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- 01 May 2017
- Blog Post
Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone at HBS
or CMO). The MBA is, essentially, a leadership degree—and HBS trains the top leaders in the world. While I was intimidated by the prestige of HBS, I knew it was a place that would give me the tools to be a more strategic and thoughtful... View Details
- Profile
Mengwen Zhao
in." Expanding beyond specific functions to general management Reflecting on the HBS curriculum, Mengwen says, "The course structure doesn't just give us technical knowledge; it gives us the... View Details
- 08 Nov 2016
- Blog Post
Alumni: Where Are They Now? Featuring: Phil Strazzulla
amazing content about working at their business that lives on career pages, social media, etc. And, because we're data geeks, we've built some really interesting analytics on the back end. I spend most of my days talking to potential... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- Portrait Project
Mardie Oakes
In the sixth grade I wrote, "If I had a million dollars I would buy a new wardrobe. I would get some Kalvin Klines and new sandles. I would wear all these things in Hawaii. I would stay at the most expensive hotel there is. I would get there in my jet plane. And I... View Details
- 04 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?
is the idea? A: It basically is giving us back the money we now hand over to our employers for health insurance, so we can buy our own. And if we're poor, the government will transfer money to us so that we... View Details
- 29 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Is the Digital Age Making Us Petty?
With the rise of mobile payment apps like Venmo, many people can easily record the exact charges incurred by a lunch partner and pay back debts to the cent. They see themselves as efficient and fair. Others often have a different word for... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 26 Sep 2016
- Blog Post
An Interview with Corporate Relations Director, Kurt Piemonte
exploring entrepreneurship. I believe that this is because the city is at an interesting time. In the 1980s and 1990s, it served as a gateway to China for foreign companies. Today, these companies are moving their operations to Mainland China, with View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Action Plan: Tapping into a Legacy
As the new managing director of Hall & Woodhouse, one of England’s leading regional breweries, Matt Kearsey (AMP 193, 2017) knows that the best-tasting beer requires more than premium hops and pure spring water. “We give the process the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Think Locally, Act Globally
Issue Focus: The Global Manager Mittal Issue Focus: The Global Manager Around the World They Call Him Mr. China Bringing Global Back Home In 1976, in India’s Punjab region, 18-year-old Sunil Bharti Mittal (OPM 27, 1999) borrowed a modest... View Details
- 23 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn
luxuries. After all, just because consumers are cutting back doesn't mean that they do not still enjoy products that give them pleasure and entertainment—or even distraction from the difficult times around... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Our Godrej Site Visit
protect and give service to mangrove forests, because the forest was protecting and giving service back to humanity. This ethos of reciprocal service of mangroves forests to... View Details
- Fast Answer
Commodities
of options going back 13 years. CRB Commodity Yearbook Features historical commodity prices and a brief analysis of various commodities. The Mergent Archive includes .pdf files of the print back to 1939. Agricultural: USDA... View Details
- 09 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Hold or Fold? Sizing Up Business Risk
$1.5 billion and then gave $100 million of their proceeds back to their employees.2 More typically, that's what fabulously successful entrepreneurs like Andrew Carnegie in the late 1800s or Bill Gates in the late 1900s do when they begin... View Details
- 02 May 2023
- News
Banking’s Regular Rescuer
Photo via LinkedIn Photo via LinkedIn With this week's takeover of First Republic, the New York Times took a look at how JPMorgan Chase, led by CEO Jamie Dimon (MBA 1982), has leveraged its role as the go-to bank when other banks fail. First Republic is now the third... View Details
- 02 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Secrets to a Successful Social Media Strategy
Why are people so drawn to social media? The question long haunted Mikolaj "Misiek" Piskorski and eventually led to his new book, A Social Strategy: How We Profit from Social Media. Drawing from years of research dating back to before... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Chances Are
"And I've seen triples," she told her boyfriend. Shapiro's book—cowritten with his wife, Rosalind Wright, and longtime coworker Louise Firth Campbell—is a snapshot of the more than 500,000 sets of odds compiled between 2006 and 2009, back... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Modupe Akinola: Outreach In Africa
street kids — five- and six-year-olds living by their wits, selling things on the street, with no access to education or hope for the future. I thought about everything my parents had done to give us the best education possible, and it... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Peter C. Wendell
$10 billion. In 2001, in its current "depressed" condition, the industry will attract $40 billion or more of fresh capital. Key elements in evaluating a business proposal Great people pursuing a big market with a plan that gives them a... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Ink: Your Best Self
the driver’s seat anymore.” Based on lessons learned through nearly 20 years of coaching and laced with edicts from the Eastern philosophy she grew up with in an Asian American family, Su’s book is designed to give professionals the tools... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Paid for Success: Options for Compensating CEOs
changes account for the rest." But he contends that many stock option packages do not tie executives' pay to performance as effectively as they might. According to some of Hall's other research, a classic error is giving chief... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross