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- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Iron Lady
second largest in sub-Saharan Africa but far smaller than South Africa’s) and then declared that she would bring charges against some 200 other individuals and organizations allegedly involved in capital-markets abuses, the BBC reported (July 1, 2010). Oteh also... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
market rarely rewarded his efforts, and GE struggled. In Hot Seat, Immelt offers an introspection of his tenure. The most crucial component of leadership, he writes, is the willingness to make decisions. But knowing what to do is a... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
It has been a busy fall here at HBS! Reunions went off without a hitch in early October (be sure to note the photos on page 14), the Alumni Board had a productive meeting on October 16 and 17, and record numbers of alumni volunteers plan... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Life in Lockdown
building leadership skills and working relationships as it was about building businesses. Planning the program for Spring Break would give students time to dedicate solely to fleshing out their business ideas from concept to product... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
the pantheon of classic French treats. In the 1980s, the company employed nearly 400 workers and enjoyed a 40 percent market share. Subjected to a series of buyouts, the product line shifted to a more mass-market approach that led to a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
Blackley (MBA 2007), Frank Williams (MBA 1995), and Harvard alumnus Tom Peterson with the backing of the UPMC Health Plan and The Advisory Board, a global research, technology, and consulting firm founded by David Bradley (MBA 1977). "It... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Respond to a Worthy Cause
national and international artists, expand the marketing efforts, and make a bigger impact in the battle against domestic violence.” Brown and Dietz signed on, and HBS faculty members Michael Watkins and Max Bazerman agreed to be their... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Class Acts
tireless student president also trained for and completed the Boston Marathon (a feat he repeated in this year's centennial anniversary of the race). How did he accomplish it all? "I got about three hours of sleep a night," smiles Dobron, who View Details
- 05 May 2023
- News
Fail Better
it's a lesson learned, it gives me something to take on the journey. So I can't say that there's anything that I would consider like a colossal professional failure. When I think about business failures, when I was at Viacom, I had the opportunity to help create a... View Details
- 10 Jul 2016
- News
Georgetown Dean Thomas Returns to Teaching
(photo courtesy of Georgetown University) (photo courtesy of Georgetown University) McDonough School of Business Dean David Thomas is stepping down after five years at Georgetown University with plans to move back into a research and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
produce an infinite variety of possible SmartPak combinations in a cost-effective way and get orders out the door in a timely manner. Our economic model had some great features — customized products, continuity sales, limited working capital — and we were growing fast.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Faculty Books
develop an effective strategy (with tools such as SWOT analysis and strategic-change agendas); plan execution of the strategy (through portfolios of strategic initiatives linked to strategy maps and Balanced Scorecards); put strategy into... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
wonderful businessmen who were very good role models. I loved the idea of marketing and serving customers, and I planned to go to business school right after college. My father talked me into going to law... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Faculty Learn Firsthand about Chinese Business
deep connections with HBS alumni on the mainland, McFarlan arranged a six-city itinerary of meetings with executives of major consumer products, textile, software, energy, microfinance, and banking concerns. In Beijing, the group spent two hours discussing financial... View Details
- 21 Dec 2022
- News
HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion
Ukraine will likely intensify, roiling energy markets further and raising questions about the future of globalization, says HBS Professor Rawi Abdelal. Putin’s iron fist vs. Zelensky’s moral clarity Historian and HBS professor Nancy... View Details
- 27 May 2021
- News
History’s Future
archeology and conversation, and marketing and tourism, among other things. He expects the organization to quadruple in size by 2030. Most of the Royal Commission’s focus has been on building a master plan... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
it is also a way of addressing men’s (and Gen Y’s) growing hopes for flexibility and innovative ways of working. This book clarifies the business case for gender balance, explores what men have to gain, and provides the basic knowledge to engender debate and action... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 2
you know, what kind of comp plan are you using? Or different things like that. And so we grew to love each other. Because each one of us had their turn in the barrel. DM: You know, you mentioned by the end of your tenure at GE that you... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Taking Care of Business
natural course of things is often upended by someone saying, ‘This is what I really need right now,’” says Mahesh. “That tends to change the priorities of your plan and development cycle.” Knock out!, an NVC winner in 2012, brought... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 10 Mar 2017
- News
The Business of Lego Batman
I pitched a business plan of basically the LEGO Universe and how we're going to expand this universe. And so my pitch was basically that we had the team movie in the first movie with LEGO one. So that's my Avengers, so to speak. And then... View Details