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- 21 Nov 2017
- News
Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy
market—and we have to electrify it. And to do that, we have to solve the storage issue. “So, given that technology is going to change, I think the most important things to learn at HBS are how to manage teams and interface with others in... View Details
- 30 May 2024
- News
Women’s Association Goes Nationwide; Connecticut Club Hosts Beshears
science of behavioral economics as it is applied to health care. Behavioral economics, which combines psychology and economics to understand individual decision-making and market outcomes, is the primary focus of Beshears’ research, and he collaborates with... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Year 2000 Computer Problem and You: Disaster for Some, Lessons for All
outsourcing, and integration services company that he founded in 1965. First in a Wall Street Journal ranking of one thousand companies listed according to best stock performance from 1987 to 1997, Keane Inc is considered among the nation's top View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019
Wall Street: From Managing Money to Saving Souls on the Streets of New York by Stephen Auth (MBA 1985) Sophia Institute Press In The Missionary of Wall Street, Auth shares dozens of riveting and often funny stories about ordinary... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
leadership at some of the nation’s most renowned companies took too many risks and too much in salary, while their shareholders had too little say,” said Schumer. “This legislation will give stockholders the ability to apply the emergency brakes the next time the... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
a suitcase, and headed back to work. A pro bono study by several of the city's top consulting firms has estimated that the damage to New York City totals $83 billion. That figure may be low, some observers say, and of course it cannot... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Ideas in Action
project reveals that anxiety reduces self-confidence and tends to increase a reliance on others’ advice. Unfortunately, anxiety also reduces the ability to discriminate between good and bad counsel. So it’s best to take a deep breath, seek to resolve the anxiety, View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
Mahindra (MBA ’81), vice chairman and managing director of Mahindra & Mahindra, a $3.2 billion manufacturer of cars and farm equipment with divisions in IT, infrastructure, auto components, and finance. He cites a confluence of factors... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
choice: accept an attractive offer from the Boston Consulting Group or take on the task of turning around Union Corrugating Company (UCC), a corrugated steel roof-ing and siding manufacturer founded in 1946 by Union’s grandfather. Eleven... View Details
- 30 Sep 2016
- News
Competing Against Luck
has really become a part of the modern business canon. And he has a new book coming out next month, Competing Against Luck, which argues that understanding customers' motivations, what quote unquote, "role" consumers are buying a product to fill, can help View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
Their Way.” There appears to be a disconnect between the above material and where the Class of 2007 has chosen to work. Once again, two-thirds of the MBA graduates are working in consulting and in the financial services arena. I sense... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
concludes by examining how private equity investors raise funds and how they successfully manage their private equity firms. This text is an excellent resource for investment bankers and consultants as well... View Details
- 02 Dec 2010
- News
Ten Rules for Entrepreneurs
turn difficult. 6. Manage risk and don’t spend needlessly. Successful entrepreneurs focus on managing their risks to the point where launching a new company is not much more risky than most of the other... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
CEO Compensation Troubles
pressure is the fear of losing an adequately performing CEO. To make sure this does not happen, compensation committees rely on surveys by compensation consultants about CEO pay in similar companies but without regard to company... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
of the company, training on new equipment and executing recipes with a focus on local, fresh ingredients and luxury flavors ranging from Tahitian vanilla to rose raspberry to yuzu, all masterminded by pastry chef and consultant Philippe... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
The flight deck had taken a beating from takeoffs and landings and needed to be resurfaced. Being a supply officer is like managing a small city. At the Naval Academy I was intrigued by the glamour of being a pilot or a ship driver, but... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Meg's World
full-fledged powerhouse, with revenue on track to top $2 billion this year. With more than 28 million active users, eBay dominates the online auction marketplace. Whitman came straight to HBS after graduating from Princeton with a degree in economics. She held six... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Ink: The Habit of Innovation
Leaders have gone to great lengths in the name of innovation—and yet far too often these efforts fall short, according to Scott Anthony (MBA 2001), a senior partner at the growth-strategy consulting firm Innosight and one of the authors... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Jeanne Jackson
When you look at two of the biggest developments in business in the last 25 years — globalization and the Internet — Jeanne P. Jackson has been right in the thick of it. Before launching her own small investment and consulting firm last... View Details
- 12 May 2022
- News
Onboarding
being educated, very educated on the roles and responsibilities of our national security agencies. And what we need to have for the country and it’s not Republican, it’s not Democrat. It’s the need for national security, at its peak. JH: You View Details