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- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Curb Appeal
commissioner had several advantages. For one thing, she enjoyed the support of a mayor who believed that cleaning up New York’s streets was essential to its post-pandemic recovery. For another, she came to the job with considerable... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Venturing Forth
Illustration by Adam McCauley Venture capital is a heady industry: Big bets mean big checks when the deals hit right. And for most of the last decade, those taking part in the funds were riding high: Capital was abundant, valuations were soaring, and the stock market... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Egon P.S. Zehnder (MBA '56)
Zehnder utters these words with considerable passion, since he created the unique corporate culture in which these qualities are so fundamental. In 1976, as Egon Zehnder International continued to grow and prosper, he decided to give up... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
October 14, experts warned that “voluntary” carbon reduction targets being set at COP26 are far from sufficient to meaningfully address climate change. Methane, which is 60 to 80 times worse than CO2, they said, isn’t even part of the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
VCs who suggested she didn’t have the right skill set to lead a logistics- and operations-heavy business. One advised Emara to switch roles with her male COO cofounder, at least while she was fundraising. “There were a lot of issues on... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
the typewriter, keeping thirty short stories at a time out for consideration and ignoring hundreds of rejections. He was the purest sort of entrepreneur, fashioning something out of nothing more substantial than a typewriter, paper, and... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
further investments in the newspaper, television, and radio realms, combining them all under the name Landmark in 1967. In 1982, amid considerable skepticism from industry experts, Batten created The Weather Channel, a 24-hour cable... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Generation Next
wounds in the balance sheet—spurring the call to Kahn—and her ultimate recommendations were a challenge to leadership. But she met considerable resistance from the parent company chiefs, including her father. "Godrej has been one of those... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Himalayan Journey
Zealand, Switzerland, and the United States). Led by Global Adrenaline cofounder and president Nancy Collins (MBA ’99), Himalayan scholar and guide Jon Miceler, and our two very knowledgeable and attentive Bhutanese guides, Karma Loday and Karma Dorje, we View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Taking the Plunge
THE BOTTOM LINE: TOTO’s ad campaign turned heads. Did it win U.S. customers? Photo courtesy Toto Usa Inc. It’s installed in 63 percent of all Japanese homes but rarely found in the United States: a combination bidet-toilet with an electronic control panel offering... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Crisis and Creativity
waste.” He’s correct. Now more than ever is the time for innovative managers and entrepreneurs to come up with ideas that lead to opportunities to launch new ventures. There is considerable anecdotal evidence that crises can be catalysts... View Details
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- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Tackling the World’s Most Difficult Challenges
professor of management practice Joe Fuller and in partnership with Accenture, set out to understand why this mismatch occurs and how to solve it. A Harvard Business Review article summarizes their findings, which include focusing on... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
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"Foundations" Paves the Way for Entering MBAs
group set its own record of sorts as the first set of MBA matriculants to enter the School in January as part of the new year-round MBA calendar. They were even setting records... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
New Director of MBA Career Services Focuses on Power of Alumni Network
refers to as a "network job search" - is just the sort of strategy he's advising current MBA students to use as they confront today's considerably less hospitable market. "In this climate, students will need to work harder," Merrick... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
New Career Wanted
When contemplating a move that will set your career on a new course, be sure to sharpen your navigational skills. “The research and preparation that go into making a move are crucial to success,” counsels Christine Sullivan, director of... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Greylock
look ridiculously easy, but it's not. It involves hard work that takes a considerable amount of focus and dedication." HENRY McCANCE Yale University, 1964 B.A., Economics "At HBS, I remember the challenge of analyzing difficult problems,... View Details
- 19 Jul 2011
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Brightening the Future
in the Philippines, Jaime “Jim” Ayala (MBA ’88) decided to put his considerable business experience to work improving the lives of some of his native country’s poorest citizens. Explaining his 2009 decision to leave Ayala Land, which had... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Karmic Kickstart
that year of treatment, I could barely function at all. After considerable discussion with my wife, Janet, a psychology professor at the University of Pittsburgh, we decided to start over in a distant place with a very different context.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
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Pitfalls, Trade-Offs, Dreaming Big
WASSERMAN: Shining the light of data on entrepreneurial ventures in order to chart the terrain founders will face when they set out to pursue their dreams. Watch Professor Wasserman explain key insights from his book, Founders Dilemmas... View Details
- 16 Jul 2013
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Embracing Chaos
point in life where they can give some time and share their considerable skills but they don't know where to go to volunteer." Last year, with the help of several professionals from Microsoft who had founded the original SVP in Seattle,... View Details