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- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
it? Tech didn’t always have a gender diversity problem, at least not by the numbers. In the early days of the industry, when computers were the size of rooms, not wristwatches, women had a significant presence in the field of computer...
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April White
- 26 Feb 2021
- News
Latinx on Boards; High-Tech Reforestation
interested Latino professionals prepare themselves to be considered for board positions. The virtual event was the second in a series of webinars offered as part of a coordinated campaign by the two alumni clubs, with consulting help from executive search View Details
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
coupled with an established venture capital community and a vast pool of potential customers in the form of major financial firms hungry for fresh tech. “Large financial institutions are technology companies that happen to move money,”...
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- 01 Mar 2005
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Venture Capital’s Comeback
WILCOX: “At the height of the boom, all venture-capital funds had LPs begging to get in. Today, the really good funds are back competing for the very best deals.” With roughly half of the nation’s venture-capital firms and scores of...
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- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019
genocidal Nazi ideology, it was not doomed from the start. Rather it represented Hitler’s best chance to achieve his war aims for Germany. In Ellman’s recounting, Barbarossa did not fail because of flaws in the Axis invasion strategy, the View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Books: Judo Strategy
develop the metaphor into a systematic way of thinking about strategy. The approach they describe minimizes the importance of brute size and strength by teaching companies how to make the most of their advantages — and transform their...
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- 01 Dec 2018
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
step-by-step, room-by-room guidance on how to create a welcoming and functioning space that expresses your unique individuality. Breaking Through: Leadership Disciplines from Top Performing Staffing Firms by Mike Cleland and Barry Asin...
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- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Making Change
and nearly 100 fellows in the field. We have doubled in size each year, and plan to engage 1,000 fellows in the next five years. Is there something you're particulalry proud of? I am most proud of our commitment to diversity: To date,...
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- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Right Connections
particularly crucial; yet it is also difficult for external parties to assess the quality of a young firm." Higgins had noticed that in many pre-IPO discussions, venture capitalists would invariably ask company executives what firms they...
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Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
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the truth is that women-led enterprises grow more slowly and remain much smaller than those created by men. In 2000, for instance, American firms owned by women averaged $2.4 million in sales, compared with an average of $12.3 million for...
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- 02 Mar 2016
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The New Space Race
This entrepreneurial energy is following a decidedly terrestrial opportunity. The nonprofit advocacy group Space Foundation estimated that the global size of the industry reached $330 billion in 2014, with an annual growth rate of 9...
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Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Case Study: Bionic Banking
(Thinkstock/Getty Images) Robo-advisors, like Betterment and Wealthfront, are built for millennials-automated asset management for those with lower account balances or an aversion to traditional financial advisors. Silicon Valley has taken notice, aggressively funding...
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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Of Value and Values
On the Horns of an Investment Dilemma Financial management firms that focus on sustainable investing have been gaining ground for twenty years now. As an example, Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), a global association of nearly...
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- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Pamela Thomas Graham on September 11
the time,” she recalls. “We were watching the coverage unfold before the second plane hit, but we didn’t fully understand what was going on.” CNBC anchor Mark Haines was on air at the time. “I heard Mark saying that from the size and...
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- 01 Feb 2001
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Drilling Down
"I tend to think that small and focused is the name of the game," agrees Matthew R. Simmons (MBA '67), president and chairman of Simmons & Company International. Established in 1974 as a specialized investment bank to the oil service industry, his Houston View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
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Big Deals: Project Finance Helps Mitigate Risk in Large-Scale Investments
high leverage and its effects on managerial incentives and firm performance,” says Esty. “The projects I currently study are financed with 65 to 90 percent debt, compared with 25 to 35 percent for the typical industrial firm.” Both the...
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- 01 Apr 2000
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A Place in the Sun
conditions and other factors. Through acquisitions and by building on its strengths, Martin and Giraud note, Club Med intends to double in size by 2003, operating as a services company that is active in leisure and entertainment. "Our...
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Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2023
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Clearing the Air
MORE For a deeper dive, check out our three-part Skydeck podcast series on carbon capture. Skydeck podcast MORE For a deeper dive, check out our three-part Skydeck podcast series on carbon capture. Skydeck podcast When the United States Congress passed the Inflation...
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- 01 Sep 2018
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In My Humble Opinion: In the Deal
of all sorts—black, Latino, Muslim,” she says. “We won’t make the returns we want unless our firms and our portfolio companies’ makeup are in line with the world’s makeup.” Good deal: Zylo, an Indianapolis-based company that helps...
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
almost the size of Kuwait. What’s clear, though, is that while this city is rich relative to the rest of the country , its city managers were miserly when it came to building the ribbons of roads and rail needed to bind its residents...
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