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- 01 Feb 1997
- News
OPM Celebrates 21st Anniversary at Gala Florida Reunion
group. "A large measure of our success is based on the tremendous legacy of support for our mission from enterprising alumni like you. We see OPM as a very important part of where the School is going in the next century." The next day, Associate Professor John J.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Check Is in the Mail
of credit has been around as long as commerce itself. “Credit is often portrayed as the new disease of the 20th century, yet people have been buying on credit for centuries,” says Caitlin Anderson, the exhibit’s curator and a visiting... View Details
- 12 Apr 2011
- News
Twelve Global Finalists Compete at HBS
existing scaled-up technologies in the mining industry for the novel application of ‘mining’ e-wastes. WikiPay is a proprietary mobile and online commerce platform that facilities money transfer, payment applications and mobile marketing... View Details
Keywords: Multiple alumni
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Home from the Sea
France and is dominated by French sailors — is like no other event on this earth. In an age of celebrity “heroes” and “reality” TV shows, Wilson and his fellow Vendée participants (this year including two women) engage in a competition as pure and unsullied by hype and... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
A Focus on Latinx Entrepreneurs
of the Treasury Janet Yellen also recognizes the role of Latinx businesses in the US economy. In her remarks at the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Virtual Legislative Summit in 2020, she said: “If someone tried to design an economic... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
How the Ron Brown Award Was Born
leadership. (photograph courtesy Conference Board) Conference Board president Richard Cavanagh (MBA '70): elevating and honoring corporate leadership. (photograph courtesy Conference Board) Clinton wanted the award to pay tribute to the memory of View Details
- 18 Jan 2012
- News
Charter Supporter
learning experience,” she said), briefly retired in her mid-30s for a stint as a snowboard bum in Colorado, and headed up Wisconsin’s Commerce Department as Secretary in Governor Jim Doyle’s administration. In addition, she worked in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Learning to Speak the Language of Business
Mikitani Main article: Where Innovation Rules Case study: Englishnization at Rakuten From Pinterest to Kobo, how Japan's Rakuten is building a global internet giant (Wired.co.uk) You might call Hiroshi Mikitani (MBA 1993) the Jeff Bezos of Japan. Both lead hugely... View Details
- 27 Mar 2014
- News
From Marx to Marketing
food products, he had traveled frequently on business to the USSR and other Central and East European countries in the Soviet Bloc, thus gaining a knowledge of Soviet-style commerce few other Westerners could claim. Between 1985 and 1992,... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Generation Next
"Since well before biblical times, the basic unit of commerce has been the family," explains HBS senior lecturer John A. Davis, coauthor of Generation to Generation: Life Cycles of the Family Business, who helped create the program.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Where the Jobs Are
facilitating commerce and learns that the country is in the midst of a “rail renaissance” that will boost competitiveness in global markets (see article). While individual company successes abound, not all the news is good on the... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
China IFC: Global Access, Global Perspective
William C. Kirby, the Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration, developed the course to introduce students to a cross section of Chinese industry and commerce while also providing a deeper dive into a particular sector. For... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Deals For Sale
IF BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS commerce over the Internet is the wave of the future - and analysts project such transactions will increase a thousandfold by 2001 - then Scott Randall and his company, FairMarket (www.fairmarket.com), are riding... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Ready for Launch
CloudFlare.” Good deal: Matthew “It really pays to keep old business cards. Years ago I met Lindon Leader at a Chamber of Commerce event in my hometown of Park City, Utah. He’s designed logos for FedEx, Ryder trucks, Double-Tree Hotels,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
A Modest Tax Proposal
"How about 'No new taxes after these new taxes'?" © James Stevenson/The New Yorker Collection/www.cartoonbank.com As Congress starts the next round of debt ceiling negotiations, the US Chamber of Commerce and other business groups are... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Dynamic Group
list, while several others wanted to learn more about the way of life and commerce here. Many of us had seen National Geographic footage of Africa and wanted to experience it firsthand. For some, the journey was more personal. Alfredo... View Details
Keywords: Hospitality
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Case of Achievement
Enterprises, an international trade consulting and investment firm, Franklin has worked in government with five U.S. presidents, including service as secretary of commerce in the administration of President George H.W. Bush. A.G. Lafley... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Breaking Down Barriers: The Electronic Wallet
Internet commerce is the emergence of the electronic wallet. In its simplest form, the electronic wallet (a.k.a. the digital wallet or e-wallet) is a digital file that can be downloaded onto the consumer's desktop. When it is time to... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
The Baby Business
Spar In her new book, The Baby Business: How Money, Science, and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception, HBS professor Debora Spar takes an unflinching look at a taboo topic: the myriad kinds of interpersonal arrangements and financial... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
From Bytes to Bites
serves on the boards of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce and the Golden Gate Restaurant Association, an experience that has opened her eyes to the fascination and frustration of local politics. “Owning this business has opened a lot... View Details