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- 05 May 2023
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Fail Better
Chairman, CEO, and Cofounder Steve Schwarzman (MBA 1972). In 1989, a few years after Blackstone's start, Schwarzman made the unfortunate decision to purchase steel company Edgcomb and was called on the carpet by one of the fund's major... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
Individuals who fail to purchase coverage are penalized up to $912 on their taxes; companies with more than eleven employees must pay the state $295 per year per employee if they don’t offer their workers a company-based plan. The plan’s... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
country Sender wants the world to see—a new Brazil, more urbane, more professional. A place where tourists want to vacation and where companies want to do business, with cities they can both enjoy. It can happen, she says. People can... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Way You See It
appeared in 1925, Harvard Business School has sent forth tens of thousands of MBA and Executive Education graduates into the world. As managers, leaders, and entrepreneurs, the School's alumni body collectively has had an impact on... View Details
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
That was a great moment. Morrell: Nicole was no stranger to the Silicon Valley model of entrepreneurship when she launched Energicity in 2015. Until its IPO, she had been a part of US-based OPower, a software-as-a-service company that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
and have the benefit of significant life experience. They have a lot more to offer than someone off the street who gets the bug and decides to run.” A Change of Pace Beth Terrana (MBA ’83) Age: 47 Home: Wellesley, Massachusetts As a senior vice president and View Details
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- 08 Sep 2016
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How We Make It Work
two-parent families in the United States with children reported both parents working full-time in 2015—up from less than a third in 1970. For some, there has been a tangible impact on their professional lives, with 30 percent of the Pew... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Power of Imperfect Eating By Kavita Bhatnagar (SELP 11, 2022) Penguin Enterprise Rather than dictating which foods are good or bad, this book weaves together stories that mirror the intricate, emotional, and often imperfect... View Details
- 02 Sep 2021
- News
Elevating Ethiopian Entrepreneurs
people in Ethiopia. What we want to do is give people a vision of what business is supposed to be. Business as we know it in Ethiopia is very transactional, very short-termist. We wanted to show people that you can build companies that... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
Mawilmada’s roommate. “As a kid, I’d get a steady dose of, ‘You need to start thinking beyond yourself. There’s so much you can do in terms of impacting society.’ As a result, I actually did grow up thinking that, and felt it was my... View Details
- 17 Jun 2020
- News
Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines
Clubs News Clubs News “Awesome” Author Helps Toronto Club Cultivate Calm; Cleveland Clinic Gives Updates As the COVID-19 quarantine extends through the spring and summer, the HBS Club of Toronto is producing webinars to keep alumni connected and informed about the... View Details
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- 01 Sep 2018
- News
The True Value of a Tweet
Image by John Ritter Companies can spend millions curating their social media presence—with sometimes famously funny results, like the Twitter accounts for Wendy’s and Denny’s—but how relevant is that to revenues? Here, Associate... View Details
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- 22 Aug 2019
- News
Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector
out in his HBS admission essay: “When I graduate,” Sulyman wrote, “I'm going to go back to Africa and lead a technology company that is creating massive impact that will propel Africa into the future.”... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Up on the Green Roof
but living roofs aren’t a new idea. They’ve been used in Europe for hundreds of years and were common in 19th-century sod homes across the American prairie. The recent surge of interest in green roofs stems from a modern-day concern for mitigating the environmental... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Ask the Expert: The Kids Are All Right
Are millennials more concerned about their positive impact on the planet and on society—less focused on money and more on meaning? Is the shift toward a more conscientious generation a true trend or a myth? —Katina Stefanova (MBA 2005)... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014
highlight how large companies in traditional industries—from finance to manufacturing to pharmaceuticals—are using digital to gain strategic advantage. They illuminate the principles and practices that lead to successful digital... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Case Study: Your Call Is Important to Us
custom voice system, which means there’s a whole range of small- and mid-sized businesses that are underserved,” Sambvani says. With Slang.ai, he’s offering mid-market companies access to these more sophisticated tools that can... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Life Lessons
West Coast from June to November. “It was ingrained in me early on that working harder and smarter meant more money,” says Curiel, who was paid $1.50 for every 30- pound bucket of cherries. “That’s as true at a company like GE as it is in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Inside the Revolution
participants. For his part, Jonathan West emphasizes that “real companies are putting billions of dollars into real projects whose impact is going to be staggering.” In envisioning how these investments will... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
50 Years & Counting
of company data and gender representations in the business press shows that the firm's approach to recruiting and retaining women more or less coincided with reported shifts in national attitudes toward women and work. "As an... View Details