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- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Camel and the Unicorn
merchants basically built a portfolio of these highly risky ventures. A lot of the boats didn't come back. Some of the boats didn't come back full or didn't pay off. And with that approach, were able to... View Details
- 18 Feb 2014
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Stick with Plan A
markets, mobile money is designed to leapfrog plastic by going from cash directly to digital. Because the global economy is increasingly digital, billions of cash-based buyers and sellers are currently... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
World Class Learning
ability and willingness to speak up in class. Walker points out that many international students come from cultures in which it is taboo to debate with a professor or a fellow... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Building a Social Network
percent. A second proposal under consideration would overhaul the existing initiative by taking the “deep” networks approach of sinking resources into already-successful groups and shutting down others. YPO members would pay separate dues... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Speakers Share Triumphs and Challenges
next day, three major buildings lay in ruins, and some three thousand workers faced the prospect of losing their jobs. But not only did Malden Mills' CEO Aaron Feurstein vow to rebuild his facility, he also promised View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 04 Jun 2008
- News
Whistle While You Work
bought into that, too, until one day he had a transformational insight. “The conductor’s power depends on his ability to make other people powerful. I started paying attention View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Eric Schiffer
started the company in 1982, one of the founding principles was that although we need the lowest price from our suppliers, we will make every aspect of the transaction as easy as possible. We pay faster than anybody else, we don’t pass on... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Skydeck Voices: For My Next Act
easier is if you've spent your life living below your means. And so many of us don't do that. And we buy big mortgages and buy more than we need, and really the easiest thing to do is pay yourself first and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Rankings Game
measures,” says Sahlman. Despite their evident shortcomings, even the harshest critics acknowledge that business school rankings are here to stay. No doubt, students, alumni, and the schools themselves will continue View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2025
Edited by Julia Hanna; photographs by Susan Young Award Recipients Video MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2025 recipients, and learn about past recipients. ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS SITE MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2025 recipients, and learn... View Details
- 09 Mar 2023
- News
Four Alumni Clubs Mark Milestone Year
of events that pay homage to the many ways HBS alumni have helped make San Antonio what it is today. Pointing to major companies founded or cofounded in the city by alumni,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 19 Jun 2017
- News
How Women's Basketball Conquered Europe
first time that women played professionally. But no one took notice of it. I didn't pay much attention to it. I knew it was going to fail. But they did have these leagues... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Not Your Typical Business Conference
Smith Barney; Janet M. Green (MBA '88), partner at Ernst & Young; Ann M. Sarnoff (MBA '87), senior vice president of Nickelodeon; and Nancy C. Walker (MBA '86), general manager of Mosby Consumer Health. Among their words of advice to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
would pay attention.” “It was always so much fun to talk to Ted, because his brain never stopped,” remarks HBS professor emeritus Ben Shapiro. “His mind was truly creative,... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
A. G. Lafley, MBA 1977
Chairman, President & Chief Executive, The Procter & Gamble Company Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EDUCATION Hamilton College, 1969 A.B., History LIFELONG LESSON FROM HBS "The case study method had such an enormous... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
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Book Review: Hooray for the Huddled Masses
to create. But life in America, which began when he left Iran as a one-year-old, taught him about the qualities that immigrants bring to the country—perseverance, entrepreneurialism, a View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
New Releases
government, wrote books of philosophy, founded a school of leadership, and created Japan's version of the Nobel Prize. Matsushita's ability and willingness to learn, adapt, and grow throughout his lifetime,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
but he's not interested in the bulls and bears. Instead, his focus is on helping people in emerging markets pay their bills—which can often require hailing a taxi, heading out to a payment point, standing in... View Details
- 27 Apr 2025
- News
Celebrating 40 Years of Kraft Family Fellowships
day, and I hope to one day pay it forward by helping others in the same way the Kraft family has helped me.” As Robert Kraft looks back on his HBS journey and the philanthropic path it inspired, he often... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity
Ventures. He expects to fine-tune his aspirations this year. “I’m fortunate that after HBS, I could start a company and actu ally solve a problem very close to my heart, or join a venture that’s doing... View Details