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- 14 Jan 2021
- News
Better Than Cash
groups attract the necessary financial investments. “There is no blueprint, as every member is at a different place,” observes Goodwin-Groen. “Our role is to help create opportunities for investment in this sector.” One of the biggest... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
More Than a Business
business, he just didn't know when or how. "Dad was good about exposing me to business-never pressuring me into it but always making it seem attractive and interesting," he recalls. After becoming a star basketball player at Yale as an... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey Lazar
- 20 Jan 2011
- News
Oil Spill Solution
booms now being deployed in the Gulf and in the Dalian oil spill in China. Opflex was conceived when oil-contaminated flood waters threatened to shut down Cellect's upstate New York plant in 2006. The spongy green, reusable Opflex was later reformulated to repel water... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Start-Ups "R" Us
aspirations of the School’s graduates. The inaugural year for the Alumni New Venture Contest attracted more than seventy teams representing HBS Clubs in the United States and abroad. The seven finalists made their start-up pitches to a... View Details
- 16 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Improve Decision-Making in Hiring: Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them
organizations fosters better problem-solving, innovation, and thoughtful strategic planning. Furthermore, studies have shown that talented candidates seek out diverse work environments. Overcoming unconscious bias in your hiring has a ripple effect of building an... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Accelerating Therapies
supporting early-stage technologies, enhancing their value, and making them attractive candidates for licensing, startup formation, and commercial development. The idea for the Blavatnik Fellows program resulted from conversations between... View Details
- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship in Asia and Foreign Direct Investment
Singapore and Malaysia. Capital in Taiwan and Hong Kong went to the most efficient firms, including small, start-up entrepreneurial firms, and was not based on the political or ethnic status of such firms, he said. Extremely attractive... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
You Have to Save to Win
$25 saved. Aside from better odds, the program offers something much more tangible for thrill-seeking lotto players: money in the bank. Since its launch in January 2009, Save to Win has attracted $3.8 million in new deposits from almost... View Details
Laurence A. Tisch
Larry Tisch, and brother Bob, took over Loew’s Theatre Company in 1961. Though the firm’s assets were attractive as regal old theatres, the Tisch brothers saw more profit in selling the downtown theatres as prime real estate. After... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
- Profile
Tim Nicolette
finance, but in leadership, operations, and marketing—and in how they all fit together for high-performance. That’s what attracted me to HBS's general management approach. Second: the case method. It helps you develop functional... View Details
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Steve Alden
weren't grimly serious, as I had expected. There was a lot of laughter and fun along with the learning — an element of congeniality and community I was attracted to." In his RC classes, Steve has found a ground-level view of the... View Details
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John Bracaglia
AI," the conference was hosted by the Code Club (John is VP in 2018/2019, and will be president next year), attracting more than 150 people to events with eleven speakers spread out over two days. "We focused on three industries... View Details
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Kine Seck Mercier
about what I wanted to do, how I wanted to contribute. It would also give me access to opportunities I wouldn’t otherwise have.” Participating in the positivity HBS attracted Kiné by virtue of a brand known worldwide: “It gives you... View Details
- Profile
Alika Phipps
eye toward returning to her family’s businesses, Alika was attracted to HBS’ emphasis on general management. “The program gives you a broad overview of many different skills,” she says. “Daily case study actively builds leadership... View Details
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HBS - From The Dean
the world. We can only achieve that by attracting the most innovative thinkers and the most collaborative learners to our community—regardless of their financial means. To that end, last year we announced that we would provide... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Innovation as P&G’s Key
IDEO, we are told to speak in visual terms, use props, and let the conversation flow into “odd territory.” Also helpful is a look inside P&G’s quarterly and annual innovation reviews, which answer such questions as “How robust is my innovation portfolio?” and “Is it... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
What I Do: Minnie Ingersoll (MBA 2002)
successful?” “One of the big things in recruitment is figuring out how to attract employees who reflect the people we are trying to serve. For instance, one of our core areas is criminal justice. Today, one in four Americans has a... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Case Method Experts Share Their Wisdom
Professor Emeritus C. Roland Christensen (standing, right) offers some thoughts on "The Art and Craft of Discussion Leadership" at a November seminar that attracted 41 professors of business from seven New England colleges and... View Details
Jules S. Bache
Company. He helped to attract middle-class investors to the brokerage business and prior to World War I, Bache & Company maintained the largest private wire system in the United States. View Details
Keywords: Finance
Lew R. Wasserman
When Wasserman joined MCA, it was a talent agency, and he rose to the rank of president by attracting and being a strong advocate for a growing list of clients. Seeing the potential of the television industry, however, Wasserman set MCA... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media