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- 07 Jan 2022
- News
Learning to Fight
path for Rick Sontag, then the president of an aviation-components manufacturer. “If I ever get a chance to do something about this disease,” he pledged. “I’m going to do it.” In 2002, he had that chance. Sontag sold Unison Industries to View Details
- 14 Feb 2019
- News
Plotting a Path Forward on Climate Change
change, he said, is the central problem of government—interference from deep-pocketed special interest groups. “You can’t get a bill through Congress today if the rich and powerful hate it,” he said. “We need to get the money from fossil... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
The Future Is Now: 21st-Century Business Pondered at HBS Forum
generation of Internet-savvy consumers, and how today's CEOs can transform their own focus and that of their organizations from "dot-com" concerns to a more sweeping "dot-corp" vision. Next up was Microsoft president Steve Ballmer, who... View Details
- 02 Nov 2015
- News
Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans
Scott Royster (MBA 1992) believes higher education has the power to transform Africa if only its students have access to it. “Statistics from around the world show that individuals who are able to obtain a university degree earn higher... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Green Talk at HBS
Before an overflow audience in September, Scott Nyquist (MBA ’84) and Thomas Seitz of McKinsey gave a talk on the “The Future of Energy: How Geopolitics, Environmental, and Supply Risks Are Shaping the Industry.” Drawing on the consulting firm’s research on greenhouse... View Details
Keywords: Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution
- 16 Mar 2015
- News
A Sustainable Approach to Physics Education
Ogden, who grew up in a working-class family, recalls the power of his own education, leading up to his time at HBS, where the idea of paying it forward was part of the School’s DNA. “There’s something in the genetic code of the School... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
HBS Professors Pearson, Thurston Remembered
he was “a businessman who became a teacher,” spent nine years at General Electric and also worked at Corning Glass and Sperry Gyroscope before coming to HBS. An authority on manufacturing and planning, he... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Innovation Takes Center Stage
note. Nohria explained his belief that people’s life stories deeply influence the way they conduct themselves as leaders. In his own case, he described the profound effect his father, the CEO of a large electrical equipment manufacturing... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 08 Jun 2023
- News
Three Alumni Clubs Celebrate Leadership, Community, and History over Dinner
Baker Foundation Professor, Emeritus William A. Sahlman presented the Entrepreneurship Award to Michael Martin (MBA 2015), founder and CEO of RapidSOS, an advanced emergency technology company that powers safety, security, health, and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 16 Aug 2013
- News
Women's Business Leader
Vice Chairman of Wealth Management and Senior Client Advisor at Morgan Stanley where she is responsible for increasing revenue generation and client connectivity and penetration across the Wealth Management, Investment Banking and Sales... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Alumni Books
You Want by Tamara Erickson (MBA ’78) (Harvard Business Press) Erickson shows how members of Generation X — the 30–45 age cohort sandwiched between Boomers (who refuse to retire) and Gen Ys (with their relentless confidence and demands... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The View from the Pit
are all experiencing HBS from the other side of the educational equation. Representing the areas of finance (Baldwin) and general management (Barrett, Hightower), they bring a potent mix of skills and expertise to the classroom - and even... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Giving Together
creation of a fund in his name. The response shows the power of group giving with an impressive $1.3 million raised from 20 HBS classmates and friends toward the Robert E. Bennett Memorial Fellowship. Such a View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: Reemerging Technologies
the world who said this is the only way to listen to music. But today a new generation raised on digital music is also taking notice. Is reemergence a short-lived trend? Reemergent technologies often communicate authenticity, community,... View Details
Keywords: April White; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Cup Runneth Over
For marketers, how big is the World Cup? Its power can't be overstated. Some 3 billion people will watch the tournament, and marketers will spend hundreds of millions of dollars to engage their attention. FIFA, the governing body of... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Ann M. Fudge
from corporations and boardrooms to national magazines to a project to elect a woman President of the United States. Upon graduation, Fudge went to work for General Mills and advanced from marketing assistant to marketing director in six... View Details
- 10 Nov 2020
- News
Learning to Fight
function caused by the tumor and its treatment, Susan had survived the unsurvivable. It was then that Sontag made a promise to himself and his wife: “If I ever get a chance to do something about this disease, I’m going to do it.” In 2002, he had that chance. Sontag... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
A Jolt for the African Coffee Industry
as a cash crop, so they tended not to drink it,” says Chijioke Dozie. In Rwanda, Dozie saved the washing station by banding it together with two others, generating the volume necessary to justify further investment. But the new scale only... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Ink
risk, causing us to perform better in job interviews, for instance, and generally configuring our brains to cope well in stressful situations, she says. Her 2012 TED Talk on power posing, with 30 million... View Details