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- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
just part of my DNA. My father also worked for GE, and I think that gives me an affinity for the frontline managers: When I was growing up, I had no idea who the CEO of GE was, but I knew who my dad’s boss was because it affected his... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Leading Boston and Beyond
have found their passion in municipal government. “You’d be hard pressed to find any position where you are a senior manager of a $3 billion organization that impacts people so directly,” says Koh. “There is no greater meaning in life... View Details
- 19 Feb 2020
- News
Capitol Ideas to Combat Climate Change
organized by the HBS Business & Environment Initiative and the HBS Club of Washington, DC. The expert panel featured voices from the energy, environmental, and governmental sectors; attendees from fields as diverse as education, health... View Details
Keywords: April White; photos by Jack Conroy
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Short Takes
Fortune 500 companies, and studied the nonprofit involvement of executives in twelve companies. He found that 81 percent of the Harvard MBAs were volunteering and that 57 percent of the surveyed graduates were active board members. "Our data show that involvement... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
offer for the company. Yet the company, and its workers, formed the grain of an idea that began to grow in Viana’s mind. “Jeannette, for me, became a double mission, the first being to save the company,” he says. Just past 50, with a full... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
fees, brand globalization, the rise of holding companies, client obsessions with shareholder value, the digital and Internet revolutions—and outlines the steps senior agency executives need to take to restore health to their organizations... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Student Conferences, at a Glance
Every year, members of HBS student clubs work overtime to organize conferences that address an array of business-related themes and issues. This year’s events, which featured renowned guest speakers and thought-provoking panels, focused... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
All in a Day's Work
for a small organization that is growing quickly and needs new systems and management tools,” says Oakes. “And it’s important that whatever changes are made don’t take away from the kids’ experience — hat’s... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
A Binary Formula
engine of its economy,” says HBS professor Kent Bowen, organizer of the colloquium. “One way to do that is through science and technology, but we need to know how to get those discoveries into the economy.” To achieve that goal, Bowen and... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Spirit at Work
"Soul." "Spirit." A host of organizations - among them Lucent Technologies, the Boeing Company, and Southwest Airlines - have recently begun to ponder such intangibles in an effort to attract and maintain a motivated, performance-boosting... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 23 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni Consider Election Reform; Clubs Explore Parenting by Case Method
Clubs News Clubs News HBS Club of Dallas Explores Election Reform and Political Innovation in Virtual Talk As the presidential election nears, the potential for an unusual outcome that could spark a Constitutional crisis seems to grow... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
history. The excitement traditionally generated by these annual events was further heightened this year as participants gathered in Hong Kong, the gateway city to China, which on July 1 will revert from British rule to Chinese sovereignty. The View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 19 May 2022
- News
Leading to Salvation
bought graves and everything. So that’s the way my husband was. JH: After her husband passed away, April turned to the community for advice on how to keep it going. AE: So Bob’s wife, Sharon and I, belong to a women’s organization here in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Case Study: Glass Half Full
and customer acquisition. If you are building a brand, my advice is to keep Amazon while you build out your Shopify ecosystem, and then make the move. It may not be relevant in your business but buying inventory can keep the supply chain happy, and you can learn what... View Details
- 17 Jun 2021
- News
Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity
Professor of Management Practice. Another 20 leading investors and entrepreneurs spoke on panels and in private break-out sessions to round out the conference, which was timed in three-hour blocks over the two days to accommodate attendees from coast to coast and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
The Sparkles in Our Skies
of millennial and Gen Z consumers in the United States say these impacts could stop them from purchasing diamond jewelry entirely. In India, where the market is expected to grow 10 percent annually when the pandemic ends, that figure is... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Class Notes Extra
Harmony Growing up in late-1960s Milwaukee, Bill Ahlhauser was a self-described “young radical,” a teenager who took part in civil rights marches and who dropped out of his Catholic private school in order to start up an independent high... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
must disrupt the way we think about social change. The author suggests how this can be done by sharing stories and case studies focused on innovative approaches to large-scale social change. Operating Model Canvas: Aligning Operations and View Details
- 29 Apr 2022
- News
Clean Slate
Coalition, an organization coordinating business, government, and nonprofit efforts to improve India’s water quality and health outcomes. Naina Lal Kidwai: This was not a sexy business. You don't want to put your name to toilets. You're... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
other medical centers are scheduled to attend MHCD’s next session in October. “Our focus is on sowing each of the organizations with the same seeds, so that they grow together more than they normally would,”... View Details