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- 02 Jul 2024
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The Beauty Guide
of their careers.” It’s a matter of nurturing empathy, notes Freyre, and encouraging others—men and women, leaders and coworkers—to do so as well, especially as the pandemic has blurred the line between personal and professional....
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- 01 Sep 2017
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Research Brief: As the Wind Blows
scale up globally, and the 1990s saw lasting social and policy shifts in Germany and Spain that encouraged their entry into the wind game. By 1996, the largest wind energy companies in the world included one US, two German, and five...
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- 13 Jun 2016
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Brenda Bence (MBA 1991)
Lafley (MBA 1977) convinced her to join the firm. “He saw something in me and encouraged me,” says Bence. “He became my mentor, and I never would have made that connection without HBS. The School changed everything for me.” She went on to...
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- 01 Dec 2000
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Stevenson Named Director of External Relations
Conferences have augmented the traditional reunion programs and encouraged cross-class contacts," he notes. "In addition, we are now offering special courses tailored to our alumni. These initiatives, combined with the lifelong e-mail...
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- 01 Apr 2001
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Tatsuyuki Saeki: Putting Stock in New Options at Nasdaq Japan
country but to encourage it to be more competitive,” he explains. What Saeki is bringing to Japan is Nasdaq’s emphasis on good governance and transparency. “We force issuers to disclose accurate information quarterly,” he explains. Many...
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- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Classroom Legend
years, numerous students and young faculty enjoyed dinner, lively conversation, and encouragement at the Christensens’ home in Lexington.) Christensen earned his MBA from Harvard in 1943 and shortly thereafter enlisted in the Army...
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- 07 Aug 2012
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A Novel Approach
directly beneficial to the School because it trickles down in a lot of ways," says Lyle, the Section J cochair for the Class of 2012 Gift Campaign. She also recalls experiencing classes in which the professors encouraged students to...
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- 01 Jun 1998
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Investigation Leads to Sanctions, Recommendations
classmates at section events. "These behaviors seriously interfered with the ability of other students to learn," the report stated. "The HBS classroom is a unique place where students exchange ideas and are encouraged to take risks as...
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- 19 May 2015
- News
Getting Ready for Success
board chair of Valiente, while raising her children, sons who are 10 and 12, and a daughter who is 8. The powerful moments are many, and Huebner and her husband, Kyle (MBA 1997), chief financial officer of Stamps.com, encourage their...
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- 24 Apr 2014
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Teaching new women entrepreneurs about the rewards of taking risks
Sheila Marcelo (MBA 1998, JD 1999), Chairwoman of Care.com, talks about helping young women understand risk taking and experimentation to encourage entrepreneurial thinking. (Published April 2014)
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- 01 Apr 2000
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Deep in the Heart of Texas
schedules 20 to 25 events every year with prominent speakers. "And we do everything we can to encourage people in the area, especially new grads, to become interested in the club." The Houston club holds a reception each year for HBS...
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Amy E. Dean
- 01 Sep 2013
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Beantown as a Beacon
state's role in encouraging and joining Massachusetts's five largest academic institutions—Harvard included—in building a super-computing center used to research everything from chromosomes to the climate. The project was completed at the...
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- 04 May 2017
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How Sheryl Sandberg’s Sharing Manifesto Drives Facebook
co-workers acknowledging her struggle. After noting some of the other political and commercial opportunities potentially available to her—“ Walt Disney Co. CEO or California senator”—the magazine reports that Sandberg wants to stay put. Alongside View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
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WSA Conference Focuses on Reaching Goals
their quality and style. "I believe in designing things that have value and make you feel unique," she said. "Better to go with longevity than be a sheep following the herd. "I encourage women to dare," she told the rapt crowd, "and to...
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Eileen K. McCluskey
- 11 Oct 2022
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On Balance
small, 35-person Workplace Gender Equality Agency not only as a resource for business, but also as an advocate for societal change. Its current initiatives include a toolkit for companies that want to perform a gender-pay-gap audit and a campaign to View Details
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April White
- 01 Jun 2024
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Turning Point: On the Line
Theatricals. One of the great 14-year-old Tevyes in a summer-camp production of Fiddler on the Roof. Disney was my foot in the door. While churning out budgets and quarterly projections as a finance executive, I took a sitcom-writing class at UCLA Extension. I loved...
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- 01 Dec 2018
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From Das’s Desk
enterprise. We are very encouraged by the interest and enthusiastic feedback we’ve received about our pilots. We are planning a second session of The Reflective Leader for next year, and we are also working with the first cohort to find...
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Das Narayandas
- 01 Jun 2017
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Drawing on the Crowd for Innovative Problem-Solving
the number of participants needed, and what incentives to provide. In most instances, he recommends that “an organization’s internal problem solvers should define the parameters of a challenge rather than attempt to solve it, encourage...
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- 01 Feb 1998
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C.D. Spangler, Jr.: A Leadership Role in Business and Academe
systems were retrenching; and his encouragement of faculty to compete more actively for outside grants and contracts, with growth in those areas rising annually from $175 million in 1986 to more than $500 million in 1997. But Spangler's...
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Nancy O. Perry; photo by Ann Hawthorne
- 01 Dec 1999
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
of the Bulletin. In the meantime, I'd like to take this opportunity to encourage you to take advantage of two exciting new offerings available to HBS alumni. Earlier this fall, the School introduced Working Knowledge, a Web-based gateway...
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