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January 2017 (Revised December 2017)
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Carmichael Roberts: To Create a Private Equity Firm?

By: Steven Rogers and Kenneth J. Cooper

Carmichael Roberts, a rare African-American venture capitalist, considered leaving his general partnership in a private equity firm near Boston and setting up his own in 2015. He weighed whether the timing was right, with the economy still not fully recovered from the... View Details

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Philippe Rival

the sharing of different opinions are core to collaborative learning. The result is that no day is ever dull, and every day teaches you something you’d never thought you’d learn! Being part of the HBS community is like Discovering whole View Details

14 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 14

grantee, local versus global, and secular versus faith-based. Each distinction is examined with the aim of answering two questions: What are the implications for new theorizing about this field? What are the implications for teaching and... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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More Information | HBS Online

and expertise with this advanced certificate. Need Help? Frequently Asked Questions Get answers to your questions about admissions, grading, and more. Request More Information Learn more about specific programs, or sign up for news and... View Details

09 Jun 2024
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The EC Formula: MBA Class of 2024 Looks Back

across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. A lot of what we discussed in this course will immediately be relevant when I start my new role with the City of Cambridge in August. Some key takeaways... View Details

06 Jan 2016
What Do You Think?

Why Do Leaders Get Their Timing Wrong?

their timing wrong? What could they do to avoid it? What do you think? To Read More: Jim Collins, How the Mighty Fall and How Some Companies Never Give In (New York: HarperCollins, 2009), p. 76. Jack Ewing and Graham Bowley, Volkswagen Sowed Seeds Of Forceful Ambition,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Auto; Fashion

01 Aug 2001
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Richard B. Fisher (MBA '62)

investment banking institution had a staff of 110 and annual revenues of about $8 million. Today, the firm has more than 64,000 employees in offices stretching from New York to Beijing. Revenues last year... View Details

Keywords: Richard B. Fisher; Warren A. Law; Alumni Achievement Award; Finance; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

29 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

The History and Influence of Andy Grove

held against him the fact that he is an immigrant. Nor was he held back because he is of Jewish origin. When he graduated first in his engineering class at the City College of New View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer

30 May 2023
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Finding PRIDE

identity would be discovered. The Gay Students Association (GSA) got me through. We were deeply underground because we had to be, but every month we had a party, often with dancing, and it was joyous. In the spring term of my first year, the alumni group started up an... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jan 2005
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Joseph J. O'Donnell, MBA 1971

Overseers; and benefactor to many good causes. Not bad for a "cop's kid" who grew up nearby in the blue-collar city of Everett. O'Donnell's entrepreneurial streak started early. "I always wanted to have some degree of independence," he... View Details

10 Sep 2012
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HBS Cases: Branding Yoga

Harvard Business School Professor Rohit Deshpandé often asks his marketing students a show-stopping question: Is everything brandable—and should everything be brandable? So when he read a November 2010 New View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

04 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?

"Oh my God, if I have an insurance policy that says you can go to Thailand or India for surgery, and something goes wrong, I'm going to be on the front page of The New York Times for outsourcing... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health

15 Dec 2023
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Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem

Clubs News Clubs News Webinar illuminates broad array of business opportunities across Africa On December 5th, the HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) hosted ‘Doing Business in Africa: From... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

02 Oct 2017
What Do You Think?

Do Bitcoin and Digital Currency Have a Future?

in, and eventually sell the third largest discount brokerage organization in the United States. I was even more fortunate; I was able to return to the faculty at Harvard Business School. References: In Mongolia, Mining a Fortune in Bitcoin, Cao Li and Giulia Marchi,... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett; Financial Services

05 Sep 2014
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Keeping Education in Check

senior managing consultant at IBM’s Healthcare Practice, plays. So does Bill Gates. And Berman, whose company manages about $100 million, is not alone in the financial realm either. “So many people in the investment world have bull-market mentalities,” David Norwood, a... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

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K–12 Education | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

invest in a new company-owned and operated techn... Helping Children Catch Up: Early Life Shocks and the PROGRESA Experiment By: Achyuta Adhvaryu, Theresa Molina, Anant Nyshadham and Jorge Tamayo January 2024 | Economic Journal Can... View Details

24 Oct 2019
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Harvard’s JD/MBA: Viroopa Volla (JD/MBA 2021) Answers Your Questions

year. One of the biggest events is the New York Trek where JD/MBAs visit prominent professionals in both law and business careers followed by multiple social events to connect with current and former... View Details

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Events - Private Capital Project

Research Institute. The discussants were Jeff Bussgang (General Partner, Flybridge), Anne Glover (CEO and Co-Founder, Amadeus Capital Partners), Sabrina Howell (Assistant Professor of Finance, Stern School of Business, New View Details

01 Mar 2024
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Giving All Stakeholders a Voice

For John Wu (MBA 2000), “Web3” means more than technological innovation. “It’s a mindset,” he says of the movement toward a decentralized internet that accelerates innovation and gives end users greater collaboration with businesses. “It’s a transformative shift in... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Oct 2001
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Guy de Chazal: Changing Focus

shifting sense of priorities. Born in India, he went to boarding school in England and earned a degree in mechanical engineering at Manchester University. After graduating from HBS with distinction, he worked as a consultant with McKinsey & Co. in View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

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