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- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
Alexander P. Dyer (MBA 1959) (ShiresPress) This memoir deals with the issues of ethics and leadership in business at all levels, from the salesman to the boardroom. Dyer served as a director, CEO, deputy chairman, and chairman of several major View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
considerably. He went on to earn advanced degrees in biochemistry and management science and immigrated with his new wife, Shainoor, to Vancouver. After a brief stint at a pharmaceutical company (“I’m an entrepreneur; I just didn’t fit”), Khoja took a job in View Details
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
Doriot’s ARD holding a significant stake, the company had some 63 European financial institutions and banks as shareholders. Management included a stellar group of French business luminaries. The EED investment port-folio grew over time,...
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- 01 Jun 2014
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Early Impact
Thierry Porté (MBA 1982), enable HBS to advance its international priorities by expanding opportunities for the faculty to test new ideas around the world, by enriching classroom learning with new cases, and by attracting students with a...
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- 01 Apr 2002
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Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
carved out business opportunities despite formidable odds, including Madam C.J. Walker, a daughter of slaves who founded a million-dollar hair-care enterprise. Gail J. McGovern, president of Fidelity Personal Investments in Boston, asked...
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- 01 Dec 1997
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Making Real Progress in the Middle East: The Bottom-Up, Economic Solution
technical, and skilled employees to support growing international business. For Jordanian, Egyptian, and Palestinian companies, cooperation with Israeli firms, and with each other, is even more strategically attractive. Companies can...
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- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
Organizational design, structure, and culture do play a role and almost always have in corporate scandals. Companies that get into trouble often do so because of minimal internal connections between many parts of the organization. With...
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Garry Emmons
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
Cash By Christopher Kawaja (MBA 2004) and Shannon Matthiesen Independently published Most of us know how to balance the immediate needs of a checking account or to invest long term for our retirement plans. But financial advice falls...
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- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017
(ForeEdge) The authors tell how an ad hoc, underfunded group of citizens worked together to challenge Boston boosters, the United States Olympic Committee, and the International Olympic Committee and derail Boston’s bid to host the 2024...
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- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
almost 9,000 miles of travel. "I think the logistical challenge that we have today in Brazil is probably bigger than any other country has seen." For Sender, the event has forced a complete rethink of operations at TAM, which flies to 42 domestic and 19 View Details
- 16 May 2017
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Facing the Board
began with a review of the case, which was focused on two decisions facing asset management firm BlackRock, Inc.: Should the company license its Aladdin operating system? And should it acquire Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM)?...
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- 31 Jul 2019
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Skydeck Live: The Rise of the FOMO Sapiens
right now and it's about inclusion. It's the desire to be involved in a group that's doing something. So as you think about that, what does that really melt down to? It's about asymmetries of information. It's about the fact that you are sitting here—whether it's an...
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- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
Carliss Baldwin, Linda Hill, and Cynthia Montgomery—to share their views. When you talk about the role of women in business with older MBA alumnae or with your own colleagues, do you talk more about the progress that's been made or the View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
marketplace. Gaylin examines each of the main segments (Broadway, regional theater, orchestra, opera, and dance) along these business dimensions. Navies, Petrol, and Chocolate: Why Ukraine Matters by Peter P. Godston (MBA 1989) (CreateSpace Independent Publishing...
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- 01 Dec 2004
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Retirement's Changing Face
to balance my life,” he states. “I’ve reallocated, just as you would an investment portfolio.” Snoey’s most recent position was at Harley-Davidson, where he was president and COO of the company’s Transportation Vehicles Division and a...
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- 08 Mar 2013
- News
The Accidental Innovator
total—try not to take ourselves too seriously. But yes, I suppose on some level, all of the above. We’re definitely trying to create something that hasn’t existed before, an influential, international institution that will be around in...
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- 01 Mar 2012
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The Accidental Innovator
create something that hasn’t existed before, an influential, international institution that will be around in 200 or 300 years. We don’t want be just a cute website, but something that makes the content and the tools of a world-class...
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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
percent a year and is poised on the cusp of enormous change. In June, Prime View International (PVI) signed an agreement to acquire E Ink for about $215 million. Based in Taipei, Taiwan, PVI is E Ink’s largest customer and the world’s...
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- 01 Feb 1997
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Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
the production of white blood cells lost during chemotherapy. Led by these two products, Amgen's annual revenues now approach $2 billion. Noting recently that Amgen currently employs some 4,600 people (up from 200 in 1985), investment...
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