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- 13 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding
political, and economic times. Americans throughout history have embraced the American Dream, which proclaims that through hard work and perseverance anyone can be successful, regardless of class, caste,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
Baker Scholar. After spending a year at HBS as assistant to the legendary Professor Georges F. Doriot, Barford moved on to work as a financial analyst at Doriot's American Research & Development Corporation, one of the first U.S. venture... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
children in Middle American suburbia, his businessmen protagonists acquired the extroversion “necessary to be at home in a smiling rotarian world.” But like MacDonald, who admitted that he himself had done “miserably in the business... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
a Baker Scholar), he never envisioned a future in academia. It did not take long for his plans to change. "During spring semester of my first year, I reflected on what I had seen in the classroom," says Wasserman, who arrived at HBS with five years of experience at... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Just Super
Kraft told the Boston Globe (February 6, 2002). "To see people of all backgrounds cheering for the team, we've accomplished part of our dream of being able to bring the community together." The organization's senior vice president and... View Details
- Portrait Project
Nelya Nikonova
"I want to live... I want to live... A chance to live my life, I want to search far and wide and have a reason to wonder why... " When I was in high school, this song from "Peace Child", a musical created by Soviet and View Details
- 06 Apr 2016
- News
Raising a Glass to Life-Long Entrepreneurship
an American beer revolution in the same way that Sam Adams the patriot started a political revolution. Finally, the question I’m sure you get all the time: So many people dream of opening their own... View Details
- Web
The Coming of Managerial Capitalism - Course Catalog
historical events, determine why certain pathways were chosen, and to use history as a guide to the present and the future. The course is divided into four main (largely chronological) modules with a concluding session on the American... View Details
- Portrait Project
Amy McGowan
to spend my life focused on repairing the cracks. Business leaders must play a role in solving these societal issues to ensure that the American Dream remains alive. View Details
- Profile
John Rogers
business and society. My view of the world has changed over these last two years, but most importantly, HBS has changed the way I view myself within the world. I now have a dream for change and an inspiration and pathway to pursue it.... View Details
- Portrait Project
Kate Aitken
who seek a better life and promised that education and hard work would ensure future success. In the America of my childhood, openness and opportunity were inextricably linked. Today that link feels broken. Economic inequality has driven our nation apart, pushed the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Bold Idea Takes Off
Falik Photo Courtesy Abby Falik As a teenager, Abby Falik (MBA ’08) spent a summer living in a rural Nicaraguan village, an experience that inspired her to dream of ways she could help other young people have meaningful experiences in... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Taking MBA know-how on tour across America
Knowing that not every American who has a dream to start a business can come to Harvard Business School, Casey Gerald (MBA 2014) decided to bring HBS to them. He and three classmates logged 8,000 miles in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Library Dues
Schwarzman is donating $100 million to the institution, the largest gift in its history, the Associated Press reported (March 12, 2008). Established in 1895, the library is “a passport to the American dream... View Details
- 01 Nov 2012
- News
First and Goal
says, “I was living a dream every time I put on that helmet. And none of my teammates, from high school All-Americans to the last guys on the bench, needed any extra motivation to leave their guts, heart, and blood on the practice field... View Details
- 23 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Founder of Modern Venture Capital
students. He realized his dream of establishing the first Master of Business Administration program in Europe by helping establish the European Institute of Business Administration. Doriot learned the art of bringing science and industry... View Details
- Portrait Project
Shibani Joshi
I grew up as the eldest child of immigrant parents who chose to live out the American dream in the oddest of places, Oklahoma City. A great portion of my life was spent trying to live up to the expectations... View Details
- Portrait Project
Caren Kelleher
My great-grandmother, a Swedish immigrant, left her homeland at the age of twenty to pursue her American dream; my grandmother, a WWII nurse, outranked her own husband in the Army; and my mother, a purposeful entrepreneur, started her own... View Details
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Financing New Ideas - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Library Visionary, Innovator, Educator I n 1960, ARD invested $3.6 million in 18 companies and, by 1961, the firm became the first venture capital firm with shares listed on the New York Stock Exchange. In the article "Scientific Risk-Taking Keeps Paying Off for View Details
- 02 Dec 2017
- News
The Lines That Divide America
Photo via The Atlantic Photo via The Atlantic In a new article in The Atlantic, Dean Nitin Nohria draws parallels between standing in a waiting line and the current sense of unfairness and inequality being experienced by many Americans. “Access to the line that... View Details
Keywords: Nitin Nohria