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- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Case Study: Welcome Aboard
Illustration by Chris Gash Illustration by Chris Gash In his pre-HBS life, Ross Lerner (MBA 2020) worked alongside Paul Holder at a software company that served some of the largest owners of commercial real estate in the world. While many... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
View from the Top
entire companies and the driving force behind the turnaround of the American economy, is suddenly under siege,” the New York Times declared in June. In the months since, the chorus of voices questioning today's business leaders has only... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
the Top: How Director Conversations Shape Culture by Melinda Muth (MBA 1981) and Bob Selden Australian Institute of Company Directors The authors examine how director conversations shape organizational... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Turning Point: Makeover
Vicky Tsai (MBA 2006) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Vicky Tsai (MBA 2006) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) My first job was as a derivatives trader. The markets fascinated me; the testosterone-driven culture of the trading floor did not.... View Details
- 17 May 2017
- News
Nisa Godrej Takes Over
she met considerable resistance from the parent company chiefs, including her father. "Godrej has been one of those lifetime employers, and you don't change management," Nisa explains. "Within that year, I probably said I was quitting two... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Books
problem because people fear they may lose their jobs for speaking their mind. Perlow, who chronicles the fall of an online education company throughout the book, recommends a constructive spiral of speaking up. She urges senior managers... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Disaster Master
the business world, succession planning.” Yet the impact and frequency of disasters has increased, Beer notes, making it even more important for businesses to integrate disaster preparedness into daily operations: “The vulnerability of View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
The Influence of Geography on Work and Innovation
Illustration by VectorStock As a doctoral student at HBS, Prithwiraj “Raj” Choudhury identified a little-studied phenomenon in innovation: Managers from emerging markets who migrated to the United States for jobs at multinational View Details
Keywords: April White
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
After Ozempic
Back before Ozempic, when Kate Mulroney (MBA 1984) spoke at technical conferences about her work at Novo Nordisk, people often assumed she was talking about Novartis. “I’d have to explain that’s a Swiss company; we’re Danish,” says Mulroney, now head of advanced... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Nurturing Emerging Scholars and Leaders
Mary Sauer and Bob Doris (MBA 1977/JD 1978) HBS’s focus on innovation connected Bob Doris (MBA 1977/JD 1978) and Mary Sauer more deeply with the School. “We are very impressed with the work HBS is doing to foster a startup culture at the... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
New Releases
edition of Managing Across Borders: The Transnational Solution. This highly acclaimed, landmark work introduced a framework that would help companies achieve global-scale efficiency, respond flexibly to national market differences, and... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Q&A - Mark Fields
proceeded to close an assembly plant last year to take down capacity by 25 percent. We also reduced our indirect workforce by 20 percent, becoming one of the first major Japanese companies to take such a decisive step. Lifetime employment... View Details
- 16 Nov 2015
- News
Connecting with Indigenous Traditions
me in.” His exploration of ancient, indigenous traditions led Sprinkles to apprentice to become initiated as a healer in the way of ancient Huichol and Nahua cultures in 2000 and 2006, respectively. Today, he and his wife, Annie Eagan,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace
and to work reliably and effectively, they were willing to do that. How did the change in culture benefit the company? These organizational changes, which were instituted around the company as a whole,... View Details
- 28 Feb 2025
- News
Joy to the World
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010), CEO of East Boston Social Centers, spent time in foster care as a child, living in more homes than he can remember,... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Short Takes
Green Stuff: Value, Risk, and Environmental Management Environmental issues increasingly influence companies in their approach to fundamental business concerns. How these matters play out in terms of corporate behavior is the subject of a... View Details
- 01 Feb 2017
- News
New Regional Offices Broaden HBS’s Intellectual Reach
markets. The newest regional offices, which opened this past year in Dubai, Singapore, and Tel Aviv, provide a means for understanding the unique economic and cultural factors shaping business in those locations. “We are broadening our... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Clubs Hopping: A Healthy Dialogue
search firm RobinsonButler, for a quick rundown of the day. Was there a takeaway from the event that struck you—an insight that really resonated? Kent Thiry (MBA 1983), cochairman and CEO of DaVita, one of the world's largest dialysis companies, talked about how he... View Details
- 02 Feb 2021
- News
Should You Rehire an Employee Who Left Your Company?
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
deals." When constructing a single pipeline, for example, it is often necessary for a company to negotiate with multiple countries, each with its own laws, cultural differences, and political sensitivities.... View Details