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- 23 May 2019
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Michael R. Bloomberg, MBA 1966
Bloomberg spent 15 years at Salomon Brothers, where he rose through the ranks from an entry-level job counting securities by hand to general partner. When he was 39, Salomon merged with another firm and Bloomberg was fired. The energetic... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 28 May 2019
- News
Leading Questions
Synthesis, a leadership assessment and development company. She’s seen a new generation of leaders who have grown up in a culture comfortable with personal therapy turn the C-suite stigma into a strength. “Getting help for the things you... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Antitrust in Historical Perspective
enforcers have made a great many mistakes over the years. But in general they have managed to move toward outcomes that have been not without economic and social benefit. Thomas McCraw and Richard Tedlow are professors at Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Ink
there is only Box 3. But very quickly, you get into Box 1. Take Square. Its Box 3 opportunity was micromerchants who want to take credit cards but don’t generate enough sales to have an expensive, big credit card processing machine.... View Details
- 19 Jun 2017
- News
Can Neuroscience Find You the Perfect Job?
no career matches available because we hadn't built that side of the platform. So we learned interesting things about the general cognitive and emotional traits that we all have as human beings but not the career matching. And,... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
resupply the ISS.) Mars is NASA’s new mission, with plans to send astronauts to the planet in the 2030s. (NASA) “The drive to reduce cost is generating the most change,” says aspiring space entrepreneur Justin Oliveira (HBS 2017).... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
On Purpose
entertaining,” Cohen says. “And importantly, when people come out at the end inspired and empowered in a way that they didn’t feel before, these films can do so much good in the world.” These films also demonstrate the financial superpowers that are View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Additional alumni books for your consideration.
Business Review Press) Most companies emphasize generating big ideas rather than executing them. “Ideating” is energizing and glamorous; execution seems humdrum. Drawing on examples from innovators as diverse as Allstate, BMW, Nucor, and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019
anyone wanting to learn how to make an impact as a leader, learn and adapt from failures, build thriving teams, and generally achieve success in both work and life regardless of industry, discipline or level of experience. Through lively... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Business of Love
and promising a new generation of singles a better way to date. With the help of Facebook and smartphones, this new era of online dating entrepreneurs is trying to design women-friendly dating options. If you squint, you can find an early... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Case Study: Up in the Air
getting these organizations to pay for the service at full price or a discount and then provide it to the winning startups as an in-kind prize or investment? Assuming this activity will generate a significant amount of publicity, and as... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
HBS Fund Helps Fuel Faculty Research and New Learning Experiences
Elliott Management, and Jonathan Rose Companies. The issues they tackled ranged from crowdsourcing and e-commerce, to renewable energy generation and development of buildings for use by charter schools. IFCs are topic-oriented and... View Details
- 19 Jun 2014
- News
Turning "Black Gold" to Green
calling for using city investments in energy efficiency to generate savings that would be reinvested in solar power. Inspired by their success, Dawe took an 80 percent pay cut and moved to Colorado to work on green-power initiatives... View Details
- 11 Jun 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Brittani Rettig (MBA 2010)
and brought us together in a sort of familial way. Business leadership is more than generating a profit; it is adding value to the lives of others. HBS taught me how to thoroughly evaluate business purpose from both a moral and monetary... View Details
- 01 Jun 2019
- News
City on a Hill
fallen prey to skyrocketing rates of opioid abuse. “Every single one of my staff members has been affected in one way or another,” Marietta says of the opioid epidemic. “It’s wiped out an entire generation of people aged 20 to 45.” By... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Alumni Take Action to Improve US Competitiveness
Skills”—has generated much interest nationally in the role of business in closing the skills gap. The Walmart Foundation, for example, cited the research in its recent decision to grant $100 million over the next five years to... View Details
- 21 Nov 2013
- News
Case Study: BlackBerry and Thorsten Heins
multiple generations of technology. Microsoft and IBM perhaps? Yet no one is pointing to them as bastions of novel and breakthrough ideas! It's easy to point to specific design decisions as the cause of Blackberry's demise. They ignored... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
The Hard Way
if her students failed to get jobs, so she immersed herself in their job searches and all but guaranteed their placement. It worked, generating powerful word-of-mouth buzz for her fledgling academy. More importantly, Russo understood that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Winning Season
1948. After selling the Browns in 1951 (the franchise eventually became the Baltimore Orioles), Bill DeWitt worked for the New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers before the Cincinnati Reds hired him as general manager in 1961. His success... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Is Market Capitalism Headed for Trouble?
common in the last century. What did the leaders tell you? All were impressed by the remarkable prosperity that has been generated by the functioning of market capitalism. Across the board, however, the primary concern was that the way... View Details