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- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Classroom Legend
to emphasize a point. “His hands perform a rapid-fire ballet of encouragement: palms outstretched to reassure the uncertain student, wrists moving in quick circles to urge onward the confident,” noted a 1976 article in the Harvard Gazette. “The reply completed, Mr....
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- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
combination of beliefs and preferences that drives his or her motivation, decision making, and leadership style. The authors discuss four types of highly successful “business builder” personalities: the Driver, the Explorer, the Crusader, and the Captain, each...
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- 06 Jan 2017
- News
Mental Illness and the Workplace
what I had. Hanna: And a lot of people may not know what that was like, would you mind talking about that a little bit, just to give us a sense of it? Switz: Absolutely. I think many people don't know what a psychotic break looks like and...
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- 19 Mar 2015
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Walter Salmon Remembered
highly-diversified food service company into what became a highly-focused Dunkin Donuts. I will always be grateful to Professor Salmon for his training and wisdom in those HBS years and in the time and counsel he provided me in subsequent years. He was truly a View Details
- 20 Jun 2019
- News
Reframing Modern Art
forgotten figures to light, and how her finance career prepared her for assembling an art exhibition. READ MORE Julia Hanna: Denise, can you just tell me about the process by which you began thinking about a career in art history? You worked in finance for 25 years. I...
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- 01 Oct 2001
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Q&A: Orin Smith
every day. In addition to coffee, Starbucks offers tea, pastries, and gift packages; distributes coffee-flavored ice cream and beverages to supermarkets; and maintains the retail Web site starbucks.com. Smith oversaw the company's IPO in...
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- 01 Dec 2010
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How to Survive Past Start-up
— a common experience that might bind the entrepreneurs I wrote about and give the reader some focus. Serendipitously, I came across an article from Fortune, written in 1999 at the height of the Internet bubble. “For new MBAs at Harvard...
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- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
comprehensive playbook for business leaders and people on their way up to give the best presentations of their lives. More often than not, the best intentions and most innovative ideas get lost in a poorly executed presentation. With...
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- 01 Sep 2007
- News
To The Rescue
million in property, along with much donated time and effort from employees at Satyam. It was, in a way, a gift back to the country that has allowed him to prosper. To understand just how transformative the work of EMRI is, one must first...
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- 20 Dec 2019
- News
The 19 Musts of 2019
more to share, more to inspire. At 37, she was diagnosed with terminal metastatic colon cancer, dying at 42. But her insights, lessons, and thoughts on humanity during those five years are nothing short of gifts to the rest of us.” —James...
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- 09 Feb 2017
- News
Turning Disorder into Opportunity
listen, realizing that the boy was releasing the small stones at consistent intervals. The young man had a terrific gift for precision and a keen focus, revealing capabilities that reached beyond his disabilities. The encounter...
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Jennifer Myers
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
history of women in business to give her audience some perspective on the transformational effects of economic independence. Among the first places U.S. women worked outside the home were textile factories in Massachusetts, she noted. The...
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- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
India. “Hence ‘Alumni in Action’.... powerful stories of resilience, purpose and giving back. Stories that restore one's faith in Humanity and inspire us to dream of a better tomorrow." MAY 25 Vinay Pasricha (OPM 39, 2010) cofounded an...
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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
Dear alumni and friends, We celebrated the opening of Klarman Hall on October 1 and used the occasion to spark discussion and spur thinking on important issues of the day. Beth and Seth (MBA 1982) Klarman, in providing the gift for this...
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Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
young kids from difficult environments. Launched in 2001 with 25 classmates, the group has grown to 100 members who are involved in a selected set of projects, giving advice, sharing contacts, and providing financial support. “We took a...
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- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Eric Schiffer
99. Yes, that’s true. Richard Gere picked up a case of Pellegrino from us, Barbara Bush purchased gift wrap, and Vanna White bought some toothpaste, believe it or not. Elizabeth Taylor even wore some very stylish reading glasses that she...
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- 01 Oct 2002
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Dean Clark on Leadership, Educational Priorities, and Funding the Future
inflection point today, and we must seize the opportunities before us that are central to our mission. Let me give you an example. In the coming years, the leaders of major enterprises will need a truly global perspective. Events such as...
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- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
with Dreyers for ice cream and PepsiCo for the bottled Frappuccino," recalls Beeninga, who is now retired. "It was a time of exploring where we could take the brand, and Gerry would always ask, 'Where does the consumer give us...
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- 01 Dec 2020
- News
In Review
into the vision for an Allston campus, which had been put on hold during the financial crisis. Then the magnificent gift from John Paulson (MBA 1980) allowed the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences’ move to Allston to become a...
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- 01 Jun 2022
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What We’re Reading
Alumni Board. She was previously the founding director at the Common Room. Choosing my favorite book feels a bit like choosing my favorite kid, but I’d say Simulacra and Simulation, by Jean Baudrillard. It gives an impressively...
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