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- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Six Receive 2017 HBS Alumni Achievement Award
top of the curve, the learnings are humility and a sense of proportion. Because the thing you know is you’re coming down. At the bottom of the curve, what you know is it will turn again.” Long-Term Investment “If you can get people to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
American Dream
political science and economics. Hustead returned to Alaska after graduation and in 1987 landed the top job of driller. At the same time, pressure was growing to help out at Wall Drug. “I made a deal with my brother that I’d come back by... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Reinvigorating Democracy: A Vote for Change
they coauthored in the report, A Recovery Squandered. The survey found that more than half of all Americans believe the country is not electing the right people and that over 70 percent of HBS alumni believe our political problems are... View Details
Keywords: Young, Susan
- 26 May 2022
- News
Northern California Club Honors Noom; LGBTQ Alumni Share HBS Stories
50 years from now?” Both Druyan and Hao say the award has become quite prestigious among the world’s top entrepreneurs and venture capital firms, and winners are excited to be honored by HBS alumni. The event, which is open to the public,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Winning Legally
a common language? Top management needs to place a higher value on legal literacy. Training and incentives are important. Potential problem areas can vary depending on industry and functional role, but they are easily recognizable if... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
John Read
letting go to do. What happened on that trip? I was having a helluva time attempting to scale a difficult rock face with someone belaying me from the top. In a short time the guy on belay, who is critical in this experience, got a sense of when I was beginning to lose... View Details
- 03 Mar 2020
- News
Can This Man Change the American Diet?
on making vegetables irresistible for people who love eating meat. Julia: One thing that I would say is that when you walk in, it feels different right away. So you walk in and you see the menu of the day and then someone comes up and... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Putting Ghosts to Rest
the right inputs to grow more and access the right markets to sell more. Co-ops are one way to do this (form a group to access credit for inputs and sell products in bulk), but they are notoriously messy and... View Details
- 01 Jan 2009
- News
Jorge Paulo Lemann, A.B. 1961; Carlos A. Sicupira, OPM 9, 1984; Marcel H. Telles, OPM 10, 1985
Economics, Harvard College, 1961 On Leadership: “Create a big dream. Keep it simple, easily understood, and measured. Attract the right people who work well together. Measure results consistently. You can create, run, or improve anything... View Details
- 12 May 2022
- News
Turning a Moment into a Movement
diverse leadership ecosystem. Valence, founded by Primus, is a membership network of more than 20,000 top Black professionals and over 200 corporate clients that connects companies with current directors and a slate of board-ready... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
Alumni Books Intelligence Isn’t Enough: A Black Professional’s Guide to Thriving in the Workplace By Carice Anderson (MBA 2006) Jonathan Ball Publishers Professional development manager, coach, and consultant Carice Anderson shares her insider knowledge from almost two... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Screen Grab
content—including no disruptive advertising. “We’re not trying to eradicate YouTube,” says Vimeo CEO Kerry Trainor (MBA 2004). “We’re offering creators a different environment and business model that we think will be much more powerful by connecting with the View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
London Forum Highlights the Best of HBS
leaders. Evenings were filled with events providing exclusive access to some of London’s top cultural attractions. Dean Kim B. Clark’s presentation, coming just six weeks before his departure to become the new president of Brigham Young... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Barbara Hackman Franklin, MBA 1964
a knack for dealing effectively with government agencies and knowing "what buttons to push" to ensure that talented women were hired, including the first female chairperson of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. The overall result of Franklin's efforts: a tripling of... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Action Plan: A New ’Cue
tweaked the menu to pay homage to barbecue’s roots alongside more inventive options. Today, there’s hickory-smoked pulled pork with a classic South Carolina mustard sauce on the menu; but Corsello’s creative barbecue takes top prize with... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Hope for Reform Dims
excessive consumer and corporate debt. “Regulatory structures failed to keep up” with innovations in the marketplace, he added. Thain took the top spot at Merrill Lynch in December 2007, resigning as CEO of the NYSE Euronext. Previously,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
The Hard Way
brashness, and her disarming way,” says LeFrak, who first met Russo in Paris four years ago when they were inducted into the Leading Women Entrepreneurs of the World organization. “I can’t say that she is the most driven person I have ever met, but she’s View Details
- 25 Jan 2016
- News
Helping Young African Managers Find Their Way Home
there are no continent-wide studies of this, a report last year by Adcorp, a workforce management company, found that in South Africa there were an estimated 470,000 private-sector job openings remain unfilled because of a lack of candidates with the View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 24 Jul 2020
- News
Reimagining Chicago’s Schools
the students at the top are still being challenged and those who aren’t yet at grade level are getting the support that they need,” says Zaikos. “We put the right data in front of the View Details
- 17 Jun 2021
- News
Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity
Stanford Angels, convened the top thought leaders in the field of entrepreneurship for the landmark virtual conference, “Emerge Stronger: Lessons from the Pandemic for Investors and Entrepreneurs,” held May 12 and 13. More than 350 people... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley