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- 02 Dec 2019
- News
Championing the HBS Fund
extremely positive and supportive section,” he adds, noting that they set up a peer-tutoring program to help each other. “It was the highest-return academic setting I’ve ever been in.” Dosiou, meanwhile, was in medical school, doing her... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Multimedia Martha: Sharon Patrick Cooks Up A Winner
She's teaching domestic arts — skills that have gotten lost over the last few decades. She's extremely good at simplifying the steps required so that people can do these things despite the pressures of modern life. MSLO is a company whose... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
You Only Thought You Were Republican
at the Clinton/Gore rates than at the Reagan/Bush rates.) This isn’t to say all regulation is good. It’s not — and Democrats know that, too. (But the housing bubble, with all the pain it will entail, would surely have been less extreme if... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Innovation Outside the Boundaries
the way of solving problems across today’s interconnected organizations,” observes Thiry. “The knowledge sharing happening more and more between HBS and other Harvard schools is extremely important.” O’Leary calls the new joint MS/MBA... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
High Fives
and social benefits.” Views on investing in emerging markets: “It's extremely challenging and extremely rewarding. The obvious communication and cultural sensitivities can't be overcome by anything except... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
background, and they have a good idea of what they want to do with that experience when they get here." The flexibility and freedom of academia has an entrepreneurial appeal that is extremely rewarding for those who want to set their own... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Gift for MBA Global Reach
activities overseas,” stated Rubenstein, who has ties to the School through his wife, Alice Rogoff Rubenstein (MBA ’78), and through service on the Board of Dean’s Advisors. Said Dean Nitin Nohria, “This extremely generous and important... View Details
- 16 Oct 2014
- News
Reducing special-interest influence over government regulation
including, but not limited to, deregulation,” write Moss and his coauthor Daniel Carpenter, the Freed Professor of Government at Harvard University. In fact, the evidence suggests that strong or pervasive types of regulatory capture—the most damaging varieties—are... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Rent Out Your Ride
fleet. A users’ rating system encourages owners to keep cars clean and running well. To date, the service is available only in Boston and Cambridge. Said one owner, who makes about $200 a month from renting his vehicle after RelayRides takes its 15 percent cut: “I was... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Letters
but it has a detailed plan for public- and private- sector efforts to end extreme global poverty. Business alone cannot do the job because, as the IGD plan points out, it is necessary to invest in good governments as well as investing in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
are 1.57 billion Muslims in the world; a very small number have extreme views, and even fewer act on them. In my own life, through speaking engagements, op-ed articles, and financial support, I focus on three areas that I think... View Details
- 04 Jan 2016
- News
Taking Time Out for a Challenge
hit the small African nation in 2014. “Having watched Sierra Leone and its neighbors make great strides over the last decade to consolidate peace, grow their economies, and invest in public services, I knew they remained among the poorest countries in the world, with... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Thumbs Up Down Under
Boston Globe (December 9, 2001), "There's no place to stop. There's no help. There's nothing within a thousand miles. That means you've got to be extremely careful with everything you do - even lighting the stove." View Details
- 22 Mar 2011
- News
Maximum Cities
Growing up in Calcutta, Delhi, and Bombay, HBS Dean Nitin Nohria experienced urban life at its most extreme — cities so full of people and traffic that it was impossible to imagine they could grow any larger. At a conference on... View Details
- 09 Aug 2011
- News
A Toast to Macchu Pisco
Business Plan Contest, I did a marketing independent study on how to launch a premium pisco brand in the United States. We entered a plan in the contest and were semi-finalists. The alumni I contacted during my second year were extremely... View Details
- 03 Jan 2018
- News
Candy That Is Good for You
“The gum category is extremely interesting because it's dominated by two large players, who own 95 percent of the market. There are very few independent companies, very few startups that have entered the space. So that made it daunting... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Khoo Teng Chye: Technology Turnaround in Singapore
appreciation of his Harvard stint is one reason why he is helping HBS prepare a case study on PSA. “To learn from the experience of major companies and understand how managers tackle problems can be extremely rewarding,” Khoo explains.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Alumni Eager to Help Shape School’s Future
the research, and the facilities. Alumni are truly vested in the future of this great institution. Dean Jay Light has led the School under extremely difficult circumstances over the past five years. Our new Dean will face the equally... View Details
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- 03 Jul 2024
- News
Surviving the Iditarod
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Sunny Stroeer: Many folks have heard of the Iditarod Sled Dog race, which is the last great race on earth where mushers compete to cover the distance from Anchorage to Nome as quickly as possible. The... View Details
- 24 Jul 2018
- News
How Amy Hood Won Back Wall Street and Helped Reboot Microsoft
Hood needed to correct missteps made on Ballmer’s watch. First up: the $9.5 billion Nokia deal. Less than a year after closing, it was foundering and had missed Hood’s initial forecast for sales and savings. “Once the forecast failed to pan out, Amy was View Details