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01 Dec 1999
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The Way You See It

In response to a special Bulletin survey, hundreds of HBS alumni selected the people, products, and events that in their view have most affected business over the last 75 years. These intrepid respondents also did some crystal-ball... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons. Data collection by Ericka Webb.

08 Mar 2016
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More Work to Do

to small business owners. In a free-ranging interview with Texas Monthly, Gerald talks about the role that college athletics and early mentors played in his life, including “the old women” who helped hone Gerald’s speaking ability, used to deliver one of the... View Details

01 Dec 2000
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Global Leadership Initiative's Director Focuses on Technology

incubators at the School experimenting with electronic distance-learning models, the Global Leadership Initiative has already launched a number of key research projects. The first, an interactive Internet survey available on the View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Mar 2013
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Opening the Door

Progress The Accidental Pioneers 50 Years & Counting Herzlinger was born in Israel and immigrated to the United States with her family when she was eight. She earned a degree in economics from MIT, spent time in Washington as an economist, and worked as a consultant... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Management

01 Sep 2010
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Leslie Gold

boss. My HBS experience was fantastic: not just having a point of view but being forced to defend it instantly has certainly helped me in live entertaining. Was the RadioChick already inside you at HBS? I guess so. I was so scared people... View Details

Keywords: Talk Radio; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Mar 2013
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Bringing It Back Home

Image by C.J. Burton Since the Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management (SPNM) program was launched at HBS 17 years ago, it has provided nonprofits with something they need but can rarely afford: executive training. SPNM, which is... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; SPNM; Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management; Roadtrip Nation; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Sep 2020
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We Rise

capital. For more than a quarter-century, the percentage of women entering the sector annually remained stubbornly stuck around 9 percent, according to findings by HBS professor Paul Gompers and Harvard University PhD candidate Sophie... View Details

Keywords: April White; Finance

01 Jun 2007
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Profiles from the class of 2007

stories embody what makes HBS such a remarkable community and hint at the potential contributions these talented young people will make as alumni. While we always enjoy talking to these students, we can’t say that selecting them is an... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice

01 Jun 2013
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Accelerating Therapies

scientific community, we will empower the next generation of life science entrepreneurs and provide a further catalyst for innovation and research development," observed Mr. Blavatnik. The Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator is designed to foster greater View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Scientific Research and Development Services

01 Dec 1999
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Covering the Issues

computer club, and the use of an interactive computer system to help place students in jobs. A 1979 article announced two new elective courses: Introduction to Computing for Managers and Management in a Computerized Environment. Personal... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young, Deborah Blagg, and Garry Emmons

18 Oct 2024
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My Worst Job

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell host of Skydeck. When I was in high school, I worked as a dishwasher at a steakhouse chain in upstate New York. It was not glamorous work. I would clock out covered in a... View Details

01 Dec 2011
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Making the Case for Leadership

expanding pool of leaders has been captured in an ever-broadening and deepening body of HBS case materials. The study of leadership, like everything else at HBS, begins with the case method. In the pages that follow, five alumni, whose... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2002
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Bad Times for Business

Professors Lorsch, Palepu, Kanter, Healy, Koehn, and Hall. Spangler Center, Fall 2002. Photography by Webb Chappell. With corporate America rocked by revelations of conflict of interest, malfeasance, negligence, and greed, a group of HBS... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

17 Jun 2021
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Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity

Clubs News Clubs News Alumni Angels Conference Tackles Post-Pandemic Investing and Entrepreneurship The global pandemic has reshaped the world, and investors and founders are full of questions about the future of startups. To find answers, the View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Apr 1998
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World Class Learning

On a blustery late-December afternoon, sixty students sit watching a video case presentation in a darkened Aldrich Hall classroom. Participants in a special HBS orientation program for new international students,* they hail from thirty... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

13 Jun 2017
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Finding Common Ground

pesticide exposure, diet, or perhaps complex interactions among all those factors and others. “With honey-bee health problems there are multiple possible causes,” says Crespin, who also works on sustainability issues as a senior fellow... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

17 Dec 2015
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Conducting Research That Influences Practice

are designed. “When customers can see how much effort goes into preparing their food, they appreciate it more, and when kitchen staff see customers enjoying a meal, they become more motivated and productive,” says Kim, who used technology in her study to help chefs and... View Details

01 Apr 1999
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Alumni Career Services Update

says he has interacted with more than 750 alumni since coming to HBS, "not including attendees at HBS presentations I've given on campus and on the road." Many of ACS's most avid customers are newer... View Details