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- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Funding His Purpose
need to purchase the equipment necessary to provide treatment. Letelier wanted to offer loans—which would not require the same outcomes that many grant-makers look for—to help such an organization expand, reaching more people and... View Details
- 31 Jan 2025
- News
New York, Boston Alumni Volunteer to Boost Small Businesses
strategy. Priscilla Jiminian, Founder of Skinergy Beauty LLC, a skin care and cosmetics line designed specifically for hyperpigmentation. She says the SBPI at HBSNY helped her strengthen her business plan View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
day when board members sit around the table and simply wonder how we can dig ourselves out of the hole we’re in.” On balance, the firm excels at solving even the toughest problems, as evidenced by its track... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Agenda: Frank Lorenzo (MBA 1963)
In the early 1970s, Frank Lorenzo (MBA 1963) was CEO of Texas International Airlines, a struggling regional operation. There were whispers of change coming for the airline industry as Washington considered the pros and cons of ending regulation. “If there was a list of... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Philip L. Yeo, MBA 1976
Computer Board from 1981 to 1987, he introduced computers to every government ministry and agency, advocated the teaching of information technology at all levels of the school... View Details
- Profile
Patrick Chun
by another two with Francisco Partners, a private-equity firm focused exclusively on technology. "It was four years of rigorous advisory and deal work, without a second to spare," says Patrick,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Faculty Books
corporate headquarters’ role in setting, coordinating, and overseeing organizational strategy. The book’s case studies, frameworks, and sample scorecards show how to align business View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Time to Vote in University Elections
will elect five members of the University's Board of Overseers and six directors of the Harvard Alumni Association. Candidates for Overseer The Board of Overseers is one of... View Details
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
Geographic Society (Abridged) David A. Garvin and Annelena LobbHarvard Business School Case 312-120 In January 2010, John Fahey, president, CEO, and chairman of the board of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 04 Nov 2016
- News
Could Kurt Summers Jr. Be Chicago’s Next Mayor?
every dry-erase board in his office. “People can widely speculate all they want," Summers tells Crain’s about the possibility of a mayoral or gubernatorial run. "Meanwhile I will come in every day, bring my lunchbox View Details
- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
was trying to fix prices. This is antithetical to how most Americans think of the US market operating,” says Sawyer, an assistant professor in the Business, Government and the International Economy unit who... View Details
- Portrait Project
Tomiwa Igun
power-consulting agency in Nigeria to provide consistent, affordable electricity solutions and advise policy makers to develop sustainable energy policies around West Africa. I will live my life fighting the darkness while pushing against... View Details
- Web
The Strategic Case for Diversity in Digital Transformation - Blog: RGE Report
Race, Gender and Equity at Work Race, Gender and Equity at Work Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author HBS Staff Topics Topics Board Diversity RGE Blog... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
At HBS Workshop, New CEOs Tune Up for the Top
effective relationships with boards of directors. In addition to Porter, other HBS faculty members teaching in those sessions included Professor Jay W. Lorsch, a leading expert on corporate governance View Details
Keywords: Jon Prestage
- 18 Apr 2022
- News
Book Smart
primary school readers develop learning concepts and reading skills, and offers books in many languages, including Arabic, English, Hindi, and Spanish. They also built a... View Details
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Studying Japan from the Inside
governance system from U.S. companies; banks acted as monitors for Japanese companies, and the boards of Japanese companies had been dominated by insiders. In April this year,... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 21 Jan 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Managing the Family Business: Market Basket’s Lessons About Buyouts
embarrassing, and exhausting battling in court, a judge awarded George's branch with 50.5 percent of the company's shares. The judge also wisely mandated a shareholder agreement (unfortunately with a buyout mechanism that was not very... View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Q&A: John Quelch
executive directors are not passive implementers; their feedback and ideas are helpful in shaping our intellectual agenda, as is the counsel of our regional advisory boards, which include many HBS alumni.... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Steve Schwarzman
rise of private equity here and abroad hasn’t gone unchallenged. The Justice Department has launched an investigation into whether buyout deals involving multiple private-equity firms are anticompetitive. In Europe, critics are... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Building Your Own Dream Team
book, his text-messaging bills surely the rival of a government bailout. Ferrazzi’s new book, Who’s Got Your Back: The Breakthrough Program to Build Deep, Trusting Relationships That Create Success — and... View Details