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- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
was unable to get to Boston by the date specified (commercial air flight was not yet available), my father recounted how he had gone to Harvard on my behalf, taking two days off from his small business to travel by train from Altoona,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
The Accidental Innovator
feedback from my cousins was good so I kept going. By 2009, I quit my day job to work on the videos—and the software—full time. To date, I’ve personally made around 3,000 videos—I love doing them—on dozens of subject areas, ranging from... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?
things," says Greg Thompson (MBA 2005), CEO of the Tennessee Charter School Incubator, which provides managerial training and school launch support for charter school leaders. "Now we need systems to make sure high-quality people have the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
The Road Less Traveled
Most cars in the United States weigh more than 4,000 pounds, and new models are trending larger, even in countries where people drive less. And the larger the vehicle, the more fuel required to power it, which means more greenhouse-gas emissions that contribute to... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Orin C. Smith (MBA '67)
President & Chief Executive Officer Starbucks Coffee Company Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page Earlier Education University of Washington, 1965 B.A., Finance, Economics, Accounting, and Statistics Other Jobs Touche Ross & Co.,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Producers
describe myself as a shock absorber,” she says. “My job is to take care of everyone on and off the set and solve their problems on a day-to-day basis.” As an undergraduate at Harvard, Nabatoff was the first woman to produce the Hasty... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Shape of Things to Come
families in a particular region or area. Part of our job then is to help students understand what these other lives are like, because they will manage not just workers who are global like our students but also many people who are truly... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
What Industrial Policy?
revive manufacturing that I don’t buy. One is that it is somehow more valuable to make real (tangible) things than provide less tangible services. That’s silly. Another is that the “rebirth” of manufacturing will suddenly solve America’s View Details
- 25 Mar 2016
- News
Putting Faith in a Good Education
public offering. He sold COMPS InfoSystems six weeks before the market started to crash in March 2000. After taking a couple of years off to relax and regroup, Crane got a job offer to become CEO of Opportunity International, the world’s... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Redefining Success: Women & Work.
much better job at work and probably always wonder if you aren't missing out on one of the great life experiences. You can decide to have kids and give up your career, and always wonder if you are not maximizing who you could be. You... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Straight to the Heart
That’s my philosophy. I think about all the angst around deciding about the first job to take, post-HBS. It’s nothing compared to the decision of who to marry! You can do many things to change your professional circumstances, but there’s... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Mara Aspinall
physicians are skeptical of recent innovations. Their “first do no harm” training favors a trial-and-error approach based on treating for the most likely diagnosis first, and moving on to something else if that doesn’t work. Third,... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Truth Be Told
state or another industry to find a job, and they may not find a job at the same level. But when we expanded to a longer term, looking at a variety of consequences over time, we found that the amount of money whistleblowers get seems to... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
South Africa's Lucille Meyer: Shaping a Practical Presidency
personal support, public liaison and registry, protocol and ceremonial, communications, and corporate services. Her team is responsible for all aspects of assisting the president, whether it be keeping his calendar, providing legal services, or preparing a... View Details
Keywords: Morgan Baker
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
the potential to write a new chapter, to set an example. But he was also a realist. On that trip to Caen, it became clear that saving the company and the workers’ jobs would require a new factory and new equipment—in short, way more money... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
A. G. Lafley, MBA 1977
Gamble's leadership training programs. There's nothing like having to step into a decision maker's shoes to learn about leadership." ADVICE TO CURRENT STUDENTS "If you can find work that both stretches you and plays to your strengths,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Middle Way
personable alone will not heal decades of deep wounds, but there was one bit of training he had prior to the negotiations: a half-unit course on negotiation taught by Professor Howard Raiffa during Eamer’s second year at HBS. Even though... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
a lot of strife,” Kordestani says. “We decided to make the most of this crisis and change everything that needed to be changed, all in one go.” Susan Morris watches her son enjoy a lollipop from her shop in Gbarnga, Liberia, which she opened with funds and View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Admit It: You’re in Denial
constructing an elaborate campus? Why? What is it ignoring while it is engaged in celebrating itself? 5. Would you rather be conventionally wrong or unconventionally right? If you answer the latter, odds are you are in denial. “Think different” is what Steve View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Fight Beyond
was eager to be a part of the cause his two brothers had already joined. It was “the job which he thought he should do,” his brother Bob explained. Green soon found his business know-how had earned him notice within the new Office of... View Details