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- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
COVID-19 response. In a recent blog post, the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative connected with several first and second year fellows to hear about their work. “Being able to see the impact my work is creating on people on a day-to-day... View Details
- 27 Mar 2019
- News
Life Is a Startup
between a passion and analytical thinking. How is it that they managed to pull this off and what can we all learn from that example? Wasserman: I remember observing when I was teaching in HBS’s first-year course in entrepreneurship, that we had, to paint it in broad... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Making Real Progress in the Middle East: The Bottom-Up, Economic Solution
than 35 Israeli-Jordanian and Israeli- Egyptian joint ventures are already up and running. Why are top Middle Eastern business leaders now seeking out strategic alliances with their neighbors? What benefits can regional cooperation at the company level bring about? In... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
over his 55-year career on Wall Street. Often working on high-profile bankruptcies such as Pan Am and Texaco, Ross helped restructure more than $400 billion in assets and was named among Bloomberg’s 50 most influential people in global... View Details
- 28 Mar 2018
- News
Fueling the Future
exercise isn’t simply about health: it’s when and where individuals get some of their most creative ideas.” Her support of women extends to the younger set as well, and Kovatch uses her story especially to motivate teenage girls. She... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Community Investment
happen and that people like us must help lead such change. What does your company do regarding social enterprise, philanthropy, public service, and community involvement? Davey Scoon: At Colonial, we have an Outstanding Volunteer Program,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
person you couldn’t take your eyes off for a minute. He got me motivated to start a business.” His lectures were so memorable and controversial — he once lectured his students on how to pick a wife — that many former students who have... View Details
- 04 Oct 2018
- News
“A Shout Through Time”
also some point of interest for people who don't really know about what has happened in the region that they live. Morrell: The GRAC Team had met locals who helped guide them to the site. One of whom clearly remembered playing with parts... View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
- News
A Creator in the Era of Disruption
loans and access to payments. Probably in my children's day, [it] will be something different. I never really sought out to be an entrepreneur, to be honest. I just sought out to solve an access problem that many, many people had in... View Details
- 21 Dec 2022
- News
HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion
the planet has been tremendous.” When disaster strikes, Spiers says, there are only two kinds of people in the aftermath: survivors and victims. “It is incumbent on those who survive to help the victims—because this is how we heal the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Books
includes tempering ambition, inspiring others with a greater purpose, and not violating values. The authors cite Mohandas Gandhi and Cesar Chavez as leaders who were able to motivate others and Andrew Grove and Diego Rivera as men who... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Making History, Starting Over
commitment to these endeavors is as genuine as his lifelong devotion to entrepreneurship and free markets. In fact, his success in business led him to some profound, motivating insights. “While entrepreneurship is great for the economy,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
larger purpose of motivating value creation. Healy: One of the things that strikes me is we have a whole set of alumni who are really outstanding people with excellent values. We have so many graduates who... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
ten. Even TAM call centers are staffed with temporary operators fluent in the languages of the Cup teams. All of which seems like a lot to ask of a 39-year-old CEO who celebrated her first anniversary on the job last month. But Sender says she's View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
what motivated her to write The Dressmaker of Khair Khana. “I think stories are the best way to reach people you otherwise couldn’t,” she says. “But storytelling is just a start; you then have to mobilize... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015
Engine Co., on his personal acquaintance with Miller, interviews with more than 80 people who knew Miller, and extensive research in the Irwin-Sweeney-Miller Collection of his papers in the Indiana Historical Society. Breaking out of... View Details
- 20 Dec 2019
- News
The 19 Musts of 2019
schools across the country: that shareholder-driven capitalism is the best form of capitalism. Citing a wealth of recent research, he proposes that our current rules of capitalism are contributing to rising inequality, as the foundations of our country’s... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
The Class of 1977
two years at Soldiers Field had prepared us to size up a competitor, motivate employees, and gain market share, but we could not have anticipated the many other ways in which our leadership skills would be put to the test. Much has been... View Details
Keywords: Desmond Wong
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
on Iraq. For the Japanese in the room, it’s a sobering reminder of how war, and its aftermath, can affect a country and its people for decades. For the American, it indicates a clear need for political change. When her two-year commitment... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books
valuable lessons on what keeps him present, grounded, and thriving as a father, husband, coach, mentor, and leader. O’Neil shares poignant life lessons from an array of people including professional athletes and sports executives, as well... View Details