Filter Results:
(319)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(1,822)
- People (1)
- News (319)
- Research (1,207)
- Events (7)
- Multimedia (13)
- Faculty Publications (725)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(1,822)
- People (1)
- News (319)
- Research (1,207)
- Events (7)
- Multimedia (13)
- Faculty Publications (725)
Sort by
- 30 Sep 2010
- News
Can’t We All Just Get Along?
Quick .who was the recipient of the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize? Until a few days ago, I had no clue and I’m not proud of that. That’s one reason I went to see and hear the former president of Finland, Martti Ahtisaari, as he took part in two panel discussions at HBS a few... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
University of Canterbury in New Zealand, in addition to her studies, Sommer was a catalyst for improved ser-vices nationwide for students with disabilities. “Effecting national policy on an issue so close to my heart was a terrific experience,” Sommer says. “I found... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Righting the Ship
circle and said, "Well, lads, ship and stores are gone. Now we’ll go home." “The decisions you make in a life-and-death crisis have a new, lasting importance. You can choose to ignore that, but you do so at your own peril.” —Nancy Koehn The... View Details
- 30 Jan 2017
- News
HBS Deans' Message on White House Travel Ban
School, throughout its history, has welcomed students, faculty, and staff from every part of the world. We have thrived as a result of the international diversity of experiences, perspectives, and beliefs that come together in our... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
What’s Next
global work. My predecessor, Dean Kim B. Clark, adopted a strategy in the 1990s predicated on the belief that strengthening our international research was the most effective way of globalizing the School. He launched a number of regional... View Details
- 15 Jun 2010
- News
Natural Causes
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Lords of Strategy
on a “one and done” project basis. Bain also promoted and established the rather unusual belief that the firm should help its clients implement its suggestions, rather than merely presenting its advice and moving on, as had been customary... View Details
- 11 Jun 2021
- News
The Power of Resilience
it was this belief that everything will be fine because it just has to be fine. Photos courtesy Parul Somani Hanna: Can you tell me a little bit about how that moment evolved into the decision to start Silver Linings? Somani: Since my... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Blockbuster Deals
investment banking, also invokes the 1960s as a point of reference, specifically with regard to that era's conglomerate-building mania. "We saw huge companies of ill-fitting parts all held together by financial glue and the belief that... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Greed, Gullibility, and Optimism
call “extreme extrapolation comfort,” which is the belief that if something happens for a little while, it will happen forever. There were times when we should have known we were approaching the subprime debacle, but when, exactly, the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
One-on-One with William H. Donaldson
to stop well short of that line. I believe it’s the company’s board that must establish that spirit, and I believe the board must pick a CEO who shares those beliefs and will implement them and make them part of everybody’s fiber and... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019
belief in the power of imagination, and by his relationships with people who had provided encouragement when he most needed it. When he left Dell Computer Corporation to teach, Walker discovered that the stories he took with him—of his... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
capable of competing with the big guys: NBC, CBS, and ABC." Underscoring its belief in the value of sports programming, Fox recently purchased (pending Major League Baseball's approval) the Los Angeles Dodgers, another example of a trend... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Letters to the Editor
knowing where the CEO and his executives were taking the corporation. We all understood our fiduciary duties and our responsibilities to the shareholders as well as to the long-term health and viability of the enterprise. The exception I took to the article was the... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Empowering School Leaders to Meet Today's Challenges
because of the belief that strong leaders with the right training can have an impact on those around them. “We want to build a high-quality, professional learning opportunity that’s accessible and compelling ” —MONIQUE BURNS THOMPSON “We... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Inside Intel
embracing the microprocessor, the product that would drive Intel’s growth for years to come. Two beliefs that Grove said were “as strong as religious dogmas” made it more difficult than it otherwise would have been to get out of a product... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
talent. “There’s also the possibility that unprecedented competition will create a fragmented market in which nobody makes any money,” she adds. While acknowledging these concerns, as well as the daunting realities of poverty and overpopulation, Ramnath and others... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
‘Get down! Everybody get down! It's coming down!' " If any rationale underlay the nihilism and bloodlust of the WTC attacks, perhaps it was a belief that massive death and destruction in the heart of the world's most successful... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Class Acts
competition, he also holds an abiding belief in the importance of helping others. "When you put people first and treat them right, everything else follows," he notes. In particular, he is committed to working with young people. While at... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth
expecting anyone to take hold of it, and then someone does, in a warm, accepting way.” The experience solidified Massie's beliefs in compassion, social justice, and the importance of serving others. In 1978, Massie enrolled at Yale... View Details