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- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Realizing a Dream
who applied, was waitlisted, and then rejected. “I gave it everything I had,” he recalls. He was ready to give up, but his then wife encouraged him to follow up with a call to HBS’s admissions director, Laura Gordon Fisher. “I know who you are. We had a very View Details
- 09 Jan 2020
- News
Advancing Change
Outside the Building, Kanter profiles many such people, including Jeffrey Dunn (MBA 1981), the president and CEO of Sesame Workshop who brought the power of Sesame Street to refugee children, and offers a roadmap for others preparing to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Building a Network for Social Enterprise in Latin America
in the social enterprise area,” Austin explains. “SEKN is about knowledge generation and institution building. We are harnessing the power of a learning network that can engage in crosscountry comparative research, which is very View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Quantum Leap
faster and more powerful processing. (To read more on superposition and entanglement, go here.) The promise is not just about lightning-fast computing speeds, although it definitely means that. A quantum computer could complete in minutes... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World
Associate Professor Willis Emmons's work in the area of government policy and business. In Praise of Predictability "It used to be that if you worked hard and kept your nose clean, you'd enjoy a good career," says Howard Stevenson, the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
and one of a handful in the VC world. Almost two decades later she had seen little progress and so, in 2017, spurred by the #MeToo movement, she wrote to a group of other women in venture capital: “Guessing we all have the same feelings...the stuff about the gender... View Details
- 30 Mar 2017
- News
Negotiating Peace in Canada's Largest Rainforest
with their hands. Part of it is how they turn away and they will tend to hunker with those who are with them. Part of it is blame-- I know I'm right, I know I'm trying hard to be reasonable, and you don't agree. That must mean you truly... View Details
- 31 Jul 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: The Rise of the FOMO Sapiens
chicken. If I'm going to have Earl gray or green tea. At the end of the day being decisive, which is the antidote to both of these things, is about finding the power to choose what you actually want and finding the courage to miss out on... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Accelerating Scientific Discovery
we now have the idea that this is possible, and companies around the world are working hard on it.” To help senior executives and scientists at life science companies and related health care organizations advance cutting-edge medicines,... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Latin American Conference Highlights Region's Diversity
solvent and that a credible monetary policy will emerge, he said. The country also needs international support, but such aid may be hard to come by now. Asked if converting the Argentine money supply into long-term bonds that people don't... View Details
- 14 Dec 2015
- News
A Leader’s Call to Action
leadership has become a personal and professional mission for Nick, who was coaxed out of retirement last year to take a new post as president and CEO of Dairyland Power Cooperative, a multisource energy provider made up of 25 local... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
A View from the Top
really great cultures,” said Donna Dubinsky (MBA ’81), cofounder and CEO of Numenta and former CEO of Palm Computing and Handspring. “That’s what pulled us through the hard times and made us more resilient and flexible for change.” HATS... View Details
- 15 Nov 2018
- News
Don’t Be Afraid of AI
what is being created, are things that want to do evil in the world. That being said, certainly these are powerful tools that can be used for evil. I would say the same is true of many other technologies that have been developed over... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Dean Clark Reflects on the School’s Key Initiatives
remarkable. We then work equally hard to make sure the students we want can come to Soldiers Field. The prospect of graduating with high levels of debt can narrow our applicant pool and restrict the career paths of our graduates, so we... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
ability to act on ideas using zero-cost trading tools like Robinhood. On the positive side, Cohen notes, meme stocks signal levels of engagement with the stock market that haven’t been seen in decades. But the valuation of meme stocks is inflated to levels that are... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Steve Barger (MBA 1974)
phone. Goldberg said he’d call him back. I couldn’t believe he put our meeting above that call. It was a powerful moment. It’s hard for me to fathom what it’s like for today’s graduates. As a student, I... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Faculty Opinion: No Magic Bullet
can turn to for advice, feedback, and counsel (while offering the same in return). Who tells you the brutal truth—things you need to hear even though you may not want to hear them? Relationships serve as a powerful support and reality... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
hard work and steady support as we wrestled with these difficult issues. We hope you will plan to join us next year in Shanghai for what promises to be a unique and important event. In spite of global uncertainties, I am pleased to report... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Happy Monday
phone connected to a power cord that’s not plugged into a socket. “We were all feeling it,” says Christina Carbonell (MBA 2000). She and Galyn Bernard (MBA 2006), both founders and CEOs, were concerned for the team’s mental health and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Starting Off on the Right Foot
Waldroop, the former codirector of MBA Career Development Programs at HBS who is a principal and cofounder of Peregrine Partners of Brookline, Massachusetts. “You need to familiarize yourself with the hierarchy. Who has the power and... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg