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- 23 May 2019
- News
Michael R. Bloomberg, MBA 1966
Bloomberg during an unparalleled career as an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and three-term mayor of New York City. “I’ve always believed a good deal is where both parties walk away thinking that they didn’t get everything they want, but they got a lot. and that View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Antitrust in Historical Perspective
questions. Yet, the conceptions of business that each question implies can be (and historically have tended to be) mutually exclusive. Everybody wants goods and services made available at low prices. But achieving that goal often means... View Details
Keywords: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
The Exchange: Chance Encounters
very short distances—here, I really mean short distances of 20 meters—can impact technology-adoption decisions, I’ve been examining how the virtual space can substitute for the physical space, by looking at tech adoption at Stack... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 20 Oct 2016
- News
Smart Moves
outside the US. “When we started selling data to government agencies, most of them didn’t know what to do with it, so now we sell analytics that help them make decisions,” says Mistele. “Most governments are struggling with not having enough funds to repair... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
In Dot-Calm Era, Conference Examines Options for Entrepreneurs
Is the bloom off the entrepreneurial rose? Do B2B and B2C mean "Back to Banking" and "Back to Consulting," as the current joke would have it? Where are the opportunities for those who still believe starting their own business is the way... View Details
Keywords: Information
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Research Brief: Developing High-Tech Talent
“Many of these jobs are in high demand,” says Fuller, “which means that apprenticeships play a critical role in training workers for the jobs of the future and providing businesses with a ready-made talent pipeline.” The second report... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 27 Apr 2015
- News
“A Unique Leadership Experience”
experience on the space station. “You have to adapt your leadership for the situation you are in,” Virts said, which sometimes means “get out of the way.” He also offered advice to the son of one GMP student, who aspires to be an... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Faculty Books
recognize the problem, awaken your imagination, find patterns of meaning in your life, and take action for change. Drawing on stories of individuals, he provides a practical road map for moving past one’s immediate impasse and defining a... View Details
- 17 Dec 2024
- News
Solving the Underemployment Crisis
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, it’s Dan. Today, we are sharing a brief excerpt from Managing the Future of Work, the critically-acclaimed podcast from my colleagues at Harvard Business School. Each episode, HBS professors Bill Kerr... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
INK: Maker’s Manual
the toughest person I know—except for my cofounder. I had a mortgage and three sons, and I was the primary earner in my family during the economic crisis. But building a company also means being tough in a good way. I have always believed... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 14 Nov 2024
- News
How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms
property. And so perhaps it shouldn't be built. And if it's somehow important from a socioeconomic [standpoint], I think that's a role for government, not for a private industry. DM: Some of the challenges around adaptation are systemic, right? View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
glorious failure. I figured we would either turn it into a national chain or drive it into the ground trying,” he reflects. “In reality, the most likely scenario is the one that played out. “The original business plan vision of Finale hasn’t happened yet, which doesn’t... View Details
- 13 Feb 2019
- News
We’re All Going to Get Hacked
network, how well you maintained your network, and do you know all of your network. Those were three key elements to understanding if you can protect during an attack. The concept of resilience is really what this is all about. Being resilient View Details
- 31 May 2018
- News
Finding Freedom from Eating Disorders
push to get me to share, I mostly kept this a secret. Even two, three years after recovering, I still was ashamed that I struggled with this. I mean it's a mental illness, but so many people still look at this as if you chose to have it,... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
develop with each other and the program are remarkable. Their entrepreneurial intensity is matched by their sense of loyalty to OPM." « Back It Don't Mean a Thing If You Ain't Got that Green: HBS and the Birth of Venture Capital Without... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
today are searching for a deeper meaning for business leadership than just creating shareholder value, says Professor of Management Practice Allen Grossman. “It’s hard to think of yourself as a business leader anymore without thinking... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Leadership: Getting Down to Fundamentals
word “leadership” itself, which means everything and nothing at the same time. It’s similar to a word like globalization, which has been so broadly applied and abused it’s lost its analytical traction. Without some level of precision and... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 31 Jan 2023
- News
Female Founders' Dilemmas; UK Tech Startups
organizer and HBSAB board member Radha Bennett (MBA 2014), adding that only about 2 percent of VC funding goes to women founders. That doesn’t mean they won’t find VCs to back them, just that they might have to pitch their ideas to many... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
Schmuck (MBA ’XX) with significant achievement but modest means who has worthy views on the topics being discussed? With an alumni body of some 70,000 there must be several. Would you have let Gandhi participate? Probably not. In this... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Damon Silvers
reinvesting in the underpinnings of our economy and laying the groundwork for long-term prosperity. That means investing in infrastructure, clean energy, and education. We need to address the health-care crisis and end the shame of tens... View Details