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- 12 Apr 2023
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Step Change
making something from nothing had long been part of the cultural mindset. Today's startup scene in Egypt is hopping. Venture capital funding reached $491 million in 2021, with a compounded annual growth rate of 117 percent between 2017... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Taking Time to Make Time
takes a lot more than organizing your schedule to be productive. I wanted to discuss skills that have been critical in my own career. Communication is one—reading, writing, and speaking. Another is how you operate within your organization and deal with both those above... View Details
Keywords: Time management
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A Force for Good
Bok’s 1979 annual report, although mostly complimentary to HBS, criticized the School for being too ingrown, and for failing to conduct research at a high enough standard. An uproar ensued, with then-Associate Dean John McArthur serving... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
socialite Dina Merrill, who sat on the board for eighteen years and served on the compensation committee that approved CEO Richard Fuld’s $484 million in salary, stock options, and bonuses from 2000 to 2007. John Helyar, coauthor of Barbarians at the Gate and now a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Letters to the Editor
principles and objectives as outlined in Enron’s annual report and diligently ask the questions necessary to determine if, in fact, those principles and objectives were being followed by management. They... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
other, similar programs, like the Barclays Accelerator and Startupbootcamp FinTech New York. The model has an annual cycle, beginning with a selection panel (made up of leading financial institutions) that chooses a small cohort of... View Details
- 12 Nov 2019
- News
Seismic Shift
diversity and inclusion at the highest levels of tech and venture capital. Diversity, she knew, was simply good business—for all of the social and cultural reasons, of course, but it also increased the bottom line. “Delivering through Diversity,” a 2018 View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
New Wave
has yet to be realized. A report by Ocean Energy Systems, an offshoot of the International Energy Agency, found that between 2009 and 2019, global energy production from wave and tidal sources increased from 5 to 45 gigawatt-hours, or... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
These Are the Good Old Days
lost rank in Money magazine’s annual list of the most desirable careers. Moore, who spent a decade at Sports Illustrated and another ten years at People before being appointed Time Inc.’s chairman and CEO, says that while her own job... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Redefining Success: Women & Work.
make your choice. There is no perfect answer." Hunt's blunt advice, which was reported in the Boston Globe, may well resonate with the significant number of HBS alumnae who have struggled with the difficulties posed by following a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Camel and the Unicorn
didn’t pay off. But generally, the New Bedford whaling industry of the 1800s thrived using this investment model, averaging over 14 percent annual returns, says Alex. Holding up the high end of that average was the firm Gideon Allen and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Making Change
Since 2009, HBS has given special recognition to seven social-impact organizations by awarding Social Entrepreneurship Fellowships (SEF) to their young alumni founders. Here's a status report on how the fellows and their ventures are... View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
Embassy Communications when the organization’s founders and owners sold the company to the entertainment business sector of Coca-Cola—now Sony Pictures Entertainment. I could have remained with the company, but chose instead to accept an offer to be president of 20th... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
previous year. Same-store sales also had their first annual decline in 30 years. For the US market, the reported 1.7 percent drop in same-store sales marked the fifth consecutive quarter of declines. In an... View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
to Officer Candidate School. Two years later, on a 4 a.m. drive to a training exercise while stationed in Hawaii, he clicked on NPR and heard reports of the 9/11 attacks. Soon after, his unit was deployed to the Philippines to fight the... View Details
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
multiple charges of bribery, conspiracy, racketeering, and tax fraud. More recently, there’s the Scranton School Board. In October 2017, a scathing 107-page report from the state auditor general for July 2012 to June 2016 uncovered... View Details