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- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Donald P. Nielsen, MBA 1963
broken were education and medicine," Nielsen recalls. "But education seemed too big a nut to crack." Settling on medicine, Nielsen and Cramer pored over the Seattle phone book to find a research and development company they could buy and... View Details
- 02 Jun 2021
- News
On the Road Less Traveled
‘42—I was five and a half years old. Morrell: Tell us about that day. The feelings you had, the scene itself. Hajim: The few things you remembered in your life. I remember that one because I couldn't figure out, you know, dad was away... View Details
- 08 Jun 2018
- News
My First Job: Selling Shoes, Surviving Black Monday, and Shaped by Chicken Lenses
you want to call it that. Because I, in those five years, I spent the vast majority of my time outside the UK, and so I was pretty much returning to London for the weekends. Well I learned a lot about that and about strategy and looking... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Charles O. Rossotti, MBA 1964
Office ADVICE TO CURRENT STUDENTS "You have to like what you are doing. Since you spend more time working than doing almost anything else, it makes a big difference if you're enjoying yourself." When Charles Rossotti became commissioner... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Reimagining China and India
is behaving in predictable ways once you understand their circumstances and historical context. Do multinationals treat India and China largely as sales opportunities? Yes. I think most multinationals traditionally have gone to these countries seeing them as View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
readmission to HBS, was accepted, and graduated as a Baker Scholar. I’ve told my five children to apply themselves when faced with negative events—my experience is an example to encourage anyone. Robert Capria (MBA 1969) What if Harry... View Details
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- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Andresen Becomes First European and First Exec. Ed. Graduate to Endow HBS Professorship
leave big business in 1970 to pursue an entrepreneurial opportunity with SABO, a small manufacturer of lawn-mower machinery with a market value of some 6 million deutsche marks. "I was particularly interested in SABO because of its... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Taking Attendance
feeling to just belt it out, release, praise, and worship.” Rise and shine: “I get up at 4:30 or 5 because I’m a big believer in working out. I toggle back and forth between Peloton and doing a hot yoga workout to hip-hop music.” Press... View Details
- 18 Apr 2022
- News
Home Grown
enterprise product side, I absolutely see that trend happening and it’s already starting to happen to a great extent. But I don't think the trend just stays in the enterprise product side. I think if you move to the consumer product perspective, I think there's a View Details
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
and around Scranton during the 2006 congressional race, weary of fast food, spots a promising storefront. They’re closing, but she makes it in with five minutes to spare. Here is how the story goes, in her words: “A very handsome young... View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
gradually reduced his role at Local Motors as the Factory Five partnership blossomed and rejoined Ford. This went against the advice of Professor Warren McFarlan, an early investor in Local Motors. “Jay is special,” McFarlan told Jones.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?
released in January that detailed those gains was prefaced by the authors' blunt assessment: "The research shows that to date, high-performing charter schools are in the minority." So what will it take to make that minority a majority? "Charters have created avenues... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
A Janus-Faced Reflection
as editorial director and senior vice president in charge of its publishing division. Kiechel's joint MBA/JD degree reflects, in part, a bit of "career confusion." A Phi Beta Kappa Harvard College graduate, he enrolled in Harvard Law School in 1973, after View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
comfort and privacy of your own home, and enjoy. And that's just the start, as the "anywhere, anytime" push to view movies and other content on mobile devices continues to grow. According to one Cisco report, smartphone video viewing will grow tenfold over the next... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Well Matched
over five feet tall, Rapaport was the number-one draft pick of Orlando Magic forward Al-Farouq Aminu, who saw her experience at Jefferies, JP Morgan, and Goldman Sachs as a definite plus in helping chart his own financial future. Rapaport... View Details
- 12 May 2015
- News
A Flash of Insight
specially configured, nuclear-powered submarine, a “spook boat” that was engaged in covert operations. He found his naval service rewarding, but when his five years of active duty were up, it was time to move on. “I thought that being an... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
A Matter of Opinion
one’s employees. That’s pretty good!” That classmate, David Karam, who operates 135 Wendy’s restaurant franchises in five states, says of Navasky, “Vic really ventured into the lion’s den at OPM — we were a pretty conservative bunch. But... View Details
- 13 Feb 2015
- News
Lessons in Perseverance
community that ensures neighborhood families get enough to eat. Three of her five children work at her schools in Peru, while another son operates a preschool in New York City. “I’m an educator first and a businesswoman second,” Deza... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
specifically. Managing in the Gray: Five Timeless Questions for Resolving Your Toughest Problems at Work by Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. (MBA 1978) (Harvard Business Review Press) Part of a manager’s job is making tough calls, and the hardest... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Chasing the Silver Tsunami
served on Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s (MBA 1966) Age-friendly NYC Commission and the NYC Department for the Aging’s nonprofit board. Oppenheim’s big “aha” moment arrived out of family necessity, in caring for her parents during an illness.... View Details