Power And Influence - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Sep 2016
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Building a Legacy

Generators from Japan. India had power shortages; I became the largest importer of generators in the world in three years. I was all of 23, 24 then. “I imported India’s first push-button phone. And phones... View Details

13 Oct 2016
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Adding Muscle to the Fight Against Disease

success rates, high-stakes gambles, and exceptionally long lead times from discovery to market, he talks about the influence of family, friends, and faith. “My wife, Dana,... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

08 Oct 2013
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The Green Giant

in Maryland and a reputation as power players inside the Beltway. Though collectively they've been dubbed "the Green Giants," Roberts says people would probably be surprised by the topics of their... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli; World Wildlife Fund

13 Nov 2020
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Realizing a Dream

Ted Ferrara (MBA 1990) “I give back to express my gratitude,” says Ted Ferrara (MBA 1990). “The School is in the business of changing lives and it certainly changed mine.” Before coming to HBS, Ferrara had never lived outside of... View Details

01 Dec 2017
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Ink: Alumni Book Recommendations

underestimate our ability to make more out of those we have .Stretching is a learned set of attitudes and skills that comes from a simple but powerful shift from wanting more resources to embracing View Details

01 Dec 2011
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Making the Case for Leadership

understand that our connected style can help us win all the deals we want and get all the business results our shareholders want, that’s really the broad concept here.” Nor has growth stymied the Vision Community exercise. It remains... View Details

01 Dec 2010
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How to Survive Past Start-up

asset. However, building great teams is utterly essential for entrepreneurs, and it all starts by picking the right founders. Attending HBS gives students access to an unparalleled alumni business network, but I didn’t initially... View Details

Keywords: Bill Murphy Jr.; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services

09 Feb 2016
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Applying Business Principles to Military Problems

protection against the storm. So that was probably the first critical application of what I learned here. I still remember the day, walking in that morning and there were several hundred people looking at me saying, ‘What do we do next?’... View Details

01 Mar 2009
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Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion

last and greatest feat of the Communist-planned economy. The thirty bridges, the ten light railways, the countless tower blocks all appear through the smog like monuments to the power of the centralized... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Sep 2015
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3-Minute Briefing: Fred Newman (MBA 1978)

just a shoe salesman. I wasn’t crushed if they didn’t want me or my ideas. I just hadn’t made the sale. I came of age watching television, and old radio was fading out. It’s so exciting to see audio come back View Details

Keywords: April White

12 May 2021
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Aid from Afar

goal of $250,000. “Creating this fundraiser has been a lesson in the power of channeling despair into action and hope,” Badgaiyan says. “It’s been incredibly heartening to see this collective action... View Details

Keywords: Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 Oct 2002
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View from the Top

taught me the power of listening and of trust. Mühlemann: I've learned the value of teamwork. Wagoner: I've learned about the critical importance of providing consistent direction over time. It takes a while... View Details

01 Mar 2019
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Building a Movement

image by John Ritter Twenty-five years after the Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) was launched at HBS, the Bulletin sits down with professors on the forward edge of the movement: Mitch Weiss (MBA 2004), who developed the EC course Public Entrepreneurship, View Details

01 Sep 2013
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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 View Details

04 Aug 2015
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Brazil Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS

powerful ways as a School, as a community, and as individuals, as we strive to embody the mission of the School to ‘make a difference in the world’.” As part of the Campaign, the School has created a website... View Details

01 Jun 2002
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Latin American Conference Highlights Region's Diversity

experience organizing the conference highlighted the power of the HBS network. “We drew on the Rolodexes of all our club members to find panelists and speakers, and the faculty... View Details

01 Jan 2011
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Robert Kraft, MBA 1965

community, and it is that role that brings him the most joy. Donating to causes important to the family is one tangible marker of his success, but Kraft believes that revitalizing the Patriots is also a View Details

01 Sep 2007
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To The Rescue

accident, which means they are “worse than dead” because they lose their earning power and become a burden for the rest of the family to support. Raju floated the idea to various colleagues, including his... View Details

Keywords: Garrett M. Graff; emergency response networks; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Telecommunications; Information

01 Sep 2017
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City of Dreams

Nayana Mawilmada (MBA 2005) is seeing things. Standing at the edge of Beira Lake, an algae-choked body of water in the heart of Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, he envisions people and restaurants—like New York’s South Street Seaport, he... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Alice Carfrae; Sri Lanka; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development

01 Mar 2019
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Napkin Finance: Say It in a Picture

around Initial Coin Offerings, or ICOs, made that particular napkin a challenge, for example. “In first-year Finance at HBS there was a lot of focus on spreadsheets and numbers,” says Hay, who studied communications at UCLA View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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