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- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Road Taken: One Family's Worldly Adventure
odyssey of a lifetime. They journeyed with their children to 25 countries in ten months, starting in Costa Rica in November 1999 and ending in Norway last August. The decision to take Alex, Katie, and Ben (ages 10, 8, and 6) out of school... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Alumni Books
’85) and Daniel Stelter (McGraw-Hill) Examining the decisive actions taken by companies such as General Electric, IBM, and Procter & Gamble to accelerate out of past downturns, the authors show today’s executives how companies can win in... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Turning Point: Step Change
decision to apply to the doctoral program so I could develop that understanding and share it with others. Secretary Allison reinforced the importance of being a strategic leader. Over time, I’ve had the opportunity to reflect a little... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Faculty Symposium Honors McArthur
in a given field, what the central ideas were, and where the field might go from here. And, of course, they talk about John McArthur's role, which was powerful and often decisive in these initiatives." In McCraw's view, the topics chosen... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 16 Jan 2014
- News
Learning from Helping Others
class and a Robert Coles-taught seminar called Moral and Social Inquiry. "We read literature and discussed what the characters had done and what decisions they had made. It allowed us to then think about our own lives and what kinds of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Corporate Governance Conference Addresses Global Challenges
emphasis on function reflected conference chair Professor Kenneth A. Froot's decision to bring a different message to the gathering. "With a functional approach, you do less comparison of the institutions for corporate governance and... View Details
- 02 Dec 2010
- News
Ten Rules for Entrepreneurs
before. 5. One cofounder is usually “first among equals.” Notwithstanding the previous rule, usually one of the cofounders in a successful venture proves to be the outsized, driving personality. That person’s quick decisions and a deep... View Details
- 11 Jul 2012
- News
A Man, and a Plan, in Africa
to a decision within a strictly limited time—just like real life!” A volunteer for his class's 40th Reunion planning committee, Bloom will have a chance to share additional HBS memories when the Class of 1972 meets on campus this October. View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Ali Allawi
I stayed in a hotel until the house was ready for occupancy. But then as the security situation deteriorated, I made a decision not to live in the Green Zone. I didn’t want to be associated with the kind of bubble environment that emerged... View Details
- 16 Dec 2016
- News
Kurt (MBA 1967) and Louise Wulff
Kurt (MBA 1967) and Louise Wulff Kurt Wulff (MBA 1967) credits Harvard Business School with changing the way he viewed decision making. Even after 50 years, he remembers Dr. Howard Raifa’s courses on game theory and View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Money (Actually) Can Buy Happiness
greater overall satisfaction with their lives. One of the things we are working on now is understanding how decisions about time, money, and happiness play out in the context of romantic relationships. What is the optimal way you and your... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Karmic Kickstart
that year of treatment, I could barely function at all. After considerable discussion with my wife, Janet, a psychology professor at the University of Pittsburgh, we decided to start over in a distant place with a very different context. This was a difficult View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Organizations and Markets: A Challenging View of the World
theory of value, the allocation of decision rights, performance measurement, stakeholders, and compensation. Students bring their cumulative understanding of organizations to the final part of the course, "Governance and Corporate... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Alumni Books
dividends and compounding matter; explains options-trading techniques that will be beneficial no matter what the market does; analyzes real-life examples of investing opportunities; and provides tips on how to construct a portfolio, value equities, and make... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Book Review: The Old West
civil rights group protesting segregation in the Chicago schools. A Decisive Decade: An Insider's View of the Chicago Civil Rights Movement during the 1960s, by Robert B. McKersie (MBA 1956/DBA 1959) "If there's no wind, row. Essentially,... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
For Alumni Only: Breakthrough Insights Program Debuts
case on the biotechnology firm Biogen, where a seemingly innocuous decision to license databases of new proteins discovered through genomic research wound up completely transforming the company's product-development process. As Vietor led... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Two Kinds of Green
Art by Jude Maceren/Corbis Related Links "Burt's Bee's Social and Environmental Report Fiscal Year 2010" - Yola Carlough, Director of Sustainability at Burt's Bees, describes how participating in the HBS multimedia case influenced the company's View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Light Looks Back on Forty-Year HBS Career
faculty to guide rather than lead a discussion. And they’ll still necessitate that students put themselves into the shoes of the protagonist. So I think the engagement around business decisions and business practices will never change.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Case Study: Alumni Advice for a Health Care Startup
this mission, Wellthy should also change the basis of competition with its pricing model. Fortunately for Wellthy, C-suite decision makers are of the right demographic to personally appreciate the problem Wellthy solves. Pricing per... View Details
- 08 Oct 2015
- News