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- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Scott D. Cook
best-selling software package, while watching his wife do their finances by hand twenty years ago. "Computers — especially the ones we were working with in 1982 — are crummy at a lot of things, but they happen to be very good at... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Flight Path
watched his first drone race in 2015 behind a Home Depot on Long Island, the underground phenomenon had been going on for at least a few years, driven by message boards, social media, and enthusiastic amateurs. “It wasn’t sophisticated,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Timothy G. Brier: The Price is Right
As a young man, Tim Brier was so smitten with flying that he used to take dates to watch planes land and take off when he was growing up in Staten Island, New York. It's not surprising, therefore, that he would later embark on a career in... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 27 Nov 2013
- News
No Bologna, Please
risks where the payoff wasn't obvious. After HBS, he opened a cookie shop in downtown Boston—and watched commuters stream by in the morning until he added fresh croissants and baguettes, both novelties at the time. That store would become... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Come Clean
manufacturing plant in Rochester, New York. (His grandfather and a partner invented the plastic watch crystal in the early 1900s.) What he discovered: “I learned what ‘real work’ is and that there are many noble ways to earn a living. I... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Ask the Expert: Inside the Fed
market “slack” and the absence of any significant increase in wage pressures, suggesting that inflation will remain well contained for the near term. The Fed spends a good deal of time watching inflation expectations data, as those seem... View Details
- 02 Jan 2014
- News
The Power to Change
scientists from MIT who stood up and talked about this new kind of nuclear reactor," he says. "And at the end I watched 300 people cheering nuclear energy, and I thought, 'Wow, this is different.'" The crowd was cheering the WAMSR (Waste... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Clay Christensen (MBA 1979)
1980s, I watched the struggles of many of the large technology companies that we were competing against. I knew the people who were running these companies, and they were really smart. The typical explanation of why companies fail — what... View Details
- 16 Sep 2013
- News
Canada’s Native Son
refrigerator to help a local family in need. He remembers his father and grandfather working with folks facing marital problems or troubles with the law. He remembers them grappling with unemployment and education issues among the people. He View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
The Kids Are Alright: Alumni Children Crack Case
strategies for a youth-oriented dot-com, who better to ask than a roomful of bright kids, especially kids with HBS in their genes? During reunions last June, HBS assistant professor Tom Eisenmann did just that when he conducted a case-method discussion with the... View Details
- 22 Feb 2019
- News
Empowering a New Generation of Business Leaders
club will work with JA again. “We had never done anything with JA before, but clearly there is an interest,” he says. “I enjoyed watching and interacting with these high-energy kids as they blossomed and got more excited as the day... View Details
- 07 Nov 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Tiffany Pham (MBA 2012)
What’s the story behind MOGUL? “When I first moved to America, I did not know a word of English, but it was by watching films, reading books, and listening to the radio that I ended up learning how to speak the language. Through that... View Details
- 02 Jan 2018
- News
Reconsidering Retirement
store in New Jersey; the son accompanied him on buying trips to New York and watched him negotiate for the best merchandise and price. He had even launched his own successful business before arriving at HBS: a birthday cake delivery... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Future of VR is Animated Bunnies
also a virtual reality hit. (courtesy of Baobab Studios) Asteroids!, a sequel to Invasion!, was also a virtual reality hit. (courtesy of Baobab Studios) Research has found that as humans form emotional bonds, they subconsciously begin to mirror one another: just View Details
Keywords: Janelle Nanos
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
further enhancing the value of monitoring global alumni conferences. Be sure to watch for updates on these committees' activities in upcoming issues of the Bulletin. Edmund A. Hajim (MBA 1964) July 2001 View Details
- 29 Apr 2016
- News
The First Five Years: Kelly McKenna (MBA 2015)
are the most enjoyable and most challenging parts of your job? “I enjoy watching our team continually bring new things to life, together; learn from mistakes; and gain comfort and trust with one another. I feel really lucky to have View Details
- 13 Sep 2019
- News
Hollywood Ending
Whitman explains Quibi’s great gambit: by doing for short-form mobile media what HBO did for premium television, the company (whose name is shorthand for “quick bites”) will revolutionize the way we watch video on our phones. The idea was... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Long and Winding Road
due in April, about the $3,400 we paid in tuition. Did we dare take time to view Citizen Kane in Baker 100? Could we justify grabbing a six-pack and watching the B-School Blades on a Friday night? Or should we buckle down and read some... View Details
Keywords: Wayne R. Vibert (MBA 1973)
- 28 May 2019
- News
The Physical Campus in a Virtual World
studying on our campus. In the same way that recorded music is a complement, not a substitute, for attending a live concert, and in the same way that watching a ballgame on television can’t really compete with the experience of sitting in... View Details
Keywords: Nitin Nohria
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
The Campaign for Harvard Business School
event will include a presentation by an HBS faculty member. Watch for details. Atlanta* November 10, 2004 New York* November 30, 2004 Houston January (tbd), 2005 San Francisco* February 1, 2005 Los Angeles February 2, 2005 Chicago* March... View Details