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- 15 Nov 2024
- News
Driving Change
how the use of AI will disrupt labor markets or that it may make humans lazier, Feinzaig said she believes it will make us more human. “Since the Industrial Revolution, the focus has been on turning humans into machines to create... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Reaching Out
MBA students a range of possibilities for interacting with the social sector, both inside and outside the classroom. Participating in the program provides students with the opportunity to build their general management skills and explore... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
50 Years & Counting
of company data and gender representations in the business press shows that the firm's approach to recruiting and retaining women more or less coincided with reported shifts in national attitudes toward women and work. "As an... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Life in Lockdown
discussed the question with Marcela Sapone (MBA 2015), who had just launched Whitespace, a venture lab and startup incubator. The women then recruited fellow first-year MBAs Mike Chang (MBA 2014), Jessica Beck (MBA 2015), and Okalo Ikhena... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Fight Beyond
But there were those within the US government who knew they needed more than fighters on the front lines. Green had the necessary skills to manage the business of the war, and the connections to get himself hired for the job. Green came... View Details
- 15 Sep 2020
- News
How To Make Diversity a Reality
different way of thinking about things. And then you've got either large GPs who haven't quite created the opportunity for people of color to come and get the experience and be able to develop that skill set so that they can either do... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Entrepreneurial Venture
"best valuation" initially is not as important as having investors who buy into the vision and have complementary skills or experiences. The "been there, seen that" experience of the VC can be invaluable. Start-ups are intense, and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth
structure will help them manage their businesses more efficiently and responsibly.” The GRI is emerging even as institutional investors, NGOs, and governments intensify their scrutiny of firms in areas such as environmental impact, human rights, and View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Lords of Strategy
the best can be fairly hermaphroditic creatures, one minute exhibiting a professor’s passion for the great clarifying concept, the next displaying sales skills worthy of a street hustler. Among my contentions is that it was this very... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
What Industrial Policy?
plants, you don’t need to employ highly skilled technicians to maintain equipment. Suppliers of production equipment also tend to cluster near manufacturing. (The countries with the highest production of machine tools—Germany, Japan,... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
an economic analyst," states George B. Kaiser (MBA '66), president and CEO of Kaiser-Francis Oil Company, a private concern based in Tulsa. "Analytical skills are indispensable when it comes to understanding and projecting pricing cycles... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
exceptionally favorable factors in France such as its wealth of assets, human capital, and the French brand. And the disadvantages of the system (the burdens of administration, law, and the cost of labor and taxes) are comparatively much... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
“But we discovered quickly that most nonprofit organizations need organizational assistance as well as strategic assistance,” explains Tierney. Adding organizational consulting led to an understanding of the challenges nonprofits faced in View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Academic Cross-Pollination
assessed classmates’ strengths and interests during the first couple of sessions and recruited the ones he wanted to work with. The surprise is that he was a Ph.D. scientist, not an MBA. And this was the team that won the MIT contest.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
three days straight, but it was the best three days of my life—much better than flying to Europe and dealing with labor unions in France." Wolf Creek Farm produces 30 tons of beef a year for the local market, selling directly to consumers... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Diversity and Community
shrinking labor pool of talented people," Thomas continues, "today's companies are courting and working with diverse constituencies that were all but invisible to firms even a couple of decades ago. It is now widely accepted that... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Technology for Learning's Sake
face with realistic business situations right in the classroom." Building rapidly on the skill base and fiber network already in place at the School, such an initiative has indeed been launched. Progress to date has included the... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
museum’s “incredibly supportive and creative building committee.” Working with skilled professionals from a wide range of disciplines is something Houston did often in her experience at New York City’s Lincoln Center, first as an HBS... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019
neighbors. Bulletproof Problem Solving: The One Skill That Changes Everything by Charles Conn (MBA 1990) and Robert McLean Wiley Complex problem solving is a critical skill, and necessary to keep up with rapid change. But this kind of... View Details
- 24 Mar 2022
- News
Well Said
hands and to speak up. And I also remember when it came to the recruiting season, interviews, it was something they were also struggling with. And at the same time, a friend of mine who was really struggling with this, hired an accent... View Details