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- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Gazprom Goes Global
says participants were surprised at the facts behind the Ukraine confrontation and responded to the case’s rich array of issues. His colleague, HBS professor Forest Reinhardt, reports that the case challenged MBA students in his Energy... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Next Normal
thanking employees (and other peer-to-peer expressions of appreciation) served as an empowering force to boost engagement. In remote work especially, managers don’t always witness the positive contributions that people make. Peers do.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
An Advocate for Women's Equality
the armed forces came at this time. On the policy side, Nixon's Labor Department enforced new requirements for contractors to hire and promote women; conducted compliance reviews of universities; and gave... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award
Anheuser-Busch InBev Board Member, Fundação Estudar Chairman, Lemann Foundation Jorge Paulo Lemann (above, center) is the leading force behind Banco Garantia, Brazil’s most prestigious investment bank. At Garantia and later at GP... View Details
- 09 Feb 2017
- News
Turning Disorder into Opportunity
study about Specialisterne, an organization that was introducing people with autism spectrum disorders into the labor force. “I started thinking, why not let HPE and our clients benefit from these talented people as well?” Fieldhouse... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Diversity and Community
shrinking labor pool of talented people," Thomas continues, "today's companies are courting and working with diverse constituencies that were all but invisible to firms even a couple of decades ago. It is now widely accepted that... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Competencies and Credentials
Joseph Fuller (photo by Russ Campbell) Joseph Fuller (photo by Russ Campbell) American businesses can’t afford to ignore the reality: The nature of work is changing. If companies hope to hire and hold on to employees, they need to be ready to respond to the View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
Peter Leiman and Cameron Ogden when they returned to the HBS classroom last October for the discussion of Sahlman’s case. Now they were silent protagonists, not active participants in the discussion. “It was a fantastic luxury to have... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Launch Codes
quarter-century of HBS startups? To celebrate the New Venture Competition’s 25th anniversary, we asked some past participants about the hardest lesson they’ve learned as an entrepreneur—and what it looked like to learn it. The 2022 finale... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
“Extortion is when government officials force you to pay them to do their job, such as issue permits or sign documents — although, it should be noted, bribes are sometimes offered proactively, before any ‘extortion’ by the official.”... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Alumni Books
times. Rigby ex-plains how to craft an action plan tailored to the specific situation, providing tools for cutting costs intelligently, sustaining margins and the brand, boosting revenue by refocusing the sales force on the right... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Fiscal Year Ends on Upbeat Note
Executive Education — typically contribute more than half of the total budget. But both units are vulnerable to economic downturns, and demand for HBP products and programs offered by Executive Education were projected to suffer from a weak economy. The downturn View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Students and Business Leaders Look to Africa's Future
"Africa in the New Millennium: Invest in the Future" was the theme of the 2000 HBS Africa Business Club conference, held on campus the first weekend in April. More than six hundred students and representatives from over two hundred organizations around the world View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Navigating Success in Volatile Times
participants to the Plaza Hotel in New York City. The 2001 program featured six panel discussions and five keynote addresses and provided a multidimensional exploration of the changing landscape for personal and professional development.... View Details
- 06 Sep 2013
- News
More Seats at the Table
boards of Carmax, Inc., and Avatar Holdings, was first named a director when she was 36. In the 20 years since then, she estimates she has participated as a member in more than 200 corporate board meetings. She was almost always the only... View Details
- 08 Aug 2013
- News
Cause Marketing Gets Personal
since—"an intermezzo," she calls it—to do volunteer public advocacy work in behalf of people with physical disabilities and chronic pain. She has participated in roundtable discussions with national pain experts and disability sessions... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Is Market Capitalism Headed for Trouble?
appropriate to try to understand what major problems might lie ahead for market capitalism. By market capitalism we mean a system where decisions about what to produce and at what price are made by private firms operating in free markets. We wanted to know in what ways... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
defenses aren’t just a test of their mettle or skills—they’re a drain on time and money. “Bad guys have economics, too. They can’t spend all day trying to burn your house down,” says Rothrock. “They’ll go to the next house and try to burn that one down.” Matthew Prince... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai
- 18 Feb 2014
- News
Stick with Plan A
Maddy ultimately lost Adesemi in 2000, following a sale forced by a major investor. She wrote a book about the experience, Learning to Love Africa: My Journey from Africa to Harvard Business School and Back (HarperBusiness 2004). Some of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
the United Kingdom, force turnover of their independent directors after nine years. That’s a policy that should be adopted here. The loss of experience would be outweighed by reduced cronyism. If a director were truly indispensable, he or... View Details