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Brandon Angelini
Weekends were for ambitious projects in my family. Someone would announce a plan for the day — it could be anything — and I remember the weekend that my mom decided we would make a picnic table. My parents are architects, well acquainted with building View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Highly Recommended: Leah Modigliani
On the 41st floor of the Morgan Stanley Dean Witter offices in Times Square, Leah Modigliani (MBA '95) stops at the receptionist's desk. Every window showcases a panoramic view of Manhattan skyscrapers and... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 26 May 2016
- News
Mary Callahan Erdoes, MBA 1993
equally at home running morning markets meetings with thousands of people—which she does every week—as she is mentoring staff one-on-one. “If I could be a mentor to all 22,000 employees, I would,” she says. “I love helping others discover... View Details
- 09 Apr 2024
- Research & Ideas
When Climate Goals, Housing Policy, and Corporate R&D Collide, Social Good Can Emerge
For almost four years, Omar Asensio and his colleagues have been studying the impact of federal energy programs on low-income neighborhoods. The intersection of technology—artificial intelligence, in particular—and public policy has long been an area of focus for... View Details
Keywords: by Glen Justice
- 06 Jun 2008
- What Do You Think?
Why Don’t Managers Think Deeply?
Gerald and Lindsay Zaltman suggest some answers to the questions. In decrying the lack of what they call "deep thinking" among managers and especially those responsible for marketing, they suggest some View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 03 Jul 2008
- What Do You Think?
Are Followers About to Get Their Due?
maintaining a relationship that is centered around such things as frequent communication, an understanding of mutual expectations, dependability and honesty, and selective use View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 07 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Better Way to Forecast the Future
Whether it’s booking a hotel, renting a movie, or buying a car, many of us consult multiple reviews before deciding. It’s called aggregating opinions, and we do it without even thinking about it. Crowdsourcing works so well, in fact, says... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
acquisitions, analyzed the impact of accounting information. The stock market, he found, reacts positively to an open disclosure of a merger, coupled with independent corporate governance. His current... View Details
- 30 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
What Should Mark Zuckerberg Do?
ramifications for Facebook’s long-term business success. But can Facebook avoid changing its business model? What do you think? Original Column Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, one of the most... View Details
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Presentation Round-Up
HBS Professor Marco Iansiti and H.T. Kung, William H. Gates Professor of Computer Science at Harvard, solicited views on new directions for the Internet in a panel discussion called "e-Service: The Next... View Details
- 18 Feb 2019
- Book
What’s Really Disrupting Business? It’s Not Technology
idea—allowing people to live-cast on the internet their day-to-day activities—that was centered on technology. After many twists and turns, they arrived at their eventual business model of allowing gamers to... View Details
- 07 Jun 2021
- Book
9 Tips from an Expert Fundraiser: Help Donors 'Invest in Their Passion'
and Beyond F. Warren McFarlan Making the Ask One of the hardest questions to address is do you ask a prospective donor for a specific dollar number and if so, how high should that number be? (For the record, professional fundraisers say... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)
of the business. I help her with MAYU’s financials, commercials, fund raising, etc. A lot of what I do for MAYU stems from my learnings from classes like TEM, FMSF, and the more generic finance classes from... View Details
- 06 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Technology Re-Emergence: Creating New Value for Old Innovations
wake-up call from a small but loyal group of purists: mechanical watch collectors. "When things looked really bad for the mechanical watch industry, when the industry seemed on the verge View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Donald J. Chiofaro
however, his $600-million, 1.8-million-square-foot International Place - one of the top ten office buildings in the country, according to the Wall Street Journal - is a Boston landmark and a monument to Chiofaro's daring and tenacity.... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
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Ken Zeng
weren’t mere classroom exercises, but reflections of real people's lives and struggles. What is one thing you brought with you to campus, and one thing you’ll be leaving with?... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Demola Gbadegesin - In the Right Direction
understand my accent, and I had to readjust to Nigerian culture — relearning Yoruba, making new friends, understanding how things were done.” In 1990, Gbadegesin, then seventeen, came back to the United States to study engineering at... View Details
- 28 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Making an Impact on the Media Industry with my MBA
considering applying to HBS? One of the things that makes HBS so incredible is that it is a place that celebrates diversity of thought and experience both in and out View Details
- Portrait Project
Neda Navab
every penny during that first year to allow her to pursue her passion for cooking. Moved by the sacrifice that mirrored her own, Rose decided to put her individual self second for the most important thing of... View Details
- Portrait Project
Justine Lee
something meaningful she can learn. When I was younger, I found this embarrassing. But as I got older (to my horror), I started to say “Hello” too. Smile. Strike up conversation. And the more I wanted to keep doing it. People from different corners View Details