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- 02 Mar 2015
- News
To Market, To Market
at Heifer, Ferrari has helped the organization set and reach a number of internal goals that he says are critical to its mission to end poverty. From revising its global systems—for accounting, project and data management, and knowledge... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
How to Survive Past Start-up
others, I found that the founders with the most enviable outcomes had usually followed basic principles of entrepreneurship. Most encouraging, I discovered, is that those principles can be learned. Howard Stevenson, the Sarofim-Rock Baker View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
The Hard Way
return to a legal office because I hated it so much.” As her business matured, so did her understanding of how her domineering father — who died in 1986 — had laid the foundation for her success. “Everything I am today I owe to the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Making Progress on Strategic Priorities
to admit talented students regardless of their financial means, creating a diverse classroom that enhances the learning experience for all. Gender Initiative: This initiative was launched in 2015 to support research, teaching, and View Details
- 20 Aug 2014
- News
With No Time to Lose
ALS is a good investment for them, the market forces will do more than all the ALS foundations worldwide can do in decades.” Using a prize model, Prize4Life essentially “pays for results,” says Kremer’s friend, classmate, and board member... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Enterprise examines the foundations of bold yet reasonable action. Make Work Fair: Data-Driven Design for Real Results By Iris Bohnet and Siri Chilazi (MBA 2016) Harper Business To make organizations more fair, many well-meaning... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
a beaten track, people often try to steer you toward seemingly easier alternatives "for your own good." But for those who would blaze a new trail, I suggest a three-pronged focus: Embrace self-empowerment. Knowledge is power, and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research
accelerates the process of knowledge creation at HBS and leverages the expertise of the School’s faculty. For the 2022–2023 academic year, the BiGS Visiting Fellows’ work centers on race, diversity, inclusion, and inequality. BUSINESS AS... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
leaders through Bridgestar, a nonprofit executive recruiting service leveraged by technology; and to create a robust source of knowledge from those activities that can be shared freely — and free of charge — with others. “The vast... View Details
- 02 Nov 2015
- News
Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans
the end of their lunch meeting, the pair had committed to research investing in African universities. Today, Maarifa, which translates as knowledge in Swahili and Arabic, has plans to invest in and/or acquire a dozen universities over the... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
information junkie, but I did generally know every answer to every nit-picking question that the higher-ups threw at me (e.g., the cost of capital at Playboy was 10 percent). I even developed a working knowledge of things as abstruse as... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
A. Malachi Mixon, III, MBA 1968
development cycle used to be 24 months; it's now 12." Complementing this, he adds, is a knowledgeable sales force that fosters relationships with home-care providers, nursing homes, and medical equipment retailers; a wide assortment of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Student Conferences, at a Glance
variety of private, nonprofit, and governmental sources. Foundations are fickle, so always keep more than a few irons in the fundraising fire. Africa Business Conference. Building the African Dream: Defining a New Approach to Success... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?
variety of philanthropists, including the foundation started by the late John Walton—to establish a funding operation in Tennessee. The Fund supports CMOs whose schools have performed well on a broad range of metrics, including statewide... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
to break down silos and provide a unified body of knowledge to inform public policy. Two proposed legislative agenda items from an earlier version of the group’s white paper were voted into state law last year: making the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Bringing It Back Home
organizations and the challenges they face is an essential part of the experience. And the range of perspectives is amazing. The geographic diversity of the participants is matched and possibly exceeded by the diversity of the causes and organizations they represent,... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
Sarita expanded to a second school in Shanghai; Western businesspeople and diplomats account for 10 percent of the growing business. “When you have the knowledge and you know the protocol, then you have the confidence to focus on things... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Student Conferences Tackle Business Issues
becoming more and more team-oriented, less authoritative, and more consensus-driven.” This article was compiled from reports posted on the HBS Working Knowledge portal. For more coverage, visit hbswk.hbs.edu/. Asia Business Conference... View Details
- 13 May 2025
- News
If I Knew Then
economic risks. That financial acumen produced results that made it possible for him to act on his real passion. In 1998, he founded the Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment, a role that often draws on one of his HBS... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2020
constantly evolving world of finance, a solid technical foundation is an essential tool for success. Investment Banking: Valuation, LBOs, M&A, and IPOs, 3rd Edition is a highly accessible and authoritative book that explains how to... View Details