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- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Squeeze Play
electronic components assembly line and recast as an expensive, high-end beauty product. That Tweezerman success has allowed LaMagna to bankroll other passions. He’s run for office (unsuccessfully) and dabbled in politics over the years but recently has become consumed... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Unleashed
organization that you already know you want to change. Let’s start there: If you could change anything about your culture, what would it be? Is there more than one thing on the list? Take a few minutes to think about it and then write... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
an Earth-shattering cataclysm changes the world forever, foretold by a prophecy from the beginning of time. Dante in China by John Barr (MBA 1972) Red Hen Press In John Barr’s poems, the ancient masters encounter the modern world. Dante... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
experiences over things. That appeal is broad-based.” Don’t break out the bubbly when a change in business policy results in an increase in your prestige. Associate Professor Tsedal Neeley and her colleague... View Details
- 28 Jun 2024
- News
Honoring Leadership in New York; PRIDE Alumni Share HBS Stories
to recognize leadership in difficult times, something that all of our honorees helped to punctuate.” Apart from the rare Lifetime Achievement Award, Sarnoff notes that this year for the first time, all three leadership honorees were women. “All three women are... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
board’s agenda, and the flow of information. Proposals to separate the chairman and CEO posts only when a new CEO takes office have not worked because as long as other CEOs remain chairmen, there is the appearance of a demotion and loss of face. The View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Faculty Research Online
Management Innovation Take Us? Management could change a lot in the coming years, says HBS professor emeritus Jim Heskett. A few reasons: continued development of the Internet and the transparency and communities it has spawned, and new... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Student Conferences, at a Glance
Bhusri, general partner, Greylock “After 9/11, do we want or need an ID card? From a technology stand-point, that’s a no-brainer. We need to get our act together first on policy and cultural issues.” — Mark Cleverley, senior consultant,... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town
economist for Merrill Lynch South Africa, noted that "there is only so much a macroeconomic policy can do. The central task is to create a stable environment." The final keynote speaker was Dean Kim B. Clark, who presented an update on... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
New Fitzhugh Professorship Celebrated
actively pursued his white classmates. His first job after graduation was as an independent salesman in his native Washington, D.C., working for several firms serving the black community. In Washington, Fitzhugh helped to establish the New Negro Alliance, which worked... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
for prosperity and effective government for the following century. In addition to granting him his rightful place among British Prime Ministers on both domestic and foreign policy grounds, Hutchinson advances how a proper regard for... View Details
- 26 Feb 2020
- News
Phoenix Rising
deliverables. We have to inspire. We have to be humble. We have to be able to measure outcomes,” he says. Governing a country is also an exercise in managing multiple stakeholders and, at the grandest possible scale, change management—a... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Roger Ullman: Going Green with E2
Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), a nonprofit group of businesspeople who believe that sound environmental policy and economic progress are not mutually exclusive. With about four hundred members nationwide, E2 works directly with the... View Details
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
that a member of the school board had resigned his seat, with two years left on a four-year term? “I looked at the position and realized this was probably the opportunity to start contributing,” she says. Without a solvent, high-performing school system, Scranton’s... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Get Creative
generating new product ideas. Sometimes a community of users will form independently of the company. That can be tricky, because they will not want to be controlled, and they will want to criticize your product. The best policy is... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Value of Difficult Conversations
herself engaging on questions of policy solutions. When one student proposed dispersing reparations in the form of college scholarships, McCray voiced concerns about overlooking those who do not attend college. “Matriculating into college... View Details
- 09 Nov 2017
- News
Paving the Way for Veterans to Serve in Congress
and get things done,” Barcott says. Barcott also sought out the help of David Gergen, who he had met at the Kennedy School while pursuing his joint master’s in public policy degree along with his MBA. Gergen, a former adviser to both... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Patrick Moreton
partner of Moreton & Moreton Associates in Cambridge, Massachusetts, from 1987 to 1989 and a management consultant at Edgar, Dunn & Conover in San Francisco from 1983 to 1987. Moreton earned his Ph.D. in business policy and strategy at... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Barbara Hackman Franklin, MBA 1964
the nation that nurtured her ambitions. "We are fortunate to live in a risk-based culture that is reinforced by a democratic system of government," says Franklin. "As Americans, one of our competitive edges is our ability to create and innovate, to View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Community Investment
energies to worthwhile causes beyond our jobs and our families. That is what's driving a lot of us to branch out into social and community activities beyond our business life. Jerry Ostrov: My impression is that there is a widely shared belief among us that significant... View Details