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- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Books
have implemented balanced scorecards, the performance management system that the pair developed in 1992. In The Strategy-Focused Organization: How Balanced Scorecard Companies Thrive in the New Business Environment, the authors delve into... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
HIV/AIDS and Business
employees, you risk more than workers dying,” agrees Ballou-Aares. “You risk losing your customers, your markets — the complete disintegration of communities where you operate.” Experts concur that China is the next potential hot spot for... View Details
- 11 Jul 2012
- News
A Man, and a Plan, in Africa
to development assistance, as it works to move Third World countries beyond subsistence toward genuine participation in the global economy. Best of all, the MCC is producing demonstrable results, including in Africa, where Bloom is the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards
everything away from you except your education. I spent 20 years in the financial markets in Brazil, in a very exciting period in its history. By the time I was 52, I still had work to do, and I was fascinated by the idea of education.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Exchange: Micro Management
practice-first project. One of our principal motivations is to develop a set of loan products that will not only help people grow their livelihoods but also to do so in a manner that is profitable and therefore scalable. Roth: The second... View Details
- 19 Oct 2012
- News
Past and Present
employees to get it done than it is about my individual contribution.” But he cites the case method as most influential in his development as a businessperson. “The case method was essentially five laboratories daily in which to think... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Charting the Year Ahead
percentage takes advantage of them. Insightful demographic and psychographic profiles have been developed from alumni survey data that will enable the committee, chaired by Jim Rice (MBA 1986), to recommend segment-specific View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
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Vision: To Go-Go
operations, analyzing what is already available for delivery in target markets and mining its own data to see what works and what doesn’t. “The industry is hard. You need tons of money to get started. Almost all restaurants go broke after... View Details
- 20 Apr 2016
- News
Steps to Success
among all they’ve accomplished.” As remarkable an achievement as Fass Koffe is, it’s but one of several the Oregon-based nonprofit has completed since its founding in 2008 with a mission to empower poor and displaced communities in the View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Fred Lazarus: Art Work at the Office
the 1960s, he felt himself drawn toward nonprofit activities. Upon graduating from HBS, Lazarus took the advice of a classmate and joined the Peace Corps in Panama, where he worked to develop a business training and education program at a... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey Lazar
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Rahul Bajaj, MBA 1964
production of a commodity that most Indians needed, I didn't mind." Bajaj's antiestablishment views prevailed, and by the beginning of the 1980s, Bajaj Auto had increased its annual production to 172,000 vehicles. Today, with revenues of $1.5 billion and a View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
After Ozempic
Back before Ozempic, when Kate Mulroney (MBA 1984) spoke at technical conferences about her work at Novo Nordisk, people often assumed she was talking about Novartis. “I’d have to explain that’s a Swiss company; we’re Danish,” says Mulroney, now head of advanced... View Details
- 25 Mar 2016
- News
Putting Faith in a Good Education
working poor families a modest tuition of 50 cents to $1 per day. “Education is a human right, in my opinion,” says Crane. “The lack of access to good education in developing countries is one of the greatest problems in the world today.”... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Putting on the Wheels
the development of new economies and profoundly improve the prospects for those countries. "By starting fresh in Eisenach," Hughes explains, "we were able to introduce lean manufacturing processes to workers who were ready for a new... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
firsthand as CFO of Liberia’s Forestry Development Authority (FDA). An American citizen, I came here in 2006 to work in a USAID-sponsored project aimed at combating corruption in state-owned enterprises. Here’s one case I encountered: A... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Greylock
Princeton University, 1941 A.B., History "Broaden your business education as much as possible through courses and real-life experiences. This will prepare you for your role as a general manager. Over time, you will also develop a focus on... View Details
- 19 Jun 2014
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Turning "Black Gold" to Green
he developed a fascination with market transformation—how to change a market, create demand, decrease prices, and increase industry's capabilities. "It was the mindset I took to HBS," he says. "In each of my... View Details
- 25 Jun 2020
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Covering All Corners
the pharmaceutical needs of emerging markets and has a strong presence in more than 40 countries throughout Africa and the Middle East-North Africa region. “We are a very purpose-driven team and believe in empowering the fight for health... View Details
- 13 Jan 2021
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Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
Out-Innovate, calls it the “frontier market model.” Founded in places with limited resources and nascent entrepreneurial ecosystems, these startups have to be scrappier and leaner. And these limitations, Alex says, make businesses more... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
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Empowering Entrepreneurially Minded Students
the foundation of HBS’s entrepreneurial management program. Since then, students interested in developing their own for-profit or nonprofit startups have come to the School to gain the skills, insight, and practical experience necessary... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie