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- 23 Sep 2021
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Confronting Sustainability in Business; Pro-Bono Consulting for Black-Owned Companies
materials, articles, and other alumni resources to this client, and introducing the client to our network on a monthly basis,” says Barnett. The Opportunity and Performance Network seeks to serve between three and six client teams each...
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Margie Kelley
- 22 Dec 2022
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LGBTQ+ Alumni Forums Expand; 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition Is Underway
Clubs News Clubs News The HBS Pride Alumni Association is expanding its slate of LGBTQ+ Alumni Forums after the successful launch of two initial forums in 2021 sparked broader interest among its members. Akin to having a personal board of directors, HBS Alumni Forums...
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Margie Kelley
- 13 Jan 2021
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Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
services. Poindexter: The constraints that we've had have inspired creative solutions, and those creative solutions have been access to better profitability, better tools for serving our customers who are incredibly poor, and so we need...
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- 01 Mar 2003
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All in a Day's Work
variable in the equation. “More methodological measurements are coming into use, but the nonprofit sector is still at the front end of understanding how to quantify its results.” After the meeting, Oakes takes a quick drive to nearby...
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- 01 Jun 2009
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Too Big To Fail
into the marketplace, including creation of federal deposit insurance, securities regulation, banking supervision, and the separation of commercial and investment banking under the Glass-Steagall Act. As Moss is quick to point out, there...
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- 10 Mar 2015
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Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
Kraus, “that doesn’t look like her path.” Kraus has witnessed this dynamic as an entrepreneur. When she cofounded and served as CEO of Circles, a national corporate concierge, in 1997, there were even fewer women on the entrepreneurship...
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April White
- 01 Jun 2015
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Leadership on a Global Stage
will become an annual event. Jefferson, a 1988 West Point graduate and former captain in the Special Forces, planned to stay in the military as long as he was “serving with elite units and enjoying being in the Army.” A training accident brought that open-ended plan to...
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Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Private Equity under Investigation
dramatically downsized or announced their intention to cease operations after experiencing investment missteps and succession problems. Meanwhile, new organizations have amassed enormous sums of capital in short periods. Even a quick...
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- 01 Jun 2008
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The Prophet of Start-Ups
served as head of R&D in the Office of the Quartermaster General during World War II, rising to brigadier general. BETTMANN/CORBIS In 1921, Doriot left war-ravaged France for America, where he intended to enroll at MIT. Using a letter of...
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- 01 Jan 2005
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Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965
Critics harped that an "elephant" like IBM couldn't dance the quick steps of the new technology. A search was under way for a new CEO, but few—including Lou Gerstner himself—were eager to take on the very public, very risky assignment of...
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- 01 Mar 2013
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Opening the Door
So I felt it was important to serve as a role model of women who are driven to succeed in the same way that men are. It was quite a burden. In those early days, for example, I returned to teaching two weeks after my first child was born...
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- 01 Oct 2002
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The Class of 1977
Desmond Wong A loyal HBS alumnus who says he “truly bleeds Harvard crimson,” Wong has played a leading role in every '77 reunion since graduation. He has served on the HBS Alumni Association Board and the graduate schools committee and...
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Desmond Wong
- 01 Jun 2015
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Screen Grab
and Amazon are the established players in this new frontier—but the number of upstart media companies vying for viewers means that the landscape could look completely different down the road. “It’s a gold rush,” says HBS senior lecturer Henry McGee, who until January...
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Julia Hanna;
HBO;
Netflix;
Hulu;
Vimeo;
YouTube;
Telecommunications;
Information;
Arts, Entertainment
- 01 Jun 2020
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Keeping the Beat
darkness, and saying, what is it that I can actually leave behind in the past that no longer serves me? Now that I have the time to even confront these personal demons. All of us have a version of that, but I never drop into it because...
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- 01 Dec 2008
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A Force for Good
Bok’s 1979 annual report, although mostly complimentary to HBS, criticized the School for being too ingrown, and for failing to conduct research at a high enough standard. An uproar ensued, with then-Associate Dean John McArthur serving...
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- 01 Dec 2012
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From Where We Stand
and staying engaged in some way are intrinsic to sustaining both confidence and opportunities. Serving on meaningful nonprofit boards that deal with serious business issues is one good route. Part-time projects and consulting is another....
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- 01 Jun 1997
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Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
miracle. Professor David B. Yoffie served as informal moderator and faculty chair. Global Gathering Early in the opening session on April 6, conference chairman Robert Piccus and HBS Dean Kim B. Clark welcomed the international group,...
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Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Mar 2015
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A Boomtown's Echo
those kinds of projects. No siree. We remember last time around.’ ” Myers is managing director of Dallas/Ft. Worth–based Boldmore Growth Partners, and launched the Internet service provider Bakken Wireless in 2012 to serve the region’s...
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- 01 Sep 2018
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After the Fall
informed decisions using data and make the system more resilient, limiting the consequences of bad decisions.” One such effort is the Behavioral Finance and Financial Stability Project, an interdisciplinary research initiative across Harvard and led by Greenwood that...
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- 05 Mar 2020
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Green Light
It’s an almost unfathomable amount of daily production, but Lo puts it in perspective. “A single fast-food restaurant chain uses 300 million pounds a year of leafy greens alone,” she says. “A one-ton-a-day farm produces 740,000 pounds a...
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