered you to embark on an international entrepreneurial journey? My classroom experiences deeply influenced my career aspirations. Courses like Global Climate Change, Cities Structures & Climates, Africa... View Details