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- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Sleight of Hand
Camirand Photo Courtesy Guy Camirand It turns out that sawing ladies in half or pulling rabbits out of hats doesn’t worry professional magicians nearly as much as a bad case of dry hands. High-performance... View Details
- 23 Apr 2018
- News
Tim Keller, Heavy Metal Mayor
reminiscing about how he once got booted from an Ozzy Osbourne concert after jumping off a wall and into the audience at Tingley Coliseum. Born and raised in Albuquerque, Keller attended Catholic schools and studied art history at Notre Dame. The View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
New Face at Facebook
“It was the shot heard ’round Silicon Valley: Internet upstart Facebook, Inc. raided search giant Google, Inc. for a No. 2 executive it hoped would turn the social-networking Web site into a major moneymaker,” declared the Los Angeles View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Unleashed
reliably think the way you want. David Neeleman famously flew as a crew member once a month when he started JetBlue. He would put on an apron, serve coffee, and introduce himself up and down the aisle with a friendly, “Hi, I’m Dave.”... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Noted & Quoted
“We need to get the drama out of the newspapers and, frankly, out of the company.” —Meg Whitman (MBA 1979), describing one of her many tasks as Hewlett-Packard’s new CEO. (The Times of London, December 12,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Liquid and Efficient
In January, John Thain (MBA ’79) assumed his new position as CEO of the New York Stock Exchange, a move that prompted interim NYSE head John Reed to declare, “We have an exceptional person at a time when,... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
Class Day & Commencement
to observe that at one time he had told his study group that he intended to live in Australia and, as a consultant, travel the world while learning about different business models. Instead, Brown said, “I'm... View Details
- 28 Jan 2011
- News
HBS Faculty Approves Curriculum Innovation
compared the new approach to a rule change in sports. "A change in the rules may not sound like much, but over time it can have a major impact on how the game is played," she explained. "That's what we think will happen here. We already... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
The Case for Studying Financial History
largely as a result of widespread ignorance of financial history. When you began working on this book, did you see a global financial crisis coming? When I began in 2006, I was certain that a major liquidity crisis was imminent and that... View Details
- 20 Jun 2014
- News
Innovation is not a side business to running a company—innovation is the business
Leading innovation is the foundation of a company's success—in bad times as well as good. This is the lesson Lynda M. Applegate, Baker Foundation Professor, has drawn from her... View Details
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Exploring China’s Belt & Road Initiative
the BRI is considered one of the most ambitious infrastructure undertakings ever conceived. It comprises a vast collection of development and investment projects stretching from East Asia to Africa to Europe. This signature foreign policy initiative is described by the... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
scheduled for Berlin, Germany, June 13-16, 2000 - as well as the conference in 2001, slated for Cleveland, Ohio. In order to give subsequent conference hosts enough time to... View Details
- 03 Feb 2014
- News
Eyes on Medical Breakthroughs
says. "It was only because I was trained as an ophthalmologist that I saw the potential there." Eye surgeons had been correcting vision by reshaping the cornea for some time when Summit came along, but the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Books
particularly timely as fast-trackers rethink their priorities in the sobering aftermath of 9/11, ongoing corporate scandals, and the high-tech boom and bust. “It’s about wanting to build something of lasting... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Building a Social Network
“connectivity.” The case has implications for any group hoping to build loyalty and involvement by bringing members together through new and different contexts. In classic HBS style, “Young Presidents’ Organization” opens at a crucial turning point. The View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Reality to News Biz: Drop Dead
four times as much in 2000. And we didn’t even mention the siphons that are eBay, Google, and Monster.com. Last year, reporters at the Los Angeles Times, Baltimore Sun, and other Tribune titles hoped that... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
new water systems or repair deteriorating ones, there is money in water. Already a big business attracting major corporate players such as General Electric, Siemens, ITT, Suez, and Tyco, water is a $400... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Faculty Research Online
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5950.html. Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings Saving money doesn’t need to be so difficult. According to Professor Peter Tufano, “The most interesting ideas — indeed the oldest — try to make saving a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Inside the Partnership
that “government service is the highest form of citizenship,” and as World War II began, he joined up full-time. “I’ll never take a job in government in peacetime, but I’ll take any job in time of war.” He... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
A Passion for Education
of his life. “I learned so much and made lifelong friends,” says Ryan, also giving the School credit for helping launch his career, which included working as a McKinsey consultant and a vice president at Citibank before spending a decade... View Details