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- 16 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Adam Smith, Behavioral Economist?
Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations, first published in 1776, helped create the discipline of economics with its conjuring of the invisible hand, self-interest, and other explanations of market forces that have influenced academics,... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
Baker Scholar. After spending a year at HBS as assistant to the legendary Professor Georges F. Doriot, Barford moved on to work as a financial analyst at Doriot's American Research & Development Corporation, one of the first U.S. venture... View Details
- 27 Nov 2006
- What Do You Think?
What’s to Be Done About Performance Reviews?
received mixed reviews. Tery Tennant's opinion is that "forced ranking is injecting fear into the workplace." But as Nauman Faridi put it, "Ranking must be handled delicately . Organizations must first improve their... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
innovative solutions, especially Black female knowledge workers. We found that 42 percent of Gen Z Black women are “the first to know when something new or cutting-edge is released.” The gap with the other races was almost two-to-one. Jim... View Details
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consumers. At HBS, he helped found and was the first chairman of the African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA). In 1996, the HBSAAA launched a fundraising campaign to endow a professorship in his name. Frederick "Fred" Wilkinson Jr.... View Details
- 13 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)
only player, but it should try to become the first player that comes to mind when customers, analysts, or the media think about the new market category. McDonald points to recent examples such as SpaceX in commercial space flight and... View Details
- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
levels. They are permanent sources of information and inspiration for students and businesspeople alike. They will never be surpassed. I met Chandler in 1973, when he was 55 years old, and I was 33. My first View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be
boutique's location and "wow" factor may not always translate to hard-and-fast sales, but image is all-important in the world of luxury. A shopper's first impression is of utmost importance.... View Details
- 17 Dec 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
‘Ted Levitt Changed My Life’
The details differ slightly, but the story, in its telling, is always the same. Ninety or so MBA students sit nervously awaiting the start of their first Marketing class. At the appointed time—not a minute more or less—a slight man with... View Details
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Patrick Akl
leaders bring together all the pieces to make strategic decisions that impact the business, its industry, and consumers,” says Patrick about his decision to pursue an MBA. HBS became his first choice for many of the same reasons Paris and... View Details
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Joseph Blair
says, “I wanted a general-management MBA that would complement my work history.” Interactions on campus and in Chennai “When I first came here,” says Joe, “I was most impressed by the way students interacted... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Alumni Team Up to Fight Cancer
Bill Bowes (MBA ’52) and Kathy Giusti (MBA ’85) first met in 2009, when they were both honored with HBS’s Alumni Achievement Award. This cross-generational meeting would demonstrate not only the power of serendipity but also the power of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Every Gift Counts
Class of 1961 Smashing the 50th Reunion participation record and their own dollar goal, the class raised an impressive $11.8 million, with 77 percent of the class contributing. Reunion Gift Cochairs Frank Klapperich and Warren McFarlan,... View Details
- 18 Nov 2013
- Op-Ed
Twitter IPO: Overvalued or the Start of Something Big?
Twitter soared high on its first day of trading on Nov. 7, with its shares closing the day at $45 for a value of $25 billion. Even though TWTR has yet to make money, investors flocked to the stock in droves, eager to own a part of the... View Details
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Andrew Dervan
inefficiencies." Where Andrew breaks away from many other medical students, however, is in his commitment to doing something about it, to find ways to "fix the system." Applying insights from outside industries In his first... View Details
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Nikki Skovran
as a professional interrogator, I wasn’t impressed with their skills,” says Nikki. “But HBS uses professionals for the interviews – I liked their ability to dig deeper, to get to know me as a person.” Visiting HBS confirmed Nikki's View Details
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Carol Fishman Cohen
the birth of my first of four children. It was unusual enough that HBS documented my experiences in a 2003 case. With no resources on the topic, and few role models, I had to figure everything out for myself. I learned the importance of... View Details
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Paul Lenehan
In high school, Paul Lenehan was impressed by the way economics "explained events behind the news. It gave me a lens for understanding how the world works." An attraction to business plans led to an interest in consulting.... View Details
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Kimball Thomas
administration, and I was the only intern in the West Wing,” Kimball says. “Practically every advisor was at my door, vying for the President’s time. I prepared his daily calendar and conducted preliminary trip research. All this – and it was the View Details
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
Marilynn Davis (MBA '82)
career has also included impressive stints in public service, as CFO of the New York City Housing Authority in the 1990s and as assistant secretary for administration at the Department of Housing and Urban Development during the View Details