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- 01 Sep 2005
- News
One-on-One with Thomas Riley
so. Whenever I have to make a key decision, it reminds me of a case: Here’s the info, the background, do we support this, how do we communicate this, from what angle, what’s critical here, and so on. There are no “answers,” and you must... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Andresen Becomes First European and First Exec. Ed. Graduate to Endow HBS Professorship
I want to show my support for an institution that has made and will continue to make a valuable contribution to management practice all over the world," says Andreas Andresen (69th AMP), a retired German industrialist who recently became... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019
You Soar, Adams recounts her humble childhood and the challenges she faced as a young girl, and how she overcame them and went on to live the life of her dreams. After experiencing adversity, poverty, and personal tragedy, Jennifer made a View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
would be reflecting on the success of another sold-out Global Alumni Conference (GAC), but as many of you already know, we made a very difficult decision to cancel the conference scheduled for March in Buenos Aires. We extend our deepest... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
When she joined the new private-sector team at Oxfam America as a freshly minted MBA in 2007, Roshini Moodley Naidoo was essentially given the following directive: All those great ideas we’ve been discussing? Make them happen. It was a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Delivering the Goods
private companies, the USPS has to have even its best ideas reviewed by regulators and contested by competitors. But inevitably making tough choices about technology to create new services has to be market-driven, in spite of the... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 06 Dec 2018
- News
Cold Call Horror Stories
no, she’s prepared. We won’t cold call her’, or do you look furtively at your notes? So he’s looking on the other side of the class and I’m sure he’s making the body moves like he’s going to cold call somebody else, and he whips around... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Deep Dive
reusable, highly safe, and can make many repeated dives to anywhere on the bottom of the ocean,” Vescovo says. “There’s no restriction anymore.” (He won’t discuss the total costs of this expedition, but the announced price tag of the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
A Quiet Force: Remembering Jay Light
everything he did, he was a true servant leader.” Light joined the HBS faculty in 1970 after earning his doctorate from Harvard’s joint program in decision and control theory. Just two years into his appointment, he was the first faculty... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
A Close-Up Look at the Men behind the Empire
decision and followed it through. It was not so much because of their genius but because of their remarkable self-confidence that they succeeded. They seemed incapable of prolonged discouragement. Something they all had in common was that... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Clark Bids Farewell to HBS
problem aside and turn it off. If you can’t do that, you really won’t be able to do this job. What was toughest part of the job? It always comes down to people. The hardest decisions are about who to promote and who not to. The toughest... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
From Das’s Desk
digitally, remotely, and effectively with our alumni. Just like a classic HBS business case, the School assessed a sudden, unanticipated challenge, sought out the opportunities in the crisis, and moved forward decisively and with no small... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Eric Schiffer
comes in a bit light or damaged. If we get an overshipment, we call right away and say, “You may not know this, but you sent us ten extra cases which you did not bill us for. We’ll gladly pay for them.” We don’t have buying committees, and we View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The View from the Pit
and an interest in health-care management. She currently teaches the required course General Management and the Foundations module Leadership, Values, and Decision Making. Twenty-five years after her own graduation, Barrett notes that... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum
Secretary Samuel Bodman added his voice to those who say that critical decisions must be made without delay. “We are overly dependent on fossil fuels and will only become more so unless we make some critical... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
James McNerney Jr.
McNerney: It’s all about being globally competitive and creating U.S. jobs. Illustration by Andy Friedman Related Links The Path to Economic Revival Making Their Way Squawk Box at HBS - Jim McNerney, Dean Nitin Nohria, and University... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016
have in common? They know that productivity relies on making certain choices: the way we frame our daily decisions; the big ambitions we embrace and the easy goals we ignore; the cultures we establish as leaders to drive innovation; and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
The Future of Stem Cells
River.) In August 2001, President George W. Bush (MBA ’75) announced a ban on federal funding for research on any human embryonic stem-cell lines created after that date. The decision reflected opposition to the use and destruction of... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
large food brands have earned accolades for recent decisions to eliminate GMOs from their supply chain. It was into this market that Haven Baker (MBA 2009), Simplot’s VP of plant sciences, launched the first direct-to-consumer produce... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
sound decision making as it is about money. And when it works, innovative finance gives us the tools, motivation, and security to invest in our shared future. Off Script: An Advance Man’s Guide to White... View Details