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- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
word processing program, and speak English, he would make him an engineer. (In addition to providing technical training, Roshan has subsidized college degrees for a number of employees.) Today, Ladak notes... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 24 Mar 2022
- News
Well Said
struggled with, specifically? Words, phrases, communication points. And how did you get over them? AL: So many. I had so many struggles. So, I mean, there's lots of sounds that are present in English that] just do not exist in Albanian.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
international isolation. Over the past year, many HBS alumni and students have served in both military and civilian roles in Iraq. On the following page, the Bulletin presents some of their stories. READ MORE L. Paul Bremer: In His Own... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Street Singer
apparent, however, is her passion and drive, whether she’s describing a recent IPO, her work with the Food Bank for New York City, or her relationship with God. Whatever the topic, her words come thick and fast, demonstrating the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Leonard Dick (MBA 1990)
“I’m a social animal, and I love working on a team—being a television writer is the perfect confluence of creativity and collaboration,” says the Toronto native. Currently “up to my neck busy,” Dick, the father View Details
- 10 Dec 2015
- News
The Most Powerful Woman in Chinese Entertainment
The Hollywood Reporter scored the first interview with Zhang Wei (MBA 1999), president of the Alibaba Group’s new film division. In a Q&A, Zhang, whom the publication calls “most powerful woman in Chinese entertainment,” shared her vision... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
How to Survive Past Start-up
words that seemed to leak some of the stress right out of the room: “Everything is going to be all right.” In that moment, I realized that following his entrepreneurial dreams... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Empowering Japan through e-commerce
To further Rakuten’s global presence, Mikitani established English as the official language for the company’s 10,000 employees worldwide. His “Englishnization” initiative became the subject of an HBS case study. Mikitani barely knew the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
3 Minute Briefing: Y Combinator’s Qasar Younis
early-stage company is much more along the lines of “I just don’t know if any of my assumptions are correct.” Use very simple words when describing your company. As an... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
The Year in Books 2016
hard-earned knowledge, and the enduring allure of books in the age of Twitter. Read on. Takeaways — Lessons from some of 2016’s business books The View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
High Honors
important lessons about competition: “At the end of the day, it is a sport,” he says. “You shake hands, win or lose, and move on.” Hiroshi Mikitani, MBA 1993 MIKITANI: In his Tokyo office. Hiroshi Mikitani barely knew the View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Leading Questions
slang to describe the company’s approach: tachles. (It sounds a bit like the word “tactless,” and it means “give it to me straight.”) “We tend to be really explicit with the companies we work with. There is going to be some discomfort,”... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Entrepreneur Daniel S. Bricklin: A Class Act
and - much as in word processing - efficiently, with minimal keystrokes." Bricklin made good use of the School's computer resources as he struggled to germinate the seed that would grow into today's... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
A Janus-Faced Reflection
leave the final word on the biggest opportunity that awaits us to Barbara Nadel Keck, from her 20th Reunion book statement: "'Letting go' is the key concept for the next third of our lives," she wrote, "and... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
High Stakes: Springboard 2000 Comes to HBS
development in our culture and our society that is going to change the world," said Clark, who backed up his words with an invitation to hold the event at HBS again next fall. On the first full day of the... View Details
- 19 Aug 2010
- News
Catchphrases, Mottos, and Cheers
e-mail signatures also include the chant acronym, IGTBISE. One sectionmate whose name is Beau (rhymes with “faux” as in “faux pas”) was accidentally called “Byoo” (as in the first part of the word... View Details
- 31 Mar 2022
- News
A Community Hunger Solution with Global Ambitions
occur often enough to reach as many mouths as possible. He designed the organization like a startup, built to scale, with chapters of “Robins” around the world who team up with restaurants and other... View Details
- 19 Sep 2016
- News
Thomas S. Murphy (MBA 1949)
Thomas Murphy (MBA 1949) A cold call during Thomas Murphy’s first year convinced him to make the most of his Harvard Business School experience. When a professor called on a few students, including Murphy, with a question about the case,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019
have those important conversations, create those moments of meaning, and deliver great words to the people we care about at the office, at home, and in all areas of life. The 7... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Consultant on the Go
produces no marketing materials, and finds his clients the old-fashioned way: through word of mouth. Charan can rarely be found in his office in Dallas, where his two assistants organize his hectic schedule... View Details