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- 09 Apr 2019
- News
Ray Dalio: Why and How Capitalism Needs to Be Reformed
In a series of posts on LinkedIn, Ray Dalio (MBA 1973), co-chief investment officer and co-chairman of Bridgewater Associates, has written an extensive examination of modern capitalism. “I believe that all good things taken to an extreme... View Details
Keywords: capitalism
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
climate change will require the massive mobilization of huge pools of capital from across the globe—up and down value chains and across risk spectrums. Business leaders have vast experience in precisely this area. One of the sometimes-unsung features of View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Alfred A. Checchi
disparity, and the need for government to modernize itself and not impede the business process. "As a society, we recognize that the private sector is our most dynamic, innovative, and capable institution," Checchi asserts. "To continue... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Turkish Delight
transform Turkey into a successful, modern country — and I have a lot of faith in his ability to pull that off — the relationship between the West and the Muslim world will look very different.” Byford’s interest in politics dates back to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Alfred D. Chandler Jr. Remembered
Matsushita. That volume was followed in 2005 by Shaping the Industrial Century: The Remarkable Story of the Evolution of the Modern Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries. “Such science-based industries have had as much impact on this... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
commutes. Dlodlo plans to set rents below market rate; yet the building, with its modern design and elegant aesthetic touches (the façade will evoke the patterns of traditional West African fabrics), will be one where Dlodlo would happily... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Dinh Thi Hoa: Up from the Ashes of War
in, but there is not a well-developed system to support foreign investors. The bureaucrats here are used to having minute control of every transaction; that doesn't work in the modern business world." After steering Galaxy single-handedly... View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr. (MBA 1992)
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
of the Boston area who graduated from West Point in 1943, McDermott became a fighter-bomber pilot in World War II. He then served on General Dwight D. Eisenhower's staff before being sent to HBS to learn the management skills needed to meet the postwar challenge of... View Details
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Jonathan M. Nelson, MBA 1983
the time, Deng Xiaoping was beginning to modernize the Chinese economy. “I was there about 30 years too early,” says Nelson, who left in 1980 to move to Sweden, where he married his girlfriend. Nelson came to HBS to gain the tools to... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Generation Next
manager, and her mother, Parmeshwar, a designer. The sleek, modern "Space office" at Godrej was designed to foster creativity. Photo courtesy of Nisa Godrej And Nisa plans to steer Godrej into newer territories—a process she believes... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
apartness gives him, and MacDonald, license to critique modern life, commentary that legions of readers enjoy as much as McGee’s wildly entertaining adventures. McGee has a thoughtful, amiable buddy named Meyer, a brilliant “retired... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Every Trick in the Book
befitting its location in San Francisco’s artsy and foggy Outer Sunset neighborhood, but it shares its commitment to community and curation and to pioneering a new model for the modern bookstore. The store has the look of a gallery, just... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
"During the times of the Republic, the Romans had a very small government, which outsourced all kinds of economic activities. They even took bids for services such as tax collection and street construction. The companies that formed in the process had many elements... View Details
- 12 May 2016
- News
What Ernest Shackleton has in common with Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk
Dean Nitin Nohria penned a piece for the Boston Globe magazine that draws parallels between famed Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton and modern space entrepreneurs like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. Reflecting on a recent family trip to... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
New Exhibit Highlights Turning Point for American Business
on display in Morgan Hall, titled "The Emergence of Modern American Business." The exhibit features large black-and-white photographs, colorful advertising cards, informative broadsides, and other memorabilia selected from the Baker... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Islam’s Great Culture Is Dying
that had previously given it coherence and meaning,” Allawi argues, asserting that under colonial rule, traditional institutions and ways of life were replaced by modern equivalents that spoke little to the people. The deterioration... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
New Releases
neglected in organizational theory, this publication, the culmination of more than a decade of research by the authors, presents important new ideas for how to organize them effectively. Creating Modern Capitalism Thomas K. McCraw, editor... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 25 Mar 2019
- News
Rent The Runway Joins the Unicorn Club
milestone, CEO Jennifer Hyman (MBA 2009), told Forbes that the company “has created a new consumer behavior of dynamic ownership and clothing rental has become an essential utility in our members’ lives.” Hyman goes on to say that RTR is meeting the market’s changing... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
A Classics Enterprise
time with a hefty publisher’s advance. Soon he was funding and editing a series of classical histories, including Xenophon’s Hellenica, Arrian’s work on Alexander, and Polybius’s Histories. After a successful career in the oil-field equipment business, Strassler has a... View Details
- 10 Jan 2017
- News
Street Smarts
The next time you get to work on time or find a parking spot with ease, you may have Bryan Mistele (MBA 1995) to thank. Since 2005, his company, INRIX, has been working to cure one of modern society’s biggest headaches—traffic congestion.... View Details