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- 15 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Going Green Makes Good Business Sense
have people who bring more energy and passion to their jobs if the firm for which they work is consonant with their own values." The green debate is one that will be... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Profile
David A. Frankel
introduced me to more great people,” Frankel said. He ended up backing 27 startups before he and Paley founded Founder Collective, a venture capital firm based in Harvard Square and New York (Chris Dixon was an integral part of View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Teachable Moments
“Something important is going to happen here.” If I prepare enough, that spirit of anticipation will be created. What is your favorite case to teach? “Rob Parson at Morgan Stanley” is near the top. Parson has generated substantial... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Andresen Becomes First European and First Exec. Ed. Graduate to Endow HBS Professorship
Andresen subsequently left the company, which at the time was one of the ten highest-ranked German firms in the... View Details
- 23 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
Product Disasters Can Be Fertile Ground for Innovation
In 2009, a stroke victim at a Los Angeles medical center started losing his hair following a CT brain perfusion scan. After some confusion, doctors determined he had been subject to a radiation overdose—a serious accident that might lead to a lifetime of increased risk... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan
Dr. Margaret Chan (PMD 61, 1991) is worried. She believes that a serious human influenza pandemic will almost certainly occur at some time in the near future. Chan is particularly concerned by the avian... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Year 2000 Computer Problem and You: Disaster for Some, Lessons for All
outsourcing, and integration services company that he founded in 1965. First in a Wall Street Journal ranking of one thousand companies listed according to best stock performance from 1987 to 1997, Keane Inc is considered among the... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Doing Something Real
not Cambridge, the heart of academia, but business-like Boston, seat of august money managers and the then-hottest management consulting firm around, View Details
Keywords: Andrew Tobias (MBA '72)
- 30 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Is a Business School-Industry Collaboration Needed to Attract Black Talent to Campus?
Alzheimer’s Fund, and John Lynch, later Governor of New Hampshire) had a bright idea. Our friends in large business firms seemed to know how to recruit minority summer interns with the potential for... View Details
- 31 May 2018
- News
Finding Freedom from Eating Disorders
applying to business schools. And not just any business schools, but Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, and Kellogg. I was working anywhere from 80 to 95 hours per week in private equity. I was the only female at View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
Business Deep Purpose offers a compelling reassessment and defense of purpose as a management ethos, documenting the vast performance gains and social benefits that become possible when firms manage to get... View Details
- 02 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Health Care Research and Prospects
teams adopting a new technology, and why some teams were able to learn faster than others. Monica Higgins has a wonderful book coming out that looks at career paths in biotech and, in particular, the role that one company has played in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Ilene Lang
her well at Catalyst, the 75-person nonprofit global research and advisory firm she joined as president in 2003 (Lang was named CEO in 2008). Committed to breaking the... View Details
- Profile
Michael Maples
investing but when he looked around, he saw a gap in the market. There was a raft of startups that wanted to raise seed or early funding but were not ready for a five million dollar round, which seemed to be View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Screen Grab
big way.” This year, just over half of the 204 million Americans who engage in digital video viewing will do so on their smartphone, a 14 percent increase over 2014 according to research firm eMarketer.... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
family-friendly. Here’s the sequence: Large firm consulting. An interesting professional experience which gave me exposure to a wide range of industries; however, the demands... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
My HBS Eureka Moment
on appearances. This can be negatively and incorrectly influenced by your own short-sighted biases. Secondly, in the same course, an entrepreneur who had started a successful firm from scratch was asked what... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
Common Asset Management, Boston, Massachusetts Leaders should learn empathy and seek employees who bring greater empathy to their work. Social intelligence distinguishes a firm and leads to superior outcomes. Having diversity of... View Details
- 02 Mar 2023
- News
Carbon's Second Act
markets and the pricing of carbon becomes enormously important. DM: Matheson has seen this play out before. From 2006 to 2011, VC firms invested more than $25 billion in clean energy companies and ultimately... View Details
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Commencement 2011 Address | About
of the Class of 2011) is today a Director and President of BlackRock, Inc. — the world ’ s largest asset management firm. BlackRock was among the View Details