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- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2005
Abramson. After she graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford, a Fulbright Scholarship took her to the London School of Economics to study the implications of the Human Genome Project. While an associate at BCG in New York, she created a college View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
James McNerney Jr.
midnight. You do come away feeling prepared for a business environment, which is often more about optimization than coming up with the right answer. I think since my time the focus has been more on teamwork, which makes sense. Effective... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
directly to the auditory nerve. Sommer, who with her deaf husband, Paul, also mentors hearing-impaired children, was preparing to enroll at HBS when, in March 2004, she suddenly lost the remainder of her hearing. Tests revealed congenital... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?
Tennessee and Florida to create dedicated funds for high-performing charters. In Tennessee, CSGF partnered with the Tennessee Charter School Incubator, where fellow HBS alum Greg Thompson is preparing to launch 20 charter schools.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Luxe Redux
consumption being wrapped up in our personal lives and experiences with others,” observes Professor Koehn. “Great brands are all about psychology, not only mass advertising or a neat logo.” A Viking range, for example, could represent meaningful time spent View Details
- 21 May 2018
- News
Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area
explored questions like “How can business, government, and nonprofit leaders come together to mitigate the effects of worker displacement? How should entrants to the workforce best prepare themselves?” Leaders from the City of San... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Blockbuster Deals
of employees and what will help build a cohesive organization with a single set of ethical standards going forward." Be Prepared In management ranks, Professor Michael Beer, an expert in organizational effectiveness and change, has too... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
depends on a broad base of economic activity, including manufacturing. Whatever the future holds for manufacturing, alumni interviewed for this article agree that in a business that demands continuous innovation and improvement, change will be one of the few constants.... View Details
- 13 May 2025
- News
If I Knew Then
few women were involved, Farrington offers some practical pointers that anyone can use. Deborah Farrington: I would say not everything is going to go the way that you want or the way that you envision. Be prepared for that. You have the... View Details
- 23 Oct 2018
- News
Coming of Age as the World Comes Apart
but also radicalized me as it pertains to the real malpractice that's been committed at some of the top educational institutions in the country that are not preparing young people to live lives of meaning, live lives of wholeness. And so... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
arrival of large multinational competitors such as Wal-Mart and Carrefour. The SOEs in particular are feeling threatened. Of the 100,000 that remain, experts maintain that many are near bankruptcy and not prepared to compete head-to-head... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
students Allison Gaines, Michael Johnston, and Jon Schnur.) A national nonprofit that recruits and prepares promising candidates to become school principals, NLNS helps place its trainees in urban public schools and provides them with... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Around the World
ago, Nohria made advancement of the School’s international strategy one of his top five priorities. “Today, HBS would be derelict in its mission if it weren’t preparing the leaders it educates to succeed in a global context,” says Nohria.... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019
expensive than traditional automobiles. Understanding the implications of the energy transition will prepare us for the many changes ahead. This book is a primer for readers of all levels on the coming energy transition and its global... View Details
- 13 Feb 2019
- News
We’re All Going to Get Hacked
If you don’t fix it, you’re going to lose the trust. If you couldn’t go into a restaurant and trust the fact that the food had been prepared right. And that’s because there’s laws and regulations that come in there. We see restaurants... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
landlord, the entrepreneur, or the worker contributed most to England's prosperity. Later, as HBS Dean, Gay's primary duty was to prepare his students for their role in the administrative organization that was emerging as the business... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
products that taste so different,” says Marie. “It’s not only a job, it’s a passion.” At the old Jeannette, machine-filled madeleine molds rolled through industrial ovens, popping out fully baked on the other side. Now the workers View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
perception of what they can achieve in business,” Balaraj observes. “People look at companies like Infosys and say, ‘If those guys can compete with IBM, why can’t I do the same in my industry?’ The entrepreneurs who come to us are also far better View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 19 May 2022
- News
Leading to Salvation
reopening of the new site in 2018, the chapel’s work has taken on a heightened poignancy. Estes held or prepared funeral services for George Floyd, Daunte Wright, and Jamar Clark, all killed by Minneapolis police. With the outrage and... View Details
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
job description required her to arrive at the office 30 minutes ahead of her male colleagues to prepare tea and wipe down their desks, in uniform. She found more space to roam in the product development department, where both her early... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance