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- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Letters to the Editor
likely to be responsibly activist in its oversight of management. We propose that the cornerstone of a changed role for the board of directors be the adoption of a constitution. Joseph J. Borgatti (MBA ’51) New York, NY Don’t Mess with... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
An Eye to the East
Europe and the United States, he said, "they have already reached a threshold in customer orientation, so you have to do different things to succeed." That's not the case yet in Asia, he pointed out, as Deshpandé listened intently. HBS professor Paul M. Healy spoke on... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
contributed significantly to their companies and communities while upholding the highest standards and values in everything they do. Exemplary role models, they inspire all those who aspire to have an impact on both business and society.... View Details
- 10 Aug 2022
- News
Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age
to bring the wisdom of multiple generations together and to provide roles for senior executives perhaps downshifting or... But again, I'd, I'd really love to hear your wisdom on that model. SWG: I'm hearing that it's varied. You know, and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Joy of Work
AMABILE: A decade of research shows that to be creative, people need to feel good about their work. After thirty years of research, I am still passionate about creativity,” says Teresa M. Amabile, the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration, head of the... View Details
- 24 Feb 2023
- News
Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in Palm Beach
efforts of the School into three priorities, he offered insights into work that is underway on the role of business in society, digital innovation, and reimagining learning. "I don't think there is another institution other than business... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Action Plan: Fired Up
fundamental purpose that’s meaningful both to customers and employees,” he says. “You strive to be the best version of your customers.” That goal was relatively easy to attain in his previous role as CEO of the trendsetting headphone... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Speak English, Please!
aware that workers often underestimate their language capabilities. In many cases, testing and offering benchmarks can help calm anxieties, as could limiting meetings for low-confidence English speakers until their language skills improve. Future research, Neeley says,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Staying the Course
helps school districts—many of which cancelled assessment testing—predict year-end math proficiency and better plan for post-pandemic instruction. Woolley-Wilson believes that ed tech products that prove to be useful during the pandemic will have a new, enlarged View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni Are Integral to HBS
MBA capstone provides an opportunity for students, at the end of their first year, to integrate their learning and tap alumni expertise. Alumni volunteers serve as a “Board of Directors” as students play the role of a case protagonist. “I... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Speakers Share Triumphs and Challenges
Noting that private capital has an important role to play in Asia's resurgence, Corzine concluded, "For American financial institutions with long-term perspectives, there are tremendous opportunities in the region based on ties that might... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Time to Vote in University Elections
Board has thirty members elected at large by Harvard degree holders in annual groups of five for six-year terms. The Overseers' chief roles are to visit the graduate schools, departments, and museums of the University to ensure that the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Innovation: Frozen Assets
(Sora/Corbis) Earlier this year, when former Lululemon CEO Christine Day (AMP 163, 2002) started her new role as CEO of Luvo, a frozen-food upstart with nearly $50 million in backing, she had to get acquainted with a few things. One of... View Details
Keywords: Janelle Nanos
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Courting the Poor
the second-year elective Managing Service Operations. Launched in 1957 with a single department store, Magazine Luiza operated as a family-run business until 1991, when the niece of one of the founders, Luiza Helena Trajano Rodrigues, assumed the View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
New York Club Honors Goldman Sachs CEO
understand the impact of illiteracy on our community.” Alumni support the organization as board members, volunteers, and literacy tutors. “We are very proud of how the club has evolved to serve an important role for both our members and... View Details
- 04 Jun 2008
- News
Whistle While You Work
roles with others.” Business borrows these metaphors and lingo from other group-oriented pursuits in order to better understand itself and improve its performance. The world of music provides business with a lot of the analogies and the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Slum for Sale
opportunities) of that change, however bullish or bearish they may be on the role of public-private partnerships in tackling one of the world’s most troubling problems. View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Empowering School Leaders to Meet Today's Challenges
to build a high-quality, professional learning opportunity that’s accessible and compelling, and enable school leaders to be more effective, efficient, and accomplished at leading learning communities.” Mills, in her role as an... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Up from the Ashes
because he prefers the other method.” Thus, “new men” founding “new firms” were still vital, but they were no longer the only agents of innovation. The same economic role could be accomplished within older and larger companies.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Ilene Lang
professional lives in a new direction. An early pioneer in the high-tech world, Ilene Lang (MBA 1973) worked in senior management and chief leadership roles at established corporations and start-ups alike during the 1980s and ’90s,... View Details