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- 01 Dec 1999
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A Class Act
both. William D. Washburn (MBA '34) February 1961 Heard from Pete Foster, who continues to operate very successfully as a brand man for Procter & Gamble's Germasetic Dreft Soap - which is especially for diapers. His wife reports adequate...
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Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jan 2003
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Greylock
original limited partners was in place. (By the 1980s, six more families had been added to the group.) At a time when venture capital was little more than a cottage industry that operated on a small scale and invested at a slow pace,...
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- 01 Jun 2007
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Letters
he always remained open to a better idea if someone truly believed in it. I only had a few days before I would have to cancel my HBS trip. Knowing that Grove by reputation was, above all, a manufacturing maven, I called Professor Bob Hayes, who was head of the...
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- 15 Jun 2021
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
it’s clear who does what and why. And after that, stay in your lane. Due to COVID-19 lockdowns there were no domestic flights, and you had to have special permits to travel by road. We had to think through the logistics of how to operate...
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- 30 Mar 2017
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Negotiating Peace in Canada's Largest Rainforest
say there. So it needs to flow from the moment. And if it doesn't, it probably won't work. Because that means that you went in there determined not to learn. Morrell: You obviously have spoken to your fellow negotiators. And your fellow negotiators noted that you View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
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Facing the Music
documenting quality grassroots music from all around the world, has greatly enhanced its operational efficiency, a key to its competitive health as a small but highly regarded independent label. Knutson, who still keeps in touch with his...
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Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Jun 2010
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Alumni Books
A Vision for Venture Capital: Realizing the Promise of Global Venture Capital & Private Equity by Peter A. Brooke (MBA ’54) with Daniel Penrice (New Ventures) This book chronicles the career of Peter Brooke, who has been called “the Johnny Appleseed of venture capital”...
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- 17 Feb 2015
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The First Five Years: Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010)
smart, passionate people here at Children’s HealthWatch, as well as with talented, passionate funders, advocates, and policymakers. “We operate in many ways as a small entity, but are also part of a larger organization. We also work...
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Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Jun 2015
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Higher Ground
on his rapport with the musicians and—in a field where operating budgets depend heavily on philanthropic support—his ability to work a room, the serious matter of contract negotiation began in late spring 2005. With all the particulars...
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- 01 Sep 2016
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Code name: Miesiąc
operations for the anti-Communist newspaper, part of an underground publishing movement that would grow to be the largest in history—tens of thousands of people working to write, print, and distribute information the government wanted to...
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- 15 Jun 2020
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020
Unleashed: The Unapologetic Leader’s Guide to Empowering Everyone Around You by Francis Frei, Professor of Technology and Operations Management; and Anne Morriss (MBA 2004) Harvard Business Review Press Leadership isn’t easy. It takes...
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- 01 Jun 2008
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Kash Rangan
Leaders typically ask, “Am I accomplishing my program?” But that is too narrow a view. Nonprofit leaders need to be more visionary. They need to stretch themselves more and worry about mission impact. I believe nonprofit leaders get too bogged down in View Details
- 21 Nov 2017
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Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy
shipment is little red scooters, with a 60-mile range. In the spring, we’ll have four-wheelers, with nice touches like windows you can operate and with a heater and that have a 60-mile range, and cost us less than those first scooters...
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- 19 May 2022
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Leading to Salvation
agency in North Minneapolis that operates a large facility on Plymouth Avenue. BR: The funeral home building was right behind North Point. And so North Point wanted to expand. And so I began to work with Michael Noonan and I said, you...
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- 06 Dec 2021
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New Wave
efficiency of their systems and trimming operating costs. Nonetheless, Smith estimates that the LCOE for the RITE Project is still above $0.20/kWh. Scaling up will help. Shendure, for example, predicts that a 50-plus megawatt farm of...
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- 07 Sep 2021
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Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 1
Immelt had spent his second year at HBS reflecting on his career path, and he decided that he was more interested in being an operator than an investor, accepting a position with a lower salary at GE. Jeff Immelt (MBA 1982) Jeff Immelt...
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- 28 May 2019
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A More Perfect Union
of America’s democratic systems was incubated among a group of HBS alumni; many more serve on its steering and advisory groups; and of the 140 members—executives, investors, entrepreneurs, and academic experts, people of all political stripes—half are Harvard MBAs. The...
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- 01 Sep 2008
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Building a Better MBA
robust and travel across boundaries, you don’t actually have to teach management country by country. So the first order of business for us is to get the global content right so that when our students graduate they can work for a company that is View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
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James McNerney Jr.
McNerney: It’s all about being globally competitive and creating U.S. jobs. Illustration by Andy Friedman Related Links The Path to Economic Revival Making Their Way Squawk Box at HBS - Jim McNerney, Dean Nitin Nohria, and University Professor Michael Porter discuss...
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- 01 Jun 1998
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Diversity and Community
community involvement are not only legitimate but indeed essential to their day-to-day operations and long-term strategy," says Thomas. This trend suggests that business - propelled by changing demographics, technology, and socioeconomic...
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Garry Emmons