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- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Research Brief: So Many Sites, So Little Time
and news to social media and video. That stability becomes easier to understand if you take into account that internet use inside most homes is an activity that takes place in little moments of free time that don’t change much. This... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
An Orchestral Startup
are also essential to nonprofit ventures. His consulting background has also provided him with the business savvy and expertise to which potential backers (including several HBS alumni) particularly respond. Elaborating on the business side of Metamorphosen, Lim... View Details
Keywords: Linda Goodspeed
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Kenneth A. Goldman
knowledge he acquired at Harvard. After gaining finance experience at Fairchild Semiconductor and Memorex, in 1981 Goldman left the stability of those established firms and joined a startup semiconductor venture, VLSI Technology, becoming... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Aug 2013
- News
A Cure for Cold Storage
easier," he says. Though the product is still four or five years of regulatory hurdles away from market by Schrader's estimate, Vaxess has started working with various global health organizations to figure out how to apply its silk View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Real Estate: A Local Business Goes Global
globalization of real estate is a positive change for this sector—and for other sectors as well. Real estate investment is about forming relationships, and from relationships come other business opportunities. Cross-border real estate investment is also View Details
Keywords: Real Estate
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Mexico on the Brink: A Conversation with Juan Enriquez-Cabot (MBA '86)
of the population is prospering, but we need a model that benefits Mexico's 95 million people. How does Mexico's stability affect emigration to the United States? Economic instability and unemployment drive Mexicans to the States - to... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
From venture capitalist to 'compassionate capitalist'
chairman of Apax Partners Worldwide, one of the world’s leading private equity investment groups. In 2007, he cofounded Social Finance, a London-based nonprofit that is advancing ways to apply market principles to solving social problems in the UK. He also serves as... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Kelp Is on the Way
Petrochemicals are all around us—from ubiquitous plastic packaging to the inconspicuous lining of your takeaway coffee cup, and in everyday products like soaps, deodorants, and toothpaste. But that will change, according to Matthew Perkins (MBA 2009). When industries... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
How to Take a Stand On UBS and Climate Change
case UBS discovers that its stance on global warming lags behind industry competitors. UBS considers four options in its approach to global warming. First, it could do nothing and stabilize its emissions at the company’s 2005 levels with... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Steady as She Goes
for the community was a profitable strategy: The company saw a 7.1 percent year-over-year increase in retail profits for the fiscal year that ended in June. Weckert isn’t going to predict that the coming year will bring the stability she... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Reinvigorating Democracy: A Vote for Change
warn that the government’s ability to pass legislation to stabilize the economy reflects a familiar pattern where an emergency forces a temporary “semblance of bipartisanship” only to return to “business-as-usual political brinksmanship... View Details
Keywords: Young, Susan
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
The Small Business Difference: How Smaller Companies Manage with Less
brochures, and Web sites. While making moves to cut costs and stabilize the company for the short term, Slayton sought new ideas from his team for future growth possibilities. “The company needed a high-growth idea that would work or else... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Trade Off
at how much of that has gone to the new middle class in Asia, India, and China, and not to the working middle class in the already developed world—that’s where you see the revolt. Given the importance of stability to the project of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Noted & Quoted
stability and a bright future for our children, if the deal falls equitably on all shoulders.” —Steve Schwarzman (MBA ’72), chairman, CEO, and cofounder of the Blackstone Group, in an opinion article on tax and entitlements reform.... View Details
Keywords: quotations
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Charged Up
driven by the automotive industry, followed by smart grid stabilization solutions that provide “fill-in” power when customer demand outstrips supply. Given the technology’s potential applications and finite employee resources, the case... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Negotiating in 3-D: An Overarching Way to Get to Yes?
involving a number of players that had strong and stabilizing connections with various nonmining quarters of Chilean life, including the financial, industrial, and legal sectors. "Kennecott involved a variety of other parties that it... View Details
Keywords: Anita M. Harris
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Full Circle
explains. “The ones that get into my psyche the most are when it’s clear that a pet is particularly vital to an owner.” For example, a chocolate Lab named Ginger — an important member of a family with seven children — was hit by a car and suffered paralysis. Anderson... View Details
- 01 Jan 2009
- News
Jorge Paulo Lemann, A.B. 1961; Carlos A. Sicupira, OPM 9, 1984; Marcel H. Telles, OPM 10, 1985
Lemann founded Banco de Investimentos Garantia and soon recruited Sicupira and Telles to join what would become the most successful investment bank in Brazil. As they acquired diverse assets, the trio transformed the Brazilian economy, opening it up to outside... View Details
- 09 Oct 2015
- News
Balancing Progress and Preservation
technical assistance to preservation efforts across the state, and dedicating more than $40 million to hundreds of restoration projects. Among other initiatives, its public campaigns have helped stabilize the south side of Ellis Island,... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Addressing The Financial Security Gap
initiative helps organizations create short-term financial stability for vulnerable workers and communities. FINANCE AND THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY READ MORE STORIES FINANCE AND THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY READ MORE STORIES Ackerley cites a Pew... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie