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- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Entrepreneurial Venture
years of experience (and the fact that you have seen recessions and market fluctuations), what is your advice to less-seasoned HBS graduates? O'Lear: Buckle your seatbelt. If you accept the premise that the U.S. postindustrial economy... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
All Hands on Deck
And more than 300 members of the MBA Classes of 2009 and 2010 shared their insights from navigating the Great Recession with this year’s graduating students. On the lighter side, students were excited that alumni around the world could... View Details
Keywords: Jen Mele
- 17 Aug 2022
- News
To Serve and Protect the Markets
they should. It’s like two covers of a big book.” That continued faith in the markets is what drives Jones. “It’s what I hope my impact will be,” she says. “The market crash in the 1920s, the recession in 2008—we know what can happen when... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Student Conferences, at a Glance
technology, financial services, security, and Web services. The worst of the media industry’s recession may be over. The popularity of integrating various media properties (e.g., AOL Time Warner) appears to be waning. Latin American... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
different economies that you're selling into," he continues. "For example, no one was able to foresee the recession in Asia. On the supply side, oil production has a very long lead time, particularly the big fields." Stobaugh also notes... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
Neurosmith’s ability to combine fun with learning. Just as Neurosmith was hitting its stride, however, the recession struck, wreaking havoc on the independent specialty stores. “Four of our top five retailers went out of business in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
chain. We ran into the buzz saw of the recession just as we opened a fourth restaurant in a high-end mall. That’s now a couple of years in the rearview mirror, but you can’t deny that the recession had an... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
demand-side recession or depression. Producers (businesses) realize they’re going to have less demand for their products in the future, so they start contracting their operations. That means laying people off. Now you’re really in a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
A Quiet Force: Remembering Jay Light
research into the causes of the crisis. “Jay came at the recession like the expert he was,” says Angela Crispi (MBA 1990), Executive Dean for Administration during Light’s tenure. “He moved quickly to manage expenses, while continuing to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
unique to India before iTrust launched. “It would have saved a lot of time and emotional energy,” he writes. The Upside of the Economic Downturn Given a choice, Agarwala and Varma probably would have kept their day jobs had they foreseen the gathering storm that became... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Straight to the Heart
but growing quickly. What’s driving that trend? People have realized through the recession that they can lose their job, they can lose their home, but there can still be “life stability” if they have a great spouse. They’ll be OK if they... View Details
- 19 Jan 2017
- News
Finding Purpose in Profit
like a win-win for both parties. [An HBS Bulletin article in 2007 gave a detailed accounting of GoLite’s founding and eventual trademark sale to Timberland.] Yet it was not to be. The following year, as the Great Recession began to take... View Details
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010)
housing trust fund in Arkansas and the development of legislation that protects families during recessions in Connecticut. Currently, we are providing our research findings to legislators who are preparing legislation to significantly... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
going through major reorganization or collapse were probably headed there in five to ten years anyway. It’s a difficult transition, but it’s exciting in the sense that this economic recession is forcing transitions faster, quickly... View Details
- 12 Nov 2019
- News
Seismic Shift
were asking important questions and making changes, and West saw companies taking initial steps to address diversity issues, including hiring diversity officers as senior executives. With a focus on diversity, the numbers began to show some signs of improvement. But... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Boxer of Quirinal By John Barr (MBA 1972) Red Hen Press All animals struggle to survive. In John Barr’s poems, the success of the heron hunting, the albatross breeding, the inchworm spinning give proof of life. But for us that... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
Second, despite an initial flurry of protectionism and inward-looking politics, it will become clear that the best way to lessen the severity of worldwide recessions is to increase the volume of interdependent trade among nations. Which... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
On Credit
credit to people they didn’t know from Adam. This, and the devastating economic effects of the Panic of 1837 and the recession that lingered in its aftermath well into the following decade, contributed to the growing demand for outside... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
three MIT scientists founded E Ink in 1997. “I was the business guy,” says Wilcox, who over time has held senior leadership roles at the company in areas ranging from sales and marketing to finance to R&D. Twelve years later, the company Wilcox now heads as CEO is... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
a market economy, political liberty, and human rights have entered Mongolian society. We are a kind and friendly people who are learning these essential values of democracy. With gold and copper the country’s main exports, the drop in commodity prices and the global... View Details