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- 01 Jun 2010
- News
One Student’s HBS Journey
interests choral conducting, prime numbers, carpentry, writing, and yoga. She spent the January Term backpacking around Africa by herself before joining the HBS Outdoors Club to scale Mt. Kilimanjaro. In a regular Harbus column, titled... View Details
- 19 Feb 2021
- News
A Playbook for Progress
I called it different boats, because all of my team members, we were all experiencing the same thing, but we were in different boats. I had some, the parents were in the whitewater rafting boat. I mean, it was so tumultuous in terms of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The Innovation Imperative
for HBS: curriculum innovation, internationalization, intellectual ambition, inclusion (diversity), and integration with Harvard. “The capacity to innovate was vital to the success of American universities in the 20th century,” Nohria explained. “I’m very mindful of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
What I Do: Lindsey Mead (MBA 2000), Vedica Qalbani and Jessica Wu (both MBA 2007)
can affect the mindset of candidates in terms of what is important to them in their work,” says Qalbani. “That means we have to understand those motivations, be creative, and maneuver quickly to be in front of the best talent.”... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
What I Do: Minnie Ingersoll (MBA 2002)
explain those things to them. Like what do we mean by ‘systems change’? When we talk about our vision, what do those words actually mean in terms of setting up an organizational structure? We have a small but very thoughtful, connected,... View Details
- 16 Dec 2016
- News
An Environmental Epiphany
organization, both in terms of our global footprint-- now 50% of our work is outside the United States-- and in terms of our size. All was a clear-eyed focus on accelerating the transition to a sustainable... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Power Trip
Singleton (MBA ’88). The trio look at what can be learned by stepping back and taking a longer term view of how some of the greatest business leaders of the last century built successful careers. The book draws on information from the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Hope for Reform Dims
led to Merrill’s acquisition by Bank of America,” he recalled. Three weeks after the deal closed on January 1, 2009, Thain was forced to resign as controversy swirled around the generous terms of the $50 billion deal and $3.6 billion in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public: Christopher S. Yeh
"consumers now understand that business needs their personal data and will pay for it. We see ClickRebates as the leader in this emerging field of consumer-to-business e-commerce; we've even trademarked a term for it: C2B." Yeh plans to... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Homeschooled
year—far more than ever before—and schools are going to have to plan ahead in order to get students back up to speed. Once we’re on the other side of the pandemic, what do you think the biggest takeaways will be in terms of the successes... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
In Character: A Case Discussion Drama
COO & CFO “So you’re thinking of my contributions in terms of revenue alone?” Katrina VP, Private Label Products “I understand we’re a family, but we have to put emotions aside. This is a business.” Petja Founder & CEO “I don’t know if... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Pearson Hunt
special issue when Dean Donham announced that he would retire - ending a term that began in 1919. With the help of numerous faculty (especially Malcolm McNair), we put together an issue with tributes to this many-sided man from a long... View Details
Keywords: Pearson Hunt
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
HBS Honors Four Alumni
ALUMNI ACHIEVERS: Cohen, Yeo, Moore, and Donaldson at a reception in the Deanââ¬â¢s Garden. PHOTO BY STUART CAHILL To the four HBS graduates receiving this year’s Alumni Achievement Award, the School’s highest honor, HBS professor Bill Sahlman mischievously posed what... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
The Nature of Change
of the Class of 1949 and empathize with the hopes, anxieties, and aspirations they had back then,” Kester remarks. He adds that the changing views of success included in the case also offer students the opportunity to think about how they will define that View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
After the Revolution: Putting the Internet in Perspective
The ragtag "kids" at Microsoft are shown sporting long hair, beards, and T-shirts. Pointing to the still adolescent-looking Bill Gates, Nolan added, "Would you have invested in Microsoft in 1980?" Funny as the photo seems today, the point was clear. "There has been a... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Alumni Clubs Click with New Web Services
of the HBS Club of Houston. “This new site is a quantum improvement in terms of both managing the site and delivering services to alumni,” adds Smith, whose club has about 270 members with a local alumni base of more than 1,000.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Think Globally, Teach Locally
turning point in terms of how they thought about the world and their research.” Today, McFarlan is senior associate dean, director of the School's Asia-Pacific Initiative, and chair of an Executive Education program at Tsinghua University... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 07 Oct 2011
- News
Tea’s Time
the launch of FIELD (Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development) at HBS this fall. “You learn so much in the field,” she says. “Classroom discussion is invaluable, but it’s really different when someone suddenly gives you a View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
institution; a number of volunteer student organizations were formed to reach out to the surrounding community; and the term "social responsibility" found its way into case discussions with some degree of regularity. "Looking back, those... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 20 Feb 2019
- News
Building an Ecosystem for African Entrepreneurs
Talk to Tony O. Elumelu (AMP 166, 2004) for more than a few minutes and you are sure to hear about “Africapitalism.” The Nigerian businessman and philanthropist coined the term in 2010 to describe the investment strategy that has shaped... View Details
Keywords: April White