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- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A Place in the Sun
paradise enjoyed by Turtle Island Resort's fourteen guest couples. Fourteen couples, fourteen private beaches, each with its own cottage, or bure, designed and constructed according to the standards of traditional Fijian craftsmanship... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The House that Howard Built
than any other individual, Howard Stevenson shaped the construct and climate that made that happen. Best known for his academic entrepreneurship, Stevenson is proud to have been a founder (in 1982) of The Baupost Group, serving as the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
was adopted by the World Bank and other institutions. Finally, in an effort that posed unique performance measurement challenges, 250 schools were either constructed or rehabilitated. "The outcome of investments in education, such as... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Admit It: You’re in Denial
constructing an elaborate campus? Why? What is it ignoring while it is engaged in celebrating itself? 5. Would you rather be conventionally wrong or unconventionally right? If you answer the latter, odds are you are in denial. “Think... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Nancy J. Karch
apprenticeship." On the client side, Karch appreciates McKinsey's focus on helping clients make constructive changes. "This place is driven by values," she notes. "Our decisions to work with clients are based on whether we can help them,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
SEAS Complex Reaches for a New Frontier
Harvard Business School Dean Nitin Nohria, a wide cross-section of faculty, alumni, students, and friends from across the University were joined by the Turner Construction team, Allston residents, and Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books
dollars, the world’s institutions are making scant progress toward the promise of diversity, equity, and inclusion. The central cause: top leaders lack the means to construct and implement comprehensive diversity strategies that are... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
process, a common activity in the construction of large structures such as bridges and buildings. Piles — heavy beams of concrete, steel, or other material — are pounded into the ground by a large “hammer” attached to a crane. The cushion... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Life in Lockdown
covered in the designs constructed by each member of the team, five pieces of white paper covered in Post-it notes in every color of the rainbow, and flow charts exhibiting varying degrees of artistic ability and detail. For nearly an... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Ted Anthony
for it was apparent that a substantial portion of the Business School population was present." The students' May 12 program included constructive discussions on topics ranging from riot control techniques to the social and political... View Details
Keywords: Ted Anthony
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
C.D. Spangler, Jr.: A Leadership Role in Business and Academe
affordable education for all. As he once said of North Carolina's citizens, "In a sense, we are a large family. We will try to direct the proper proportion of our strengths and assets to each member of the family." A Charlotte native, Spangler rose to prominence in his... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry; photo by Ann Hawthorne
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Putting on the Wheels
mainstay of the American economy. So questions about the current Asian economic crisis elicit from him the wry, seen-it-all-before observation that "when you expand, it's always at the wrong time." After all, Hughes points out, with planning and View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Shareholders' Value?
outlast disgruntled investors. Giving a favored role to long-term shareholders, such as more voting power than for short-termers, could be one way to combat this. Closer, more constructive relationships between shareholders, managers, and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion
China, whether over trade, Taiwan, Tibet, or some other as yet subliminal issue. The scenario may seem implausible. Yet it is easy to see how future historians could retrospectively construct plausible chains of causation to explain such... View Details
- 14 Nov 2024
- News
How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Liberty Mutual CEO Tim Sweeney (MBA 1991) says that 2012 was the year that climate change started really showing up on the balance sheet. “This is a horrible... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
development during World War II, spearheaded the construction of an HBS-like business school in France (INSEAD), and, perhaps most notably, launched the modern venture capital industry. His remarkable life is the subject of a new... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
wings that cover four city blocks. Whether it's eking out extra room from unused air shafts, building up, or renovating existing gallery space to make more efficient use of it, construction at the Met is almost nonstop, a fact that is... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Devtosh Khare
School - both in and out of the classroom - to fit his professional goals. For instance, as one of ten HBS students chosen for the Kauffman Entrepreneur Internship Program, he spent last summer in India at Aditi Technologies, a software startup founded by Pradeep Singh... View Details
Keywords: Orna Feldman photograph by Webb Chappell
- 11 May 2011
- News
In a Good Place
everything from handmade jewelry (think cufflinks made from old typewriter keys) to custom-made furniture (perhaps a coffee table constructed from recycled barn siding?). Incorporated in 1985, founded by parent volunteers (Gehrke took the... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
McArthur Hall Dedication
"Throughout my career," said Menino, "I've always been able to rely on John's help and exceptionally good judgment." Earl Sasser next expressed his thanks to Menino and the city of Boston for cooperation in the building's construction and... View Details