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- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Faculty Research Online
automobile company that in recent months has recalled 8 million vehicles. He offers seven recommendations for restoring consumer confidence in the safety and quality behind the storied brand. See http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6381.html. View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Rent Out Your Ride
Shelby Clark (MBA ’10) recalled passing “dozens of cars that hadn’t been driven in weeks, and it dawned on me that there are these high fixed costs, so perhaps we could leverage this resource” (New York Times, September 10, 2010). So... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
New York Club Honors Armstrong, Graham
pivotal moments and challenges in their careers. Armstrong spoke of some technology turning points that have created conditions of both crisis and opportunity for business today. In a more personal vein, Graham recalled her initial... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Sounds Like a Plan
starters, simply stepping back, avoiding too much detail, and eschewing buzzwords might be a better way to go. He recalled that shortly after he and Gordon Bethune (AMP 111, 1992) took over Continental Airlines, “the first thing we did... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Taking the Long View
huge national debt. He prefers shares of companies such as Canada’s EnCana, Wal-Mart de Mexico, and Petróleo Brasileiro. “At least three-quarters of whatever I own is foreign stocks,” Gordon revealed. Former Goldman Sachs cochairman John Whitehead (MBA 11/’47), View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Farm Boy
life’s trials and embraced its successes with perspective, kindness, and humor.” On the challenge of recalling long-ago events without contemporaneous notes, Jeppson said, “I find when I am writing, my memory comes back. It was a lot of... View Details
- 19 Sep 2016
- News
Thomas S. Murphy (MBA 1949)
times, and I had given the finest presentation he had ever heard,” recalls Murphy. “That cold call—and HBS—set me on a path to building my self-confidence and developing the skills to succeed in business.” After graduating as a Baker... View Details
- 07 Aug 2012
- News
A Novel Approach
directly beneficial to the School because it trickles down in a lot of ways," says Lyle, the Section J cochair for the Class of 2012 Gift Campaign. She also recalls experiencing classes in which the professors encouraged students to... View Details
- Portrait Project
Faya Peng
Palace in Beijing. I recall realizing how easily our positions could have been reversed. I don't want to forget. I don't want to be intoxicated by this world's comforts. Though fully flawed, I can still be used to extend God's love, as He... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Last Look
the Larz Anderson Bridge during the winter of 1970–1971. As Rees recalls it, “A dog had walked out on to the ice, and the ice gave way. ...The dog was howling/crying as it desperately swam to keep from being swept downstream beneath the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Across HBS Generations
1979), plus the 1908 Society (comprising all MBA classes that are sixty years or more past their graduation date). In recalling their days at the School and their lives since then, these individuals tell stories that will not only... View Details
- 26 Feb 2009
- News
Last Look - March 2009
think we volunteered. It was probably the most interesting class I recall taking at HBS.” Merrill identified the first model (closest to McNair) as Cheryl Wellock (HRPBA ’60) and added, “Most HRPBA classes were held in Longfellow Hall on... View Details
- 09 Sep 2011
- News
Remembering 9/11 at HBS
As the world recalls the events of 9/11 this week, we are reminded of two articles from the Bulletin that offered contemporaneous accounts of that historic moment. Read how the School reacted to the tragedy and memorialized members of the... View Details
- 09 Sep 2011
- News
Ten Years Ago: HBS and 9/11
As the world recalls the events of 9/11 this week, we are reminded of two articles from the Bulletin that offered contemporaneous accounts of that historic moment. Read how the School reacted to the tragedy and memorialized members of the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Last Look
identify this photo as related to the Business Game competition. But what students, and when? Demer, who says it’s the 1960s, recalls that the game required small groups of students to make key budget decisions and “balance marketing,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Old Meets New: A Dinosaur Named Sue
would be auctioned at Sotheby's in 1997. "I started to think about what the dinosaur could mean for the Field, in terms of education, research, and visitorship," recalls McCarter, who took two of his top scientists to the Sotheby's... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Jeffrey R. Immelt, MBA 1982
Jeff Immelt’s night table—Railway Age, Aviation Week, Broadcasting & Cable—represents just a few of the industries encompassed by General Electric, the company founded by Thomas Edison where Immelt is entering his ninth year as chairman and CEO. “I’m a voracious... View Details
- Portrait Project
Brian Sykes
frustration as they recall a recent trip to my hometown. All too familiar with how this scene plays out, I ready myself for a discussion of the city’s much publicized faults. I cringe when I hear stories of frightening encounters with the... View Details
- 29 Oct 2024
- News
A Fearless Fighter Honored
On September 5, 2024, a plaque was unveiled in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, memorializing a mission led by James Holt Green (MBA 1935) on its 80th anniversary. As recalled in a 2019 Bulletin article, Green and his team of six Office of... View Details
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
Helping the Unemployed Find Work and Self-Esteem
professionals into finance or technology positions,” he says. “Working with unskilled, long-term unemployed clients was something new.” Reed, who today leads Reed Executive, Ltd., recalls the enthusiasm of staffers in the firm’s first... View Details