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- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace
deliberately worked to decouple the concepts of leadership and unsafe actions associated with stereotypical masculine behavior. Could you describe the kind of behaviors the company was trying to eliminate? I can tell you how the men... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Making History, Starting Over
skeptics who figured he would sidestep company policy that requires retirement by age 60. “I’m not really retiring,” Cohen pointedly explains in an interview at Apax’s Portland Place headquarters, a stately townhouse on a tree-lined... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Books
were being purchased, with each factory having its own suppliers and price points. While this revelation was itself startling, the manager maximized its impact by inviting the company's division presidents into a boardroom where samples... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
country Sender wants the world to see—a new Brazil, more urbane, more professional. A place where tourists want to vacation and where companies want to do business, with cities they can both enjoy. It can happen, she says. People can... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Way You See It
appeared in 1925, Harvard Business School has sent forth tens of thousands of MBA and Executive Education graduates into the world. As managers, leaders, and entrepreneurs, the School's alumni body collectively has had an impact on... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
and have the benefit of significant life experience. They have a lot more to offer than someone off the street who gets the bug and decides to run.” A Change of Pace Beth Terrana (MBA ’83) Age: 47 Home: Wellesley, Massachusetts As a senior vice president and View Details
Keywords: Personal Services
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
The True Value of a Tweet
Image by John Ritter Companies can spend millions curating their social media presence—with sometimes famously funny results, like the Twitter accounts for Wendy’s and Denny’s—but how relevant is that to revenues? Here, Associate... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 22 Aug 2019
- News
Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector
out in his HBS admission essay: “When I graduate,” Sulyman wrote, “I'm going to go back to Africa and lead a technology company that is creating massive impact that will propel Africa into the future.”... View Details
- 16 Jan 2020
- News
Helping California Wildfire Victims Rebuild
Source: Timothy Archibald for Forbes Source: Timothy Archibald for Forbes A recent article in Forbes highlights the work of the home-building management startup Homebound, cofounded by CEO Nikki Pechet (MBA 2007). Both cofounders—Pechet and investor Jack Abraham—had... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Right Connections
Ties on Investment Bank Affiliation and IPO Success." In research conducted with Ranjay Gulati of Northwestern's Kellogg School, Higgins found that "what matters most when executives are trying to raise money is their professional ties and View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 26 May 2016
- News
Sunil B. Mittal, OPM 27, 1999
third-largest telecommunications company in the world. Today, Bharti Enterprises is one of India’s most successful companies, with more than 30,000 employees. In addition to Airtel, its diverse concerns include realty, financial services,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Life Lessons
West Coast from June to November. “It was ingrained in me early on that working harder and smarter meant more money,” says Curiel, who was paid $1.50 for every 30- pound bucket of cherries. “That’s as true at a company like GE as it is in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Inside the Revolution
participants. For his part, Jonathan West emphasizes that “real companies are putting billions of dollars into real projects whose impact is going to be staggering.” In envisioning how these investments will... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Wyss Celebrated for Career, Conservation
lead donor and passionate supporter of the Montana Legacy Project deal that purchased over 310,000 acres of forest land from the Plum Creek Timber Company in the western part of the state. The Wyss Foundation’s initial gift of $25 million... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
50 Years & Counting
of company data and gender representations in the business press shows that the firm's approach to recruiting and retaining women more or less coincided with reported shifts in national attitudes toward women and work. "As an... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Floor It
they have. The accelerator brings together research foundations with relevant datasets and analytics companies to leverage the latest in artificial intelligence and machine learning, with the ultimate goal of identifying models that... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Mengxin Li
- 25 Jul 2024
- News
Mentorship Program in Singapore is Still Lighting the Way to Success
mentees in the 2023-2024 cycle, and feedback from students continues to affirm the powerful impact of this partnership. “My biggest takeaway from my mentors is to not be afraid to step out of your comfort zone and just to try new things... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Star Search
excited about a job is their team, feeling they have impact on the broader company goals, and being intellectually engaged by the work. For us, that means allowing our employees to follow their passion and... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
John McArthur
School’s publishing arm to expand the reach and impact of the School and its thought leadership throughout the world. McArthur was easy to spot on campus, often clad in a blue short-sleeved shirt. He had a genuine interest in others and... View Details
Keywords: Dean
- 03 Apr 2018
- News
Taking Frontier Markets to the Next Level
there's often a benefit to being in on the ground floor in some of these markets, where you can seize early opportunities before other players have come in. And the third is often an impact story. “Investors and View Details