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- 19 Nov 2015
- Blog Post
What to Expect During Your Second Year at HBS
graduation. The choices, the opportunities, the privileges of being an EC at Harvard Business School could overwhelm anyone. I now more fully understood that I was in a special place and that the countdown on my time here had begun.... View Details
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Exploring Trade Links in the Interior - A Chronicle of the China Trade
earned, the firm improved its operations and branched out into ancillary services such as insurance and banking and even an ice company and rice-cleaning mill. In 1857 Augustine II returned home, leaving John and Albert Heard in China. The youngest and View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Jeremiah P. Murphy, Jr.
the Coop, the focus on books is true to the store's original charter. Founded by a group of thrifty Harvard undergrads who felt Cambridge merchants were charging too much for books and firewood, the Coop has over the years provided the Harvard and MIT communities with... View Details
- 23 Feb 2011
- News
A Capitalist in China
last century: energy and infrastructure; agricultural commodities and food products; and natural resources, to name a few.” Kuhns is particularly bullish on China’s hydroelectric power potential. It’s a business he knows well. In 1984, as... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Health IT at the Bedside
implementation. Systems need to be selected, workflows altered, and the inevitable kinks ironed out. Change is hard. Yet, in my experience, after an individual or organization undergoes the transition from paper to digital, few would ever pull the plug and say, “Paper... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Shape of Things to Come
increasingly important. NN: This is one of the big opportunities for us. It’s almost as if in the last 20 years we were so caught up in globalization that embracing it fully felt like the first-order issue. I think the world now reminds... View Details
- 09 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
The UK Needs a Bold Strategy Around Competition to Survive Brexit
put in place strategies to drive prosperity in the regions. In addition, its policy has also focused on a few strong industries, such as pharmaceuticals, aerospace, and car manufacturing, while ignoring that the broader economy that has... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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IFC: Ghana; Africa Rising - Course Catalog
in 1980 and have worked on the continent for the last 42 years in both business and government. I hope to share with students the perspectives, network and experiences that I have gained over the decades. And with the network I have... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Around the World
People like me who were born in places like India and came here to study didn’t plan to go home.” What a difference a few decades have made. Tectonic shifts in geopolitics and business have profoundly reshaped thinking about management... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
"Rising to the Challenge" Program Addresses Post-9/11 Issues
Program in response to last fall's terrorist attacks, was cosponsored by the HBS Social Enterprise and International Business and Development Clubs. In his dramatic introductory remarks, moderator Reynold Levy, president and CEO of the... View Details
- 13 Jun 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
That's Classic: Modern-Day Business Lessons from Ancient Rome
leaders such as Julius Caesar. Source: Julie Berlin If you know something is not forever, what would you do differently? A lot of things, it turns out, and not all of the analogies are as poignant as the death of a loved one. Our customers love us. That’s not going to... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 30 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Family Business: Preparing to Sell
year or two, to develop. 2. Redeployment. Consistent with the family's strategic plan, they redeploy the proceeds of a business sale in assets (usually more diversified assets) that match the family's talents, aspirations, and needs. Short term, families usually View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Plunging Into the Net
almost four decades ago, this change is clearly more evolutionary than revolutionary. During the last five years, the Internet - and more specifically, its most user-friendly thoroughfare, the World Wide Web - has emerged as a preferred... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
A Message from Dean Clark
innovative endeavors place a high priority on the recruitment and support of a dedicated, world-class faculty. We are competing for talent in a crowded job market, and we must continue to make a significant investment to cultivate an... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Batten Gift to Support Residential Campus
has made extraordinary contributions to education,” said HBS professor Howard H. Stevenson, senior associate dean for External Relations. “He will have a lasting impact on the future of learning.” Batten’s gift to HBS continues a... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
A. G. Lafley, MBA 1977
fundamentals—treating the consumer as boss and focusing on P&G's big brands, top markets, and key customers—are being hailed for their "revolutionary" impact. As one analyst told Fortune magazine last spring: "In the eighteen years that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
In Review
places like HBS that can create a unique sense of social intimacy even more in an increasingly digital world. How did you approach the evolving challenges last spring, when the School suddenly shifted to... View Details
- 15 Feb 2023
- News
Grand Ambitions in the Great Plains
windmills and if Project Bison will capture carbon dioxide produced in Wyoming, or emissions from everywhere. The answer to that last one: carbon dioxide disperses quickly through the atmosphere, so a reduction in one View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Turning Point: One Step at a Time
work just as well. Luckily this meant I had plenty of places to hide. I found a tree a few hundred feet beyond the starting line and ducked for cover. Then I spritzed myself with water to ensure that I was appropriately sweaty and jogged... View Details
Keywords: Christina Wallace (MBA 2010)
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Innovation: Frozen Assets
diet and raised without antibiotics or hormones. There are no artificial colors and flavors. Almond or cashew milk is used in place of cream or butter. And instead of a tray, each dish is served in a paper pouch that emulates the French... View Details
Keywords: Janelle Nanos