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- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Revitalizing America
chopping block. "We shouldn't pay volunteers" was one eternal argument. AmeriCorps members are volunteers only in the same sense that the military is "all-volunteer"—people are not drafted or conscripted; they sign on voluntarily. Once... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Covering the Issues
temporary structures were built during World War II to accommodate participants in the School's military training programs, but it wasn't until the 1950s that the next major construction push took place. Much thought and care went into... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
military telecommunications or beam the Super Bowl worldwide? Joseph Landon (MBA 2007), VP and CFO of Planetary Resources in Redmond, Washington, one of the space startups pursuing asteroid mining, estimates there are about 400 active... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
conventional energy development and are steering clear of these heavily subsidized green alternatives. Robert G. James (MBA 6/1948) New York, NY That’s Me! In the March issue’s Last Look photo of a group of women in military fatigues, I... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
Guilt-Free Recipe For Success and Satisfaction Veteran Hiring Leader’s Handbook by Peter A. Gudmundsson (MBA 1990) (BookBaby) Employers have a chance to get veteran hiring right from the start. This manual illustrates just a few of the many reasons that View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Alumni Books
Michael Gilbert (MBA ’67) (Hunter Press) Family Wars: Classic Conflicts in Family Business and How to Deal with Them by Grant Gordon (OPM 30, 01) and Nigel Nicholson (Kogan Page) The American Military after 9/11: Society, State, and... View Details
Keywords: Management
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Professors Fox, Mace Remembered
MBA in 1938, Mace remained at the School as a research associate before being posted to England for military service in 1942. There he worked with Robert S. McNamara (MBA '39), a friend and fellow HBS faculty member, to help set up... View Details
- 14 Jan 2014
- News
Spreading the Seeds of Entrepreneurship
getting an MBA because he says he wants "a seat at the table." "Since our launch in 2008, we've had 110 students take the class," Schultz notes. "Except for one who's in an elite military unit, all have gone on to college, including 30 or... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Class Notes Extra
phenomenon for Thai banks,” but the response has been overwhelmingly favorable. While Banthoon's first desire was to study medicine, his father sent him to Exeter, Princeton, and HBS; he returned the favor by joining the family business after two years in the View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Up from the Ashes
recognize these essential characteristics, Schumpeter concludes, “does a meaningless job.” In using the term “business strategy” which he did not coin but did popularize and likening corporate initiatives to military behavior, Schumpeter... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Alumni Books
The People Factor: Strengthening America by Investing in Public Service by Linda J. Bilmes (MBA ’84) and W. Scott Gould (Brookings Institution Press) The authors argue that the federal government can achieve the same gains as the best private-sector and View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
doors, the meeting was a bit looser than standard protocol dictated. “So, Rogers, what are you going to do after this deployment?” asked the general. “You know, sir, I think I’m going to take a different job.” Rogers’s route to the View Details
- 18 May 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Rena Xu (MBA 2014, MD 2014)
Xu’s Twitter handle is @xrayunicorn) “I worked in consulting before medical school and had to travel a lot. One time a colleague and I were stranded in a snowstorm and had to rebook our flights. On the phone with the travel agent, my colleague spelled out my last name... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books
significant military support—of US Special Operations Forces. Spring: Bouncing Back from Rejection By Ambi Parameswaran (AMP 186, 2014) Westland “Spring: a twisted piece of metal that can be pushed, pressed or pulled but which always... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Entrepreneurial Venture
Today's frenzied world of dot-com mania might have been hard to predict 25 years ago, but the Class of 1975 has always had an eye for opportunity. For its time, the class had a sizable number of military officers familiar with strategic... View Details
- 12 Feb 2016
- News
Creating Common Ground in Communities of Conflict
Mendhro grew up with a desire to learn and experience the world, she had no formal opportunities to do so. “My brother and I would wake up in the morning and explore. It was self-learning,” she says. “Education became a personal goal and interest.” In 1980, a View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
How to Survive Past Start-up
military members wanted to connect with one another. At the time, there was no central place on the Internet for them to do so. Military.com was born. For Beck, the opportunity she saw stemmed from both her professional and her personal... View Details
- 08 Apr 2021
- News
Real Talk
the flip side, sharing stories in a safe space can elicit empathy—and empathy for each other is what we need at this moment, above all else.” Their approach was the result of dozens of interviews with CEOs, DE&I trainers, employees, entrepreneurs, View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Conducting Business
Ohio, where he had secured multimillion-dollar budgets from the federal government. There were several military veterans as well, but they were mostly ex-Army or ex-Marines who had fought in Vietnam, and they all seemed tough and... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
From the Editors
Bill Falcon for a few issues before Ted Anthony assumed the job in 1962. Anthony, who had publishing experience in the military and at the Small Business Administration in Washington, kept the Bulletin on a steady course for nearly twenty... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg