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- 04 Feb 2014
- What Do You Think?
Has Listening Become a Lost Art?
'positive responses' instead of finding out how we can do things better by listening and responding to 'negative responses.'" Others were not so sure. Tema Frank said she is not convinced that our ability to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Marquis Jet Takes Off
existence hinged on a highly unlikely partnership with NetJets Inc., the nation’s leading purveyor of fractional private-jet ownership. “Without them we didn’t have a business,” recalls Bill Allard (MBA ’89), Marquis’ president and CEO.... 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
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
everywhere really began to Think, the first thing they would do would be to take a sledge and open up the computers.” (The Scarlet Ruse, 1973) Father and Son “A defining feature of my father’s nature was a... View Details
- 15 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
The New Global Business Manager
a recent BusinessWeek cover story tracked the impact that Indian managers have had on American management. Q: You have said there is no such thing as a universal global manager. Rather, you say, there are three types View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- Profile
Ramya Sundar
best thing about your home town? The food! Chennai has an unbelievable variety of options when it come to food. Be it the comforting (yet delicious) Sambhar to the freshly brewed filter-coffee, my hometown... 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
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem
Clubs News Clubs News Webinar illuminates broad array of business opportunities across Africa On December 5th, the HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) hosted ‘Doing Business in Africa: From Opportunity to Action’, a webinar... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 02 May 2025
- Blog Post
How to Work with Search Firms
firm? Explore the Coach Directory to filter coaches by industry and function expertise. Search Firms Work for the Organization The most important thing to remember when engaging with an executive search firm is that they do not work for... View Details
- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
creating new marketplaces and new Internet services, etc. What's happened, though, is that the market caps have gotten so astronomical that everybody wants a piece of the action. As a result, the market caps... View Details
- 09 Apr 2019
- News
Ray Dalio: Why and How Capitalism Needs to Be Reformed
In a series of posts on LinkedIn, Ray Dalio (MBA 1973), co-chief investment officer and co-chairman of Bridgewater Associates, has written an extensive examination of modern... View Details
Keywords: capitalism
- 08 Feb 2016
- Blog Post
Applying to Business School as a Couple
receiving the decisions from business schools. We had discussed how we planned on handling the situation and both of us were comfortable that we would find a way to make it work best for us, but we were also determined to see how View Details
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Philippe Rival
Why did you choose this path at this point in time? After six years of working as a civil engineer, the importance and value of adding management skills to an existing engineering and technical base became... View Details
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Molly Welch
tremendous impact on human problems -- but that its impact would depend on how systems are developed and the problems to which they are applied. I came to the joint MBA/MPP program interested in more directly shaping the governance and development View Details
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Jay Bhandari
losing consciousness. His story reminded us that the strength of our values is revealed by our choices during difficult circumstances. What is one thing you brought with you to campus, and one View Details
- 12 Dec 2011
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Clocky, the Runaway Alarm Clock
But for most of us, our relationship with alarm clocks is both intimate and codependent. It's the last thing we see when we go to sleep, and the first thing we see when we wake... View Details
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
On a Friday night in November, a capacity crowd of 12,000 spectators is settling in at Singapore Indoor Stadium, shaking off the rain from an early evening downpour typical for the start of monsoon season.... 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
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Tom Adeyemi
section, creating an environment of openness for our future discussions. What is one thing you brought with you to campus, and one thing you'll be leaving with? One View Details
- 12 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Hot is the “Hot Spot” Business?
Internet pioneers looked at everything from Wi-Fi "hot spots" to the future of broadband at a recent telecommunications conference at Harvard Business School. The issues were debated at the... View Details