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- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Borders and the Self By Chinwe Ajena-Sagna (MBA 2003) Masobe Books “Who are you?” Every border tells a story. Every story has its origins. Tracing a cultural lineage from the beginnings of Igbo history in the ninth century by delineating... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Inside the Bestseller List with Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
to make these issues, these conflicts, these development discussions deeply personal.” Lemmon’s latest book, Ashley’s War, is a very different tale, but it addresses some of the same issues of resilience, courage, and leadership she... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 11 Feb 2017
- News
Harvard Business School Makes a Case for Diversity
shrink the diversity gap. He notes that, with a 35 percent increase in the number of US black-owned firms over the past decade and with black-owned business seen as the largest employer of black workers after the US government, it is essential that business schools... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
A Janus-Faced Reflection
gatherings), and the intoxication of the senses." Reading the Class Notes would also suggest to a fair-minded observer that the women in our class have had a tougher row to hoe than most of the men, and maybe as a result have arrived at... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Microsoft’s Ballmer Makes His Pitch
conducted, and developing platforms to promote digital reading. “It’s stunning that we still read so much on paper,” said Ballmer. In addition, the company will push forward with major efforts to build its... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
(Baldini & Castoldi) Forchielli offers sardonic advice to Italians, as seen in the book’s blurb in the Italian Amazon: If you are young, quick, just emigrate. Read a lot, especially the foreign press. If you do not know English, at least... View Details
- 17 Apr 2017
- News
Jeff Immelt Wants a Radical Transformation of GE
just kind of lets you see why being here matters,” he told the Globe. Another piece in the puzzle of why Immelt wants to be in Boston brings him back to his roots at HBS, as he has developed strong relationships with the School, including... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
the most? I’ve taken different skills from different places. I spent some time at a small entrepreneurial venture in Dallas, where I had hands-on experience in manufacturing, supply chain, and selling. I worked for a while as a hotel View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Carving a Niche
that doesn’t work sometimes,” says Hoye. “This is why we do what we do. So far, it’s working.” From Baker Library: Want to excel at customer engagement like Faction Collective? Read McKinsey’s advice on truly listening to customers and on... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Howard Stevenson: The Personal Side
Howard. By asking me the right questions, with humor and humility, he led me to make good decisions in my life. He mentored me without me realizing it.” — Stephanie Noone, HBS Development Officer “If there’s ever a fallen sparrow writhing... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Faculty Research Online
HBS Working Knowledge is an online forum for innovation in business practice, offering a first look at new thinking from HBS faculty. Read the complete articles summarized below by visiting their Web links. The Value of a ‘Portable’... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Faculty Research Online
HBS Working Knowledge is an online forum for innovation in business practice, offering a first look at new thinking from HBS faculty. Read the complete articles summarized below by visiting their Web links. Monetizing IP: The Executive’s... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Arunma Oteh (MBA 1990)
different ethnic groups in the country’s north, along with Indian, Chinese, European, and American expats. “My early exposure to people from diverse backgrounds is probably the reason I enjoy such environments,” says Oteh, who served for 17 years at the African View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Classroom Lessons Put Into Practice Abroad
discovered while doing fieldwork in São Paulo, Brazil, in some countries, proximity to one’s neighborhood can be a more influential factor when deciding where to shop. During FIELD 2, part of the Required Curriculum course Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
A Capital Asset
its reasonable hours allowed Cohen time to raise her children, Amanda (now a lawyer at the Natural Resources Defense Council) and Eli (JD/MBA ’06). During her NTHP tenure, from 1980 to 1993, she focused on developing programs to preserve... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
economies. What is the last country you visited, and what did you do there? I travel a lot, so this answer will be outdated. I recently gave a talk at the University of Ghana on the need for African countries to develop a unified economic... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
On The Case: The Base Factor
Managing Customers for Growth. She designed it for students who want to grow their own business, help others grow theirs, or be better able to evaluate growth trajectories as a potential investor. Ascarza developed “Madrigal: Conducting a... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 23 Jul 2013
- News
Building Great Schools around Great Teachers
boarding school seemed too limiting if he wanted to make a genuine impact. Turning his sights to improving public education, he met with then-HBS Senior Lecturer Stacey Childress (MBA 2000). She presented him with a challenge. Why, she asked, does the US military View Details
- 25 Jun 2019
- News
Ann Sarnoff To Lead Warner Bros. Studio
the road ahead, Sarnoff tells the Times that in the near term she’ll be focused on learning and listening. “I literally need to step on the lot. It’s such an iconic studio with such a strong management team. I want to hear from the team and jointly View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 17 Nov 2016
- News
Wired for Innovation
another Midwest wind developer as much as it needed someone who could figure out the transmission problem.” The scope of the challenge becomes clear in Skelly’s description of Clean Line’s $2.5 billion Plains & Eastern Project, which will... View Details