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- 01 Jun 2012
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They Call Him Mr. China
focused on hiring and empowering younger mainland Chinese with modern management training and experience and an open mind toward new ideas. It worked. Over the next two years, ASIMCO overhauled its management structure by bringing in more than 50 “New China” managers,... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Vision: A Unicorn Evolves
product sped up the process of creating and following up on sales pitches, which resulted in 10 times more meetings for GroupTalent’s two sales reps, Medina says. But the influx of interest overwhelmed the small startup, and they were... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Case Study: Bionic Banking
(Thinkstock/Getty Images) Robo-advisors, like Betterment and Wealthfront, are built for millennials-automated asset management for those with lower account balances or an aversion to traditional financial advisors. Silicon Valley has... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
and other book clubs, then vice president of marketing, then president of the book clubs, and finally president of Dell Publishing—all before I turned 40. Direct marketing and book clubs is a pretty no-BS field in which results are easily... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Campaign Ends, Exceeds Expectations
and counting, well beyond the $500 million goal. With events in more than fifteen cities, the campaign energized alumni worldwide with new awareness and support for the School’s mission, resulting in increased alumni involvement. By every... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
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Blockbuster Deals
investment banking, also invokes the 1960s as a point of reference, specifically with regard to that era's conglomerate-building mania. "We saw huge companies of ill-fitting parts all held together by financial glue and the belief that... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Building business for a better Brazil
Jorge Paulo Lemann (AB 1961) has built a career focused on strengthening the financial markets of Brazil. As a senior partner of Banco Garantia, he was the leading force for 25 years behind Brazil’s premier investment bank. Lemann... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Seeing Things Others Don’t
impressive results as he has moved in and out of stocks with an uncanny ability to anticipate their ups and downs amid the economy’s twists and turns. Said a colleague, “How do you explain genius? Ken just sees things others don’t.” View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
One-on-One with Carter Roberts
difference — places like the Amazon, the Congo, and the coral reefs of Indonesia. And we created integrated teams for each place both to work locally and to deliver global results with related industries and policies. The effect has been... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Faculty Research Online
nature of the investors, the structure of the investments, and the performance of the firms. Their findings suggest that there are risks in combining banking and private equity investing. The results are consistent with many of the... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office
information and financial and other intermediaries. How will the Asia-Pacific region benefit from the presence of the HBS research office? The intellectual capital created by the exchange of ideas and the study of Asian business practices... View Details
- 15 Nov 2013
- News
Helping Bright Ideas Shine Again
lot of financial modeling. It was a nice segue to business school." While at Monitor, Laguë made the acquaintance of two directors, Roger Martin (MBA 1981) and Gerry Throop (MBA 1988). Impressed by what he learned from them about the case... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Dec 2020
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Kill Groupthink
field of critical thinking. Just think back to the 2008 financial crisis, when a group of experts ignored the warning signs and arrived at an uncritical consensus. The consequences were disastrous, Bouygues reminds us, but the best... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?
The charter school movement was supposed to transform American public education. So far, though, the results have been mixed. But HBS grads nationwide are offering new approaches, innovative methods, unique models—all of them begging the... View Details
- 10 Mar 2017
- News
As Head of Fidelity, Abigail Johnson Is Just Getting Started
record $3.5 billion operating profit for 2016, in part due to targeted expense cuts. Fidelity recently cut its fees for online brokerage trades on a bold bet it would result in a strong increase in transactions over its closest rival,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Rx for Too Big to Fail
shatter every firm that might conceivably pose a systemic threat in a crisis. Large financial institutions create a danger, to be sure, but many also deliver valuable services. And even if we wished to take all of them apart, it’s... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
Hajim (MBA 1964) and Glenn Plaskin Skyhorse On the Road Less Traveled is the story of Edmund Hajim, an American financier and philanthropist who rises from dire childhood circumstances to achieve professional success and personal... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
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Why Layoffs are a Losing Strategy
the Bridge program—and affected its hard-built reputation. In addition to reputational consequences, there are negative financial ramifications resulting from handling a layoff badly, Sucher notes.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
serious illness and its attendant financial insecurity could one day focus instead on a brighter, healthier future. A Cornell graduate who holds an MBA from Boston College, Rhenisch was for years well employed and enjoyed excellent... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
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Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Power of Imperfect Eating By Kavita Bhatnagar (SELP 11, 2022) Penguin Enterprise Rather than dictating which foods are good or bad, this book weaves together stories that mirror the intricate, emotional, and often imperfect... View Details