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- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Wisdom and a special cause
life. Man's greatest gift to God is what he does with his life." Media mogul and America's Cup yachtsman Ted Turner contributes, "How much you give is how you keep score," a sentiment that applies well to Adrain, who is active in several... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Honoring a Visionary Thinker Who Took Time for Students
needed to persuade his 50th Reunion classmates to contribute to a new fellowship. The selling point, he says, was that the fund will be named for the late HBS professor and Harvard Business Review editor Ted Levitt. “Ted was a giant in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Inside the Bestseller List with Neil Pasricha
equipment” went viral, and in 2009 the site won a coveted Webby Award. A book deal soon followed. The first Book of Awesome was a bestseller, with more than a million copies sold, and spawned a top-rated TED Talk and a series of books and... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
A Legacy of Support
Robert’s memory of that time is filled with emotion: “I walked into Ted Levitt’s Marketing class, saw ‘Jonathan Ariel Kraft, March 4, 1964’ written on the board, and received a standing ovation. It’s a moment I will never forget.” The... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
An Intellectual Capital: Some Influential HBS Ideas, at a Glance
In “Marketing Myopia” in HBR, Ted Levitt (below) famously asks “What business are you in?” and insists that customer focus be paramount. 1977 Abraham Zaleznik raises a provocative, game-changing question in “Managers and Leaders: Are They... View Details
Keywords: Professor Elton Mayo: Professor Fritz Roethlisberger; George M. Moffett Professor of Agriculture and Business, Professor Emeritus Ray A. Goldberg; Professor Abraham Zaleznik; Professor Alfred Chandler; Professor Michael Porter; Professor Robert S. Kaplan; Professor Michael C. Jensen; Professor C. Roland Christensen; Professor Robert Menton; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
- 17 Dec 2015
- News
A Bridge to the Future
Written “life lessons learned” were gathered from 350 alumni, who provided heartfelt guidance for students to discuss, and seven faculty members chosen by the class offered TED Talk–like counsel about following one’s passions, making time... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Nancy Hall (MBA 1974)
everything. There’s so much predigested information out there, but that’s not where creativity comes from. There’s much more to life than what goes on in the classroom or the boardroom. And yet, the classroom is important. I still use what I learned from Ron Frank in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Turning Point: Make Your Life Count
Rosita Najmi (MBA 2009) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Rosita Najmi (MBA 2009) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) We were refugees. Mom scraped together all we had (three suitcases and $3,000) and bundled my three siblings and me onto a plane bound for Idaho. My father... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Hybrid Learning the HBS Way
made remote-only classes as interactive and engaging as possible, he says the hybrid classrooms elevated the experience. “I immediately perk up in my seat and feel more attentive and alive,” he says. “I’m reminded of just how electrifying HBS classes are.” View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Shaping the Way Business Does Business: HBR at 75
example," she continues. "It's where HBS professor Ted Levitt first outlined the principles that defined the field of marketing and where Mike Porter first identified the five competitive forces that shape strategy. It's also where key... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Globalization Revisited
was no disputing the significance of Levitt’s contribution to the theory and practice of global marketing and to the ongoing assessment of its impact. As HBS professor Richard S. Tedlow noted of Levitt’s work, “It’s all in the question, and View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
In the Zone
million relief and recovery fundraising effort to a $50 million goal that will aid partner organizations in Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis, Newark, and Oakland. (Thanks to Owusu-Kesse’s seven-minute TED talk, HCZ raised $26... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Book Review: The Old West
then. I appreciate him even more after reading this book." —Bill Dunaway (MBA 1964) Ted Levitt: Writer, Teacher, Iconoclast by Julia Hanna "I don't usually read two books (for pleasure) at a time, but short stories are perfect for that. I... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Tedlow on Tires and the Meaning of Life
edited by Ted A. Adams "When you study the tire industry," HBS professor Richard S. Tedlow told a Class Day audience of graduating MBAs last June, "you are confronting the meaning of life." A distinguished authority on business history,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Keeping the Beat
privilege of her education to elevate feminine voices in the music industry. Gandhi has released two albums of her own since graduating from HBS and is working on her third. She is also a public speaker and a 2020 TED Fellow—work that,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
HBS Gift Planning
family in the future. Under current IRS valuation methods, the portion of a charitable lead trust gift that will be transferred to family can be discounted, meaning that significant gifts can be made with little or no gift and estate tax consequences. For Planned... View Details
- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Honoring a Legend
energy. The project also includes a podcast, a blog, and a TED talk. In his Legends breakfast talk, which he called “From Software to Solar,” Nussey explained why he would “seemingly throw away a successful career” for clean energy. “I... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 02 Aug 2011
- News
A Fearless Force for Change
so-called "rare" cancers (responsible for over half of cancer diagnoses and 35 percent of cancer deaths), wanted to translate her passion for spinning into a force for change. Cycle for Survival, the organization born from that resolve, launched in 2007. A case... View Details
- 10 Jan 2017
- News
Capturing the Personal Side of the MBA Experience
students has helped define his calling as a social servant and as an entrepreneur. Since graduation, Deifell has published a book and presented a TED talk about what he learned from the cracked sidewalks; worked with nonprofits; and... View Details