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- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
value of its philanthropic giving. The foundation recently raised a $120 million Growth Capital Aggregation Pilot fund that is investing in only three social sector organizations, including Youth Villages. The Decade Ahead IDEAS RULE: With 170 View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Ready for Launch
that provides incentives to employees while generating profits and growth.” The plan: Rechargeable batteries are a safe, clean, affordable energy source. Each battery has the size and weight of a brick and can be delivered directly to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Duncan M. ("Greg") Murray (MBA 1964)
join a groundbreaking urban redevelopment project and went home to Halifax in 1966. After the real estate aspect of the project was well along, I returned to the marine portion of my roots and became the first employee (and operations... View Details
- 04 Oct 2018
- News
“A Shout Through Time”
travels on Twitter." And of course as an employee of the company and somebody who uses the product pretty heavily, I had been posting some photos of our meetings in Cannes that week in the south of France. So Piero was correct on that... View Details
- 22 Nov 2017
- News
How to Build a Winning Culture on a Losing Team
celebrating the best talent in the world. And then putting the pieces in place to make sure when that talent walks in the door they want to stay here. It's a really fun group to work with. I mean we're—of our 500 some odd employees I'd... View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
morning with guns drawn. They seized every server and desktop computer. They are telling us nothing. Not only is our website down—it is in federal custody.” Holy s#$@. With no clue as to what was going on, the company was toast. Why would any investor, business... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 08 Jun 2018
- News
My First Job: Selling Shoes, Surviving Black Monday, and Shaped by Chicken Lenses
grown up in the business all of my career, and when I finished college and came back I was a full-time employee for the first time. After a year or so I was promoted to work under my dad as one of the department managers. And within a few... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Karmic Kickstart
employees and from a variety of outside parties. We have, of necessity, been continuously involved at all levels, from setting and implementing strategy for the college and its place in Bhutan to negotiating contracts, hiring, updating IT... View Details
- 25 Mar 2016
- News
Putting Faith in a Good Education
president and CEO of COMPS InfoSystems between 1992 and 2000. During his leadership, the small regional print-publishing firm that covered commercial real estate became a national electronic database publisher, with 420 employees and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Do You Speak Business?
and international interactions which, by default, require employees at many different levels to have an understanding of different styles and ways of conducting business. My management team members, from six different countries and a... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
funds, and insurance companies — in two key ways. Rather than open a high-cost retail branch network and wait for customers to walk in, iTrust has forged partnerships with 130 large and midsized companies across India to become a preferred vendor of financial services... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
Individuals who fail to purchase coverage are penalized up to $912 on their taxes; companies with more than eleven employees must pay the state $295 per year per employee if they don’t offer their workers a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
in-depth look at a single organization, the high-tech giant Rakuten, in the five years after its English lingua franca mandate. Her behind-the-scenes portrayal explores how language shapes the ways in which employees who work in global... View Details
- 06 Jan 2017
- News
Mental Illness and the Workplace
workers with mental illness? Switz: I would like to see a person who's struggling with a mental health condition get flowers or a card. I would love to see that person get support in transitioning back to work. I'd love to see the mental health condition treated or an... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
service that automatically kept track of addresses, travel plans, and important dates. Launched by Adams and Brian Robertson (MBA ’04), the company had grown to 45 employees and had over 2 million users by the time it was acquired by... View Details
Keywords: Personal Services
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
heading a services company that provides end-to-end technology solutions to over 150 Fortune 500 clients. With 28,000 employees located in 54 countries, Satyam, founded in 1987, had revenues of $1 million when it went public in 1992. In... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 23 May 2019
- News
Michael R. Bloomberg, MBA 1966
see,” says Dan Napoli, a retired Merrill partner. Bloomberg LP has grown into a global company with nearly 20,000 employees in 120 countries and is the primary source of information for the global financial system. By all accounts,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Case Study: Growing the Family Business
discounted services or brand association might benefit the local lender. Finally, given the business strategy of no long-term commitments, I wonder if the centers could be sold to or subsidized by local large employers that would want the service available to their... View Details
- 22 Aug 2019
- News
Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector
training program, and now just became employee number one at Microsoft's development center in Nigeria. And he's an amazing person, I mean with or without Andela, he would have been fine. When you meet him, you'll know, he's on a mission.... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
concept.” With their faculty advisors acting as “healthy skeptics,” the team laid the groundwork for ZEFER, which has received more than $100 million in venture funding, earned over $100 million in 2000 revenues, and boasts over seven hundred View Details