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- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
made today will have implications for many years to come. Think broadly. We need to think across political and sector boundaries. The better we are able to bridge the private, public, and social sectors, the more successful we can be.... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Innovative Thinking Fuels Nascent Startup Scene
model that has found success elsewhere in the world to the MENA market. Circumventing obstacles presents opportunities for MENA entrepreneurs. Despite being one of the most connected regions in the world, with 88 percent of people online... View Details
- 05 Dec 2016
- News
The Dragon’s Tale
are still many bureaucratic and political constraints imposed on scholars by the government that seem to work against intellectual progress. What does a Chinese entrepreneur need to succeed today, and is it different from what someone... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Q&A: Andrew Kendall
as in Costa Rica, we were able to build a strong connection with the constituents who stood to benefit the most. When the people in Mattapan saw what we wanted to do and believed that we could do it, their support helped break View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: Less Risk, More Reward
Your research explores entrepreneurship and the social safety net. What is the connection between those two things? I look at whether stronger social safety net benefits make it more likely for people to start a business. For instance,... View Details
- 22 Jul 2019
- News
A Way Forward for Women
new connections they had just formed. “The camaraderie among participants was richer and more vibrant than other executive programs I’ve experienced,” says Cathy Benko (MBA 1989). “The curriculum and veracity of any executive education... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 20 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
Kennedy School knowledge," Keen says of the legislation he helped draft around raising the minimum wage and reforming the Cherokee Nation Supreme Court. But he also got a bruising lesson in politics when he spoke out against... View Details
- 28 Mar 2019
- News
California Alumni Explore Role of Capitalism in Addressing Climate Change
Webster, Alumni Engagement Manager at BEI, the major takeaways from the event emphasized both the opportunity and the urgency that the business community faces in confronting climate change. “There is an opportunity, if not a requirement, for the business community to... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
in the two banking systems can be traced to their distinct institutional and political histories. The authors argue that while Canada has preserved a Hamiltonian financial tradition, the United States has favored the populist Jacksonian... View Details
- 31 Jan 2019
- News
A Global Mission
emphasis on service and human rights,” says DeFehr of his focus on humanitarian aid. He grew up in the Mennonite faith, the son of Russian refugee parents, and feels a strong connection to other displaced communities. That’s how he ended... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Group Therapy: The Role of Business Groups in Emerging Economies
willing and able buyer, a valuable “exit” option when public capital markets are underdeveloped. On the other hand, some groups’ close connections to a nation’s power structure may serve as a barrier to entry, stifling entrepreneurship... View Details
- 21 Dec 2022
- News
HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion
25 When Guy Spier (MBA 1993), who lives in Switzerland, read that Ukrainian refugees were streaming into Poland, he and his wife, Lory, reached out to other members of the Jewish community in Zurich to see what relief efforts might be underway. He was View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Fred Lazarus: Art Work at the Office
Lazarus puts it, that have characterized his career. He enrolled at HBS directly out of Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California, with plans of going into retailing. "Business school convinced me that retailing was not what I wanted to do," Lazarus says.... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey Lazar
- 30 Apr 2025
- News
A Social Enterprise Talk in DC; Canadian Alumni Talk Trade; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Colorado
9th Congressional District, who serves on the Appropriations Committee which controls the federal budget. “Given the current market conditions and political dynamics, we wanted to understand the path forward for social enterprise... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2005
(and Class Notes) stand as an ongoing testament that the connections formed at Soldiers Field won’t be broken by time or distance. Les Williams Williams Les Williams readily admits he’s a bundle of contradictions. There’s Williams the... View Details
- 17 Nov 2016
- News
Wired for Innovation
long-distance oil and gas pipelines are guided by modern regulations and an infrastructure blueprint,” Skelly explains. “But existing US electric lines were erected by utility companies several decades ago, to connect local customers to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
An American Odyssey
radicalized. A postal worker, he was a union activist and organizer and an active supporter of the NAACP. So there were a lot of conversations about social problems and the politics of race.” Young Richard grew up and went to high school... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Yoga Inc.
Lululemon’s senior vice president of global community, Eric Petersen (AMP 175, 2008) spearheads efforts to connect with customers, promoters, and loyal fans—in Lululemon-speak, “guests, ambassadors, and influencers”—in Beijing, Montreal,... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Halber
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
A Roaring Success in the Windy City
In 1943 John H. Johnson sent a letter to Eleanor Roosevelt inviting her to write for Negro Digest, a fledgling magazine that he had recently founded with a $500 loan. The First Lady politely replied that she was too busy at the time.... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Meg Whitman, MBA 1979
connecting over a shared interest. The discussion boards were alive with people interested in teapots, Civil War memorabilia, and stamps.” Despite seeing the potential, even Whitman admits eBay grew beyond her wildest dreams. Today eBay,... View Details