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- 27 Oct 2015
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Sweet Success
sugaring, says Turner. “I was afraid it might change the taste, but Mike and some other scientists worked on it with me, and when we tasted the first batch, it was incredible.” For the Turners, “doing it right” also involves low-impact... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Derek Ferguson
study was so strong that Ferguson broke the group into a morning and an evening session. “I had to take my work hat all the way off,” he says. “The study involves taking a spiritual inventory — figuring out how different events in our... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch and the Virginian-Pilot. Despite his youth, Batten gained the respect and admiration of his colleagues. He made ethical, careful reporting a top priority, strongly supported school desegregation, and encouraged civic View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Demola Gbadegesin - In the Right Direction
members who are living on the East Coast. During most of the 1990s, Gbadegesin was unable to go back to Nigeria because his family was blacklisted due to their involvement with the pro-democracy movement. “There is a cost to being... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Toward a Life Well Lived
addressed by a multitude of alumni who take part throughout the semester-long course. The involvement of alumni—including former course participants, who become “Lifers”—is key to the success of Crafting Your Life. Perlow regularly speaks... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Richard B. Fisher (MBA '62)
Still involved with the firm as chairman emeritus, Fisher also serves on the boards of numerous arts and educational institutions. An art collector and avid amateur cook, he is an investor, along with his wife, Jeanne, in a new Manhattan... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Mastering the Competition — Michael E. Porter (MBA 1971)
typically hectic month last spring, he taught in three HBS executive education programs, gave several presentations to alumni, and spent a day each in Nicaragua and Costa Rica leading an effort to create an economic vision for Central America View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
newspaper column, he wrote, “No matter how much feeling of public obligation the executive staff of any corporation might possess, the corporate entity is involved in maximizing short and long run profit .The old yardstick is deadly but... View Details
- 31 Jan 2014
- News
Body, Heal Thyself
the same time are comfortable with all of the things we're doing to reduce risk." There's plenty of risk involved in biotech startups. The data might not pan out. The funds might not stream in, or all that "potential" might get caught up... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Carlos A. Saladrigas: Hardworking Optimist
line the shelves of Saladrigas's office. In addition to fighting corruption in local government, he was involved in last spring's negotiations between Elián González's Miami relatives and U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno. That task proved... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Future Vision
interactions is one of the things that I most love about Harvard Business School. I have found the Dean’s role to involve a lot more interactions with other people, too: alumni and business leaders, fellow deans at Harvard and other... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
his work. A paper he’d written, using game theory to explore the liberalization of telecoms, was the ticket to his first job at Metropolitan Fiber Systems; an early project involved analyzing the best stock exchange for the company to go... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Generation Next
2013, Nisa became executive director of Godrej Consumer Products, where she's been involved in strategy since 2008. In India, Godrej products are ubiquitous. They reach roughly 500 million consumers—a gargantuan market. "But it's still... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
corporation." The Cologne, Germany, native says she was drawn to the HBS program for its combination of rigorous training and applied research. "My field of interest is the intersection of behavioral economics and the theory of the firm, incentives, and corporate... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Egon P.S. Zehnder (MBA '56)
advice," he asserts. "Sometimes that means the best person for the job is already in the company." Although Egon Zehnder International is also involved in helping corporations find outside directors and in appraising the effectiveness of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Unsung Hero
unglamorous as it is essential, and involves lots of meetings, planning sessions, reports, travel, and bureaucratic jousting. At the end of the day (usually very late at night), it also involves a much... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Student Teams Take on Real-World Innovation
second-year Managing Innovation course. He assigned all 105 students in his two sections to field projects with Ford, General Electric, NASA, and Nike. “Since the course is about innovation, the projects all involved areas in which the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
A Growing Array of Engagement Opportunities
inspired an expanded menu of opportunities for alumni to contribute their wisdom, time, and talents across the HBS community. Long involved in small pockets of campus activities, alumni are now returning to Soldiers Field in larger... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
NYC Conference Brings Entrepreneurs and Angels Together
two hundred young HBS alumni face-to-face with experienced "angels" (backers willing to forgo much of the business involvement and control that traditional venture capitalists typically demand). The sold-out event, which drew participants... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Short Takes
documents the details of business involvement in the nonprofit sector and analyzes how volunteerism helps forge links between good deeds and good business. "How do nonprofits figure into the lives of business leaders? And how do business... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross