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- 01 Jun 2002
- News
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diverse as limited liability, deposit insurance, Social Security, and federal disaster relief, paying particular attention to the original thinking behind them. He concludes that the nation's lawmakers,... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 11 Jul 2012
- News
A Man, and a Plan, in Africa
to a decision within a strictly limited time—just like real life!” A volunteer for his class's 40th Reunion planning committee, Bloom will have a chance to share additional HBS... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Estonia, Incorporated
Illustration by Peter and Maria Hoey In June, Aman Kumar (MBA 2014) was appointed the first-ever special advisor to the CIO of the Republic of Estonia. Kumar has a day job, too, working in the New York office of enterprise software giant... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
General Electric and its CEO Jeff Immelt (MBA ’82). GE has announced its intention to reach $10 billion in water-business sales over the next decade. Worldwide, as water becomes increasingly precious, it is often predicted that more... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Insight: Yenball
Ultimately, says HBS professor emeritus Stephen A. Greyser, the Yankees—who signed Tanaka to a seven-year, $155 million deal—were looking for what every team seeks in a free agent: a player who can help them win more games. But ever since... View Details
- 20 Jan 2017
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Beating Pain with Brain Power
trials, and now - showing that there is a very big economic incentive to train medical teams in Comfort Talk. “One of my big passions right now is the opiate crisis. All efforts now are directed at the back end, treating either addiction... View Details
- 01 Feb 2013
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Growth Strategy Has Double Bottom Line
as generating a competitive market return that will meet the objectives of conventional investors who are exclusively looking to profit financially. Our conservation strategy contributes to our investment... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
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Hybrid Learning the HBS Way
to an HBS education. Even with the success of the hybrid classrooms, there was still an appetite among students to be together with their sections. So, as limits on gathering... View Details
- 15 Nov 2021
- News
Charles P. Waite (MBA 1959)
uncle Fred,” noted Waite. At Greylock, he added, the primary focus was on helping these companies to succeed, not just on making money. Waite remained a general partner at Greylock until his retirement in 1995, served as president in the... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
The Harvard Clubs of Australia: Networking with a Cause
American-born Philip W. Stern (MBA '82) moved to Australia in 1985, spending several years as a McKinsey consultant. He has been Down Under ever since. Now a self-proclaimed Sydney local, Stern is a partner at the management consulting... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Message and the Media: Advertising's Brave New World
to expand their market power through vertical and horizontal integration," Silk explains. Within the media industry, a central fact is that its many actors, from venerable big-city dailies to the hottest... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
- 23 Jul 2013
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Building Great Schools around Great Teachers
boarding school seemed too limiting if he wanted to make a genuine impact. Turning his sights to improving public education, he met with then-HBS Senior Lecturer Stacey... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Complete Package
employees’ families to the office. I think it is important for the children to be able to be proud of where their parents work.” Hiring philosophy: “It’s about attitude and... View Details
Keywords: April White; entrepreneurship; sustainability; packaging; leadership; women; Manufacturing
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Of Value and Values
of investment management. “I think that vote captured a powerful tension inside the students,” she remarks. “They have plenty of mathematical and financial models to support the point of view that restricting the size of an ‘investable... View Details
- 20 Jan 2015
- News
Patient Medical Records, Pocket-sized
by federal law, in order to receive government reimbursements. “As a provider with limited resources and tremendous pressure to decrease cost, we can only focus on so many... View Details
- 27 Apr 2025
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Celebrating 40 Years of Kraft Family Fellowships
Robert Kraft (center) and Jonathan Kraft and Dean Srikant Datar (second row, center) gathered recently with Kraft Family Fellowship recipients and guests to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the founding of the first Kraft fellowship fund at HBS. Photos by Ethi... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
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Ink: Comfort in Discomfort
the world makes all the difference in what we are each capable of. And by default, many of us approach it with a fixed perspective that limits us in endless ways. Breaking that [habit] changes our ability to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Speak English, Please!
Image by Chuan Khoo / Getty Images Learning to Speak the Language of Business In March 2010, CEO Hiroshi Mikitani (MBA 1993) stood in front of his employees at online retail giant Rakuten’s Tokyo headquarters and made a stunning... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
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Staying the Course
Jessie Woolley-Wilson (MBA 1990) Jessie Woolley-Wilson (MBA 1990) In early March 2020, DreamBox Learning CEO Jessie Woolley-Wilson (MBA 1990) could point proudly to the growth of the online math company. In the last nine years, since the... View Details
- 02 Dec 2018
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Fostering Great Leadership
excited to live in New England.” Olivier credits the School with fostering his personal development. “HBS challenged my assumptions about what I knew, what my skills were, and what my limitations were,” he... View Details