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- 19 Jan 2016
- News
Electric Avenues
drought-proof resource has become increasingly appealing. “Carlsbad is a very important test case,” he says. “There are lots of eyes on it—everywhere from Texas to Florida.” And it’s not only the tech that interests other cities, it’s the... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 24 Feb 2014
- News
A Capital Idea for Small Business
lengthy business career. Given his personal inclinations, it was geared more toward strategy and operations, most of it at large companies such as CIT and Tyco International. The two believe, however, that their differences are as View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
An Eye to the East
study of companies in Western countries. But while innovation was the most important driver of high performance among the corporations in the Western economies, in Asian companies the key element was how customer-oriented firms were. That... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
Optimizing requires saying no so you can focus your time and attention on the things that are important to you.” —Lara Hodgson (MBA 1998), cofounder, president, and CEO, NOWaccount Network Cynthia and Phil Black (MBA 2002) Children: Croix... View Details
- 27 Oct 2017
- News
The Best Business Advice I’ve Ever Received
Before I got here, everyone told me to pay attention to lead and said, it's all about lead. And like everyone else, when you get here, you kind of think it's the soft class that isn't as important as some of the harder classes with... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
On Credit
massive volumes highlights the importance of telling that story through the letters, memos, reports, books, and images that provide a lens for examining the past to better understand the present—a need that has become no less essential in... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could
Rogers In a self-indulgent moment in his late 20s, Gary Rogers (MBA ’68) bought a Porsche, a flashy status symbol befitting his standing at the time as a well-paid McKinsey consultant. It turned out to be the single most important... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015
CEOs can meet their challenges once that top position is achieved. The book covers the importance of family, effective time management, discipline in all its meanings, and the relationships between the CEO, the board of directors,... View Details
- 26 Jan 2017
- News
Finding a Path out of Poverty
insurance house Momentum in Johannesburg, Magwegwe can often be heard on CNBC Africa and other local and national media, offering advice on financial matters, from simply saving more money to planning and sticking to a budget. Helping people learn and improve their... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Alumni Books
investment in business performance (IT helping divisions and departments boost profitability), and personal value (CIOs contributing well beyond their area of specialization) — and then communicate these important IT contributions to the... View Details
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
values and leadership on campus. The board strongly supports Dean Kim B. Clark's position that HBS alumni must represent a higher standard of conduct with an emphasis on the importance of integrity, accountability, values, principles,... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Minoru Makihara, 75th AMP, 1977
employees at every level of the organization," says Makihara, who instituted an open-door policy to make good on what was then a revolutionary idea among Japanese executives. Emphasizing the importance of adopting new technologies, he... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Admit It: You’re in Denial
potentially ruinous obstacles that managers face. From Ford to General Motors, Sears to Lehman Brothers, it has torpedoed many good businesses. Why would any sane, smart executive deny a fact of critical importance to his or her business?... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Q & A: Confronting New Technologies: When Doing Right Is Wrong
doing, because that is precisely what brought their success. Still, it is important - indeed critical - to recognize that organizations have both capabilities and disabilities. Developing strong capabilities in sustaining innovations, by... View Details
- 17 Apr 2015
- News
A Driving Force for a Sustainable World
she was honored with the National Order of Merit, France’s highest decoration, in recognition of her efforts to promote sustainable development and to support innovative startups. “It doesn’t make my life different on a daily basis, but it’s View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Dean Clark Reflects on the School’s Key Initiatives
— our students, our faculty, our alumni, and our classroom — is unique. This year we acknowledged several remarkable gifts. The gift of Arthur Rock (MBA ’51) to establish The Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship will dramatically expand our work in a field View Details
- 24 May 2023
- News
Balancing Acts
have to have a clear mind and have energy inside you. I was taught since I was a kid that I have to drink a little bit of olive oil in the morning when I wake up, and I always do. And that gives me energy, certainly. But the important... View Details
- 04 Aug 2020
- News
How Business Can Advance Racial Equity
the most rational question in the world to ask is, is business playing a positive role here? If not, why not? And how can it? April White: Lisa, you've raised a lot of really important issues that business can be engaged in, but we're... View Details
- 03 Jan 2018
- News
Finding Faith in an NFL Locker Room
There was a lot going on at that time. And so those are all questions that never sort of have easy, simple answers. But they are questions that need to be addressed. And I do the best that I can, but I also understand the importance of--... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
What We’re Reading
important not to forget the humans “on the other side” at a time of heightened geopolitical tensions. —Felix Oberholzer-Gee is the Andreas Andresen Professor of Business Administration in the Strategy Unit and author of the upcoming... View Details