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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
the cement market, Evans points out, followed by India, while the United States accounts for only 4 percent. “China’s most recent five-year plan includes some serious commitments to reducing carbon,” he notes. “I think its going to be, as... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Business of Love
re-create the transparency and social accountability that would come if a couple met offline through a mutual friend. The app populates a user’s dating profile with information and current photos from Facebook; recently Hinge added... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Better Hiring Through Brain Science
the difference between consulting and finance and marketing and entrepreneurship,” says Polli. Career paths in accounting or consulting, for example, usually correlated to attention to detail and a lack of impulsive behavior, she says;... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Faculty Q&A: That’s Classic
obituary and Sheryl’s reflections on his unexpected death. That comes close to Marcus Aurelius thinking about his own mortality in Meditations; Augustine’s account of his mother’s death in Confessions; an extract from the historian... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Lighten Up
lighter” concept appealed to the company. “It’s hard to find growth opportunities these days,” says Gary Smith, president of Timberland’s outdoor group. “People are less active than they used to be.” After GoLite: Kim and Coup use their... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
’59), and was moderated by PBS’s Charlie Rose. Whitman, former CEO of eBay, noted that most Americans are “deeply afraid” as they watch energy and food costs rise and their retirement accounts shrink. More must be done, she said, to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Alumni Books
compensation consultants who legitimize outrageous pay; accountants and attorneys who see no evil; legal vote buying; and rampant conflicts of interest. They discuss what happened, or failed to happen, in the boardrooms of Lehman... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
knows, an inspirational business concept is only the beginning of a long and complicated journey marked by unexpected obstacles at every turn. The successful entrepreneur must possess an unshakable belief in his or her goal and - as the... View Details
- 29 Aug 2018
- News
The Value of Valleys
accounting books and doing things that hurt a lot of people at the end of the day. On a personal level, I lost two children. My wife was expecting triplets. Happiness comes within. It doesn't matter what happens to you, the choices you... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
The Exchange: The Tech Leader’s Tightrope
Leadership and Corporate Accountability (LCA),” recalls McGee. They ultimately decided to focus on Apple, because of the company’s emphasis on consumer privacy, and their 2016 case, “Apple: Privacy vs. Safety,” addressed the federal... View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
Alibris Rockets and reentry I failed my first year as a member of the Class of 1965 and was told not to come back for second year. So I went to work in GE’s spacecraft department, took two semesters of accounting at Wharton, and received... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Mary Callahan Erdoes
assumptions built into my portfolio to weather the storms? These are basic questions, but questions that have been mostly ignored over the past several years. What do you recommend as an appropriate mix for the portfolios of the high... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
The State of Play
up. This is the category in which you’ll find a growing list of concepts like escape rooms, high-tech art animations, virtual-reality pop-ups, and interactive, Instagram-ready dreamscapes. On the more traditional side, it also includes... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
tech bubble burst in 2001. Accounting scandals destroyed Enron in 2001 and WorldCom in 2002. And the current global financial crisis, the worst since the Great Depression, has yet to run its course. It’s no accident that all these... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
the founder of the modern VC industry, but there’s been remarkably little written about him,” says Josh Lerner, a professor at HBS who specializes in the study of private equity. “He is the first person who basically ran an institutional... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
much positional power, but I can present a solution and rally people around it,” he says. “By being in government, I basically get to sit at the table and make a case.” It’s not glamorous. And it’s not fast. By most estimates,... View Details
- 18 Aug 2021
- News
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
authority and stature inside the company, who's putting together a real plan with real goals that are going to be held accountable based on compensation, just like you would be doing anything else in business. And then would be... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Open Market
and changing market dynamics, all while still launching new products and services to remain competitive. Robinhood has adapted to many changes and, if anything, has proven to be a disruptor in how it has taken the concept of investing and... View Details
- 08 Aug 2018
- News
Getting Life Back in Balance
wife also tend to 20 sheep, two alpacas, three dogs, and a cat. The couple grow their own produce and are awaiting the spoils of a recently planted truffle orchard. Gower says his time at HBS gave him the clarity to take that leap and change his career and life paths.... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 17 Aug 2022
- News
To Serve and Protect the Markets
entities and markets, we try to educate people about the basic principles of personal financial management, so they understand all the tools available to them to secure a strong financial future. Then, once they’re ready to invest or... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley