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- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
confidence for entrepreneurs, a group that had sometimes been considered quirky or marginal. These individuals reported to be more satisfied, wealthy, and energized by their jobs than their classmates who worked for others - and no more... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
Last Christmas, many of the headlines spelled out trouble in toyland. FAO Schwarz sunk deeper into bankruptcy, KB Toys was having a hard time making ends meet (and filed Chapter 11 in January), and Toys “R” Us, which closed its Kids “R” Us and Imaginarium divisions,... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Diversity and Community
first annual Ron Brown Award for Corporate Leadership to IBM CEO Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. (MBA '65) and Levi Strauss CEO Robert D. Haas (MBA '68). The two chief executives received the newly established award on behalf of their companies'... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 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
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
reforms that began in 1978 have stoked annual growth in excess of 9 percent, three times that of the United States. Per capita income among the nation’s 1.3 billion inhabitants has more than quadrupled, surpassing $1,000 last year.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
worker-management culture. However, the company was best known for its compensation system, paying its workers on a piecework basis, coupled with bonuses based on company revenues. Although this often resulted in average annual pay for... View Details
- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
workers and laid out an expansion of the private sector that granted operating licenses for 201 jobs—everything from the highly specific “flower wreath arranger” and “Benny Moré Dance Team” to the more general “artisan” and “accountant”—and the floodgates opened. That... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
- 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
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
heat-trapping gases such as carbon dioxide that are released into the atmosphere when coal and petroleum products are burned. That same day, the Wall Street Journal reported that in California and Arizona, General Motors would this year... View Details
- 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
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
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