military service - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2003
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New Book Recounts Storied Class of ’49

Every HBS class has its “war stories.” In recent decades, they’ve been about takeover battles on Wall Street or crashing and burning in Silicon Valley. For the MBA Class of 1949, however, the “war stories” unfolded in places like Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Germany, and France.... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton

01 Jun 2022
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Vision: Into the Breach

big and so easy to find, it’s almost a miracle they haven’t been breached yet,” says Iram (above, left), a former captain in Israeli military intelligence who established the risk, compliance, and advisory View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand

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Justin Bardin

Justin. "Here, they get the connection between business and military leadership — something other business schools don't get." In addition, Justin has found HBS willing to make accommodations for the demands of his active duty... View Details

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Laying Down the Principles: Management - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School/title>

managers included engineers from West Point or the War Department—individuals well versed in civil and military engineering and rigorous bureaucratic procedures. Railroad managers were responsible for supervising thousands of specialized... View Details

01 Jun 2011
News

The House that Howard Built

Harvard economist Joseph Schumpeter and HBS professor and Baker Librarian Arthur Cole at the Research Center in Entrepreneurial History at HBS. Professor Myles Mace, back from military service in the Pacific... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services

01 Jun 2014
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014

Life by David M. Culver (MBA 1949) with Alan Freeman (McGill-Queen's University Press) Innovation Zeitgeist: Digital Business Transformation in a World of Too Many Competitors by Alistair Davidson (MBA 1976) (Eclicktick Consulting) Denial of View Details

18 May 2015
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The First Five Years: Rena Xu (MBA 2014, MD 2014)

of the job? “The best parts have been the relationships—with patients, and with peers. As residents we rotate onto different services each month, but the bonds that we form with our patients are real, and the sense of investment in their... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services

12 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

Creating Value Across Borders

riches" is instilled in people very early. But in other countries, no such role model exists. The stigma attached to failure is not just cultural; it's also reflected in bankruptcy laws. For example, in Switzerland, where military... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Jun 2000
News

Professors Fox, Mace Remembered

MBA in 1938, Mace remained at the School as a research associate before being posted to England for military service in 1942. There he worked with Robert S. McNamara (MBA '39), a friend and fellow HBS... View Details

01 Dec 2011
News

Making the Case for Leadership

cannot be successful unless they show vulnerability, are consistent, take time to be balanced, have a vision, and embrace their role as decision-makers. In the 2010 case “Toby Johnson: Leading After School,” Johnson, with military View Details

24 Feb 2014
News

A Capital Idea for Small Business

had received an appointment to the US Naval Academy at Annapolis while in high school. He had more of a technological bent than did Callaghan, and he studied both systems engineering and nuclear engineering. He was in the Submarine View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; crowd-funding; online communities; Finance; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

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Warren Radtke

Warren (Kellogg '60) is a HBS Career and Professional Development Consultant and a Confidential Advisor to C-Suite Executives and Entrepreneurs. He has held executive positions in public and privately held companies as well as in the nonprofit sector. In addition to... View Details

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01 Oct 2001
What Do You Think?

Will Information Technology Really Turn Organizations Upside Down This Time?

players). Second, the technology has to operate dependably, a problem in combat. And third and most significant, superiors have to be willing to delegate such decisions to frontliners. As a result, there have been as many spectacular failures as successes in View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Oct 1996
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Lasting Impressions

from the steps of Baker Library as some students railed against the invasion of Cambodia, others spoke with pride of their recent military service in Vietnam, and still others broke through the din with... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

03 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa

consistency in our guiding principles, such as supporting human rights, without sacrificing much-needed nuance and variation in strategy (e.g., backing military intervention in one case but not another). Third, diplomacy should be guided... View Details

Keywords: Re: Deepak Malhotra; Energy; Utilities

03 Apr 2019
News

Finding Common Ground

from opioids), Shumway also cites domestic abuse and criminal records that prevent reintegration into society as primary factors that contribute to homelessness. “A disproportionate number of the homeless are also veterans with mental health challenges related to their... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

22 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”

applications was provided by interservice competition in the U.S. military after World War II. In this period, American military leaders found themselves debating the arrangements that would best protect... View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat

12 Aug 2014
First Look

First Look: August 12

nuclear submarine fleet, provided engineering support for military vehicles, and managed numerous facilities at military bases. On the civil side, the company decommissioned aging nuclear plants, maintained... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Oct 2013
News

Searching for a Better Society

business from the École Supérieure de Commerce de Grenoble in 1992. Following military service, he took a consulting position with Bossard Consultants, a Zurich, Switzerland-based firm that had him working with technology clients... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services

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Being a Mom and a Founder at HBS - MBA

Government Health Care / BioTech Manufacturing Private Equity Real Estate Retail Social Enterprise Technology Venture Capital Audiences Audiences FirstGen+ College Diverse Perspectives International LGBTQ+ Military Socioeconomic Inclusion... View Details

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