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- 29 Apr 2022
- News
Clean Slate
the full size and development that they need. Dan Morrell: Born and raised in New Delhi, India, Naina Lal Kidwai and her sister lived in a household where business and social issues were important family concerns. When she visited her father in his office, she sat in... View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
greatest investment successes is Vistaar, a financing firm that offers funding to small- and medium-sized businesses in India that fall into the “missing middle”: too small for commercial bank loans, too big for microfinance. Since its... View Details
- 01 May 2015
- News
Celebrating and Supporting Leadership
ask you for your support in this important work." Referring to the School's five "I's" priorities, Nohria explains how the Campaign will promote progress in each of these areas: Innovation—Redefining management education for the 21st... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
new water systems or repair deteriorating ones, there is money in water. Already a big business attracting major corporate players such as General Electric, Siemens, ITT, Suez, and Tyco, water is a $400 billion global industry. While just... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Rankings Game
school in one ranking fail to make the top five in others? The answer lies in the methods the publications use to evaluate schools. The big five — Bloomberg Businessweek, U.S.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2014
on the next big thing, Dahod marries technological understanding with management expertise to solve high-tech problems and build cutting-edge companies. With five advanced degrees and View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
visions of what it means to retire. (We didn’t come up with a better word, although one member of the Class of 1958 referred to a state of “re-inspirement” in his 45th Reunion book.) What the five seem to have in common — aside from a... View Details
Keywords: Personal Services
- 01 Sep 2022
- News
Your Family, Your Work, Your Way
five continents, with clients ranging from top banks and law firms to Pfizer, Disney, and the US Air Force. A parent to two daughters, Dowling is also the author of Workparent: The Complete Guide to Succeeding on the Job, Staying True to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Frank Blethen (PMD 35, 1978)
1968 or 1969, and Seattle was on an economic roll. People were apologetic when you called them up because they were late on their bill. And they'd get you the money. The following year was the big Boeing bust. My boss had a serious... View Details
- 22 Aug 2019
- News
Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector
Personally, how do you feel you changed when you made that transition? Sulyman: I think it really opened my mind. I was very sheltered growing up in Lagos, Nigeria. Very loving parents, grew up in the household of five people, two... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Leave it up to HBS alumni clubs in Texas to plan events that leave big impressions on their members. Houston Club President Andrew L. Waite (MBA '93), now in the second year of his term, rattles off the high-caliber speakers his club... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
The Joy of Spending
we talk about are not mistakes that laypeople make," says Norton, who admits that even he fails to heed the science from time to time. "They are mistakes that humans make." Below, Norton offers five principles that can ensure you swipe... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Beantown as a Beacon
replicated elsewhere. Here are a few Boston-born ideas highlighted by the event's panelists that appear ready for export. TWO BIRDS, ONE JOB Attacking poverty and a national labor shortage While serving as a Big Brother, Internet... View Details
- 09 Jul 2019
- News
The Road to Impact
organizations, including the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation and the Brooklyn Children’s Museum. So in 2003, when he knew it was time to finally pursue his long-held dream, he was familiar with the landscape. “My observation was that if the organization was... View Details
- 17 Aug 2011
- News
Breath of Life
for other hollow organs, such as the esophagus, where cancer is 20 times more prevalent than in the trachea. Eventually, similar techniques will be applied to the big five solid organs — heart, lung, liver,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Post-Office
estate costs, to improve hiring, to get people with more diverse skills—those are the companies that will emerge as winners from this. I feel that’s the big lesson. Instead of just focusing on whether or not productivity will dip in the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Bringing It Back Home
mission—something Marriner learned about at SPNM. "In five years, we want to have 1 million students building their own road trip projects," he declares. "Just saying you want to do good doesn't give you enough direction. An operational... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
High Adventure
husband, an importer of automobile parts, began considering some big changes. Beilharz quit her job to care for her first child and stayed home as her brood grew to four — now ages 9 through 18. In 1998, the family left Austin for an... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Effective Communication in the Age of Zoom
dating apps now, maybe five or 10 dates a week. So you really have to be good at making a first impression and standing out. And that's the same in job interviews or pitching your company to investors. You have to really know how to make... View Details
Keywords: Zoom
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
last five years, the world has moved faster outside the business than inside,” CEO Easterbrook said in a video address about the turnaround in 2015. And the push permeates the organization. CMO Morgan Flatley offers the example of a View Details