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- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Two Kinds of Green
factory floor workers, that cut energy per unit of lip balm produced by 40 percent); “Dumpster dives” that bring employees face-to-face with the trash they throw away; and reimbursement for employees who buy and ride their bike to work at... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
After the Fall
Ten years ago, the global financial system teetered dangerously on the edge of total collapse. What began as a subprime mortgage crisis in the United States developed into a full-blown meltdown, causing the collapse of major banks... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Devtosh Khare
The son of a well-traveled Indian ambassador, Devtosh Khare has spent most of his life away from his native land. Born in China, Khare was educated mostly in Belgium, Pakistan, Germany, and the United States. His peripatetic upbringing... View Details
Keywords: Orna Feldman photograph by Webb Chappell
- 01 Jan 2006
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Philip L. Yeo, MBA 1976
Chairman, Agency for Science, Technology & Research Former Chairman, Singapore Economic Development Board Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EUDUCATION University of Toronto, 1970 BASc., Industrial Engineering... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
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Sir Martin S. Sorrell, MBA 1968
Group Chief Executive, WPP Group PLC Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EUDUCATION Cambridge University, 1966 B.A., Economics Cambridge University, 1970 M.A. LIFELONG LESSON FROM HBS "The kind of intelligence that leads... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
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An Entrepreneurial Journey
Energy Services, while Peter R. Formanek (MBA '68) and his AutoZone cared for car owners in need of quality parts and friendly service. This kaleidoscope of achievement was being replicated by HBS alumni virtually everywhere across the American View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award
have been primary figures in Brazil’s economic development for more than thirty years. In 1971, Lemann founded Banco de Investimentos Garantia and soon recruited Sicupira and Telles to join what would become the most successful investment... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Private Equity under Investigation
underwriting public corporate offerings. Nor is this unique to the United States. Britain’s Financial Services Authority has an-nounced that it is increasing its scrutiny of private-equity firms. Among the problems or risks attributed to... View Details
- 30 Jun 2017
- News
Rebuilding the Girl Scouts Brand
spent more than a decade at PepsiCo, for the most part undertaking brand management for well-known products such as Aquafina and Starbucks Bottled Frappuccino. During her time at the company, she was also tapped to work on a PepsiCo initiative to support the View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
spent the better part of the last two years planning and preparing for the early April event. Held in the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center and the adjacent Grand Hyatt Hotel, the meeting included two days of intense discussion and debate on China, Hong Kong,... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables
by Susan Young For some people, the words "new economy" describe the advent of a revolutionary economic order based on technology-related innovation, entrepreneurial management, and information-driven enterprise. Others question the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
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Markets’ Moral Limits
Economics has lately “wandered” from its traditional study of phenomena such as business cycles and is now about commoditization, incentives, and “principles by which people make decisions,” declared Harvard government professor and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
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VC Luminary John Doerr: Education Reform Critical to Success of New Economy
with start-ups such as Amazon.com, drugstore.com, Netscape, Excite, and Sun Microsystems. Through the years, Doerr and his partners have invested more than $1.3 billion in 250 technology ventures in the United States, creating companies... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
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Student Conferences Inspire Campus Dialogue
panels on the affirmative action debate, the potential for technology to strengthen the African-American community, entrepreneurship and economic development, and careers in the venture-capital and private-equity arenas. Frank Savage,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
action,” she adds. Of course, many alums will continue to follow the more traditional path of doing well professionally before taking up social entrepreneurship in later life. A generation of economic prosperity has made it possible for... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
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Stormy Weather
the HBS experience. Attendees also sat in on a last-minute faculty panel, convened to address issues surrounding the current economic turmoil. Selected faculty presentations and a photo gallery of the weekend’s activities may be viewed... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia
one example of how Chinese companies are looking at their own environment and finding interesting opportunities that someone in the United States wouldn’t even consider.” Key Themes Since the opening of the HBS Asia-Pacific Research... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
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Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
After decades of decline, despair, and neglect, the last ten years have brought some preliminary signs of revitalization to a number of inner-city neighborhoods in the United States. Blighted areas such as Chicago's North Side, New York's... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
particularly business travelers, will appreciate the efficiency of this scenario. But can “air taxis” really take off in the current economic climate? Will companies economize by placing an even greater... View Details
- 23 Apr 2014
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Providing Advantage and Opportunities for Disadvantaged Youths
deficits or liabilities. They perceive the challenges they’d face as adversities that weaken them,” he says. “My perception, having now served over a decade and 5,000 young people, is: one, they are assets; two, they are critical components of our US View Details