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- 15 Sep 2009
- News
Last Look - September 2009
was performed at Harvard’s Sanders Theatre for an audience of about 1,200 people on November 28, 1942, the evening of Boston’s deadly Cocoanut Grove fire.” George Hanford (MBA ’43 March) wrote, “I can’t help observing that they all look... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Be Our Guest: HBS Show 2002 Goes Off without a Hitch
Group helped offset production costs, as did the sale of some 2,400 tickets to students, alumni, and staff during the show's four-day run. “The show has a way of rallying the students and bringing the HBS community together,” observed... View Details
- 23 May 2018
- News
Christopher B. Howard, MBA 2003
Noah, Stephen Colbert, George Bush, Bill Clinton. “I have never been anywhere with Chris where half the people in the room did not already know him,” observes Harshman. Given his vast, varied experiences, Howard usually makes connections... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Déjà Vu All Over Again
surely won’t stop observers from trying, even as reverberations from the most recent crisis continue to be felt. The exhibit will be on display through May 3 and can be viewed online at www.library.hbs.edu/hc/crises/. Railway development... View Details
- 09 Jul 2019
- News
The Road to Impact
organizations, including the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation and the Brooklyn Children’s Museum. So in 2003, when he knew it was time to finally pursue his long-held dream, he was familiar with the landscape. “My observation... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
INK: Maker’s Manual
Buchanan (MBA 2000) has witnessed the truth observed by Andrew Carnegie and Warren Buffett alike that it can be more difficult to give wealth away wisely than to accumulate it in the first place. Buchanan’s new book sheds light on... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
A Vibrant Brand
magazine cosponsored "Jamizon," a national urban music festival that toured two dozen cities. Entrepreneurial Drive Clinkscales's remarkable accomplishments began with a fundamental observation that led him to launch his first... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Baker’s back
disseminate ideas,” observes Kennedy. “We are working to ensure that the library has the information, knowledge, and experience to share the School’s intellectual capital with the world.” View Details
- 15 Nov 2024
- News
Driving Change
Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Ideas
Web Extras Watch Professor Wasserman explain key insights from his book, Founders Dilemmas Listen to a webinar recording for alumni entrepreneurs Faculty Q&A with Professor Noam Wasserman When Noam Wasserman (MBA 1999) spent his MBA summer internship working for a VC... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Yurt Man
the skin-ripping heat.” Observed Zwern, “Every CO2 molecule out there came from a carbon atom somebody burned. With mirrors, lensing, and focusing, we can use the sun directly instead of in the form of ‘batteries’ like wood and coal that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Venture Capital, Post-Dot Bomb
At Cyberposium, a student-run technology conference held last November at the School, HBS professor Bill Sahlman sparked a frank discussion on the current climate for venture capital investing. “In the future, I see a median rate of return of zero or less,” Sahlman... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
The Mind Speaks, Marketers Listen
word — to grill them about their tastes, buying habits, and favorite brands — [Zaltman] seeks to converse directly with their brains instead,” the Times observed (February 23, 2002). The Zaltman Metaphor Elicitation Technique (ZMET), the... View Details
- 27 Apr 2015
- News
“A Unique Leadership Experience”
walk—“To see the sunrise I saw colors I had just never seen before”—and his nightly ritual of watching thunderstorms over Central Africa from the space station’s observation cupola. The lightening is so bright, Virts said, “you can watch... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Delta’s Flight from Bankruptcy
September 2005 and was about a month away from its announced plan to emerge from Chapter 11 when Whitehurst visited the campus. Observing that a key to any turnaround is identifying the problem correctly, Whitehurst explained that Delta... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
A Case for Coffee
Dixon, who is director of TechnoServe’s operations in Tanzania, explained the bigger picture. Noting that completely eradicating poverty is not a feasible goal for TechnoServe, Dixon observed that “if you are going to be poor, it is... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
The Levitt Brand
A consultant and professor with a Ph.D. in economics from Ohio State University, Ted Levitt had already published two articles in the Harvard Business Review when he joined the HBS faculty in 1959. One year later, observed HBS marketing... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
HBS Fund Helps Fuel Faculty Research and New Learning Experiences
34 countries, leading to observations on everything from incentivization to the effects of competition on how firms are organized. “There is a branch of my field that is closer to philosophy,” she says. “Ultimately, though, I want to have... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Plan B: The Brick Bank
Thailand. “A big takeaway for me was the necessity of being on the ground to understand country-to-country differences,” observes Selena Kalvaria (HBS 2013). “It’s not possible to have a catchall ‘emerging markets’ category.” As an... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
A Legacy of Support
Precision Medicine. “In medicine and in life sciences there is a silo mentality, and we need some Harvard Business School discipline to help connect the dots,” observes Robert. Agreeing with his dad, Jonathan, who, like his father, has... View Details