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- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Byte-Testing Bitcoin
extreme volatility as Bitcoin, and does volatility impede transactional utility? In other words, can Bitcoin really function as a “currency”? — Jay Precourt (MBA 1962) Bitcoin has been volatile, though it has had periods of View Details
- 09 Jun 2021
- News
Employees Are Lonelier Than Ever. Here’s How Employers Can Help.
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Rival Visions
long-term business confidence, setting the stage for the release of immense economic energy. His programs had helped to shape the distinctive American balance between political stability on the one hand... View Details
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Adam Nathan
faces. Coach squints over at me. "Kid, switch to that last boat." The smooth surface ripples as I swim to the outrigger balancing our team's smallest men. Another run: "Hit!" Hands out, eyes clear, muscles tensed, I... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
David B. Price, Jr.: Aiming High
Way, also seeks that coveted CEO position in order to mix things up in another way: by giving young black men a role model for success in business. "We need more balance in how people look at, admire, and... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Action Plan: Portfolio Strategy
Sadiq Gillani (MBA 2006) didn’t set out to build a different kind of career for himself. During his time at HBS, he had a clear, conventional vision of his future. As he told the Portrait Project in 2006, “I am going to devote my life to fixing existing airlines View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Flex Time
Lauri Union (MBA 1992) manages Union Corrugating Company (UCC) from Boston, where she lives with her husband and two young children. While her early years at the company required more time on-site in North Carolina, she’s managed to scale... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
Robert N. Burt
Burt took the helm of FMC Corporation in 1991 just after it had completed a major recapitalization of the business, severely impacting the balance sheet. He divested of non-core businesses, streamlined operations, View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 06 Aug 2020
- News
Defining Flex Work
The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the workplace has been seismic, causing many companies to completely rethink their strategies and models. It was especially disruptive, says Anna Auerbach (MBA 2010), because companies had already been... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Green Dreams: Eco-Friendly Countertops
MAGAGNINI: She’s proud of IceStone’s triple bottom line philosophy: people, planet, and profits. It was 2005, and Miranda Magagnini (MBA ’90) had reached her breaking point. “Mommy, what’s wrong?” asked... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
full-time — is their own clearly articulated definition of fulfillment and success. While each emphasized that there is no single strategy for achieving balance between work, family, View Details
Keywords: Personal Services
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
HBS Posts Strong Results in 2008
wrote. The fiscal 2009 budget anticipates revenue growth of just over 6 percent, sufficient to balance the budget. In an introductory Q&A, Dean Jay Light addressed the impact of the global economic crisis on HBS. He noted that the... View Details
- Portrait Project
Amanda Yang
engaging in meaningful conversations with family or friends, leading intellectual discussions with small groups, and organizing a conference to advance an important cause with like-minded classmates. I will make the right trade-offs, live... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Liberal Smarts
May's Harvard Commencement was a special one for Anand Mahindra (MBA 1981), chairman and managing director of the Indian conglomerate Mahindra & Mahindra, as the University used the occasion to recognize him View Details
- 11 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
Marissa Mayer Should Bridge Distance Gap with Remote Workers
Marissa Mayer's decision to ask Yahoo! employees to work from offices rather than at home has at least two potentially negative consequences, one for her and one for her employees. But she can mitigate both by linking personal View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Everything Old Is New Again: The History of Technological Frontiers
part that will shift the balance between states, firms, and society," Spar predicted. Professor Spar's research is the subject of a forthcoming book, Pirates, Prophets, and... View Details
- 31 May 2021
- News
Stop Being So Hard on Yourself
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Reinvigorating Democracy: A Vote for Change
warn that the government’s ability to pass legislation to stabilize the economy reflects a familiar pattern where an emergency forces a temporary “semblance of bipartisanship” only to return to “business-as-usual political brinksmanship... View Details
Keywords: Young, Susan
- 29 Nov 2022
- News
Here are the Five Benefits US Employees Want Most
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Working World
How did you become interested in the impact of high-skill immigrant labor? In the 1990s I helped develop a wireless data technology for a Korean company. The inventor was a Korean scientist living in Silicon Valley, so I spent a lot of time flying back View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna