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- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Tulsa Massacre Case Fosters Timely Conversations
Brian Ratajczak (MBA 2022) was nervous, too. “If you are talking about finance, and someone says something you disagree with, there’s probably not going to be a lot of emotions stirred up,” says Ratajczak, a white View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Taylor R. M. Keen
It's the first day of class at HBS, and students introduce themselves one by one, proudly enumerating their accomplishments. Finally a young man with a long black braid rises from his seat. "I don't have... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Arthur Rock (MBA '51)
microprocessors. Equally important, the idea of stock options for employees and the use of venture capital financing became a standard part of the nascent high-technology... View Details
- 11 Oct 2022
- News
On Balance
Mary Wooldridge (MBA 1994) recalls a job interview early in her career in which the interviewer asked, “Why should I employ you? At your age, you’re just going to go off and have children.” At another position, she recruited a younger man... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 29 Jun 2019
- News
Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Africa
employment, to create wealth for themselves, and for their communities, and their families. When a woman makes $1, about 90% of their income is spent on health, education and nutrition. And that same statistic for a View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
humbling thought, and certainly one born of this atomic age, that man could be working against himself.” “In spite of our rather boastful talk,” she continued, “about progress,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
that Khoja—a genial, solidly built man who clearly enjoys a good story—can tell as an example of how Roshan has changed a country crippled for decades by corruption, poverty, and conflict. But before Roshan... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 15 Oct 2024
- News
Ratan Tata, Visionary Business Leader, Dies at 86
undergraduate degree in architecture, Tata was an enthusiastic reviewer of plans and schemes, and particularly enjoyed the building project. Nitin Nohria, who was Dean at the time of the gift, said, “Ratan... View Details
- 12 Jul 2011
- News
Phone Fun
Braterman: The man to call when it comes to selling phones. Photo courtesy Russell Braterman When it comes to selling mobile phones to a youthful market, Phones 4u’s marketing director Russell Braterman (MBA ’00) favors ad spots during... View Details
- 19 Mar 2015
- News
Walter Salmon Remembered
HBS professors of whom I still have fond memories. Robert Willig (MBA 1963) Walter Salmon was the kindest man on the faculty when I was there. He is my fondest memory of the... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Willoughby G. Walling II: A Learning Experience
different times, in dissimilar styles and moods. "None of these individually captures me, but together they do," explains Walling, a quietly intense man who has been painting full-time for just a year. A... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Learning from the Past
which no man trusted his fellow." "Revenge," he also writes, "was held of more account than self-preservation." The nuances of Thucydides' thoughts and the milieu View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Supplying Demand
becoming president of its Edwards-Finast division. Stemberg's habitual casual dress and modest office at Staples' Westborough, Massachusetts, headquarters bear testament to a man fully in touch with his... View Details
Keywords: Paul Michelman
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Katharine Graham Offers Advice on Leadership
the company," Graham said. And two years later, when Meyer transferred ownership of the paper, his son-in-law received two-thirds and his daughter one-third of the shares. "My father believed that no View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
high-performing facilities would attract more patients, boosting revenues. Costs would stabilize because hospitals would compete among themselves on the basis of prices, services, and results for the consumer. View Details
- 18 Oct 2016
- News
Leading the Way for Women Entrepreneurs
only four percent of venture capital goes to female-led companies. “People feel more comfortable working for a man in many cases,” she said. “Men can be aggressive; have a crazy vision with no ideas. She... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Knowing the Score
of more than $8.5 billion, was started in 1978 with $9,000 on a credit card by a man named Bill Rasmussen, who got pushed out the door in less than a year. That early exit brought to mind John Kao’s class on... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
HBSAAA Conference Addresses Pathways to Power
Center's Roof Terrace Restaurant on Friday evening. Ferguson discussed the changing nature and role of leadership today, and illustrated his talk with an insider's view of Federal Reserve Chairman Alan... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016
Platform) Set in the late sixties, this romantic novel is about love, longing, and coming of age. It follows the lives of three main protagonists—a young man traveling in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
half of all girls are married off before the legal age of 16. In this impoverished country, it is said that a man with daughters is rich. The visitor to the shelter that day... View Details