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- 01 Feb 2018
- News
HBS Professor Emeritus Hugo Uyterhoeven Dies at 86
business policy and the role of the middle manager. He also examined the domestic and international economy, particularly the interaction between business and government, as well as the subjects of productivity, corporate profits, and structural View Details
- 19 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
office in China to manage sales and marketing. Our revenues have increased by more than 44 percent in the past year. So operationally, the business has changed a lot in a short period of time. What are some of the challenges that come... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
senior partner at the executive search firm Spencer Stuart. He offers advice on generating valuable introductions, nailing interviews, negotiating compensation, cultivating a mentor, and knowing when to change jobs or industries. Sunset... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
Four 1971 classmates — three who serve on the front lines of corporate leadership in the 1990s and one learned observer of the changing role of the senior executive — comment on the complex task of running a successful company in an... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
The Accidental Innovator
human-capital development that Khan finds himself turning to science fiction to try to make sense of it all. Meanwhile, financial backers such as the Gates Foundation, Google, and venture capital’s Ann and John Doerr (MBA 1976) are adding credibility and momentum to... View Details
- 26 Oct 2020
- News
A Social Impact Roadmap; Arts Leadership in a Pandemic; Amplifying Hispanic Contributions
participants went away impressed. “I was excited to hear from Professor Henderson, Sir Ronald Cohen and Professor Gandhi,” says Chen. “Their knowledge of how the world is changing and their ideas on what can be done to improve it was very... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
relatively high costs for labor and energy as well as the investment and time required to build factories in a country that has much more stringent environmental standards. “COVID-19 has changed only a few of the variables across... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Feedback
Our inaugural Android and Kindle editions debuted in September, joining the iPad edition in our tablet offerings. For details on downloading these, visit alumni.hbs.edu/tablet Afghanistan’s Hope and Light Re: A call for change A wonderful... View Details
Keywords: feedback
- 28 Mar 2016
- News
Drawing Connections Between Business and Art
Photography by Benjamin Parks/GPA Business and art can both be viewed as aspirational activities. Business aims to improve people’s circumstances. Art, on the other hand, tries for something less tangible by changing people’s... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 19 May 2021
- News
Alumni Convene to Support Nonprofit Boards; Seven Clubs Mix It Up Online
Governance, Adapting to a Changing Landscape, Equity and Inclusion in Action, and Partnering for Systemic Change—over four days of virtual panel discussions and case studies, and featured insights from an array of HBS faculty, alumni,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
compromising our values and the culture of our organization trying to keep up with competitors who were pushing products down people’s throats.” While customers hunkered down, iTrust had the breathing room to perfect its hybrid model of... View Details
- 04 Jun 2025
- News
Slice of Life
create an in-demand product. But finding that passion took years. Most of them spent working jobs that while rewarding in their own way, just didn't give him a spark. That all changed on a fateful business trip to Strasbourg, France. And... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Two Presidents, One Goal: Building on the Club of Chicago
— the group has also adapted to the changing needs of its membership. “We have a large percentage of people who work either for themselves, or out in the suburbs, or are retired,” Mott notes. “Not everybody is on the train heading... View Details
Keywords: Amy Burton
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Ken Baumgartner - Sticking with It
aggressive play earned him over two thousand minutes in penalties, and he was acutely aware of the clash between his job and his role at home as a loving husband and devoted father. Changing teams also meant repeatedly uprooting his wife,... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
New Releases
which looks at the roles of three management groups: worldwide business managers, country or regional managers, and worldwide functional managers. A second new chapter, "Managing the Transformation Process," outlines the structural and process View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
uses were bound by age-old religious and cultural beliefs. Yet somehow these delicate flora became the foundation of a global industry made strong by a century of virtually uninterrupted growth that not even economic meltdowns and world... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Charting the Luminary Leadership in Professional Service Firms
with its star’s interests and goals? What if an organizational change prevents stars from undertaking the type of assignments they most enjoy? What if the nature of the firm’s culture and leadership is... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A Place in the Sun
in a culture where it's very difficult for people to tell other people what to do. It's not the usual supervisory manager-submanager structure found in the United States." Before coming to Turtle Island, Evanson was involved in the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
firms to large capital-intensive enterprises, such as banking, telecommunications, mining, and transportation. By the late 1980s, many had developed a good deal of autonomy. Twenty-five years of economic reform have changed the structure... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
Street’s outsize pay packages “shameful,” especially for companies in need of federal bailouts. Such pay, he said, is “exactly the kind of disregard for the costs and consequences of their actions that brought about this crisis — a View Details