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- 01 Sep 2012
- News
High Honors
Anglo American in 2007, one of the world’s largest mining companies, Cynthia Carroll determined that increased transparency was important if the company—and the industry as a whole—was going to improve its safety record. “People responded... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Case Study: A Good Fit
Illustration by Matt Chinworth Illustration by Matt Chinworth Every year, millions of Americans resolve to lose weight, but few sustain their loss over time, according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine. The reason lies in... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
What is it about HBS that has produced such a steady stream of remarkable entrepreneurs whose endeavors have changed American life in the postwar decades? The creative impact of the case method, as noted earlier, should not be... View Details
- 15 Jun 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Invisible Americans: The Tragic Cost of Child Poverty by Jeff Madrick (MBA 1971) Knopf By official count, more than one in six American children live below the poverty line. But statistics alone tell... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Greed, Gullibility, and Optimism
access to financing for veterans, accelerated suburban development and helped make the American dream of home ownership a reality for the middle class. What happened to turn that dream into such a nightmare? Not only in America but also... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Reality to News Biz: Drop Dead
debt-saddled buyout later, Zell is taking a machete to payrolls, pages, and pencils and staplers. Rupert Murdoch is asserting his personal imprimatur on his newly acquired Wall Street Journal, disabusing his minions of the notion that he would be a hands-off sponsor.... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
Sports in America have always had a magical, transcendent allure. Life may be ambiguous but slam dunks and touchdown passes create their own heroic reality and final truth at game's end. Sports are a bond that brings entire communities and View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 06 Mar 2019
- News
Making Sabbaticals Mainstream
He needed the kind of break that the typical American vacation week couldn’t offer. So in 2017, he took a sabbatical—which included a ten-day silent meditation retreat followed by a six-week walking pilgrimage in Japan. The experience was... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Screen Tested
normal: “Early on I realized I had to get out of the house by myself. Every morning I get up between 6:00 and 6:30 and try to get in 6,000 to 10,000 steps. I bring our dog, and she is so over it: ‘Stop taking me for walks. You’re killing me.’ ” Silver lining: View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Shape of Things to Come
used to be that you looked at the fraction of foreign students to get a sense of how global the class is. Today, students may say “I have an American passport,” but they’ve worked in four or five different firms and countries. Dean Nohria... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Letters
area and a mentor from my days at HBS. Professor Hayes had just returned from doing research in Japan and had written a white paper comparing differences in manufacturing management between American and Japanese electronics production.... View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
learn outside her comfort zone. Today Wallace is founding director of BridgeUp: STEM, an educational initiative at New York’s American Museum of Natural History focused on introducing girls and minorities to computer science. “It’s very... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Blockchain for Good
to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. Smith’s plan included developing an Explore Your Family History Center, which would help people explore their... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Case Study: Alumni Advice for a Health Care Startup
was operating as a kind of project manager for her mom—and that she was one of 66 million Americans taking care of an ill, aging, or disabled loved one—she began to build a more modern solution to care management. Wellthy provides loved... View Details
- 26 Jan 2015
- News
The Ingredients for Success
something in a different way.” Markowitz was surrounded by creative types recently as she presented NOCHI’s plans to a group that included restaurant owners, tourism officials, chefs, and food business entrepreneurs. Ti Martin stood up to introduce Markowitz. Martin’s... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Ali Allawi
Governing Council. A member of a prominent Shia family who fled after the revolution of 1958, Allawi was educated in England and the United States, worked for the World Bank, and later became an investment banker. He watched the fall of... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
relative handful of African Americans and women on campus daily confronted cultural problems that could not be solved with a slide rule and pencil. READ MORE Steve Belkin Eve Benton Mike Feeley Ed Mathias Joe O'Donnell READ MORE Steve... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town
because of its stellar location: Cape Town, South Africa. More than four hundred delegates came from dozens of countries, with close to half bringing partners or family members for whom a special program of events had been set up. The... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity
opportunities they never thought they could.” Sheila Kyarisiima (MBA/MPA 2017) Affording MBA Students the Luxury of Choice When Liang Wu (MBA 2018) talks about being interested in entrepreneurship, he draws parallels to his experience as a first-generation naturalized... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Kash Rangan
an organization creates significant social value, we don’t care how it sustains itself — with internally generated surplus or with donor funds. Americans give roughly $300 billion a year to nonprofits, yet we really don’t know much about... View Details