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01 Jun 2017
News

Six Receive 2017 HBS Alumni Achievement Award

day I took over. I told [the host] Miss Jean to sit down, that I would run the show for her.” Case method prep: “The exercise of being a decision-maker in a pretend environment 15 times a week teed me up to do it in a real environment.”... View Details

01 Dec 2016
News

Alumni Leading Change

Setting the Standard for Commercial Success As chairman of Esquel Group, Marjorie Yang (MBA 1976) oversees one of the world’s largest manufacturers of high-end cotton shirts. Founded in 1978 and... View Details

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Manuscript Collections - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

was founded by Henry B. Hyde in 1859 and under his leadership became the largest life insurance company in the world. The collection includes... View Details

24 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital

young firms, given the uncertainties that were a natural part of the entrepreneurial process," Lerner explained. "General Doriot's idea was to create a new kind of organization that established a... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner; Financial Services

11 May 2021
Blog Post

IPO or M&A? How Venture Capital Shapes a Startup's Future

startup’s vision or step back altogether after a larger company takes possession. In 144 of these transactions, the deal effectively closed a failing business. Another 2.9 percent of View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity

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DEC - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Transistors had begun to replace vacuum tubes and represented what was known as the "second generation" of computers able to hold thousands of binary logic circuits within a compact design. Olsen and Anderson joined forces to create a... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017

rising leaders in 120 companies and how they dealt with them. The challenges included handling rising pressure and recovering from mistakes; dealing with office villains; taking uncomfortable risks; and... View Details

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Educating Leaders - Georges F. Doriot:Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Margaret Rudkin, founder of Pepperidge Farms; and John Deutsch, chemist and provost of MIT, and later Deputy Secretary of Defense and Director of the CIA. For fieldwork assignments, teams of eight to ten students studied and consulted... View Details

22 Feb 2022
News

An Rx for Small Business Recovery

PPP’s forgivable loans were a lifeline for many small businesses. But banks often prioritized larger, established clients, while the smallest and most vulnerable businesses had trouble accessing funds. “Fintech View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Jan 2007
News

A. Malachi Mixon, III, MBA 1968

the company puts a premium on new product development and innovation, while providing help and hope to people of all ages with disabilities. Mal Mixon takes his guest on a tour of View Details

10 Apr 2019
HBS Case

How Entrepreneurs Can Turn Lead Into Gold

he was able to recruit employees and mentors who were inspired by the authenticity of his passion. Besides, financial and non-financial resources are not mutually exclusive. In Cotopaxi’s case the social... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

02 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2006

Healthcare Michael Porter is considered by many to be the world's foremost authority on competition and strategy. He discusses the need for fundamental reform in the way View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 2002
News

HBS Association of Ireland: Connecting at Home and Abroad

while for Irish alumni to find their way back to the Emerald Isle — most graduates live and work in the United States or England for a few years before returning to their homeland. Barry himself was no... View Details

01 Dec 1996
News

Starting Up and Starting Over

section focusing on the startup phase (taught by Professor Patrick Liles) and the other on operational problems and strategies (taught by Professor Dick Dooley). Dooley went on to pioneer View Details

09 Mar 2023
News

Four Alumni Clubs Mark Milestone Year

Clubs News Clubs News HBS Association of Boston Commemorates Centennial In 2023, the HBS Association of Boston (HBSAB) is commemorating its Centennial Year with activities and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

28 Mar 2016
News

Drawing Connections Between Business and Art

traditional forms of career advancement. After eight years with the company, he decided to go to HBS. “The idea came from my time as an intern at Digital Equipment Corp. in the United States while I was a... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

01 Apr 1999
News

Spirit at Work

"I wouldn't want a Fortune 500 company bringing me religion." Echoes Vaill: "Talking about spirituality in the business context feels risky and awkward, and people tend to question View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Oct 1998
News

Short Takes

recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, HBS assistant professor Charles King III investigates whether, indeed, cigarette companies advertise to... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

25 Apr 2023
News

Class of 2022 Startups Sweep Alumni New Venture Competition

and Vanessa Royle In the end, Ilana Springer Borkenstein and Eric Gruskin, from the New York region, took the Grand Prize of $75,000 with their startup, M7 Health, an... View Details