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- 01 Dec 2002
- News
HBSAAA Conference Addresses Pathways to Power
conferences, held in a different U.S. city each year, have provided access to an impressive roster of corporate executives and public-sector officials, often drawn from the host city's leading industries and institutions. Observed HBSAAA... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Up from the Ashes
in quick back-and-forth repartee, “He took you out of the flat dull textbook world and into the three dimensional world of living economics and economists.” On Entrepreneurship and Continual Innovation Schumpeter, of course, is the chief... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Bringing Up Baby
As a Walt Disney Co. executive who helped turn around the company's Euro Disney operation, Laura McCartney (MBA '93) knew plenty about problem solving and strategizing in the corporate world. But as a mother, she also knew from personal... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Camel and the Unicorn
capitalist by day. I teach entrepreneurship with the Middlebury Institute for International Studies. I often ask my students where they think the root of venture capital is. They'll often tell me they think it's Silicon Valley. The... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Côme Laguë (MBA 1993)
companies don’t find success but still have valuable IP. That IP tends to be lost, or picked up for little money by companies that don't contribute to the competitiveness of the technology industry,” says Laguë. “I like salvaging them, then selling them to big View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Running faster to compete
lobster traps anymore,” Knott once observed. His distinctly “made in America” trap soon caught the eye of competitors in China, who discounted their traps. “Our customers came back because they realized cheaper wasn’t better.” Knott founded Riverdale Mills View Details
- 01 Jan 2010
- News
Susan L. Decker, MBA 1986
financial ship as CFO, built the company’s advertiser and publisher group as EVP, and oversaw global business operations as president. Since leaving Yahoo! in 2009, Decker has taken time out from the corporate world to focus on what... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
of the French pointillist painter, and it’s easy to imagine Bill Gates or Oprah Winfrey humming the same tune. But if creativity is integral to business, and to entrepreneurship in particular, how exactly does it occur? Where does this... View Details
- 05 Aug 2015
- News
Bringing New Life to an Iconic Magazine
the organization (now operating as the Advisory Board Company and Corporate Executive Board) employs more than 6,500 people and generates annual revenues approaching $1.5 billion. While he didn’t fulfill his political dreams, Bradley... View Details
- 16 Dec 2016
- News
Cooking Up Connections
with Giulio D’Erme (GMP 8) of CulinaryOn, Blanc is building a business through an expanding group of culinary studios that host parties, classes, and corporate events. Launched in Moscow, CulinaryOn has expanded to Singapore, with plans... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Student Conferences Inspire Campus Dialogue
Designs, Inc., talked about leaving corporate America to start their own businesses, while Marjorie Alfus took on the topic of entrepreneurship within a corporate environment.... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Making a World of Difference
collaborative — mirrors that which he strives to create through his philanthropic activities. "I believe that in today's world, the corporate executive cannot be of major value unless he or she has the capacity to coexist with... View Details
- 18 Jan 2018
- News
Making a Mark in Multicultural Marketing
the first in her extended family to attend college. Before starting Mirror Digital, she worked in the media and technology group at Morgan Stanley, executing corporate finance and merger and acquisition transactions, and in strategic... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
K.O. Chia: The Voice of Experience
Malaysia, earned an engineering degree in England and spent fifteen years in the corporate world, first with Hewlett-Packard and then with Apple Computer. In 1991, he was part of the management team that founded Premisys Communications, a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
entrepreneurs and slowing deal volume for VCs. But change cannot wait, says Barna, just one of many alumni and academics in the entrepreneurship and investing sectors who advocate steps toward inclusivity like the ideas offered here.... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Pooling resources to tackle India's social challenges
Ravi Venkatesan (MBA 1992), former chairman of Microsoft India, left the corporate world to launch Social Venture Partners (SVP) India, which brings together concerned citizens to solve economic and social problems through venture... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
HBS Honored for Addressing Business and Societal Issues
Social and Environmental Stewardship, the report praised HBS as a leader in fostering social awareness, incorporating social concerns into coursework and projects, and supporting student activities and faculty research that influence both classroom materials and View Details
- 17 Aug 2015
- News
The Play Alchemist
corporate philanthropy, but it adds something extra: not only does one needy child get access to its play products each time a product is sold, but Uncharted Play also gives access to its Think Out of Bounds educational curriculum. The... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Reinventing the Wheel
the air or clogging landfills appealed to Cardozo. He’d worked extensively in startups and spent some time in the corporate world, but now he wanted more than commercial success—he wanted to lead a company that had what he calls a “strong... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 24 Aug 2017
- News
Unlocking Potential
Vocational and academic education programs in US correctional institutions have been around for more than a century. They have also achieved some success. In fact, a 2013 study by the Rand Corporation found that prison education helped... View Details