Filter Results:
(325)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(1,094)
- People (1)
- News (325)
- Research (628)
- Multimedia (6)
- Faculty Publications (122)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(1,094)
- People (1)
- News (325)
- Research (628)
- Multimedia (6)
- Faculty Publications (122)
Sort by
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
faced. This lyrical summary of those answers offers practical advice for understanding where we came from, who we are, and where we are going. The CEO Pay Machine: How It Trashes America and How to Stop It... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Case Study: Welcome Aboard
Boston-based team or perhaps establishing hybrid clusters in a few hub cities. Beyond the cost-savings of not paying rent, a remote-first approach would allow OnRamp to hire the best talent, wherever they live. That’s significant in a... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 12 May 2022
- News
Turning a Moment into a Movement
Even though Aisha Dozie (MBA 2002) had served on the boards of several private and nonprofit organizations over her career, her two-year search for the directorship of a public board proved to be a “pretty tricky and convoluted” process. The founder and View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Eric Schiffer
1991 and served in various managerial capacities before being named president in 2000 and CEO in 2005. Despite the chain’s strong showing in a down economy (with three new stores scheduled to open in March 2010), Schiffer expects he and... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town
Africa. As founder and CEO of Adesemi, Monique Maddy (MBA '93) spoke about her goal to deliver wireless communication - through a system of voicemail, pagers, and pay phones - to underdeveloped areas of the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Primer on Patents
LERNER: Congress won’t address needed patent reforms until CEOs get involved in lobbying for change. Professor Josh Lerner, who holds a joint appointment in the School’s Finance and Entrepreneurial Management units, is best known as an... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Expanding the brand of the country’s largest magazine publisher
Ann S. Moore (MBA 1978), the first female chair and CEO of Time Inc., oversaw nearly 150 magazines and their brand extensions. During her tenure, she launched more magazines than Time founder Henry R. Luce and, as publisher of People,... View Details
- 28 Oct 2021
- News
Capital Considerations for Black Entrepreneurs; Pivoting for Gender Equity
when half of us are held back. The data are clear: Empowered women transform societies.” The discussion was moderated by Jennifer Openshaw, a MarketWatch columnist and the CEO of Girls With Impact, which she co-created with Applegate.... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 1
learning how to manage. Ultimately though, he would go on to spend 35 years at the company, becoming CEO in 2001. He was so dedicated to GE that, at age 50, he got the company's logo tattooed on his leg. Immelt, now venture partner at New... View Details
- 14 Apr 2021
- News
The First Five Years: Mike Gandy Auzenne (MBA 2016)
attend HBS. Together, they have launched PowerUP, a nonprofit organization that gives disadvantaged Atlanta youth new opportunities for personal development by providing scholarships to pay for martial arts training. Learn more about how... View Details
- 13 May 2025
- News
If I Knew Then
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: On May 29, a fresh crop of MBAs will receive their diplomas and go off into the world to begin a new chapter in their lives. But before they walk across the stage on Baker Lawn, Dean Srikant... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Microfinance's Big Payoff: Michael Chu and ACCION International
Michael Chu (MBA '76) is president and CEO of ACCION International, a private nonprofit corporation founded in 1961 and based in Somerville, Massachusetts. ACCION's affiliates in thirteen Latin American countries and the United States... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Avoiding a Succession Crisis
there is great uncertainty as to whom the successor should be and how the process of finding a successor should be managed. There is something very wrong with this picture. I would have been surprised by this situation before completing my latest research on View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
New Book Recounts Storied Class of ’49
Business. At their 25th Reunion, nearly one-fourth of the class were presidents or CEOs of their respective companies, and more remarkable in today’s era of the disposable CEO, nearly one-third of the class would retire in such roles.... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
aren’t that clear.” Despite the pain of Quincy’s failure, Wallace doesn’t regret the experience. “I’m more fulfilled when I’m scrappy and building something, so I’m grateful to have been ripped away from the notion that I need financial comfort,” she says. Acting as... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Action Plan: Casting Call
generation to run Tension Envelope, the company (now Tension Corporation) founded by Berkley’s grandfather in 1886. Berkley became CEO in 1962; his son Bill was the fourth generation to step into the role, in 1988, with Berkley staying on... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; hobbies; balance; meaning; longevity; aging; Paper Manufacturing; Manufacturing
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
and CEO Thompson terms "satellite infrastructure" (technology that enables people to conduct business activity anywhere on the planet). Before reaching its fifteenth birthday this spring, Virginia-based Orbital will have surpassed $450... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Conducting Business
count up my profits every day, and there’s always cash in the cigar box.” The owner’s loan application was attached to the case as Exhibit 1. Some other financial data showed what rents cost for comparable shop fronts and typical hourly wages in the city. Evidently,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
Get What You Pay Them Case: Lincoln Electric Company Written: 1975 Copies Sold: 284,826 With a tradition of innovation and technological leadership, the Lincoln Electric Company of Cleveland, Ohio, was the world’s largest manufacturer of... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
View from the Top
Art by Digital Vision Corporate leadership is a much-discussed topic these days. With financial scandals making headlines daily, the CEO hero worship that was common during the late 1990s is out and increased skepticism is in. “The... View Details