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- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Up on the Green Roof
ROOFTOP GARDEN: HBS project manager Kevin Ruby surveys Shad Hall’s newly planted perennials. Photographs by Neal Hamberg When it came time to replace the leaky roof on Shad Hall — runners joked of dodging buckets placed on the indoor... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
DOWNTIME: Varma and Agarwala take a break. Photographs By Tom Pietrasik Imagine that you’ve quit your high-paying job with a big, prestigious firm to launch a financial advisory service tailored for India’s rapidly growing middle class,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Competitiveness at Risk
project is chaired by Professors Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin, who are joined by a team of HBS faculty together with thought leaders from other institutions. It aims to inspire alumni, other business... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Dean Nohria Looks Ahead
by his example. He grew up in a very small village in India and was one of the first people in his family to attend college, where he studied engineering. He then went to England to get a diploma in management from Manchester Business... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Where Conservation Means Business
Photos by Webb Chappell Related Links Who Was George F. Baker? Priscilla Anderson demonstrating photo conservation techniques. Stepping into the workaday world of Priscilla Anderson is like taking a step back in time. While most... View Details
Keywords: Roger thompson
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Steve Schwarzman
Schwarzman Illustration by Roberto Parada Last year the U.S. private-equity business set a number of impressive records: most money raised at $375 billion, most deals closed at 654, and biggest buyout ever at $38.9 billion. Of all the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
One-on-One with Carter Roberts
Roberts Illustration by PJ Loughran Carter Roberts (MBA ’88) traces his enchantment with nature back to his early childhood in Atlanta, where he roamed a backyard forest and discovered a fascinating world of creatures under rotting logs.... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Social Investing Pioneers
rising to a maximum of 13.3 percent, but only if the reoffending rate is reduced by at least 7.5 percent. Even at the highest rate, the government is forecast to pay out only about a third of its cost savings. Fifteen months into the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Li & Fung's Global Footprint
the changing global landscape for business leaders Look in any closet, toy chest, or family room in a typical Western home, and you’ll find a trove of goods supplied by a century-old Hong Kong–based export trading company— Li & Fung Ltd.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Ali Allawi
Allawi Illustration by Jack Unruh After spending much of his adult life in opposition to Saddam Hussein’s brutal regime, London-based businessman Ali Allawi (MBA ’71) couldn’t say no to an old friend who called to offer him a... View Details
- 02 Dec 2010
- News
Ten Rules for Entrepreneurs
start by choosing the product they want to make or the service they want to provide and then try to convince the market to buy it. It makes more sense to start a business the other way around: Identify what the market needs first, and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Centennial Goes YouTube
of all time lines” by its chief architect. This year’s reunion participants can sign up for a video storytelling session while on campus. So can attendees at the Centennial Business Summit in October. If you don’t plan to be on campus... View Details
- 10 Apr 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Where Does it Go? Spending by the Financially Constrained
- 23 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative
good at associational thinking, or simply associating. They make connections between seemingly unrelated problems and ideas and synthesize new ideas. I would frame associational thinking by asking this question: Has somebody else in the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Editor's Note
asks: Is management a profession? His answer may surprise you. The excerpts we present provide a sampling of his key findings. No doubt they will help set the agenda for the faculty colloquia on business education scheduled for next spring. Consider this issue just the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Perception versus Reality
story. Mike Cassidy (MBA ’91) alone has four. Since graduating, he has launched and sold four tech companies, earning him the sobriquet “Start-Up King of Silicon Valley” (see article). His advice to would-be entrepreneurs: “Don’t hesitate to jump in.” Given this... View Details
- 02 Feb 2018
- Video
HBX Live Case Discussion w/ Professor Steven Rogers
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
New Magazine Makes Its Mark
list exists. But several efforts to compile such a list are under way, a development Nelson and Phillips eagerly await. As circulation and ad revenue continue to grow, the publishing duo expect to achieve a milestone this year: They’ll finally take home a salary. —... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Making a Difference
the phone’s camera at the graphic and snap an image. The decoder will translate the bar code and redirect you to the target Web site. We’ve placed four mobile bar codes in this issue. To experiment, start with this one. It will take you to a video of Professor Lawrence... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Security Chief
across a far-flung network of operations, and motivating everyone with a clear understanding of the new company’s mission. Add to those formidable tasks the steep learning curve Parker faced by moving from the service-based rigors of... View Details