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- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Is Market Capitalism Headed for Trouble?
appropriate to try to understand what major problems might lie ahead for market capitalism. By market capitalism we mean a system where decisions about what to produce and at what price are made by private firms operating in free markets.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Home Sweet (Modular) Home
entrepreneurial odyssey that, at long last, has positioned Greentech on the brink of profitability. The company set out to be different. Greentech aimed to produce custom-designed modular homes that are highly energy efficient. Reflecting the partners’ personal values,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Delivering Trust
Illustration by Marcos Chin Illustration by Marcos Chin When they married, Deborah and Jake Anderson (MBA 2010) knew that they might have difficulty starting a family due to a preexisting medical condition. They began consulting with... View Details
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- 09 Jan 2014
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Tapping into Opportunity
be made environmentally safe," says Shenkar. "The oil and gas companies are working hard to respond to the evolving government regulations. There's a real opportunity here for firms that can quickly provide the technology to meet these... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
commonsensical, and proven to work.” Klarman’s long-term outlook has served him — and large numbers of clients and community members — extremely well. At Baupost, the Boston-based 165-person firm he has led since earning his MBA, Klarman... View Details
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- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Ink: The Habit of Innovation
Leaders have gone to great lengths in the name of innovation—and yet far too often these efforts fall short, according to Scott Anthony (MBA 2001), a senior partner at the growth-strategy consulting firm... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
HBSAAA Conference Addresses Pathways to Power
no national reputation — was appointed,” Ferguson recalled. “But he listens to everyone, judges ideas on their quality rather than on their source, and makes better decisions because of that.” Financial consultant Andrew Brimmer, the... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
The Harvard Clubs of Australia: Networking with a Cause
American-born Philip W. Stern (MBA '82) moved to Australia in 1985, spending several years as a McKinsey consultant. He has been Down Under ever since. Now a self-proclaimed Sydney local, Stern is a partner at the management consulting... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Gore All Business at HBS
the opposite direction.” Gore and David Blood (MBA ’85) are founding partners of Generation Investment Management, a firm that makes long-term investments in companies adhering to sustainability principles. Earlier in the day, the pair... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
50 Years & Counting
"When men and women across the firm internalize a definition of competence and power that includes women, that makes a difference in retention and advancement." A longitudinal study of the consulting View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
In Brief
Q&A with Steve Schwarzman. Private-equity firms have been on an acquisitions binge of late, and leading the pack is The Blackstone Group, headed by CEO Steve Schwarzman (MBA ’72). He talks about the buyout business and where it is headed.... View Details
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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
How to Fix Wall Street
including a renewed commitment to responsible behavior by those individuals and (surviving) firms whose actions created excessive risk in the first place. The crisis is often discussed as purely a technical mishap involving housing... View Details
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- 01 Mar 2011
- News
On the Outside at HBS
Rosenbaum: Women students feel a judgmental difference. When I started at HBS in 2006, I was a 24-year-old Jewish Latina who was also enrolled at Harvard Law School. In my brief professional experience, I had already been a successful public-relations View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Nancy J. Karch
working for a consulting firm the summer after her first year at HBS, as well as her strong academic record, landed her a job at McKinsey's New York office upon graduation. "I figured I'd stay a few years,"... View Details
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- 26 May 2016
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W. James McNerney Jr., MBA 1975
Download Jim McNerney profile Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1949 Born, Providence, Rhode Island 1971 Earns BA, American Studies, Yale University 1975 Earns MBA 1975 Joins Procter & Gamble, Brand Manager 1978 Joins McKinsey & Company, View Details
- 16 Nov 2015
- News
Connecting with Indigenous Traditions
that way.” After graduating, he spent a decade at the Hawaii-based Castle & Cooke, which was at that time a large agriculture firm that included Dole Food Company. Sprinkles began in the seafood division at Castle & Cooke’s San Francisco... View Details
- 06 Aug 2020
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Defining Flex Work
the workforce-management platform that Auerbach cofounded in 2016. Earlier in her career as a consultant she had seen the effects of inflexible workplaces. Around her, many of her top women colleagues were dropping out of the workforce... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
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Collective Wisdom
firm that's providing a new model of entrepreneurship. "More generally, crowdsourcing has now been successfully applied in a range of settings, from designing T-shirts to creating complex software products and solving complex science... View Details
- 15 Apr 2022
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Funding His Purpose
investments to both nonprofit and for-profit social impact companies. It also offers philanthropic fund management, and it partnered with a for-profit consulting firm that focuses on responsible investing to... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Class Notes Extra
be the best place to learn how to organize and think clearly, and thus be able to generate change,” he explains. After graduating, Ahlhauser worked in finance, auditing, and consulting roles for several national View Details