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- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Supplying Demand
of Staples, Inc., will be the first to tell you, thank goodness he got canned. On July 4, 1985, Stemberg - who had been let go by First National Supermarkets earlier that year as the firm prepared to sell his division - ran out of... View Details
Keywords: Paul Michelman
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Just Keep Our Money
preparers at H&R Block, banks, and credit unions has worked to determine the appeal when people are offered the opportunity to instantly direct a portion of their tax refund to savings. We have found, after working with about 25,000... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Better than Cash
HBS, and many use the experience to help them transition to the nonprofit sector or to prepare for work on nonprofit boards.” Horwitz adds, “Through CAP, alumni have a chance to get to know an organization and go deeper into an issue. We... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Revitalizing America
contributing to both quality treatment and prevention. Young people joining a health corps for a year could be patient advocates, provide community health education, collect data, or prepare for health-care careers while observing needs... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 23 Oct 2024
- News
Running Man
happened and just get going.’” Even in the worst moments, he says—and that was one, he acknowledges—you have to be able to step back, out of the moment, to talk to yourself. “You have to believe in the preparation you’ve done and dismiss... View Details
- 14 Feb 2023
- News
Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in San Francisco
Starting this past fall and continuing through the coming year, Dean Srikant Datar is traveling to meet with alumni around the world. On Thursday, February 9, nearly 250 San Francisco Bay Area alumni gathered to celebrate and connect with each other at "HBS in the Bay... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
My Pandemic Year
with using our mobile phones, folding our laundry, reading our cases for the next classes, or preparing a meal while still tuning into Zoom classes. Video Embed We also mastered the art of looking engaged on screen even when we were not.... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Hawes Family Funds New Classroom Building
Dean Clark when announcing the gift. "While building an outstanding business and a close-knit family, they never have lost sight of the importance of helping others. Now, thanks to their extraordinary generosity, Hawes Hall will play an important part in View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Jeffrey R. Immelt, MBA 1982
friend.” Support at home is clearly a necessity for what is considered one of the most demanding and public jobs in business. The experience of running GE has been characterized as more of a marathon than a sprint; fortunately, Immelt is View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
What's Cookin'
Castaldo attributes Pollo Tropical's success to a “high-value equation” that features freshly prepared food of restaurant quality at fast-food prices. “While the quick-service business has tried to take the labor out of food preparation,... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Making Progress on Strategic Priorities
Administration, Chair, Gender Initiative In support of Harvard University President Drew Faust’s vision for “One Harvard,” HBS is helping to foster collaboration across the University. Allston The Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences is... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Kilimanjaro
sense of the challenge and camaraderie experienced by the group. In describing the increasing difficulty of the climb, many pointed out the contrast between the first day and the last. On day one, the hikers climbed for about six hours to 10,000 feet on a View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
The Next Big Thing
remaining committed to principles of academic openness and ethical research, Harvard has decided to review its policies regarding intellectual property and technology transfer, as well as its traditionally cautious approach toward collaborations with industry. The... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
The Class of 1977
two years at Soldiers Field had prepared us to size up a competitor, motivate employees, and gain market share, but we could not have anticipated the many other ways in which our leadership skills would be put to the test. Much has been... View Details
Keywords: Desmond Wong
- 09 Jan 2020
- News
Advancing Change
Outside the Building, Kanter profiles many such people, including Jeffrey Dunn (MBA 1981), the president and CEO of Sesame Workshop who brought the power of Sesame Street to refugee children, and offers a roadmap for others preparing to... View Details
- 20 Sep 2013
- News
Connections Add Up
personal finance curriculum to 5 million students, who range from kindergartners to high school seniors across the country. Morrison says her charge is to prepare the organization for the future. "I need to make sure we're doing the right... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Building a Better MBA
nature of business itself. It’s more global, more technology dependent, and less hierarchical. Knowledge-based industries are overtaking older, more basic industries. And the pace of change is quickening. “So we have to understand how the world is changing and make... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Team MBA
section experience and helping to prepare students for the interpersonal dynamics of the workplace.” In their final months as students, we asked one learning team to reunite over dinner to talk about their time at the School. What we got... View Details
- 22 Mar 2023
- News
Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in Los Angeles
prepares students to lead in a data-driven and digital world, to seek business opportunities in new technologies, to lead across differences, and to build sustainable businesses." The Dean also made note of ways the School is making the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Family Matters
possible. To know you’re not the first person doing this and that you’re not alone.” Throughout her time at HBS, Thompson-Woode committed herself to convincing others that a business education is not out of reach. Even as she was View Details
Keywords: April White