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- 01 Mar 2018
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Excellence At The Intersection Of Disciplines
HBS. This triangulation of the Harvard Innovation Labs, HBS, and SEAS will foster entrepreneurship along a dynamic Innovation Corridor in Allston. Today’s collaborative spirit is a far cry from the early 19th century, when the then... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Make Plans for Washington GLF
When I left Soldiers Field thirty years ago as a young MBA, I never dreamed that I’d be back one day as president of the Alumni Association. But here I am at the beginning of a two-year term as head of a very dynamic alumni group — nearly... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
for the limitless possibilities associated with California and the West. And in keeping with the entrepreneurial dynamism that is so much a part of today's information technology explosion, "the City by the Bay" has always been a magnet... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Do You Speak Business?
in either a team or a one-on-one setting.” Continues Klump, “I understood enough of Chinese culture to know that you rarely, if ever, confront someone in a group setting, as maintaining face is important. So I waited to have a one-on-one session with my boss, in which... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Books
The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from Technology, was a research model built for a different era. When groups like AT&T’s Bell Labs and Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) were formed, academic scientists had little... View Details
- 02 Nov 2015
- News
Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans
work, in particular the relationship between investors and management. It was that dynamic that propelled him to HBS three years later. “HBS kicked my butt,” he recalls, recalling his experiences with professors Michael Porter, Jeffry... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Case Study: Declawing the Competition
excellent customer service. However, we know this is a race that others can compete in, too, and that—with enough investment—our differentiators are replicable. What fundamental changes can we make to this market dynamic and/or our... View Details
- 13 May 2014
- News
Willing Hands
a longtime passion of mine." In addition to helping to develop the first SRO (single-room occupancy) residence for homeless men in Charlotte, Spencer has served on the board of the Charlotte Housing Authority Transitional Families Program, which became the national... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Q&A: Playing the Hits
bold moves. One of the bigger risks involved a tour she had planned with Kanye West. When West had to drop out, the question was, should Gaga go on the tour by herself? It seems a risky move for an artist who's not well known. But she and her manager took the gamble,... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
an economic analyst," states George B. Kaiser (MBA '66), president and CEO of Kaiser-Francis Oil Company, a private concern based in Tulsa. "Analytical skills are indispensable when it comes to understanding and projecting pricing cycles and creating intelligent and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Hope for Reform Dims
excessive consumer and corporate debt. “Regulatory structures failed to keep up” with innovations in the marketplace, he added. Thain took the top spot at Merrill Lynch in December 2007, resigning as CEO of the NYSE Euronext. Previously,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
I Gave at the Office
ask what can be done to change the structure of the ask in any particular situation. Exley: And if you look at how frequently we’re asked to give—by email, at the grocery store, by postcards, from community organizations—we can’t always... View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
kind of model didn’t even have a name until October 2007. Sitting around a table at a Rockefeller Foundation–sponsored retreat in Lake Como, Italy, with some of the early leaders in the field—including representatives from the Skoll... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Ideas in Action
older alumni. “We don’t have to wait 40 years to realize these were missed opportunities; simply asking people to anticipate their long-term rather than short-term regrets motivated them to feel less guilty about taking a vacation.” Finally, marketing execs, take note:... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Green House
Massachusetts, and thus knew well the difficulty of her undertaking in Cambridge, but she wanted to prove that the Passive House model could be implemented within a variety of architectural styles, opening the door to wider adoption. She... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?
executive director of the DC Public Charter School Board (PCSB), practices a nationally renowned model of school account-ability. Pearson oversees a $600 million budget for 57 charter operators that serve almost half of DC's public school... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Leading the Way In Negotiation and Decision Making
other alternatives. Sebenius specializes in multiparty negotiations, especially in international, financial, and public-private contexts. With Professor Jay O. Light of the Finance unit and Professor Richard F. Meyer, he is exploring ways that broader principles for... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Books
the formation of funds to the investment of the funds in operating companies to the liquidation of those investments. A wide range of topics is considered, including the structure of venture partnerships, how venture capitalists oversee... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 29 Apr 2021
- News
Equal Partner
in the ranks of investors. She also knew that some firms were seeking to diversify their partnerships without addressing underlying structural problems. “Partner” did not always mean check-writing abilities or a voice on the investment... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office
include whether high-performance Asian companies can provide a business model for success in the region, the role of accounting infrastructure in transitional economies, restructuring diversified businesses in emerging markets, and... View Details