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- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
called an “agonizing dilemma”: While capitalism’s wealth creation is essential, the fears and insecurities it creates, exacerbated by globalization, lead to political pressures to intervene in markets and... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Making a World of Difference
Alan B. Slifka On a bus in Israel, two seven-year-old boys talk about their interest in sports. One makes a joke, the other laughs. The boys, one Jewish, one Arab, are new friends. They met at a day camp designed to bring two of the world's most strife-ridden groups... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Empowering School Leaders to Meet Today's Challenges
gained from the CSML program to help navigate issues wrought by the pandemic: “With the increased demands of leading a campus through the ever-changing landscape of COVID-19, the ability to triage needs, inspire hope, and develop robust... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Andrew H. Tisch, MBA 1977
the family hotels. After college and working in marketing for Loews, he applied to HBS, never expecting to be admitted. “My first weeks were filled with fear and dread,” Tisch recalls with a laugh. He notes that he has been surprised... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
A Piece of the Action
instrumental in setting up the Center. Sahlman has identified four characteristics that make the area unique: the rapid pace of change, a highly evolved infrastructure, a culture of entrepreneurship, and extraordinary efforts by and... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
Cash. She elaborated on the community theme, noting, "I've been touched by the dedication with which my former classmates checked on one another's safety and also by the well wishes that have come in from... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- 13 Feb 2015
- News
Lessons in Perseverance
By 1998, Pilar Deza (OPM 30, 2001) had weathered several storms on her way to becoming a leading education entrepreneur in Peru. Deza had gone from founding a nursery school in her garage with four neighborhood children to operating two... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Carving a Niche
Above: Faction athlete Candide Thovex racks up millions of YouTube views while inspiring others to face their fears and try new things. (photo by Christoffer Sjöström) Faction athletes test gear in extreme... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016
inherited. Fearful Odds: A Memoir of Vietnam and Its Aftermath by Charles W. Newhall (MBA 1971) (Bibliotheca Brightside LLC) This is the true story of a young Army officer, assigned to lead a platoon on a... View Details
- 26 Jan 2016
- News
The First Five Years: Jill Applebaum (MBA 2015)
She shared the same germy fears and so we teamed up to launch Spruce & Co—our consumer goods startup focused on simple products for everyday healthy routines.” What have been some of the most enjoyable and most challenging parts of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
Illustration by PJ Loughran Everyone talks about how quickly business changes. yet some HBS cases remain reliably relevant decades after they are written. In the pages that follow, we take a behind-the-scenes look at five cases that are... View Details
- 09 Mar 2023
- News
Four Alumni Clubs Mark Milestone Year
milestone year with a gala dinner featuring former CEO of GE Jeffrey Immelt (MBA 1982) as the keynote speaker. According to club president Nancy Schmitt (MBA 1991), registration is underway for the formal event, to be held at the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 04 Aug 2020
- News
How Business Can Advance Racial Equity
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes In mid-June, weeks after protests against racial injustice spread globally, the Leadership Now Project—founded in 2017 by HBS alumni to fix American democracy—released the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Private Equity under Investigation
Fifty-three years ago, Judge Harold Medina dismissed charges brought by the Justice Department against seventeen leading investment banks. A case built up over a decade of investigations and almost three years of trial collapsed when the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Rx for Too Big to Fail
major financial firms to fall into bankruptcy at the same time, no matter how streamlined the process. As both the Bush and the Obama administrations proved, the fear of financial Armageddon is too great. In fact, federal interventions in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Case Study: Growing the Family Business
(Zoonar RF/Thinkstock; iStock) Sweet Kiddles is a new concept in center-based childcare. Unlike traditional centers where parents must commit to fixed full- or part-time schedules, Sweet Kiddles’ flexible scheduling allows families to use the center View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books A Bend in the Stars by Rachel Barenbaum (MBA 2004) Grand Central Publishing In Russia, in the summer of 1914, as war with Germany looms, Miri Abramov and her brilliant... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Competitiveness at Risk
project is chaired by Professors Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin, who are joined by a team of HBS faculty together with thought leaders from other institutions. It aims to inspire alumni, other business... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
Alumni Books Sex and the Siren: Tales of a Later Dater by Donna Arp Weitzman (OPM 37, 2008) (Howard Bond Media Group LLC) A witty, satirical look at the dating prospects, sexual exploits, and other adventures of a mature single woman in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board. These elections are not conducted, as claimed by Silvers, like those in the Soviet Union where “it was not really possible for people to make a free... View Details