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- 28 May 2019
- News
Turning Point: Into the Wild
on one of our host’s horses. It was a beautiful day, and as I rode I began to see all kinds of wildlife—impalas, dik-diks, wildebeests, giraffes. I got closer to the game on horseback than I ever could have in a vehicle because, to the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Alumni Books
protectionism could prevent nations from achieving the gains - in household income, availability of goods and services, and other quality-of-life metrics - of cross-border openness. Ghemawat describes how private businesses, policymakers,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Far-Reaching Impact
Above: Teachers in India's daycare system draw on Rocket Learning's digital platform to enhance learning. Photo courtesy Rocket Learning When the news reached Namya Mahajan (MBA 2022) as her HBS graduation was approaching that she would receive financial assistance to... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
BOOK: You Can't Enlarge the Pie
psychology professor at the University of Pennsylvania, argue that too many government decisions and initiatives are shaped by psychological biases and unproductive thinking habits. The result, they say, is a public-policy mindset that's... View Details
- 11 Jun 2021
- News
The Power of Resilience
actually holding my newborn baby in my arms when I got the call, and could see on the phone that it was the breast surgeon calling. And I knew that the fact that she was calling on a Saturday, with the results of my biopsy, that it... View Details
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
our business. We have built a business that is, despite our small scale, has a very clear track record of profitability, and have had the fundraising challenges And his response was "Well, you're not really a fast-growing business." And he's right. He was applying a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
challenges then are first, to screen and prioritize the multitude of possible new applications, and second, to shift the mindset of an organization that has held the identity of an ‘imaging’ company for decades.” The case details how... View Details
- 29 Apr 2016
- News
The First Five Years: Kelly McKenna (MBA 2015)
stay patient. There is so much we want to and could do, but there are only so many hours in a day.” Why should companies consider purchasing art from ArtLifting? "Oftentimes, companies come to us when they're already in the market for... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Money (Actually) Can Buy Happiness
mindset to make you more strategic or more efficient with your time—but there’s not much research on that yet. Recently, we studied how people could spend their discretionary income to promote happiness:... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 03 Dec 2019
- News
Two Tales of Connection: Over Meals and Mentoring
provided guides on specific discussion topics such as defining personal success, developing an entrepreneurial mindset and business ethics, to cover over the course of the program. But we left it very flexible so they View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 02 Jan 2019
- News
Not Waiting for Progress
Waithe, “who have recently traveled the path to success and can help them understand how to navigate the way forward.” While noting that the way forward for black filmmakers is still “far too problematic and challenging,” Diamond says he’s encouraged by the... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Boxer of Quirinal By John Barr (MBA 1972) Red Hen Press All animals struggle to survive. In John Barr’s poems, the success of the heron hunting, the albatross breeding, the inchworm spinning give proof of life. But for us that... View Details
- 02 Sep 2021
- News
Back to School
the person who ran our COVID-19 operations, Josh Geballe, had previously been an 11-year executive at IBM who also started a successful tech company. He really drove the entire vaccine response, and it was that MBA mindset that enabled... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Offshore Learning
year at Dartmouth and never looked back,” said Pearson, who was in his 30s and working as an administrator in the organization’s Baltimore office when he decided to enroll at HBS. “I wanted to take a stab at for-profit management, if only to get a better understanding... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Q&A: Suzy Wetlaufer
worked at Bain long enough to get that “business is war” mindset — don’t turn your back too long or else.... What’s the most rewarding aspect of your job? Seeing the impact of HBR. I recently gave a speech to a group of CEOs, and one of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Eric Schiffer
some board meetings at a time when the company was being approached by investors. I took a look at their P&L and balance sheet and told my wife’s family, “You’re rock solid. You don’t need any investors. And if you’re interested in going public, you View Details
- 18 Nov 2020
- News
Networking Goes Truly Global; Confronting Institutional Racism with Case Method Webinar
1999). She adds that three attendees at a time went to virtual breakout rooms for 10 minutes and then returned to main group for larger discussion. “This was repeated three times and everyone agreed for us to share contact information so they View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
How to Spur Prosperity
France as an example of a country with an investment mindset that is too short term. How would a government design a more patient approach? What you often see is government giving out a large initial outlay of money without first saying,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books
that women could lead in war and must enjoy equal rights. In helping to cement the territorial defeat of ISIS, whose savagery toward women astounded the world, these women played a central role in neutralizing the threat the group posed... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna. I'm a writer and editor for the HBS Alumni Bulletin. In 2019, I met Egyptian alumna Amal Enan (MBA 2014) when she was on campus for her 5th reunion. Enan had already held a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance