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- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Classic Lines
attracting some fifteen million viewers weekly. Enter Dekkers Davidson (MBA '82), CEO of Antiques America, an online company (antiquesamerica.com) that brings together buyers and sellers in this $25 billion market and wants to be the... View Details
- 04 Apr 2017
- Blog Post
Why I Love My Job: Jerry Murphy at The Davis Companies
hard to buy and hard to figure out, but I have fun trying to find a way to make them work every day. What attracted you to this opportunity?I came to The Davis Companies because of the flat structure and entrepreneurial environment. Jon... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate
- 13 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Leadership Fellow Henry Tsai: Working with City Leadership to Leverage Technology
Innovation Officer and HBS/HKS joint degree alumnus, Shireen Santosham, “I knew she would be able to use someone with an MBA skill set.” “We have a tremendous amount of work and responsibility with a very limited budget,” Shireen says. “It can be hard to View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Protecting conservation land while turning a profit
Like any private equity firm, The Lyme Timber Company seeks attractive financial returns for its investors. But Jim Hourdequin (MBA 2005), managing director at Lyme, considers a second audience—the public—when making decisions about his... View Details
- 03 May 2021
- What Do You Think?
Where Does CEO Activism Go From Here?
the answer, it’s clear that others—employees, customers, suppliers, politicians, the general public—do. As a frequent speaker at various corporate events, I was tempted to think that my name and reputation was the attraction until I saw... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
A Bid for the Future
state workforce development programs in the United States. “People think about economic development folks making pitches to companies, and wining and dining, and that is part of it,” says Moret. “But what really matters is creating a great operating environment for... View Details
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Shared Value & Investors - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Investing The Purpose of Investing The fundamental purpose of investing for society is to allocate capital to companies who can earn an attractive return Investors create the greatest societal value by selecting companies that will use... View Details
- 26 Oct 2015
- News
Sal Khan Goes Back to School
The revolution started several years ago with Khan Academy, an innovative online portal of educational videos and tutorials that has attracted millions of followers and showed educators a thing or two about the way today’s children learn.... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Entrepreneurship at HBS
corporations. Yet the course attracted one hundred students in its first year and became a fixture in the elective MBA curriculum for two decades. The popularity of The Management of New Enterprises and of related courses developed in the... View Details
- 28 Mar 2018
- Blog Post
Event Planning for Recruiting Success - Part 1
reflected in Company Presentation attendance – students want to use their time, and your time, wisely! Companies who typically hire many students, or have a well-known brand on campus, may attract larger groups at presentations.... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
HBS Cyberposium Brings Online Future into Focus
student volunteers from the Communications, Media, and Computing Ventures Club who organized seven provocative panel discussions and a number of leading-edge product demonstrations and entrepreneurial workshops. The two-day event View Details
Keywords: Meg Gardner
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Rowin’ on the River
On a balmy October day, the HBS women’s four competed in the 43rd annual Head of the Charles Regatta, said to be the world’s largest two-day rowing event and a fall tradition that attracts some 200,000 spectators. From bow to stern, crew... View Details
- 18 Nov 2014
- News
Enhancing educational opportunities in the community
Courtney Miller Cavatoni (MBA 1999) works to further educational opportunities as board chair of an independent school in southwestern Virginia, where good schools are attracting families and businesses to the area. (Published November... View Details
Amory Houghton
Houghton diversified Corning Glass products and expanded, for the first time, into the field of consumer goods. He sharply reduced the prices for beakers, Pyrex ovenware, and electric light bulbs, making them more attractive as... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 03 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Facebook’s Future
Facebook's attraction has peaked. The apparent disappearance of teenagers from the site has made these concerns even greater. I disagree with this conclusion. Teenagers will return to the site when they are older, and Facebook will... View Details
Keywords: by Mikolaj Piskorski
- 12 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
Reading Between the Lines: How to Spot the Skills You Need Among the Resumes You Get
consumer interactions is fairly unique, we need to attract people from different backgrounds,” he says. “We’re always trying to build a bridge between a candidate’s background and what they might be able to do here.” Fitzpatrick and... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 27 Mar 2017
- Blog Post
How to Partner With a Club: Host a Club Trek
members, discuss career trajectory, job opportunities and how different teams work together. Allowing students to envision their daily work environment is an advantage to any organization looking to educate students and attract talent.... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Webinars Offer Career Advice
was such a success, attracting over 3,500 alumni, that the offerings this year will double. Additional topics for the fall lineup include “Tapping the Hidden Job Market,” “Networking Tactics,” “Moving from Corporate to Nonprofit,” and... View Details
- Mar 2012
- Article
How to Make Finance Work
Once a sleepy old boys' club, the U.S. financial sector is now a dynamic and growing business that attracts the best and the brightest. It is tempting to declare the industry a roaring success. But its purpose is to serve the needs of... View Details
- Portrait Project
John Kelleher
linked with global forces. When emerging markets half way around the world present attractive business prospects, or when hatred festering in far away places spawns terrorism close to home—foreign policy is domestic policy. Miss this... View Details