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- 01 Apr 2001
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Big Deals: Project Finance Helps Mitigate Risk in Large-Scale Investments
cost something on the order of $5 billion, not the $5 million one might expect for a typical start-up,” Esty explains. And all too often, he adds, they can turn out to be losing propositions. The managerial challenge is to make sure that... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Patrick Moreton
actually develop the new technology. The downside to this strategy is that it gives up some of the benefits of competition. The upside is that there’s a better chance a technology (radio, TV, the telephone) will be established as a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Ink
Online, students can pace themselves, taking as long as needed to master difficult concepts before moving on. Inside the school, students are supervised, mentored, protected, and nourished. Blended learning combines the two approaches to deliver an integrated course of... View Details
- 24 Aug 2017
- News
Unlocking Potential
Northern California, to help Reset create employer partnerships and engage corporate support. Elaine MacDonald (MBA 1998), executive director of HBS Community Partners for Northern California, says the project benefitted both the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
was typical for an HBS Leadership Fellow. The program catapults new grads into high-level positions at nonprofit and public-sector organizations, offering access to CEO-level management and decision-making. Meanwhile, organizations View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Insight: Yenball
grounds, so getting people to the park is key.) And for tourists looking to make the trek from Japan to catch a game, cities like New York and LA have the added benefit of offering an attractive destination. "It's obviously a long... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
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Why Layoffs are a Losing Strategy
into these outliers began in the late 2000s, after teaching the Malden Mills case in the MBA required course Leadership and Corporate Accountability. Most in the class believed Feuerstein had made a grave mistake; the decision had cost... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Alumni News | Book Briefs
than 25,000 companies over a period of 40-plus years to identify the core rules for sustained superior performance. They found three: better before cheaper (companies sustaining their performance do so by non-price benefits such as a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
The Next Big Thing
concerted efforts to establish life-sciences clusters. HBS Dean Kim B. Clark opened the summit and introduced Harvard University President Lawrence H. Summers, who declared that the University must do its part to ensure that scientific advances deliver the maximum... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
In the Driver's Seat
NASCAR racing is one of the more popular spectator sports in the country, but it's a tight little fraternity that's tough to join and expensive to belong to — maintaining a competitive team costs about $15 million per season. But die-hard... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
An Investment in Tomorrow's Leaders
Understanding that for many prospective students the greatest barriers to attending graduate school are financial, HBS is taking proactive steps to make the MBA Program more affordable. The School has held tuition flat for the past five years, and in August 2022... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Q&A: Andrew Kendall
as in Costa Rica, we were able to build a strong connection with the constituents who stood to benefit the most. When the people in Mattapan saw what we wanted to do and believed that we could do it, their support helped break political... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Short Takes
instead of companies, and agencies provide some of the health and other employee benefits once supplied by corporations. Bradach hopes to learn whether the flexibility model represents a lasting shift in how work is to be organized. "Does... View Details
Keywords: Judith Ross
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Alumni Books
allows for breakthroughs in conservation and economic progress. Besides depending on the environment for water, air, and land, organizations can reap substantial commercial benefits in risk mitigation, cost... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Private Equity under Investigation
behavior in the Justice Department’s crosshairs — deal sharing — is an important aspect of this competition that benefits us all. To understand the benefits of deal sharing, it is helpful to look at private... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Letters to the Editor
efficiency, it’s true that in many areas, private is more efficient. But not in health care. Compare Medicare administrative costs to those of private insurers. Medicare Advantage has average costs 15... View Details
- 26 Feb 2021
- News
Latinx on Boards; High-Tech Reforestation
that bring diversity, equity, and inclusion to systemically significant institutions at the highest levels. “As an institutionally young club, one of our main goals is to connect with and tap the talent and experience of earlier Latinx alumni, for the View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Honoring a Legend
he says. “Right now in the world, a billion people have no electricity. But the cost of clean energy is falling. My mission is to drive broad awareness to the business side of solar energy.” He adds that solar is a real alternative to... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 20 Nov 2019
- News
Lifting Fallen Families
public assumes that the government assists them. And it does, to an extent. “There are two government programs that are designed to aid them,” says Kim, “but that aid doesn’t cover the full cost of college. And it leaves a gap of about... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
What’s the Big Idea?
reporting standards,” he continues. “Integrated reporting will help take the capital markets to the next level, to the benefit of everybody.” —RT Star Gazing Boris Groysberg In today’s hypercompetitive world, successful senior managers... View Details