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- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
the bearing and the surrounding components. “Our bearings are known for superior performance in harsh applications. This new line of wind energy bearings positions us to capitalize on a growing market,” says Timken. “We invest $78 million... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Thirteen years ago, Marcelo Claure, founder of wireless services company Brightstar, discussed with a reluctant Steve Jobs the idea of launching a trade-in and recycling program for iPhones. It was a business move that expanded the market and created a new profit... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Meyers
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
INK: The Lessons of Blitzscaling
Bhartia and Raamin Mostaghimi (both MBA 2014). The book gives early readers insight into how to add value and avoid checked luggage, plus lessons on the language they’ll need to manage up: When a partner asks for 15 hours of work in the... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: Human Intelligence
there’s so much talk around automation, but I would encourage people to pause and reconsider that. It’s actually much more about growing the business. I think of AI as, first and foremost, increasing productivity and driving revenue. For example, Glasswing Ventures has... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum
Secretary Samuel Bodman added his voice to those who say that critical decisions must be made without delay. “We are overly dependent on fossil fuels and will only become more so unless we make some critical investments now to truly... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
A Jolt for the African Coffee Industry
private equity fund invests in distressed businesses across sub-Saharan Africa, and Dozie soon found himself responsible for a coffee cherry washing station in the volcanic hills of western Rwanda. Up until that point, Dozie’s only sense... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Ask the Expert: Energy’s Next Era
sector supports, develops, or acquires the most promising low-carbon energy technologies of the future. Ultimately, the companies that are willing to make investments in these technologies will become our next generation of corporate... View Details
- 22 Jul 2021
- News
Mentoring Fashion Startups in Singapore; Rising Star Accolades for Mid-Career Women
competition or another investing network. We took inspiration from our club’s mentorship program and came up with a shorter version, where we could advise startup founders.” Pundrik, Mansukhani, and Ventura lead the club’s New Ventures... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Class Acts
enhance the value of the MBA Program by creating a true partnership among faculty, students, and administrators. The Student Association seemed a good vehicle for implementing those ideas; in tandem with the School's MBA: Leadership &... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
Resources for the Future, a Washington, D.C., think tank dedicated to providing research and policy analysis for environmental decision makers. "And even if returns on environmental investments were always positive, that does not mean... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
limited in investment banking in the 1970s, ended up working in advertising for a number of years before starting her own successful real-estate business in Washington, D.C. "I don't take orders well," she laughs. "As time went on, it... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
is still an industry, with economic inputs, business models, competitors, value chains, and a dynamic, challenging marketplace. Gaylin examines each of the major segments (Broadway, regional theater, orchestra, opera, and dance) along... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
The Campaign for Harvard Business School
$475 $500 95% *Total includes undesignated and unrestricted gifts, as well as planned gifts at present value Stamps Gift Supports Baker Reading Room A recent campaign gift of $12 million from the charitable foundations of E. Roe Stamps IV... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
private equity then exploring the evidence on performance of private equity investments at both the portfolio company level and fund level, documenting the creation of economic value. The book then presents a set of actionable frameworks... View Details
- 19 Jan 2017
- News
Finding Purpose in Profit
prosperity. Globally we have to find the point where there’s enough to go around for people to have a good life without others suffering. “B Lab and B Corporations are about inspiring businesses to proactively solve social and environmental problems, while at the same... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Laurel without Hardy? A Lesson for Business
core business to ensure that essential complements get off the ground. As desktop videoconferencing takes off, so, too, will demand for Intel's newest chip, the Pentium Pro. That is why the company has invested more than $100 million in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
vital to solving current economic troubles and explain what minority firms must do to take their place in major value chains. They then examine what governments, corporations, and support organizations ought to be doing to foster minority... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
bringing in components piecemeal and assembling the phones in India. The business was a huge success, creating the early foundations of what would become Bharti Tele-Ventures, India’s leading private-sector telecom with a market value of... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
annual sales total $436 million—a number Birnbaum projects will climb to $1 billion by 2016. So how did the company get its fizz back? First, Birnbaum invested in product innovation, something the previous ownership hadn't touched in a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
costs, transforming the country over the past decade into the world’s workshop. In 2003, China ranked as the world’s major recipient of foreign investment — nearly $53 billion. It is on pace this year to attract even more. Long-term... View Details