Economics Of Information System - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 2002
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Dean Clark on Leadership, Educational Priorities, and Funding the Future

leaders in society, and the ed-ucational priorities that are behind the most ambitious fundraising effort ever undertaken by HBS. Looking back on the past year, the School — like other institutions around the world — faced a number of... View Details

01 Dec 2008
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Summit Sound Bites

rolling. We are seeing that change can happen at the school level. Now the challenge is at the system level.” —Wendy Kopp, CEO & Founder, Teach For America “The mix of government and private industry... View Details

25 Jun 2020
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Covering All Corners

patients. Fortunately, I am a member of an MBA alumni association that has addressed the problem of providing the Egyptian health care system with ventilators, which are... View Details

12 May 2016
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Food Rescue Is on a Mission

remote parts of the continent. The organization expects to feed 17 million meals to the country’s poorest families this year, an astounding achievement reflective of why the Carsons earned the 2015 Social... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Jan 2011
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Hüsnü Özyeğin, MBA 1969

2008 Opens Özyeğin University Hüsnü Özyeğin's grandfather was a Turkish clothing merchant who didn't go to college, but he instilled in his progeny an appreciation for the value of education. The younger Özyeğin pursued his studies in the... View Details

01 Jan 2002
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Orin C. Smith (MBA '67)

company to more than economic success. "Starbucks describes itself as a values-driven company," he explains. "What's most important is that leadership has the integrity to try to live religiously by the values it expresses." To that end,... View Details

01 Jan 2008
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John Doerr, MBA 1976

San Francisco. It focused on two areas where Doerr would soon have tremendous influence: information technology and science-based business. “The main thing we do— that we’ve always done—is build upon the best ideas View Details

01 Jun 2012
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Plan B: The Brick Bank

for future needs such as retirement or education,” reflects Adams. “However, there are some environments, including Vietnam, where that fundamental tenet is not the best economic decision.” Pedro Noyola (HBS 2013) noted that while he... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jun 2018
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Up by the Roots

In 2010, Maria Gotsch (MBA 1989) called a meeting with the chief information and technology officers at five of the largest banks headquartered in Manhattan. The session would last for three hours, but as... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Dan Page

01 Dec 2012
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Shareholders' Value?

will be—because they are less rooted in the fundamental value of the corporations whose shares are being traded. Sure, some volatility is good because it gives people a reason to trade, thus keeping markets liquid. But too much volatility... View Details

01 Sep 2005
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One-on-One with Thomas Riley

regional issues. I tried to get better informed on general world issues and solicited suggestions from former ambassadors. When it came time to leave, the President gave me a nice send-off. What do you do during a typical week? My day... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Finance; Government

01 Jan 2003
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James E. Burke, MBA 1949

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Emeritus Johnson & Johnson Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page ©2003 www.RockyThies.com EARLIER EDUCATION College of the Holy Cross, 1947 B.S., Economics LIFELONG... View Details

01 Dec 2017
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The Robots Are Coming to Save Your Job

in an economically viable manner,” he says. “Today, though, I can actually build a smaller factory in the United States; have robots take some of the cost out, with high-skilled labor doing other parts View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

17 Apr 2014
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York Street Partners, Busbud Take Top Honors in Alumni New Venture Competition

(MBA 2005), Nayana Mawilmada (MBA 2005) and Jayamin Pelpola (MBA 2010). The firm hopes to capitalize on the current development drive and rapid economic growth taking place in Sri Lanka. Based in Colombo, York Street Partners was launched... View Details

Keywords: New Venture Competition; Information; Information; Information; Information

20 Sep 2013
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Connections Add Up

but I'm the steward. I aspire to that HBS mission of being a leader who makes a difference." The metrics show that CEE is effecting change. Last year, 10,000 students took part in the National Economic... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Oct 1998
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A Career to Smile About

covers an impressive amount of territory, for the energetic Juliber, it's only a start. "One of the main challenges for a global company is how to accelerate the transfer of... View Details

Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.

09 Sep 2016
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MaiTai Global and Kiteboarding

Richard Branson, where we did shark tagging. We funded a shark tagging expedition in the British Virgin Islands. And there was an effort ongoing, that we merged into, to provide the information required to show that sharks were important... View Details

01 Jun 2006
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India Arrives

developing economic powerhouse. In the evening light, silhouettes of high-rises under construction punctuate the modern skyline, and a gleaming urban mall stands ready to serve Mumbai’s growing,... View Details