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- 01 Jun 2010
- News
A Remarkable Life Story
Lillian Lincoln Lambert (MBA ’69) credits much of her business confidence and acumen to her years at Harvard Business School, where she was the first black woman to receive an MBA. But those two years, exhilarating and educational as they... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
How to Survive Past Start-up
stories of playing shell games with credit cards, using one to pay off another when the money wasn’t coming in. Where successful entrepreneurs were able to execute, though, it seemed to include a combination of two things: first, balancing View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Get Ready for Saudi Oil Shock
that don’t exist right now. How confident are you that policymakers will take your warnings seriously? I think it’s just human nature that we’re going to wait till we’re over the edge. But I actually think we’re going to be over the edge... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Vision: To Go-Go
funding led by Andreessen Horowitz and the Brazilian venture fund Base Partners. In addition to developing its own brands, Foodology has begun cultivating partnerships with established industry players such as Amor Perfecto, a leading Colombian coffee roaster. And... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
View from the Top
contemporaries, so I tend to reserve my admiration for historical figures. Winston Churchill comes to mind. As a leader, he had a remarkable ability to get people and processes moving together in the right direction, clearing obstacles and getting things done. Has the... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: W. Mitt Romney
confer regularly with local groups in an effort to involve the community to an unprecedented degree," he notes. As for the International Olympic Committee, Romney believes that it now understands it must reform itself, too. Romney remains View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 21 Mar 2019
- News
Helping Veterans Build Careers
employers. The value is almost always there; they just need to communicate it more effectively,” he notes. Goldenberg offers as an example D. J. Watson, an infantryman from Georgia. A tough, confident Army sergeant who successfully led... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
New Releases
challenge with confidence and competence. "Taking charge is an art," the authors write in their introduction. "It is mastered by those who have prepared themselves through the hard work of constant observation, practice, experimentation,... View Details
- 13 Feb 2015
- News
Lessons in Perseverance
to a new co-ed school. If the plan failed, Deza knew, her husband no longer offered a financial safety net. But the OPM program had given Deza the confidence to rely on her strategic judgment. Over a month, she outlined the plan with her... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
What You Know Depends on Where You Go
world, though the words used for the numbers differ. If you're a chemistry instructor, whether in Beijing, Beirut, or the Bay Area, you can be confident that water is made up of hydrogen and oxygen. In business, however, things can be a... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Financial Services 24/7
time it takes to handle transactions are decreasing, "the need to have confidence in the people on the other side of the structure is as strong as ever." Wingspanbank.com HBS senior lecturer Sandra J. Sucher worked at Fidelity Investments... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Expressions of Support
confidence we have in the Dean and other leaders at the School. Innovations such as HBX and FIELD are a great way to inspire donors to underwrite the future.” Marc Lipschultz and Jacob Doft (both MBA 1995) (photo credits: Chris Taggart;... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Planting the Seeds of Positive Growth
Mehta reached out to the student-run Africa Business Club for advice. She also participated in the School’s New Venture Competition. In 2014, Tomato Jos won $25,000 as runner-up in the Social Enterprise category, giving Mehta the money and View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA: Lance Batchelor (MBA 1993)
more self-belief and confidence as you go in the door. But if you come out of a submarine, the way I did, it takes a good few months before you start to believe that you deserve your place in the classroom. Then came the case “Gunfire at... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
The Kids Are Alright: Alumni Children Crack Case
they’re new.” That prompted another student to say, “The only problem with that is people might like a game that you put away, and that would make them probably not want to go back to the site.” Asked by Eisenmann if he would take that risk, Gavin responded with a... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Andrew H. Tisch
company focused on improving its sales force and restoring retailers' confidence in the quality of an expanded and more fashionable product line. After five years, Bulova was breaking even; when Tisch left to become chairman and CEO of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Offshore Learning
When Pearson arrived on the scene, Outward Bound was running an independent middle school for boys on the island as well as hosting week-long expeditions for Boston public school students and teachers, focused on confidence building,... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
James E. Burke, MBA 1949
mid-1980s, Tylenol had rebounded completely. The customer confidence and goodwill Johnson & Johnson had built up also enabled it to overcome another poisoning incident in 1986-an event that resulted in the replacement of capsules with... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Salter New Head of External Relations
Stevenson, who has been named senior associate provost for Planning and Resources for Harvard University. Stevenson remains a member of the HBS faculty. In announcing Salter’s appointment, Dean Kim B. Clark said: “I am confident Mal will... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Student Conferences Inspire Campus Dialogue
confidence in the currencies is closely linked to the soundness of the financial sector." WSA: Shattering the Glass Ceiling This year's Women's Student Association (WSA) conference, "Women Who Have Shattered the Glass Ceiling," attracted... View Details