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- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Thomas S. Volpe
But his longtime fascination with both the stock market and inventors came to the fore when he entered the New York investment world. After setting up a science and technology investment banking group at Blyth Eastman PaineWebber, he... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Open Market
game, right? I believe they can. People in the industry must be dynamic and pay attention to what’s happening around them. I’m a learner by nature, so if I’m a company, I’d want to hear from retail investors or any new cohort beginning to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
You’ve Been YouTubed
tweeted by Carroll’s friends, posted on social news sites, shared with Facebook friends, and picked up by bloggers. From there it was a quick hop to the mainstream media; by the end of July, the video had been viewed 4.6 million times,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Courting the Poor
assistance of LARC senior researcher Ricardo Reisen de Pinho (PMD 74, 1999), Frei was soon on her way to researching and writing “Magazine Luiza: Building a Retail Model of ‘Courting the Poor.’ ” “Magazine Luiza has made a business of targeting the View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The HBS Fund
Business Become More Sustainable The notion of “doing well by doing good” is gaining momentum as business leaders and investors realize that social responsibility can improve the bottom line. That’s why HBS Online introduced a course on... View Details
- 11 Jul 2017
- News
The Right Thing to Do
Playing by the Rules, Ethics at Work, a new series of video case studies of business ethics, aims to teach people that there’s a direct link between morality and the bottom line. Joe Badaracco, the John Shad Professor of Business Ethics... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Bridging the Success Gap
he says. After HBS, Navarro worked at Hewlett-Packard, where he designed computer systems. Later, he moved to a small high-tech start-up, where he repositioned the company to product development. After he “retired” in 2000, he turned his View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
The True Value of a Tweet
media’s impact on the bottom line. You and your colleagues have taken a critical look at the assumption that social media works by attracting followers, which exposes the brand and in turn leads to sales. What’s wrong with that line of... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
serious attention at HBS, was intoxicating. That year, 26 graduates went into the real estate field, in no small measure due to him. I will never forget his time-honored recipe for success: "Find a discontinuity and capitalize on it."... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Making Real Progress in the Middle East: The Bottom-Up, Economic Solution
than 35 Israeli-Jordanian and Israeli- Egyptian joint ventures are already up and running. Why are top Middle Eastern business leaders now seeking out strategic alliances with their neighbors? What benefits can regional cooperation at the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Transforming Baker Library
researchers, as well as a multimedia discussion and conference space called “The Exchange,” intended for spirited debate and collaboration. The core library functions will also expand. With special attention to preserving the historic... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Better Hiring Through Brain Science
the difference between consulting and finance and marketing and entrepreneurship,” says Polli. Career paths in accounting or consulting, for example, usually correlated to attention to detail and a lack of impulsive behavior, she says;... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 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
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Democratizing Funding, Diversifying Funders
Alvaro Dominguez Alvaro Dominguez In early 2018, a New York startup called Roomi opened itself up to the type of investors known by Wall Street traders as “mom-and-pop investors,” although an IPO was nowhere in sight. The company, which... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Big Business of Little Loans
Banks. Amid the excitement, abuses have also appeared, with some online lenders reportedly charging as much as 50 percent in interest on some short-term loans. It’s been enough to attract the attention of regulators, with everyone from... View Details
Keywords: Nancy Miller
- 20 Jun 2016
- News
Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues
limited ability to scale up and have broad-based impact. Vikram Gandhi (MBA 1989) is working to change that by creating investments that can be self-sustaining. “India has 400 million people within the poverty line,” says Gandhi. “While... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
The Case for Studying Financial History
HISTORY LESSONS: Ferguson shares his views on the global financial crisis with an attentive crowd at the Harvard Book Store in Cambridge. Professor Niall Ferguson, born in Glasgow and educated at Oxford and Cambridge universities, argues... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
How to Take a Stand On UBS and Climate Change
What is the responsibility of business regarding social issues? And how does that jibe with maximizing profits? In “UBS and Climate Change — Warming Up to Global Action?” Associate Professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Professor Forest... View Details
- 23 Mar 2020
- News
Signal Boost
being influenced by women, yet they weren’t paying attention to what women wanted.” Giving voice to those who aren’t always heard has been a hallmark of Lara’s career. Today, she works as the executive director at Lakeshore Ethnic... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
New Releases
Finding Your Religion by Scotty Mclennan (HarperSanFrancisco) When the faith of one's youth loses its meaning, there is no ingrained cultural habit of looking elsewhere," writes cartoonist Garry Trudeau in the introduction to Finding Your Religion: When the Faith You... View Details