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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
he founded in Sanliurfa. One of Turkey’s most successful business leaders and philanthropists, Hüsnü Özyeğin is a self-made man. After working his way through college and business school — including running the Gallows Grill in Gallatin Hall at HBS — he rose through... View Details
Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 03 Mar 2017
- News
Big Blue’s Big Bet
of diagnoses, ranked in accordance with its confidence: The more likely the diagnosis, the higher it appears. The diagnosing itself is left to the doctor, and if he or she wants to understand why Watson View Details
Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Ask the Expert: How to Build a More Diverse Board
women are not as qualified as men and are only on boards thanks to the quota. Once in the boardroom, a variety of problems can develop if there is a perception that there are two types of directors. That, once again, helps no one. Corporate board members are typically... View Details
- 24 Mar 2021
- News
Clubs Reaffirm Equity in Community Partners Work; Alumni Angels Invest in Member Education
been too far away, otherwise.” Along with pandemic-related shifts, the Black Lives Matter movement inspired a focus on diversity, equity and inclusion in the alumni club ranks and in projects and programming. The Community Partners... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
advancing those reforms, not just being a passive investor. Massachusetts, for example, is looking at ranked choice voting right now, so for our members in the Boston area it’s a moment when they could engage with their representatives... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Screen Grab
big way.” This year, just over half of the 204 million Americans who engage in digital video viewing will do so on their smartphone, a 14 percent increase over 2014 according to research firm eMarketer. Kilar ranks his own screen... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
What’s the Big Idea?
confronted with setbacks. Yet in a survey of 669 managers around the world, “progress” ranked dead last as a perceived source of employee motivation, falling behind more expected (but less effective) carrots such as bonuses and... View Details
- 15 Apr 2017
- News
Bringing Markets to Myanmar
and out of here right from the statehouse. We were then ushered up the steps into a large hall and seated across a long table facing 10 high ranking officials with Minister number five in the middle. They were all in full dress. And there... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Shattering Glass
Gender Initiative Director Colleen Ammerman and HBS professor Boris Groysberg ask why. When women made up the majority of college-educated workers in the United States in 2019, why are they still dramatically underrepresented in the ranks... View Details
- 20 Oct 2016
- News
Smart Moves
information, connected car services, and analytics, founded by Bryan Mistele (MBA 1995). The figures aren’t much better in the United States, where Los Angeles tops the list at 81 hours. And in the rankings of nations, the US, with an... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Q & A: Herb Kohl
are probably a dozen different things that I work hard on that have a direct impact on young people and the quality of their lives. What are some of the other issues you're involved in? I fight for consumer and business issues. I'm always View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
September 2021 Alumni Books
and scholar, Shakib Arsalan. In his letter, Basyuni Imran requested that Arsalan explain the reasons for the backwardness of Muslims of the time, compared to other nations. Furthermore, Basyuni asked Arsalan to suggest what they needed to do in order to join the View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 08 Mar 2018
- News
HBSAAA Leads the Way in Celebrating African American Alumni Impact
substituting for Alexa after she lost her voice, and Tide, which offered multiple spots featuring actor David Harbour seemingly appearing in other ads, then pointing to clean clothes and calling it “a Tide ad.” PepsiCo, Wendy’s, and Avocados from Mexico also View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
One-on-One with Edwin Reed
With a 98 percent graduation rate and test scores that lead the district, ACS ranks in the top 5 percent of schools in Queens. In all our endeavors, excellence is the standard, not the goal. We believe that performing at the very highest... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Venture Capital’s Comeback
2003. But the road ahead remains uncertain for many, especially those not in the top ranks in terms of size and investment track record, say industry veterans. For all but the leading firms, raising money remains difficult. And deciding... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Michael Depatie
was ranked number one in guest satisfaction for 2009 by the Market Metrix Hospitality Index (based on over 130,000 hotel customer surveys), beating competitors including the Ritz-Carlton, W Hotels, and the Four Seasons. Michael Depatie... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Empowering Entrepreneurially Minded Students
create at least one venture within 10 to 20 years of graduating 1,300+ cases on entrepreneurship 150 first-year students participate in Startup Bootcamp #1 PitchBook Rankings (2021) + Female founders + Founder count + Company count +... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 08 Aug 2018
- News
Getting Life Back in Balance
career came to an end when he lost 44 pounds in six weeks, collapsed at work, and was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. He was given a medical discharge and, through a former commanding officer, accepted a management position at Cobham, where he worked his way up the... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Globalization Revisited
anyone.” The conference, which was cochaired by HBS professors Rohit Deshpandé and John A. Quelch, kicked off with a dinner keynote speech by Sir Martin Sorrell (MBA 1968), chief executive of WPP Group. Ranking Levitt’s article “among the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
The First Scrum
who had gone to Oxford and played with the Oxford Blues. John and I were the props, two guys who stand arm-in-arm with the hooker, the lead player in the scrum, and that was Jimmy. I was struck that these two men from totally different backgrounds in the UK, where... View Details