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- 01 Aug 2002
- News
For Alumni Only: Breakthrough Insights Program Debuts
echoing the sentiments of Giles Bateman (MBA '71), who said, “I'll be learning from this for the next six months.” Vietor told the enthusiastic group that a similar alumni seminar will be held next year, incorporating feedback from this initial event. Stevenson added,... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
HBS Alumnae Chart Career Choices and Transitions
strong as ever, even if their lives have shifted focus. Kim Ulrich Whelan (MBA '84), who heads the Boston office of a consulting company that places people in flexible work arrangements, seemed to sum it up for many: "I want to make a living, but I also want to change... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Corporate Governance Conference Addresses Global Challenges
furthered at the conference, last fall HBS researchers started work on a case with the Beijing-based Cosco Group, one of the world's largest shipping companies. By this measure and many others, the conference achieved its goals. — Laura... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
New Book Recounts Storied Class of ’49
gave of those earnings at then record levels to establish the MBA Class of 1949 Professorship of Business Administration. Stressing that the class provides solid role models for today’s leaders, Callahan gives detailed accounts of eight... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
“Speed Trap” Can Snare Companies
of those within the company as it did with the pressure of outside factors. “Everyone assumes that the faster you go, the better,” says Perlow, “but at some point the speed itself can become dysfunctional.” — Laura View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Exotic Travel
break it into categories. For enjoying animals and wildlife, I’d say the Galapagos Islands or Tanzania. For culture, I’d say Thailand or Morocco. For a great beach, Bora Bora in the South Pacific offers unlimited activities. How did your time at HBS prepare you for... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Outsourcing for Radical Change
transformational outsourcing approach may only account for 20 to 25 percent of the total number of outsourcing deals today, but I think it will grow as executives seeking dramatic change learn how effective it is. It's going to change the nature of company boundaries.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
In VMI Partnerships, the Devil is in the Data
The expression “letting the fox guard the henhouse” comes to mind when you first hear about Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) systems, where a product manufacturer actually places orders for the retailer, determining quantities based upon consumption data provided by the... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA 1988)
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Ads Improve Consumer Decisions
Advertising can be good for you! Sounds fishy to the average consumer, but it's implied by conclusions from research by HBS associate professor Bharat Anand and his colleague, Ron Shachar, of Tel Aviv University. The pair began by studying TV ads that promoted all... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA 1988)
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Everything Old Is New Again: The History of Technological Frontiers
It was a giddy time that presaged a new frontier, when a tinkering youth would become an international monopolist, and hundreds like him, eager for the quick riches that appeared inevitable, would start new businesses based on a revolutionary technology. Countless... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
There and Back Again: The Challenges and Rewards of Working Abroad
different industry. Reflecting on the time in Taipei, Keohane calls it “without a doubt the most important career decision I’ve made to this point.” — Laura Singleton (MBA ’88) Alumni Career Services is... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Rationale for Non-Rationality: Why We Make Bad Choices
The same neurochemicals that made our prehistoric ancestors flee the saber-toothed tiger now percolate in our brains when we bristle at a spouse's criticism or negative comments in a board meeting, according to research by HBS professor emeritus Michael C. Jensen.... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA '88)
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Volunteers Crack Case, Consider School's Future
learned about changes at the School, the discussion in Aldrich 111 reminded us that some things remain the same: "That's an interesting point; I would push it further...." The classic chip shot. Some of us still haven't lost our touch. — View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Laura Scher of Working Assets
Laura S. Scher (MBA '85) is something of a modern-day Robin Hood, an entrepreneurial activist who redistributes the wealth of the marketplace to those in need. Through her company, San Francisco based Working Assets Funding Service, this... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
MBA vs. MBA
thing in common: Harvard MBAs. Visitors to Crawford, Texas, get presidential treatment. A billboard with the town’s most famous part-time resident, President George W. Bush (MBA ’75), gives the “thumbs-up” while First Lady Laura Bush... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Books
turn, moving ideas on new paths to market and perhaps even publishing research to enhance industry knowledge will provide new and important ways for companies to realize the value of their discoveries. — Laura View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Q & A: Laura Liswood and the Council of Women World Leaders
Laura A. Liswood (MBA '76) is cofounder and secretary-general of the Council of Women World Leaders (CWWL), an independent, international organization based at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Made up of many of the world's... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBA Career Office Wins Award
The MBA Career & Professional Develop-ment office has received the 2009 IBM Excellence in Career Services Award. The award “recognizes academic career centers that provide outstanding commitment and partnerships to IBM recruiters,” said... View Details
- 14 Apr 2016
- News
Our 2016 Honor Roll: The 40 Under 40 Most Outstanding MBA Professors
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
MBAs Chosen for Leadership Fellows Program
Ten new MBAs have taken positions with nonprofit and public-sector organizations with the help of the School’s Leadership Fellows program. Now in its sixth year, the program provides fellows with one-year appointments at a competitive... View Details