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- 01 Jun 2016
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Julie Bishop (AMP 151, 1996)
at home.” Futures market: “Australia is in its 24th year of consecutive economic growth; over the next 10 years I believe the country will achieve even more due not only to our mining and energy assets, but also to our capacity to harness the talents and skills of our... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photography by X99/Zuma
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Short Takes
inextricably intertwined with institutions that are inherently local," he writes. He intends to test his findings by investigating process innovation in companies entering the semiconductor industry from Europe and Asia. He also plans to... View Details
Keywords: Orna Feldman and Caroline Chauncey
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Entrepreneurs Speak at HBS
significantly, the firm is a cutting-edge organization that has achieved enormous success using what may well be the business model of the future. In a presentation last fall in Burden Hall, the 33-year-old entrepreneur, the youngest-ever CEO to lead a Fortune 500... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Making A Difference: HBS Club of Puget Sound Reaches Out to Young Alumni
of membership and now as club president, Kwiker has worked to build a basic loyalty to the club and to foster connections to the extended HBS community. Her innovations have included more events targeted toward the entire alumni base,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Book Review: My Lunch with Warren
WuDunn (MBA 1986) and Nicholas D. Kristof Reading the Classics The Harvard Business Review is opening its vault for HBS alumni. This fall, HBR began offering 77 classic articles—from Clayton Christensen on innovation to Bill George on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2014
- News
Stick with Plan A
MADDY "When I have my mind set on something, I do not create a Plan B," says Monique Maddy (MBA 1993). "I feel that it lessens my commitment and my focus. If it doesn't work out, I come up with another Plan A, which I will also relentlessly pursue." Serial entrepreneur... View Details
- 30 Mar 2022
- News
Giving Hope and Comfort
also leading the charge for transformative solutions through technological innovation in distribution, state and federal legislation, and corporate commitments to ending hygiene insecurity nationwide. “A solution isn’t a solution unless... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Reinvigorating Democracy: A Vote for Change
Politics Industry, How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy, the authors apply Porter’s renowned “Five Forces” business framework to the realm of politics. Gehl, the former CEO of Gehl Foods, and Porter,... View Details
Keywords: Young, Susan
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Class of 1949 Gift Supports HBS Faculty Development
cohort, the Foundations course for incoming MBA students, and a greater emphasis on group projects requiring intensive faculty involvement. Concurrently, the overall MBA class size has increased by 10 percent, while section size has decreased and new sections have been... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Opening Minds Through Expanded Learning Opportunities
the course, which has an enrollment of 100 and convenes at the Business School. The syllabus covers a wide span of events—from the drafting of the US Constitution to recent disputes over same-sex marriage. Last year, the innovative... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Roads to Recovery
said Representative Tom Rice (R-SC). Step Forward: Innovations and Collaborations Solutions include streamlining and fast-tracking key projects (e.g., New York's Tappan Zee Bridge); a national infrastructure bank (42 states have them);... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Faculty Debates Lessons from Enron's Collapse
and an espoused belief system that stressed respect, integrity, and communication end up in such a situation? How could an innovative business model that showed so much promise have gone wrong so suddenly? Why did Wall Street and... View Details
- 18 Apr 2022
- News
Book Smart
who wrote the Magic Tree House series; Dennis Scott, former NBA player and reading advocate; Andy Jassy (MBA 1997), CEO of Amazon; Roy Swan, head of impact investing at Ford; and Carrie Rathod, who leads brand innovation at Proctor &... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: Human Intelligence
data mining to coding. Eventually, there will be industries that are fully automated and certain jobs will go away, but new ones will be created in that process. From Baker Library: Not surprisingly, high tech and telecom firms are the earliest adopters and View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Avoiding a Succession Crisis
are outsiders brought in to turn around or reenergize a company. They are generalists who know how to drive efficiency but are fundamentally unequipped with the knowledge of the industry or market that’s necessary to craft and implement an View Details
- 19 Apr 2017
- News
Chicago Becomes a Hub of Startup Action
destroyed several square miles of the city feeds directly into the energy and vision required to start a new business, he said. (A hub for early-stage ventures located in the city’s Merchandise Mart is named 1871 for just that reason.) “We try to link universities,... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Critical Information: MIS Monitors the Ever-Changing World of IT
information technology can lead to more flexible organizational structures and innovative management control systems. These ideas appear in her recent casebook Managing in an Information Age. Professor F. Warren McFarlan is currently... View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Arunma Oteh (MBA 1990)
assets. “Our leadership understands that you can bring innovation from the private sector and capital markets to solve the world’s most difficult challenges,” says Oteh. She describes visiting World Bank projects in India that mitigate... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
dramatically. In a talk on March 20 titled "HBS @ the Frontier: The Future of Management Education," Dean Kim B. Clark brought conference-goers up-to-date on HBS's newest innovations in the use of information technology. Clark declared... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Diversity and Community
Associate Professor David Thomas: workforce diversity and community involvement as elements of organizational innovation and competitive advantage. (photograph by Brooks Kraft) HBS Associate Professor David Thomas: workforce diversity and... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons