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- 01 Sep 2005
- News
GE’s Immelt Urges MBAs to Dream Big, Work Hard
here.” In his own career, Immelt said, that has meant experiencing and learning more deeply the import of four lessons that he initially absorbed at HBS: focus and discipline (“Very few jobs have been beneath my dignity; every job has... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Business of Love
the inverse of Tinder. “Catering to women tends to enhance the experience for both parties,” says Kang. In other words, attract women and the men will follow. That’s also the thinking behind Jess, Meet Ken, which—like the website that... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 May 2013
- News
Lynn Thoman, MBA 1979
For Lynn Thoman, co-president of the Leon Lowenstein Foundation and managing partner of Corporate Perspectives, choosing an MBA program was easy. “Harvard Business School was the only one I applied to,” she says. “I was attracted by the... View Details
- 10 Jan 2017
- News
Capturing the Personal Side of the MBA Experience
As an MBA student, Tony Deifell (MBA 2002) was intrigued by the idea of reflective leadership, so he decided to combine his skills as a photographer with a question from a Mary Oliver poem: “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your... View Details
- 15 Apr 2017
- News
Bringing Markets to Myanmar
relaxed. And both the military government and Aung San Suu Kyi's populist party were scrambling in fast forward helter-skelter mode towards the election. And both sides actually decided that they had more to gain by collaborating in an... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
Protecting the Power Grid
enterprise owners. In his first year, he also learned that just a few individuals can affect the course of an entire society. He found Business, Government, and the International Economy (BGIE), taught by... View Details
- 17 Nov 2015
- News
Carbon Neutral
Eacho, left, and Minnick (Getty Images) Congress is at a standstill over carbon. One side wants to regulate emissions as a pollutant; the other fears that any move to regulate oil and gas will impede growth and cost jobs. A compromise once pushed View Details
Keywords: Michael Blanding
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Karmic Kickstart
Macedonia, just for variety. As I reflect on what all of this change and movement amounts to, I think of a Bhutanese friend who is a Buddhist rimpoche, a distant reincarnation of a 16th-century Buddhist saint—in other words, someone who... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Rahul Bajaj, MBA 1964
facts of a situation and then how to analyze and make a decision. But even more important, this process requires you to think really hard. In my career, nothing has been more important than that." ADVICE TO CURRENT STUDENTS "Integrity and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
distance with only a 5 percent loss. One of Skelly’s biggest challenges is the red tape involved in convincing residents and various levels of government that more power lines are a good thing. “We think the way to get this done is View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
advertising savvy are but two of the myriad skills that are required of today's museum manager. Traditionally, museums have been run by academics who worked their way through the curatorial ranks, but more and more museum trustees are... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Whitehead Urges MBAs to Become Lifelong Leaders
way in one sector, you can move to the other rather easily. You’ve learned a style and a way of operating that is very useful in the other sector.” Whitehead concluded by saying, “The world cries out for... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
A Case for Coffee
Another highlight of the trip was a stimulating case discussion on coffee production led by two local alumni, Thomas Dixon (MBA ’88) and Tim Piper (MBA ’88). Dixon and Piper both work for the Tanzania arm of TechnoServe, a global... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Timothy G. Brier: The Price is Right
who also headed a think tank for creating patentable business ideas. "When Jay first started talking about the principles that would shape Priceline, I knew we were really on to something," Brier says. Once Priceline was up and running,... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Short Takes
altruistic reasons for serving, many also reported that such participation allowed them to practice business skills and make professional contacts not always possible through their everyday duties. "One focus group of top-level managers agreed that what they View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Making Big Data Fashionable
styles are resonating with consumers. By monitoring data such as social media chatter, shared images, and Google searches, Trendalytics can identify specific trends that a brand can then use to guide everything from the product mix to... View Details
- 05 Dec 2016
- News
The Dragon’s Tale
(photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty) When F. Warren McFarlan and a small group of HBS colleagues arrived in Beijing in July 1979, they stepped off the plane into a country struggling for a toehold in the 20th century. “They brought ladders up to... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Web Exclusive: Behind the Scenes with Karen Tumulty
time," Tumulty recalls. "The paper was owned by Hearst, and our chief competitor was published by Rupert Murdoch. It was a classic newspaper war, with dueling headlines along the lines of 'Baby Eats LSD' and... View Details
- 08 Nov 2011
- News
Saluting Our HBS Veterans
Affairs. The program is also supported by alumni such as John French (MBA 1974), a former Marine pilot during the Vietnam conflict. French and his wife, Elaine, have established the French Family Yellow Ribbon Program Fund to assist HBS... View Details
- 30 Oct 2019
- News
Creating Agents of Change
like them, because their resilience, their maturity, their unselfishness, and their courage are truly inspiring. “I feel that at HBS, as I gained many skills to become a good and strong general manager, most importantly, what I learned at... View Details