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- 17 Mar 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Adam Enbar (MBA 2010)
programs and launch new careers. That’s a heavy burden, and we don’t take it lightly.” How are you trying to, as your LinkedIn profile states, “fix education,” and what will success look like to you? “For the most part, people have two... View Details
- 28 Mar 2016
- News
The Alum Building a Brand New City in Panama
Colombian billionaire Jaime Gilinski (MBA 1980) is the man behind what Forbes calls “the most audacious real estate project in the world”: the redevelopment of Howard Air Force Base along the Panama Canal. After the United States left in 1999, Gilinski—a View Details
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Deborah A. Farrington
assets under management, in the U.S. In an industry where just six percent of the partners in venture capital firms are women, finding a successful firm run by a woman is more than unusual. But unusual is nothing new for Farrington.... View Details
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Rakhi Mehra
pilot project, Rickshaw Bank in Guhwati, India, based on the successful microfinance model. "We proved its self-sustainability," Rahki says, "and the bank is now in four cities." The Wall Street Journal acknowledged... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Joy of Work
important for company leaders to see themselves as facilitators of progress, as being there to serve the people who are in the trenches. If they do a good job of planning and organizing projects, and keeping in touch with how things are... View Details
- 04 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage
required. Define a plan for evolving strategy and capabilities to exploit long-term value potential. Implement to reduce risk and manage uncertainty: Successful entrepreneurs are not risk seekers. Instead,... View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
- 18 May 2023
- News
Cultivating Can-Do Attitudes
Black students from lower-income families in struggling neighborhoods—hope for a successful future. The kids were attentive as the assembly concluded, but, Wilfong later learned, they didn't expect this stranger to follow through on her... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 31 Jan 2019
- News
A Global Mission
Art DeFehr (MBA 1967) didn’t plan to become a businessman. The Canadian-born DeFehr always imagined life as a diplomat—until he ran afoul of the FBI. As a college student in Indiana, DeFehr had become involved in anti-Vietnam protests and... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
The Small Business Difference: How Smaller Companies Manage with Less
Management Déjà Vu,” by asking his audience about their concerns, as owners and operators of small businesses. A number of issues were voiced: sales and marketing; cash flow; hiring and motivating employees; smooth succession within... View Details
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Sheila Lirio Marcelo, MBA 1998/JD 1999
successful online marketplace Care.com. Marcelo, the fifth of six children, was raised in a tight-knit family. Her parents, who eloped in their late teens, did not fall into stereotypical gender roles. “My father was the one who stood by... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- Portrait Project
Harman Kochar
If life could be planned I would have already – Eradicated Poverty from the World Controlled Global Warming Established World Peace Cured all Diseases Discovered the fountain of youth and last but not the least.... Built my mansion on... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
cofounded in 1998. He also advised a number of student teams competing in the HBS Business Plan Contest, an event he judged in previous years. “It made me feel good that three of the four finalists that year, including the winning team,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Faculty Books
The CEO Within: Why Inside Outsiders Are the Key to Succession Planning by Joseph L. Bower (HBS Press) Professor Bower explains how companies can develop internal candidates for the CEO role by grooming... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
McCance First to Serve as Entrepreneur in Residence
McCance also worked with HBS assistant professor Noam Wasserman on issues relating to founder-CEO succession in entrepreneurial start-ups. Their research resulted in a new case, “Founder-CEO Succession at... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Groundwork
could build on the cross-university success of the nearby i-lab in Batten Hall, expanding further the opportunity for collaboration, interdisciplinary research, and entrepreneurial innovation.” Crispi acknowledges the historic scope of... View Details
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Jason Flood
inappropriate charges that required three-way calls with providers and insurers to resolve. I had to learn to be an advocate for myself and a project manager for my own care.” Jason proved to be a successful self-manager, but he... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Steve Barger (MBA 1974)
tanks and installing sewer lines. Obviously our work is not glamorous, but we do tough jobs, and we do them better than anyone else. Most of our improvement ideas come from our employees. Everyone is invited to our company planning... View Details
- 09 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Challenge of the Multi-site Nonprofit
as CEO), Planned Parenthood, Habitat for Humanity, SOS Kinderdorf, and The Nature Conservancy. Each was mapped on two dimensions—one that exerts forces toward unit autonomy and the other influencing the degree of organizational... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Portrait Project
Antonio Rocha
friends, my job, and getting divorced. I would be lying if I said I planned all those changes. I did not. They just happened, fast and unexpectedly. I just knew that I needed to change something, and I am glad I did. The past couple years... View Details
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When Generations Learn Together
representative. How did the two of you interact while on campus? (BS): We purposefully tried to separate, especially during social time, so we could both enhance our networks and learn from the broad base of attendees. Although not View Details