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- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Going Against the Flow
founding Pactual. Over the years, Jakurski has learned that successful investing in Brazil requires intimate knowledge of the country. The two most prominent kinds of outside investors, he observes, are "offshore portfolio managers, most... View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.
- 13 Feb 2019
- News
We’re All Going to Get Hacked
like, in your automobile, you have airbags and seat belts. So if you hit a tree today, you walk away from it. If you’d hit a tree 30 years ago, you wouldn’t. Networks had never been built with resilience in mind. They were just built very quickly [over] the last 30... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
"affordability" of the Affordable Care Act is questionable, but some aspects of the initiative are pushing companies in the right direction. I'm glad I've stuck around long enough to see it. Perspectives on Progress Four distinguished women faculty View Details
- 31 Jan 2025
- News
New York, Boston Alumni Volunteer to Boost Small Businesses
When the HBS Club of New York (HBSCNY) launched its Small Business Partnership Initiative (SBPI) in 2020, its goal was to simply help small businesses survive the COVID pandemic with guidance from a small group of volunteer alumni advisors. Now, nearly five years on,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Student Conferences, at a Glance
group of successful entrepreneurs who shared their experiences of launching and sustaining a minority-owned business. “Start planning early. Save money. And go back to your community,” said L. Londell McMillan, president and CEO of L.... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Christensen and Vernon Remembered
President Neil L. Rudenstine added, "He was one of Harvard's, and the world's, rare human beings, capable of guiding discussions, courses, or institutions with the kind of ingenuity that is born of deep knowledge and experience."... View Details
- 20 Aug 2014
- News
With No Time to Lose
an effective biomarker—a kind of test that could measure the progression of ALS over a short period of time—did not yet exist. Without it, drug trials relied on longer, more costly observations of disease progression. Next, collaboration and View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Faculty Focus Their Research on COVID-19 Issues
make the next crisis easier to manage but also to ensure that the ongoing operation of our health care system is improved in a fundamental manner.” Leveraging Technology to Gain an Edge In a Working Knowledge article, five faculty members... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
areas: defining the School's audiences, identifying vehicles for communication, and addressing design and content. The committee's work is predicated on the fact that HBS needs to communicate its services and programs more effectively to the appropriate constituencies.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
School of Hard Knocks
were now ill-prepared for a very different demographic reality. Although I was no longer the object of discrimination, I couldn't shake off the knowledge of what it's like to be harassed and terrorized because you are different. Indeed,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014
brand management that avoids traditional brand tenets of control and competition, largely adopted from the private sector, in favor of a strategic approach centered on the mission and based on participation, shared values, and the... View Details
- 31 Jan 2023
- News
Female Founders' Dilemmas; UK Tech Startups
London. Mulcahy added that Rayport, as moderator, “asked meaningful questions, and skillfully summarized the learnings from the impressive panelists, whose humble attitude and commendable desire to authentically share their passion and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 30 Jun 2019
- News
Alumni in France honor self-made entrepreneurs; Shih talks trade in Buffalo
of manufacturing, against the background of the evolving U.S.-China trade challenges. The talk was followed by a Q & A session and reception. Shih shared his expertise in manufacturing and product development across multiple industries to... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Robert Goodwin
Colombia — I found that people share similar goals: security, a good job, and a better life for their families. What they struggle with is how to get there. Helping these people requires focused assistance in the form of knowledge,... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
The Well-Healed Athlete
to studying athletes of different ages, genders, and ethnicities to better understand the potential of the healthy human body and to improve knowledge of injury prevention and rehabilitation. The goal is to give people of all abilities... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change
year as a research-based platform to address topics of worldwide import to business, BiGS integrates and amplifies work currently underway at HBS and sparks new avenues of inquiry. In the case of climate change, that means exploring ways to View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2020
sexual harassment and double standards, the gender gap continues to hinder the advancement of women in the professional world. In Digital Goddess, Victoria Montgomery-Brown shares her story in an entertaining and educational light. Told... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Books
Business School Press) Common Knowledge: How Companies Thrive by Sharing What They Know, by Nancy M. Dixon, gets to the heart of one of the most difficult questions in knowledge transfer today: What makes a... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
subprime crisis. “It’s hard to overstate the dramatic buildup in subprime lending by mid-decade,” he said. “Subprime lending represented a minimal share of home mortgages in the 1990s. As recently as 2001, it represented only 2 percent of... View Details
- 24 May 2017
- News
Angie Hicks, MBA 2000
establish more apprenticeship opportunities so that tradespeople can share their knowledge with the next generation. Hicks, the public face of the company, is featured in many of its commercials, but she... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young