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- 11 Mar 2021
- News
Leading with Heart
share with everybody that at the end of the eight-week marathon, I would typically ask a couple of students to tell their story about their company or about themselves. And in my class, I remember your sharing that journey of yours. By... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Joseph J. O'Donnell, MBA 1971
than quantitative analysis. Cases and business are also about human beings, and I always keep that human element in mind." ADVICE TO CURRENT STUDENTS "As you set out on your careers, take a long-term view and have a sense of direction as to where you want to View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
A World of Difference
fearful because they don’t have a sense of how to unpack the problem and what steps to take to solve it effectively. In the third category, there is a clear desire; the leaders are courageous enough to take action; they recognize there is... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
The Exchange: Same Great Price, Now with Fewer Chips
to pass on those price increases to the end consumer, and there’s a dilemma about how best to do it. I think if you ask consumers if they would prefer to pay the same price and get a little less product, or pay more for the same quantity,... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
David Moss is Rewriting History
Moss begins this class, but for the next 90 minutes, we are in the critical period of the mid-1780s, between the end of the American Revolution and the election of the country’s first president, when the nation was governed by the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 30 May 2023
- News
Finding PRIDE
political climate at the time was very much: “Keep your homosexuality to yourself.” Fortunately, I made friends with the half-dozen club members as well as off-campus friends who were accepting. They were my salvation. I was just so happy... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
THE 6 MYTHS OF CREATIVITY
hangover — when people were working under great pressure, their creativity went down on that day and the next two days as well. Time pressure stifles creativity because people can’t deeply engage with the problem. Generally, creativity requires an incubation period;... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Egon P.S. Zehnder (MBA '56)
requires us to find people who want to stay with the company for the long haul." Another linchpin in Zehnder's vision also sets the firm apart from all others in the field. Clients pay for services rendered, period. There are no contingency fees at the View Details
- 12 Feb 2021
- News
How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World
about what to do and whether or not my ideas and hunches that I had in business school might well in fact apply, decided that the problem with the business really lay with strategic decisions being made at the top of the business. And I... View Details
Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
Business Change and Adaptation BIO The environment needs fixing — but by whom? At the onset of the COVID pandemic, a narrative emerged that, as we would pass through the experience of it “everything would change,” this without much definition to “everything.” At the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
deemed important was Business Problem Analysis, which required frequent written reports; MacDonald earned only a Pass, the third grade below Distinction and High Pass. With his bookishness, intensified course load, and married life, his... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
security. But by the end of 2021, TuSimple had completed an 80-mile run from Tucson to Phoenix without a human driver in the truck’s cab. Routes are currently focused on the “middle miles” in the southern United States, with plans to... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
High Fives
approach to problem solving.” Inspirations & role models: “Averell Harriman: a businessman, politician, and statesman who by the end of the 1960s was one of the few national leaders who still maintained... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
Photography by Jared Leeds "Our students use traditional academic theory to take on problems that have fundamental relevance in today's business world," says Janice McCormick, executive director of the HBS Doctoral Programs. "Many come in... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
center—moms who will no longer have to spend hours commuting each day, and who will return home in the evening to find their kids crafting projects using the 3D printer in the building’s Teen Shack. Despite the stop-work order, Dlodlo is confident that she will break... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Blissful Thinking
“aims to give students a competitive advantage.” How can understanding happiness, both that of our colleagues and our own, make one a more effective leader? One of the big problems that we have is that when people don’t understand View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Thomas S. Volpe
Securities. Far from retirement, Volpe spent the summer with his wife and two teenage sons at their house in Maine, cooking up plans for his next venture. "I've always believed if you can get at the front end of a big wave," says the... View Details
- 27 Oct 2016
- News
Paying It Forward
(photo by Neal Hamberg) Ask Malay Kundu (MBA 2003) about StopLift Checkout Vision Systems, and he’s more than happy to talk about his thriving software company, which deploys video and scanning technologies to stop retail theft. The... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
The Play's the Thing
weekly community-service visits to the old man for six months. "It's an arrangement neither of them is very happy with," Baron told the St. Petersburg Times (July 12, 2001), "but once they get to know each other a little better, they... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Alumni Author
help of several HBS faculty members, Wademan compiled Remember Who You Are: Life Stories That Inspire the Heart and Mind, which was published by HBS Press in May. What are some of the themes addressed in this book? I think the main theme centers on success and View Details