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- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Every Trick in the Book
bookstores found ways to stay in business. Then came Amazon. The internet giant got its start as a bookseller, taking its first order in July 1995. Its online-only model meant that Amazon’s inventory was essentially limitless, and its rapid View Details
Keywords: April White
- 24 Jan 2020
- News
Clayton M. Christensen Dies at 67
and taught for many years the MBA elective curriculum offering, Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise, which uses a general manager's lens to evaluate theories about strategy, innovation, and management to predict which tools,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Debunking Teenagers: 200 Research-Based Parenting Strategies to Help Your Adolescent Successfully Navigate the “Tempteen” Years By Daphne Adler (MBA 2004) Independently Published Why are teenagers constantly tempted to behave... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Fostering Diversity
believe is crucial to society. “You need to invest in the pipeline in order for things to change,” says Victoria, an independent consultant focused on health care and technology. “We believe that we need more diversity—race, gender, perspective—in View Details
- 16 Aug 2018
- News
Working with a Giver’s Spirit
will both help people and inspire other entrepreneurs. “The last way you’re high-impact—and frankly this is the reason I decided to do this—is when you pay it forward as an entrepreneur,” he says. “Once you’re successful, you re-invest your View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Home Base
Above: Dowling at home in New York City: “There’s no one model for being a working parent.” Daisy Dowling (MBA 2002) had built a successful career in leadership development and executive coaching at Goldman... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
believed in pure evil, as personified in the psychopath Max Cady (Robert De Niro, in the 1991 film Cape Fear). This and the 1962 original were based on MacDonald's The Executioners and were among the few successful film or TV adaptations... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Passing the Torch
Jeffrey Immelt In the closest thing to a royal succession business has had in many a year, last September Chairman Jack doffed his crown, bid farewell to his subjects, and ceded rulership of the kingdom of GE to his handpicked successor,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Christine Fairchild to Head External Relations
scope and professionalism. They include the annual Global Leadership Forum, career services and lifelong learning programs for alumni, and a vibrant reunion program that is the envy of other professional schools and undergraduate... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Built to Last
As Weisiger approaches his 35th anniversary as CEO, questions inevitably turn to who will succeed him. While his eldest daughter is a lead candidate, family members and board and senior leadership meet regularly to assess the strategic... View Details
- 12 Jun 2017
- News
Jeff Immelt to Retire as GE CEO
Longtime GE CEO Jeff Immelt (MBA 1982) announced his retirement Monday, set to take effect on August 1. John Flannery, president and chief executive of GE Healthcare, was named Immelt’s successor. The announcement, the company noted, came after a six-year-long View Details
- 09 Oct 2020
- News
Srikant Datar Named Dean of Harvard Business School
- 01 Aug 2014
- News
Cross-Class Connection
These two volunteers forged a cross-class connection that resulted in significant support for the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation. When Alex Crisses stepped up to cochair his 5th Reunion, he decided to couple his own ideas about... View Details
- 12 Mar 2014
- News
Managing the Family Business: Firing the CEO
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Faculty Books
Practice Kaplan. He notes that such questions might include: Do I state my vision and priorities clearly? Does the way I spend my time enable me to achieve my top priorities? Do I give subordinates timely and direct feedback they can act on? Is my View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Power Trip
School’s Leadership Initiative. But there’s another way to assess business success, as found in the pages of Paths to Power: How Insiders and Outsiders Shaped American Business Leadership. Mayo (MBA ’88) is the book’s coauthor, with HBS... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
City Hall’s Headbanger
Above: photo by Minesh Bacrania As mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Tim Keller (MBA 2005) is focused on bread-and-butter initiatives that drive down crime and attract business. And he’s been successful on both counts since taking office... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 24 Jul 2020
- News
Reimagining Chicago’s Schools
high schools were really hard to crack.” At the time, Zaikos was working for the Chicago Public Schools system as part of the Broad Residency, a program created to bring management professionals into urban education, in an effort to provide View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Faculty Books
Visiting Professor Gulati examines the "network re-sources" that arise from these ties; how successful firms manage the ties; and how the ties influence strategy, access to material resources, and perceptions of a firm's legitimacy held... View Details
- 10 Feb 2016
- News
A Leader’s Call to Action
Barbara Nick (AMP 165, 2003) has spent more than 30 years in the gas and electric industry, honing her skills to become an award-winning leader in business and in her community. She knew her success was due in part to other leaders—the... View Details