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- 01 Mar 2014
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Generation Next
says by phone in New Delhi, home to the venture's headquarters. "And I get the opportunity to be an entrepreneur." Next-generation leaders, more so than their progenitors, must overcome a public perception of nepotism. When Rohan Murthy, the son of an Infosys founder,...
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- 01 May 2013
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Joella Lykouretzos, MBA 2001
Since launching Hoplite Capital Management LLC in 2003 with her husband, John, Joella (Foster) Lykouretzos has seen their firm establish a record that lives up to its name, which evokes the intrepid citizen soldiers of ancient Greece. In...
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- 01 Mar 2012
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Faculty Research Online
Professor Nikolaos Trichakis. See http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6857.html. The New Challenge of Leading Financial Firms Running a financial organization, never easy to begin with, has quickly become one of the most difficult leadership...
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- 24 Apr 2014
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Protecting conservation land while turning a profit
the lands will be managed sustainably in perpetuity, and, in many cases, the assurance of public access to the land for recreation,” he explains. Based in Hanover, New Hampshire, Lyme is recognized as a leader in conservation investing, having View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
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Ceiling Unlimited
pocket," Chen recalled of his arrival in America. After working at Hughes for many years building satellites and at a high-tech trading firm he cofounded, in 1990 Chen helped start his own company, Advanced Aerodynamic & View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Ideas: Books
Accountability Systems for Greater Performance and Commitment by Robert Simons (HBS Press) Professor Simons thinks leaders should regard the structure of an organization (the system of accountability that defines roles, rights, and...
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- 01 Apr 2002
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Dot Vertigo
technology as a strategy rather than just a solution in firms of all kinds. "My work," Nolan writes in the book's preface, "has led me to the conclusion that by their very nature, which is to be permeable and fluid, dot companies have...
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- 01 Mar 2010
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Lords of Strategy
first-rate analytics, and individual aspiration, the quest might start with the very consulting firms that gave intellectual structure to the rise of strategy. At their best, BCG, Bain, and McKinsey apply...
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- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Hope for Reform Dims
excessive consumer and corporate debt. “Regulatory structures failed to keep up” with innovations in the marketplace, he added. Thain took the top spot at Merrill Lynch in December 2007, resigning as CEO of the NYSE Euronext. Previously,...
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- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Inside the Partnership
juggernaut.” While much has changed for Goldman and other investment firms in the last year, its rise to prominence — driven by extraordinary individuals — is a matter of record. The following excerpts from The Partnership look at two of...
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2012
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They Call Him Mr. China
focused on hiring and empowering younger mainland Chinese with modern management training and experience and an open mind toward new ideas. It worked. Over the next two years, ASIMCO overhauled its management structure by bringing in more...
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- 01 Dec 2010
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Eight Join HBS Faculty
interface of technology and marketing and has studied how marketing is impacted by technology that enables firms to learn more about consumers and competitors. Kumar earned his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University, where he received the...
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- 29 Apr 2021
- News
Equal Partner
in the ranks of investors. She also knew that some firms were seeking to diversify their partnerships without addressing underlying structural problems. “Partner” did not always mean check-writing abilities...
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- 01 Oct 2000
- News
After the Revolution: Putting the Internet in Perspective
Microsoft and Cisco, Nolan said the mature business model of a hierarchical organizational structure with a "make-and-sell" strategy can't be adapted to the virtual, information-enabled world of dot-coms. There, the real-time speed,...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Designing Change
process from the perspective of Kenny Kahn, vice president of marketing, while also including the insights of Kit Hinrichs, a well-known figure in the design world, and his team at Pentagram, the firm that takes on the Muzak assignment....
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2016
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Case Study: On the Table
style-driven business, but go with it. —Ted Hibben (MBA 1986) Start the delivery operation but structure it for spin-off, because there’s clearly an opportunity for e-commerce logistics in Mexico. As part of the startup, look for other...
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- 01 Sep 2017
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Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity
financial services firm helps small and medium-sized enterprises raise capital and scale their businesses. In the past year NISK itself has grown, and now its team of eight works with 50 clients. Kyarisiima acknowledges the life-changing...
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- 01 Apr 1997
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Critical Information: MIS Monitors the Ever-Changing World of IT
information technology can lead to more flexible organizational structures and innovative management control systems. These ideas appear in her recent casebook Managing in an Information Age. Professor F. Warren McFarlan is currently...
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Elaine Gottlieb
- 21 May 2018
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Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area
volunteers “have helped the city capitalize on the innovation sprouting from Silicon Valley, through specific initiatives such as designing the structure of the city’s startup incubator, developing innovative ways to incorporate...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
firms to large capital-intensive enterprises, such as banking, telecommunications, mining, and transportation. By the late 1980s, many had developed a good deal of autonomy. Twenty-five years of economic reform have changed the View Details