Filter Results:
(308)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(2,098)
- People (1)
- News (308)
- Research (1,400)
- Events (7)
- Multimedia (5)
- Faculty Publications (876)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(2,098)
- People (1)
- News (308)
- Research (1,400)
- Events (7)
- Multimedia (5)
- Faculty Publications (876)
Sort by
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Letters to the Editor
article in a business journal that gives as strong, comprehensive, and accurate a depiction of corrupt business practices as “Show Me the Money.” My own career was mostly in the Foreign Service when I had occasion to see and lament most... View Details
- 02 Nov 2015
- News
Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans
part time. ”I have now been to 10 countries in Africa in three years, and often times feel more comfortable here than I do in my other home, the USA.” With the acquisition of two universities (Cavendish in Uganda and Zambia) and a significant View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 15 Nov 2013
- News
Helping Bright Ideas Shine Again
capital firm he opened in 2004 (and closed in January 2013) that focused on the Internet, software, and mobile spaces. The experience taught him some important lessons, among them the benefits of restricting his number of investments. "Nueva Ventures had a View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
A Bid for the Future
tax and regulatory climate, outstanding talent, workforce development.” Over the course of nearly eight years, the Louisiana Economic Development agency’s efforts attracted companies that included IBM, CGI, CSC (now General Dynamics IT), and Electronic Arts, as well as... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public: Herman I. Safin
was one of only fifteen or so foreign students on campus," he recalls, "and as an exchange student, it was initially hard for me to feel at home at this southern, conservative institution." Remarkably, Safin again graduated as class... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Mary Callahan Erdoes
assumptions built into my portfolio to weather the storms? These are basic questions, but questions that have been mostly ignored over the past several years. What do you recommend as an appropriate mix for the View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Franklin P. “Pitch” Johnson Jr., MBA 1952
Founding Partner, Asset Management Company Download Johnson profile (pdf) Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1928 Born, Quincy, Illinois 1950 Earns BS, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University 1962 Launches Draper and Johnson View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Africa's Way
exports to the rest of the continent are up, and foreign investment has increased. Although progress is sometimes disappointing and many challenges are still ahead, South Africa is nonetheless seen by... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons
- 06 Sep 2013
- News
More Seats at the Table
excelling in the predominantly male-run world of business. "These women who make it through the corporate, investment banking, consulting, and even the legal gauntlet, and at 50 or 55, are ready and qualified to sit on a corporate... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
inherent, universal desire, one that the beauty industry meets and manipulates. Passing the Smell Test The broadest level of globalization remained in toiletry brands. Toiletries were the only category other than perfume in which foreign... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Letters to the Editor
Bloomfield Hills, MI A Taxing Question Regarding his My Two Cents column, “My Beautiful Capital Gain,” in the March issue, I’d ask this of Dal LaMagna (MBA 1970): The money you invested was already taxed once at ordinary income tax rates,... View Details
- 16 Feb 2022
- News
Holding Business to Account
Photo courtesy Geeta Aiyer In the early 1990s, company leaders for Albertsons, a rapidly expanding supermarket chain, flew to Boston to meet with Geeta Aiyer (MBA 1985),a young analyst and portfolio manager at the United States Trust... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Letters to the Editor
While James Hoagland is correct that in recent years there is a growing tendency to flip or resell buyouts after a rapid turnaround, the general experience is actually quite different. As I mentioned, holding periods and investment time... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Outside Voices
In just 15 years, Greece managed to seesaw from one economic extreme to the other, from almost breaking the eurozone at the depth of its debt crisis to becoming one of the fastest growing economies in Europe in 2023, according to the IMF. Now wages are rebounding,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
I’m the CEO of Invest Macedonia, the primary institution in the country responsible for attracting foreign investments. The prime minister asked me to take the job, and I report directly to him. It’s the... View Details
- 29 Jul 2013
- News
Opening New Markets for Black South African Winemakers
warnings that it was dangerous for foreigners to enter the township. Along with good food, camaraderie, and jazz, she discovered some fabulous wines with an added, rare distinction: they were produced by black South African vintners.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Just Doing His Job
industry in a varied portfolio of investments (Thoroughbred horse racing and breeding are a special interest) for a man who has made a reputation based on “his philanthropy, a keen intellect, and a tough... View Details
- 08 Oct 2013
- News
The Green Giant
Coca-Cola and Walmart, and governments like South Africa and Bhutan and even China, investing in sustainability," he says. The 51-year-old Atlanta native is married to Jackie Prince Roberts, director of sustainable technologies, climate... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
For Boston, whose history is better known for its midnight rides and tea parties with attitude, this was, by comparison, a low-key moment. On a slow July day in 1924 in the Hub's financial district, a new investment product was quietly... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Expertise From The Front Lines Of The Eurozone
when they graduate,” says Roscini. “If they go into international business, they will need to ask: Do I go in this market or not? How do I navigate political, eco-nomic, or regulatory risk? How do I think about foreign exchange in this... View Details