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- 01 Mar 2007
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Daniel Vasella
maintain a business that is competitive and that satisfies the needs of society and customers. You also bought vaccine maker Chiron, even though vaccines have not been a popular business for years. What...
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- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Inbox: From Das’s Desk
When Dean Nohria asked me to take over the role of Senior Associate Dean for External Relations from Bill Sahlman last July, I realized it was not going to be an easy task. Not only is Bill a giant in the world of academics, but he is...
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Das Narayandas
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Engaging with Students to Share Insights About Africa
On the final day of Africa Rising, a course about business in Africa taught by Professor Caroline Elkins, Hakeem Belo-Osagie’s (MBA 1980) emotions were running high. “I had that sense of accomplishment when you know you’ve managed to say...
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- 01 Dec 2018
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From Das’s Desk
executives as they navigate the board selection process and provides resources to effectively govern as a corporate director. Making Corporate Boards More Effective. The newly expanded program gives senior...
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Das Narayandas
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Q&A: Orin Smith
already of very high quality. We offer a much different experience from a European café, however, and our specialty beverages will attract the younger crowd. The older...
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- 01 Feb 1997
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Ban the Butterfly Rule for Corporate Directors
impaired when a director moves to a new career position or ceases to be a top executive. Be it in theory or practice, the "butterfly rule" makes...
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Joseph Hinsey IV
- 01 Mar 2019
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The One That Got Away
percent or more. But VCs and entrepreneurs are human—and with the US startup failure rate hovering at around 60 percent (according to a 2015 Cambridge Associates study) those home runs are far from the norm. That View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
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Lesson from the Fall
assignments; Requiring that a different degree of directors’ wealth be at risk through investments in company shares to ensure they have interests totally aligned with those of shareholders; Completely...
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- 01 Sep 2004
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Promise & Perils
Reforms Set the Stage for Growth When Deng Xiaoping came to power in 1978, he set China on a new course by making economic growth a top priority, even if that meant...
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- 01 Sep 2016
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Code name: Miesiąc
underground printers were victorious: Another activist picked up the posters and distributed them to mark the anniversary. But Maj now knows a different version of this story. He is in possession of View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
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Floor It
leading from the street to the house itself. That insight, coupled with the radical nature of precision medicine, led to a realization: A “business as usual” approach wouldn’t do the trick; View Details
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Julia Hanna; illustration by Mengxin Li
- 01 Jun 2015
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Rebooting Europe
targeted effort to improve Ebola treatments resulted in development of an antiviral drug with potential to treat the early stages of the disease. Better research, Moedas says, also requires better support for researchers. At a gathering...
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- 01 Dec 2015
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Estonia, Incorporated
Illustration by Peter and Maria Hoey In June, Aman Kumar (MBA 2014) was appointed the first-ever special advisor to the CIO of the Republic of Estonia. Kumar has a day job, too, working in the New York office of enterprise software giant...
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Francis Storrs
- 01 Apr 2001
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The Small Business Difference: How Smaller Companies Manage with Less
brochures, and Web sites. While making moves to cut costs and stabilize the company for the short term, Slayton sought new ideas from his team for future growth possibilities. “The company needed a...
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- 01 Mar 2013
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Sea of Dreams
exterior ones as well. Once I had secured a publisher, I started making regular trips to the shipyard in Gulfport, Mississippi, where Lady Linda would come to life, so I could get to know the shipfitters,...
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- 28 May 2019
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In My Humble Opinion: Family Dynamic
to make a purchase.” Indonesia fast facts: 268 million people; 17,000 islands; 500 languages; 700 ethnicities. “It’s an amazingly vast, diverse culture.” Role model: Mother Teresa. “Reaching that level of...
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- 01 Sep 2009
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Of Value and Values
that cause global warming. The case, which is taught in the first-year MBA course Leadership and Corporate Accountability, confronts students with the same dilemma. And according to Sucher, the discussion was intense: “Students pulled data from the case to View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
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From Das’s Desk
In previous columns, I’ve shared our ongoing work around continuous engagement and lifelong learning—the idea that your time at HBS, whether in the MBA Program or an extended Executive Education program, should not be considered a...
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Das Narayandas
- 01 Jun 2000
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Debbie Cohen Scales Her Mountain
"I never intended to write a book," says Deborah A. Cohen (MBA '87). Nor did she expect to be diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 35. The author of Just Get Me Through This! The Practical Guide to Breast Cancer (Kensington...
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Morgan Baker
- 25 Aug 2014
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Sheila Lirio Marcelo, MBA 1998/JD 1999
Founds Care.com 2009 Named one of Fortune’s Top 10 Women Entrepreneurs 2011 Named Young Global Leader, World Economic Forum 2012 Launches WomenUp as Henry Crown Fellow 2014 Care.com IPO Founder, Chairwoman, and CEO, Care.com As a child in...
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Susan Young