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- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Ideas in Action
were more likely to feel regret that they had spent their break working and studying. And not surprisingly, alumni with 40 years of hindsight were even more likely to feel pangs of regret about trips in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Seth Klarman
approach to philanthropy. When you started with Baupost at age 25, did you already consider yourself a value investor? Yes. After my junior year in college and right after graduating, I worked for Mutual Shares Corporation, which was run... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Healthy Profit
MeraDoctor, a consultation-by-telephone business staffed 24 hours a day by eight licensed physicians. A for-profit company that charges subscribers a monthly fee of 100 rupees (about $2) for unlimited consultations for up to six household... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Rich Wilson
sitesALIVE! (www.sitesalive.com). Most people have never heard of the Vendée Globe race. Why is it special? Some call it the Mt. Everest of the seas. But when I finished the race, I was told that while 2,700 different people have summited Everest, I was only the 46th... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
becoming CEO of Slim Jim manufacturer GoodMark Foods, this book shares the stories and lessons learned of an ordinary man who achieved extraordinary success by believing in himself. Despite nearly losing his job at General Mills several... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Wanted: Leaders for the New Millennium
HBS, and meeting professors and other potential MBA students helped make Harvard my first choice when the time came to apply to graduate school. I also think my admissions application was stronger as a... View Details
Keywords: Cindy Olnick
- 19 Jul 2011
- News
Brightening the Future
notes. “Everything I learned at HBS — from marketing to strategy to finance to BGIE — is relevant in running a social business.” For MBAs who may... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Floor It
highlights the steps that need to be taken to ensure the success of this program. If you’re interested in gaining a better understanding of other emerging topics noted in the accelerator’s model—including... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Mengxin Li
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Leadership in the Digital Age
As Professor Linda Hill set out to study “digital leaders,” the first thing she learned is that there is no such thing. All leaders—regardless of their sector—must think differently View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Turning Point: Power Outlet
platform and training moms to be advocates in public arenas. We still have so far to go with this issue. It’s something that we want to work on proactively, not reactively. I... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Books
new hire costs an organization in the time spent overcoming often steep learning curves. Even so, transitioning has not generally been taught as a specific management skill, until now. Most companies report that it takes roughly six... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
INK: Taking Care
The sad and unfortunate fact is that one in every two people will develop cancer in their lifetime, Kathy Giusti (MBA 1985) writes in her new book, Fatal to Fearless: 12 Steps to Beating Cancer in a Broken Medical System. It first happened to her more than 25 years... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Engaging More Deeply with Business in Africa
While meeting with representatives of the Kenya Ports Authority at the Port of Mombasa, faculty members toured a bulk carrier ship off-loading grain commodities to Grain Bulk Handlers, one of the companies HBS faculty visited during the... View Details
- 26 Feb 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Morgan Hermand-Waiche (MBA 2010)
success several times over, despite experiencing a lot of 'bumps in the road.' A last one would be Richard Branson, because his vision and ambition go beyond limits, which is impressive and inspiring." Can you finish this statement? Great lingerie is "The foundation... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Whale Wars
have now returned to work, but not as the same person who left. As an individual, I will “take less,” in many ways. As a businessperson, what I have learned will affect every investment decision I make.... View Details
- 04 Jun 2008
- News
Whistle While You Work
sports, themselves subsets of the gargantuan leisure-and-entertainment industry.) We’ve increasingly decided that our kids will absorb more at school if learning is presented as entertainment. As a corollary, for workers in the workplace... View Details
- 12 Nov 2019
- News
Seismic Shift
can come together, honor each other’s successes, learn from other executives who are shaping new paths, and make connections to improve the advancement of women and people of color. But the most important... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Dean Clark on Leadership, Educational Priorities, and Funding the Future
to the customer. They experienced the whiplash effect personally, on their laptops, in real-time. It's just one example of how technology can deepen the learning experience. Values and leadership is another.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Light Looks Back on Forty-Year HBS Career
of values. The fundamentals I experienced as a new faculty member — the engaged classroom where students actively participate in the learning process, the dedication to ideas that have power in practice, the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
ANDRUS: Unemployed at graduation, an unlikely and inspiring odyssey takes him from his parents’ basement to the corner office of a company on the cutting edge. Photos by August Miller HBS Alumni of a certain vintage might recall a... View Details