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- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Case Study: Citizen Buffett
INK-STAINED ORACLE: Buffett's Media General bid focused on small-town papers. AP Photo/Nati Harnik by Deborah Blagg In 2012, legendary investor Warren Buffett made a bid to buy a troubled Southeastern US newspaper business just three... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Knowing the Score
of more than $8.5 billion, was started in 1978 with $9,000 on a credit card by a man named Bill Rasmussen, who got pushed out the door in less than a year. That early exit brought to mind John Kao’s class on... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
Events: Dancing dragons greeted alumni at the closing gala inside the new Science and Technology Museum. Photos by Philip Chau Standing before nearly 1,000 HBS alumni, faculty, and guests in a packed Shanghai hotel auditorium, HBS... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Do You Speak Business?
do business the same way — with identical processes, functions, and operations — while approaching this elevated stage; but by the time they attain it, successful companies do share certain qualities and practices not observed in firms... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Steven C. Watson
things.” Until he adjusted to the daily grind of preparing lesson plans and correcting tests and homework, Watson regularly found himself logging ninety-hour workweeks — after taking a 90 percent pay cut from the consulting job he held the previous year. But he has... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
Illustration by Ken Orvidas/theispot.com In the search for culprits in the global financial meltdown, bloated executive pay and the excessive risk-taking behavior it fueled stand out as prime suspects. Of the two, pay dominates the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
resistance to the idea, which was first proposed by Alison Berkley Wagonfeld and Bill Nussey (both MBA 1996) as a project for Professor Josh Lerner’s Venture Capital and Private Equity elective. The next year, three members of the Class... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Regional Alumni Events Address Climate Change
Opportunity,” part of a global series of events organized by the HBS Business & Environment Initiative (BEI) and cosponsored by local HBS alumni clubs. The series launched in February 2018 in San Francisco,... View Details
Keywords: Jen Myers
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Ink
holders; they’re the media. That fourth branch of government is the one that stays in Washington for life, exerting its influence on the way that town works.” Classic Game Change by John Heilemann and Mark... View Details
- 22 Jul 2019
- News
A Way Forward for Women
network cofounded by fellow WOB participants Lisa Pent and Bonnie Hagemann with a vision to become the go-to source for corporate boards to find and recruit highly qualified women. Initially, Pent, an account executive at Grant Thornton,... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 02 Jan 2014
- News
The Power to Change
by Ralph Ranalli Talking about his ambitious plans to create a safer, cleaner type of nuclear power plant, Russell Wilcox says, quite matter-of-factly, that he was "looking for a project that would have an impact on the world." There... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
Illustration by David Plunkert Illustration by David Plunkert Edited by Dan Morrell What examples from history can we reflect on as we begin to address the economic impacts of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Case Study: Confidence Builder
Illustration by Suharu Ogawa Illustration by Suharu Ogawa Confi began in 2015 as a free online resource for credible and relatable answers to health questions that women weren’t comfortable asking their... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
HBS Addresses Racial Equity
its campus, the School acted quickly to address another critical challenge, one underscored by the murder of George Floyd and other highly publicized incidents of racial injustice in the United States: How does HBS create a culture and an... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
A Piece of the Action
capitalists call the Valley home. RELATED PROFILES Arthur Rock (MBA '51) A Conversation with John Doerr (MBA '76) Peter Wendell (MBA '76) Stacey Lawson (MBA '96) Les Vadasz (107th AMP) Gregory Slayton (MBA '90) RELATED PROFILES Arthur... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Manager's Notebook
Professor Jeffrey F. Rayport and John Hagel III (MBA '77, JD '78), a principal in McKinsey & Company's Silicon Valley office, detail how managers will resolve the upcoming tug-of-war over this valuable information asset. Until recently,... View Details
Keywords: Judith Ross
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
OPM Celebrates 21st Anniversary at Gala Florida Reunion
every class since the first graduation in 1975 gathered with their families at Orlando's Dolphin Hotel in late October to observe the program's milestone with the first-ever OPM All-Class Reunion. OPM graduates from 17 countries attended the five-day celebration, which... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
A Conversation with Dean Clark
I've had all the help and support I could have asked for, beginning right here on campus with our faculty, staff, and students, and moving out to the University context and to our alumni and other friends. It's a wonderful job. BULLETIN: Did [former Dean] View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Case Study: Moment in the Sun
behemoths of Samsung and Philips. If you remain focused on one market segment, they will figure out a way to squish you (most probably by lowering prices and your margins). Ario needs to continue innovating and penetrating new markets... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Teachable Moments
Edited by Julia Hanna; illustrations by Dan Bejar Tom DeLong’s love affair with teaching began at Hosford Elementary School in Portland, Oregon, with instructors like Mr. Walter Stickel and Mr. Ray Snively:... View Details