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- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Venture Capital’s Comeback
opportunities arise at home and abroad. Before inking a deal these days, venture firms need a global perspective on competition, if not a global presence, especially in China and India. Meanwhile, industry insiders worry that post-Enron... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Four Professors to Retire
Among the classes Christenson taught at HBS were Managerial Economics and Control in the MBA Program's required curriculum, Management Control in the Owner/President Management Program, and a doctoral seminar on the Theory of the... View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Healthy Profit
a profit-making opportunity and a legitimate part of the financial-services industry, this scale constraint was lifted. "Only when an economic activity generates above-average returns can it become an... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
David Horgan: Iraqi Briefing, 21st November, 2003
but resistance becomes more deadly. Coalition military morale has collapsed. The outcome will be decided by approaching US elections. High economic and political costs force rethinks. Oil drives all. Production averaged about 2 million... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
Business School Publishing) This history doubles as a sophisticated account of the opportunities and challenges facing the modern investor. It follows the rise of funded retirement, the evolution of investment vehicles and techniques,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
Anthony L. Chirchirillo Leveraging China to Achieve Global Advantage for a U.S. Factory Chirchirillo: From Wisconsin base to global competitor. Related Links The Path to Economic Revival James McNerney Jr. Manufacturing's New Reality (HBS... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Tax and Grow
© politicalcartoons.com/Jimmy Margulies With the U.S. economic recovery stuck in low gear and traditional monetary and fiscal policy options seemingly exhausted, now is a good time to consider more novel approaches to stimulating growth.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Poverty and Security
women not wanting to be beaten up, opportunity for their kids” (USA Today, September 27, 2004). Democracy and transparency are not always transferable because of cultural and historical factors, Wolfensohn asserted, but they are “probably... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
(MBA '87), and Lynn V. Odland (79th AMP), worked for over two years to put together the four-day program. In addition to two full days of talks and panel discussions, the conference featured hands-on technology demonstrations (including View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
visible component of a business with increasingly explosive, multifaceted economic aspects. Yet despite these turbulent conditions, there's no shortage of new ownership wanting to jump into the game. For example, two new baseball... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 13 Dec 2022
- News
The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith
drive capital to businesses that are creating jobs and economic opportunities in West Virginia and other underserved areas of the country." What is the best part of this work? What do you find most... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
HBS Alumni On Leading Their Alma Mater
more as a consumer—a purchased good versus an experience that will transform their life.” RM: If I just think about the economics of the expenses—at least here at Harvard—about 70 percent of the expenses are fixed costs in people and... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 13 Jul 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Meaghan Fitzgerald (MBA 2016)
what it would mean to feel physically present with anyone from anywhere. It unlocks economic opportunities for people who can’t move to major industry hubs; has the potential to dramatically improve our... View Details
- 21 Nov 2017
- News
Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy
going to get cheaper, and storage is going to get cheaper. “Coal is not going to get developed, because it will be more costly than the alternatives. Greenhouse gases are going to be an issue, but economics will be the primary factor... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
percent or more. But VCs and entrepreneurs are human—and with the US startup failure rate hovering at around 60 percent (according to a 2015 Cambridge Associates study) those home runs are far from the norm. That makes it even more gut-wrenching to have passed on an... View Details
- 09 Jun 2017
- News
Curating the Cuisine of Southwest China
White about her decision to embrace the cuisine and culture of her hometown. READ MORE April White: Have you always been a traveler, Mei? Zhang Mei: Pretty much. Yeah. Yeah, it started a long time ago when I got the first chance to travel in college. I jumped on the... View Details
- 19 Feb 2021
- News
A Playbook for Progress
Skydeck, Adams and Stewart speak with contributing host and fellow alum Chitra Nawbatt (GMP 6) about the transformational opportunity that business has to engage women of color. READ MORE Chitra: Inclusive leadership has been something... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Innovation Takes Center Stage
behavior, the area where he has devoted his professional career at HBS. He also came to understand “how being an academic in many ways resembles being an entrepreneur, in that I have the opportunity to decide what ideas to pursue.”... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Daniel L. Vasella, M.D.
uninsured, needy CML patients, guaranteeing that no one would be denied this therapy for economic reasons. On a broader front, Novartis has joined with other pharmaceutical companies to institute a comprehensive discount plan in this... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Damon Silvers
congressional bailout than Wall Street? No. The reason Congress voted in October to allot $700 billion for financial institutions was the risk that multiple bankruptcies would place the economy in jeopardy. Let’s apply that reasoning to the automakers. They are at the... View Details