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- 15 Jun 2021
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June 2021 Books and Podcasts
CEO of Furman Selz, growing the company more than tenfold. He also creates a happy and abundant family life, though he never forgets what it means to struggle. At age 60, he is reminded of his painful past... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Latin America's Decade
more competitive, which is beneficial to society as a whole." The younger generation of alumni sees a new attitude among its peers. "We are more willing to take risks," notes DeRemate's Cepeda. "We see the synergies of globalization and technology as View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Powering on wireless electricity
Eric Giler (MBA 1982) is fueled by a mission to never have to “plug in” again. The CEO of WiTricity, a startup revolutionizing science with its magnetic resonance technology, hopes to soon relegate electrical wires and batteries to the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Alumni Bookshelf
information on FDR’s hidden illnesses and how they affected his leadership. Other Alumni Books Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance? by Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. (MBA 1965) (HarperBusiness) Gerstner, who joined IBM as chairman and CEO in 1993,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
New Venture Winner Mines E-Waste
Winning Smiles: BioMine CEO Privahini Bradoo with teammate and company VP Paolo Pacorini. Related Links Watch Privahini Bradoo talk about BioMine. Meet the 12 finalists (videos) Learn more about all twelve finalists View photos from the... View Details
- 08 Nov 2016
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November 8, 2016
Measuring Entrepreneurial Businesses: Current Knowledge and Challenges Immigrant Entrepreneurship By: Kerr, William R., and Sari Pekkala Kerr Abstract—We examine immigrant entrepreneurship and the survival and growth of immigrant-founded... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
helped jump-start Boston’s startup scene as chief of staff to former mayor Thomas Menino. But today, that means creating opportunities for all the key actors within an View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Supplying Demand
company's leader is justifiably proud: twelve years ago, he was minding one store - located just down Soldiers Field Road from HBS. Today, he oversees an empire of almost one thousand stores - not bad for someone who was unemployed only thirteen years ago. As Tom... View Details
Keywords: Paul Michelman
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Leadership in Practice
William F. Dawson Jr. (MBA 1991) After three decades working with executives in scores of private and public companies, Wellspring Capital Management CEO William F. Dawson Jr. (MBA 1991) is convinced that “the most successful business... View Details
- 01 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 1, 2008
of rapid profit improvement. The question facing CEO Thomas J. Wilson was how to maintain the momentum. This case tracks the evolution of Allstate's strategy over 20 years, examining the logic behind the strategic changes, and the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Dinner Celebrates Professorships
Roy D Shapiro, the Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration (at right), shares a laugh with Philip Caldwell (MBA '42), former chairman and CEO of Ford Motor Company. Photo: Thomas J. Fitzsimmons Linda A. Hill, the Wallace... View Details
- 22 Oct 2013
- News
Pulling the Plug
Eric Giler by Francis Storrs Standing on the stage of TEDGlobal in Oxford, England, WiTricity CEO Eric Giler (MBA 1982) is nervous. It's July 2009, and he's about to show how his company's technology can beam electricity through the air... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Launch Codes
The first HBS New Venture Competition was held in 1997, in the era of PalmPilot and RealPlayer. And while the tech landscape has changed dramatically since then, many of the core lessons of the entrepreneurial experience—scaling, funding,... View Details
- 22 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 22
questions of how entrepreneurial leadership and strategy formulation can leverage the opportunities represented by the gaps between what the law says and what the market needs. It provides an View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Q&A: Donna Dubinsky
pretty well on fine-tuning the product, and it took off quickly. Why do entrepreneurial ventures hold such appeal for you? I like creating and building things. I’m not much of an administrator, so simply... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
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Women Entrepreneurs Share Insights at WSA Conference
run your company.” Mentors are also critical to entrepreneurial success, according to panelist Karen Kerrigan, president and CEO of Women Entrepreneurs Inc., a nonprofit association that supports women... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Mark Fuller
Fuller Photo courtesy Monitor Group While many HBS grads hanker for a plum job with a major consulting firm, Mark B. Fuller started his own. He made the leap from HBS assistant professor to cofounder and CEO of the Monitor Group in 1982.... View Details
- 08 Mar 2016
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March 8, 2016
rhetoric and symbolic activities in the process of creating new markets. This study analyzes how entrepreneurial firms use these cultural strategies to position themselves in a nascent market category they... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2020
- News
How To Make Diversity a Reality
different way of thinking about things. And then you've got either large GPs who haven't quite created the opportunity for people of color to come and get the experience and be able to develop that skill set... View Details
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Iva Teixeira
explains, “but over time, I created my own rotational program, doing everything from supply chain and human resources to financial analysis and new product development. In the end, I was very close to being an internal consulting analyst... View Details