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- 01 Dec 1997
- News
"Economists are puzzle solvers..."
Two days after his Nobel Prize was announced, Professor Merton spoke with Bulletin editor Deborah Blagg in his Morgan Hall office, where imposing stacks of scholarly journals had been displaced temporarily by a garland of colorful... View Details
- 03 Jul 2024
- News
Surviving the Iditarod
human-powered version of that very same race. You're covering almost a thousand miles, either on foot, on bike, or by ski. Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In March 2024, Sunny Stroeer (MBA 2011) and six other skiers... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
Cash. She elaborated on the community theme, noting, "I've been touched by the dedication with which my former classmates checked on one another's safety and also by the well wishes that have come in from... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Front-Row Seat
Photographed by Melissa Golden David Bradley was painting a picture with words. The owner and chairman of Atlantic Media had gathered about 400 staffers in a small Kennedy Center theater near the company’s Watergate offices. It was the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
guy, one idiot—that's me—and millions of earthworms," he explains. Romantic notions of the simple life disappear during a visit to Wolf Creek Farm, which encompasses 1,600 acres of land and over 600 head of cattle at the edge of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains. "This... View Details
- 30 Jul 2024
- News
Reddit’s Rise
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When Jen Wong (MBA 2004) joined Reddit as COO in 2018, the user-generated content site wasn’t exactly a burning building...but it might have been... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
reflects the same flawed assumptions shared by many otherwise astute individuals having no experience or expertise in the power industry. I am an energy industry professional of 28 years, one who has no quarrel with nuclear in principle.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
Herzlinger has led by example. Married for 47 years and the mother of two Harvard College graduates, she has maintained a steadfast focus on research, course development, teaching, and advocacy. Although her early days as a faculty member... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Women at the Top
program's first case discussion, led by Linda A. Hill, Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration. Using the case of BMG music-industry executive Rudolf Gassner (38th PMD), Hill instigated a... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young
- 20 Jan 2015
- News
Patient Medical Records, Pocket-sized
six hours,” quips Leone, his wife of 53 years, at the couple’s serene 150-acre farm high atop a Brownsville, Vermont, hill surrounded by fog-topped mountains and an artist’s palette of foliage. How does... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
weeks (the man does not let up!), the students come to appreciate the intensity and rapid-fire humor of their teacher. Clearly, he cares. A lot. And by the end of the semester, something transformative has happened: They are better... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
(HBS Press, 2008), by BusinessWeek editor Spencer E. Ante. What follows is an excerpt adapted from the book. Venture capital has existed in one form or another since the earliest days of commercial activity. The Spanish monarchy and... View Details
- 20 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna. I'm a writer for the HBS Alumni Bulletin, and in July I flew from Boston to Omaha to spend a day with Taylor Keen (MPA 1996/ MBA 1997), a professor of entrepreneurship at... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
Alumni Books Boeing Metamorphosis: Launching the 737 and 747, 1965–1969 by John Fredrickson and John Andrew (MBA 1959) Schiffer Military History Welcome to the world of corporate decision-making, workplace... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Alumni Books
to Keep It from Happening to You by Sydney Finkelstein, Jo Whitehead (MBA ’85), and Andrew Campbell (MBA ’78) (Harvard Business Press) Why do experienced leaders keep believing they have made the right... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Inside Modern HR
IT consulting company, and my mother was a therapist. I grew up with a real love and understanding of what it takes to build a business brick by brick, as well as a deep curiosity for what makes people tick. At HBS, whenever we had the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
must disrupt the way we think about social change. The author suggests how this can be done by sharing stories and case studies focused on innovative approaches to large-scale social change. Operating Model Canvas: Aligning Operations and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
problems presented by growth, identifying growth triggers and barriers, and the financial and cultural implications of growth. Powerhouse: The Untold Story of Hollywood’s Creative Artists Agency by James... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
Photography by Jason Andrew Ibrahim Mustapha grows maize in Katsina Fulani, a village of mud-brick houses topped by rusted corrugated roofs in northern Nigeria. Like millions... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Green House
eventually purchased in Observatory Hill was moldy, with terrible indoor-air quality and standing water in the basement. Over the last three years, Harper, through her company, Birchwood Sustainable Development, turned it into a beautiful... View Details