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- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Teachable Moments
of the owner, who is asked by his father to take over the business. An example: You are working on the docks as a 28-year-old in Worcester, Massachusetts, and your father asks you to stop work for a moment so he can talk with you. He... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
New Releases
Technology Fountainheads by E. Raymond Corey (Harvard Business School Press) As corporate research and development costs rise, many firms choose to participate in R&D; consortia - collaborative ventures with... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
New Releases
Managing Across Borders by Christopher A. Bartlett and Sumantra Ghoshal (Harvard Business School Press) A decade ago HBS professor Christopher A. Bartlett and London View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Simi Nwogugu (MBA 2004)
problem solving, and innovative thinking—I would have known much earlier that business was what I loved. During a business trip to England, I hopped on a plane to Lagos to see... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
trained in agronomy and business, dispenses advice on everything from best practices to business ethics, while keeping track of growth rates and... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
military social aide assigned to the White House under President Johnson. "While we weren't greatly accepted in Cambridge at that time," he recalls, "it wasn't uncommon to have a military background and to be at the View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Insatiably Curious
acquisitions at Morgan Stanley, and then to private equity, asset allocation, and now, to leading operations. Ma recently was appointed chief operating officer (COO) of Index Ventures, a 25-year-old... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
management practice has evolved since the "benevolent, high-growth environment" following World War II. That era provided fertile ground for the growth of Alfred Sloan's "strategy, structure, systems" model of the divisional corporation... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Case Study: Moment in the Sun
business development in the medical field, which is much more complicated, does not mean that Brian should take his focus away from hospitality. One should make use of the opportunities one is getting and... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Case Study: Sweat the Technique
Above: Meridith Unger (left) and Nix’s business development director Sara Weber (MBA 2016) inspect a prototype (photo by Susan Young) Boston-based Nix is developing a disposable biosensor that gives users a... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Case Study: Power Nappy
New Venture Competition. Parents are lining up. “We sold our inventory nine months faster than we’d expected,” Saigal says. The Question: Kudos has been selling directly to consumers through its website, in keeping with other eco-friendly diaper startups, View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Short Takes
of internal and external factors have an impact on their pay, and that, in fact, today's CEO compensation packages are tied very closely to company performance.Lorsch began his study by looking at the proxy... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
what loyalty means or how to build it. Reichheld, author of the 1996 bestseller The Loyalty Effect, outlines six principles of loyalty that can make the Internet a hospitable and highly profitable place for View Details
- 03 Mar 2014
- News
A Life Transformed
Utkal University, receiving his degree in 1978. During that time, he also took courses in banking and finance, which enabled him to be promoted to a managerial position. With little room for career growth at... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Path Ahead
alumni have told me, the reason for us to be engaged with business and society is not just because it's a moral issue or a social issue (though it is both), but also because neglecting to address it will... View Details
- 14 Nov 2024
- News
How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms
but we're kind of the canaries in the coal mine—in that our business is risk. Our job is to price risk and thus predict risk.” Up until 2012, Liberty could just trend past weather data into the future View Details
- 25 Mar 2016
- News
Putting Faith in a Good Education
become an aruaba, ‘a woman who goes to work in a business suit,’ in the West African language Twi,” says Crane, founder of Edify, a nonprofit that provides micro-enterprise loans to faith-based schools in Africa View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Books
title of one chapter), these groups ignored several fundamental tenets of business development: choose leaders with experience, don't grow new companies too fast, and take companies to IPOs only after... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Eyes in the Skies
solve supply-chain issues, Minnick and her team can help businesses mitigate disasters; and they can provide data to first responders as well, sharing imagery of unfolding... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 17 Jan 2019
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
(TMT) investor at TPG, a global private equity firm. While I work across the TMT sector, I primarily focus on TPG’s middle market buyout and growth equity investments, which are made out of TPG View Details