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- 26 Feb 2020
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Phoenix Rising
forces, he says. “The government feels like a well-run organization, and that’s new for this country.” Changing the private sector will take longer. A whole host of structural impediments predated the... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 06 May 2015
- News
The importance of being a mentor
Throughout her career in the public and private sectors, Bonnie Cohen (MBA 1967) has seen both sides of the power of mentorship. (Published May 2015) View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Water, Water Everywhere
"Just like everything from cosmetics to sugar, water is bought, repackaged, and sold," according to CBS MarketWatch (August 13, 1999). "Today, it's become an especially big business - a $300 billion one - as deregulation sweeps through the water industry and View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World
some new sign of the apparent retreat of government in the face of the relentless power of free market forces. Yet, in reality, contends HBS associate professor Willis Emmons, international trends in deregulation and View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Thompson Dean, MBA 1984
how I look at problems, which has been really helpful to me in my investing career,” says Dean, who cofounded the private equity firm Avista Capital Partners in 2005 after 20 years with DLJ Merchant Banking Partners. Avista is currently... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA: Chris Howard (MBA 2003)
Batchelor Similarities between submarines, the classroom, and the boardroom Similarities between submarines, the classroom, and the boardroom Richard Kondo Blending military leadership and private industry best practices Blending military... View Details
- 30 Sep 2015
- News
Looking to Rwanda’s Future
advisor at the private equity firm TA Associates. “They asked, ‘What do we need to do today to help us attract international investors in the future?’ They were considering investments in infrastructure, resources, and education that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
An Action Plan for Economic Recovery
chairman of MFS Investment Management, a Boston firm that oversees more than $170 billion in pension and mutual funds, Pozen writes with authority and unusual clarity about complex issues in Too Big to Save? How to Fix the U.S. Financial System (Wiley). How does the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Eyes in the Skies
Image courtesy BlackSky There was a time not too long ago, says Amy Minnick (MBA 2000), when only governments and the military had the hardware and human resources necessary to acquire and interpret satellite imagery. But times have... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 01 Aug 2019
- News
Investing for Good
“Our mission at Social Finance is to mobilize capital—public capital, private capital—in service of society. The tool that we are most proud of is the social impact bond, which is essentially a public-private partnership that brings... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Three Promoted to Full Professor
Entrepreneurial Finance elective in the MBA curriculum. In the Executive Education Program, he has developed materials for and served as codirector of courses in Conflict and Evolution in Private Equity, Corporate Venture Capital, and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Bridging Domains
chairman of global private equity investing at Goldman Sachs, Sanjeev observes, “Every business in the world is interacting with science and engineering today. There’s a tremendous need for managers to become more conversant in how... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA: Richard Kondo (MBA 1999)
“My most rewarding mission.” —Blending military leadership and private industry best practices Richard Kondo (MBA 1999) served as a US Navy Submarine Officer in Japan and later pursued a medical device career in marketing and business... View Details
- 05 Dec 2016
- News
The Dragon’s Tale
forces that will shape China’s economy during the next 20 years? The tension between state-owned and private enterprises is a concern, as is the need for continuous innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship under a system of View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 04 Nov 2016
- News
The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
(photos by Jennifer Heffner) As lead private-sector specialist at the World Bank Group’s Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice, Emiliano Duch (MBA 1991) draws on 25 years of experience in helping countries and regions to develop competitive View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 16 Oct 2014
- News
Innovating for International Aid
selected as a Presidential Innovation Fellow at USAID. The program, started in 2010, is overseen by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. It brings dynamic executives from the private sector, nonprofits, and academia... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania
reach all of the 50 million patients who use the government primary care system in Tanzania. He also sees opportunity in other countries in the region such as Kenya, Uganda, and Nigeria, as well as in working with View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
a well-worn career path for his cohort at Trinity College, one of Sri Lanka’s most prestigious private high schools. It wasn’t a traditional high school experience, however; between the ages of 16 and 18, Mawilmada guesses he attended... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
L. Paul Bremer: In His Own Words
was a surprise to us how run down the place was. I sometimes say, If we’d gone into Iraq, if we for some reason had been put in charge of Iraq on March 1, before the war, we’d face exactly the same problems I’m facing now. I was rather happily ensconced in the View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
HBS Global Forum Set for June
THE BUILDING MUSEUM: Site of a GLF "State Dinner" Upcoming midterm elections and ongoing political scandals provide a timely backdrop to the 2006 HBS Global Leadership Forum, titled The Private Sector and the Public Interest, slated for... View Details