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- 01 Oct 2000
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The Entrepreneurial Venture
surprising that the venture capital industry was essentially dormant at the time. But with the growth of the microprocessor and of biotechnology in the late 1970s, as well as the deregulation of the airline and financial View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
What’s the Big Idea?
international divisions. “Goldman Sachs in New York is different from Goldman Sachs in Asia,” he observes, adding that the same is true for conglomerates operating in industries as different as pharmaceuticals and aircraft engines.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Lesson Plans
example of what can push the system to a new approach. Another example, which I plan to visit, is Rocketship Education, a charter school system where students spend the first few hours of the morning in a computer learning lab and the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
entirely new industries is another course focus. In a new case about Linear Air, founded by William Herp (MBA ’89), Tripsas explores the emergence of “air taxis,” a novel service based on a new class of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Where Are They Now?
ZALEZNIK: “I don’t think it’s useful for people to worry about the rules of leadership or command. I think the central concept is character and character in the uses of power.” Leadership is best studied from the inside out, declares Abraham Zaleznik (MBA 2/’47, DCS... View Details
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- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Empowering Entrepreneurially Minded Students
entrepreneurship flourish in many sectors, expanding beyond just the software, high-tech type of startup, into financial services and the future of blockchain, for example. We want to support people going into many different spaces during... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Protecting against the Erosion of Brand Value
When Barnes & Noble rolled out a line of “store-brand” classic books last summer, the publishing industry gasped.The company aimed to provide consumers with high-quality books at prices significantly below what they would pay from... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Building a Better MBA
interview. Among their findings: In the 1960s and 1970s, MBAs graduated with valuable, current business and management knowledge. If companies wanted new hires with cutting-edge insights, they’d hire an MBA. According to several deans, that’s no longer true. Financial... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Rust Belt Turns ‘Sun Belt’ with Solar
Abound’s CEO in 2010. Prior to joining Polaris in 1998 (he became CEO a year later), Tiller had worked at GE for fifteen years, including service as general manager of GE Silicones. He’s confident that Abound can compete with anyone in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
on September 14, when the campus community came together for a noontime memorial service honoring those lost in the September 11 terrorist attacks. Under gray skies, a steady rain fell on students, faculty, and staff members who stood... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- 17 Apr 2019
- News
Give It to Me Straight
adopted radical candor between principals and teachers but also between teachers and students. A lot of very large, industrial companies all over the world are starting to use the principles of radical candor and roll them out to help... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
A Conversation with Dean Clark
important initiatives. BULLETIN: There have been a number of obvious manifestations of progress on the technology initiative, including the shift to an Internet-based communications system at the School, the availability of full-motion video in electronic cases, and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
In the Blood
that of Kentucky’s established breeding farms, some of which managed over forty stallions. Clay adopted a boutique approach to guarantee personal service for both the owners and their horses, and serve as a point of differentiation to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Saving Grace
fees to service and administrative charges and investment and withdrawal penalties. Chapman is not alone in his struggle to make sense of a murky system, though his career probably gave him a leg up on the average pensioner—a growing... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Primer on Patents
product and so-called paper competitors who have intellectual property rights but aren’t involved in the industry in any real sense. This abuse of the system certainly wasn’t what the Founding Fathers had in mind when they gave Congress... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Frank Blethen (PMD 35, 1978)
Washington for four years. That was the first time I was on my own, and I realized I really do love this work, the public service aspect, and the business challenge itself. I also realized I'm pretty good at it. THE BIGGEST killer of... View Details
- 01 Jan 2013
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Thomas A. James, MBA 1966
Raymond James Financial 1983 Raymond James Financial IPO, NYSE 1987 Appointed Trustee, Salvador Dalí Museum 1992 Named Chairman, Securities Industry Association 1994 Establishes Thomas A. and Mary S. James Foundation 2007 Named Chairman,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Making a World of Difference
comes from ticket and concession sales, compared with the standard 50 percent of most performing arts organizations. With numerous public outreach programs, the Big Apple, adds Slifka, "is both an incredibly successful performing arts endeavor and a very successful... View Details
- 04 Nov 2020
- News
The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises
2020 is this is the time to be creative. What's needed right now? There are things that are standing out that the world or that the economy needs because of this crisis. And there's opportunities to build businesses to address those needs. Or go work in the View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
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New Economy Notables: Peter C. Wendell
portfolio of companies. Some go great and some don't. But the individual entrepreneur has all his or her eggs in one basket. They are the real actors; we're just the stagehands. Where the new economy is going We've clearly had our excesses, but when the auto View Details