Filter Results:
(204)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(620)
- News (204)
- Research (310)
- Multimedia (11)
- Faculty Publications (52)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(620)
- News (204)
- Research (310)
- Multimedia (11)
- Faculty Publications (52)
Page 1 of 204
Results →
Sort by
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Dog’s Best Friend: Jim Hawes’s Charles River Rescue
its third consecutive fund commenced in 1992. We are currently raising a fourth fund which includes some HBS classmates (all others are welcome!!!). I have two daughters, ages 30 and 28, respectively, and a son, age 1, by my wonderful... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
Breyer Illustration by John Cuneo In a year when the highest percentage of HBS graduates ever went to Wall Street, Jim Breyer (MBA ’87) headed west to join an upstart venture capital firm called Accel... View Details
- 18 Oct 2016
- News
China, artificial intelligence, and Jim Breyer
A venture capitalist with a career spanning three decades and a net worth of $2.6 billion is certain to have had a few big fish escape his hook over the years. For Jim Breyer (MBA 1987) of Breyer Capital, the Moby Dick that haunts him... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
The Drive for Excellence: An Interview with Jim Henderson
short-term results with adherence to a long-term strategy and direction. At Cummins, we are driven by the concept of maximizing shareholder value -- but the question is, value over the next quarter or two, or over a longer period? Either... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Mastering the Competition — Michael E. Porter (MBA 1971)
about changing both how people think and how they behave," says Porter. "I'm pleased when my work is used by other academicians. But I feel equally satisfied when people tell me my ideas made a difference in their companies or countries."... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Primer on Patents
Washington until the issue’s visibility moves from the level of the assistant general counsel of a corporation to the level of the CEO. We hope this book will contribute to that process by making these matters more accessible to chief... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Jeffery E. Sagansky: That's Entertainment
enthusiasm, "and the Nielsens are our daily report card." A veteran of NBC and CBS, where he helped develop hits such as The Cosby Show, Cheers, and Touched by an Angel, Sagansky, president and CEO of Paxson Communications Corp., is now... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Ian Walsh
Ian Walsh was like many other students at Hamilton College - he majored in English and biology and played hockey and lacrosse. But he and his twin brother, Eric, were in a class by themselves when it came to career plans. While their... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Bruce Rauner (MBA '81) Endows New Professorship
fortune." "I saw no reason to hold off until I was older or retired to share my good fortune." After college, Rauner wasted little time enrolling at HBS, entering the School at age 23. Midway through the second year of the MBA Program, he was recruited View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Timothy G. Brier: The Price is Right
and Australia. And in June, Brier moved ("with Pat, my bride of 28 years") to London to a new position as chairman of Priceline.com Europe. "Rather than transfer the American template abroad," he observes, "we've created an organization led and staffed primarily View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Learning from the Past
led it back to profitability during the oil boom of the 1970s. By 1983, however, boom had turned to bust. After restructuring the company to a more suitable size, Strassler cashed out and helped his brother launch a family-run investment... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Value Added
first plane trip brought him to HBS and the MBA Program, which served as his introduction not only to business but to the ways of the West. After graduation, Gupta started as an associate in McKinsey's New York office, followed by... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
A Player's View: Gord Kluzak (MBA '98)
sportsmanship, Kluzak registered an impressive career with the Bruins despite undergoing eleven operations precipitated by a 1984 knee injury. He retired in 1990 and, at age 27, entered Harvard College as a sophomore. In Kluzak's era a... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Jackie Adams
competitors, and all three organizations saw news as a public trust. But by the mid-1980s, the networks had become divisions of large corporations, and profitability and entertainment value took center stage.” She notes that the advent of... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Robert F. Diromualdo
Bob DiRomualdo admits that he wasn't much of a reader until he paid a visit to Greenland. The son of a Philadelphia fireman, DiRomualdo took a job with RCA after graduating from high school to earn money for college. Dispatched by the... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Speakers Share Triumphs and Challenges
CEO Aaron Feurstein of Malden Mills On a bitter-cold December night in 1995, a devastating fire—driven out of control by gale-force winds—raged through the factory complex of Malden Mills, a privately held maker of fabrics (including the... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Sherman Baldwin: Leadership under Fire
Baldwin (known by the radio call sign "Tank") was on the aircraft carrier USS Midway in the Persian Gulf, flying 45 combat missions over Iraq in Operations Desert Storm and Southern Watch. As the pilot of an EA-6B Prowler, he led a crew... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
W. Hall Wendel, Jr.
life-threatening situations, he had reached the top of Mt. Everest, the earth's highest point. By doing so, he became only the 24th person in history to "summit" the tallest mountain on each of the seven continents. Wendel was the first... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2005
Photographs by Webb Chappell Now in its tenth year, the Bulletin’s annual student profiles have become something of a tradition. Faced each spring with a mountain of potential candidates, we puzzle our way through a dizzying array of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Wide Horizon
and help support his family. He also sees the new firm, if successful, as one way to eventually drive more funding to autism medical research, with plans to allocate a portion of the profits to N of One. “I’m inspired by what View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson