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- 01 Apr 1998
- News
World Class Learning
instructor." Skills related to reading, writing, listening, and speaking at HBS are just as important as becoming proficient in English, says Light. She also believes that issues of adaptation involve the whole person. "It's too easy to... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Classroom Lessons Put Into Practice Abroad
accessible to new audiences, adapting company goals to accommodate consumer behavior. They outfitted a test truck and spread the word about its location via social media. The idea was enthusiastically embraced by customers and by Rita de... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Elaine L. Chao (MBA 1979)
The eldest in a family of six daughters (four of whom attended HBS), Elaine L. Chao came to New York City from Taiwan at the age of eight. She adapted to her new home quickly, learning English and excelling academically. Since attending... View Details
- 23 Sep 2019
- News
Leading Schools that Change Lives
Brendan Kennealey (MBA 2006) studied business at Harvard and has a psychology degree from Boston College. But in a career spent leading schools that transform students’ lives, he also draws regularly on his training as an EMT. “It’s all about triage,” says Kennealey,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Ink
Book Review: Mix Master by Sean Silverthorne In contemporary culture, a remix is the bringing together of assets in new ways—a song that combines recording samples from Otis Redding or Brenda Lee, say, placed in a new Kanye West wrapper. See Also Alumni and Faculty... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
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Gibson Hits a High Note
33ffea43b3115eba957356db0b41a6e4 It’s a turnaround story almost too good to be true. Gibson Guitar was down, and nearly out, in 1986 when Henry Juszkiewicz (MBA ’79) and David Berryman (MBA ’79) bought the legendary Nashville maker of acoustic and electric guitars.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
be adapted to all sorts of nutritious foods—AACE has added soybeans, maize, and sorghum to its product line—but spices have proven to be an effective proof of concept. It now sells products to customers in 6 of Nigeria's 36 states,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Shaping Leaders Who Understand Business and the Environment
Michael Toffel, the Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management and chair of the Business and Environment Initiative Five years ago, as George Serafeim recalls, if he had walked into the classroom on the first day and mentioned ESG (environmental, social,... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
HBS Posts Strong Results in 2008
to analyze the crisis and adapt the curriculum to reflect changes in the culture of how business is done. “We have begun this important work already,” he added. Operationally, Light said the School “will continue to ensure that our... View Details
- 15 May 2018
- News
Spreading the Safety Net
Photo via LinkedIn Photo via LinkedIn In a May 6, 2018, op-ed in the New York Times, Rent the Runway co-founder and CEO Jennifer Hyman (MBA 2009) discussed the reasoning behind her recent decision to equalize benefits for all employees—a move that fulfills both a moral... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
Rytis Vitkauskas (MBA 2008) Target Global Leaving the Party Early Over the course of 20 years in venture capital, there are many that got away (Twitter, Capital IQ, Adaptive Insights, and The RealReal, to name a few). However, one... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
part, Chinese reformers who negotiated the terms of the WTO agreement made a calculated gamble that it would provide the necessary leverage to force policy changes necessary for homegrown businesses — including SOEs and TVEs — to adapt... View Details
- 18 Sep 2019
- News
Level Up
through these early indicators, these cracks in the surface, we can see that the fan is fundamentally changing.” Here, we offer four ways that Ruggiero and the Sports Innovation Lab say this new era is redefining the business of sports—and highlight four alumni who are... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
New Releases
managerial formula. His book is designed to help managers understand that distinction and show them how to adapt and respond accordingly. The Service Profit Chain by James L. Heskett, W. Earl Sasser, Jr., and Leonard A. Schlesinger (Free... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Antoinette J. ("Toni") Rapone
the University of California, Davis. She spent this past summer observing the development of vocal communication patterns in Patas monkeys on the African savanna. "I want to know how the Patas have adapted their vocalizations to survive... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Book Review: Hooray for the Huddled Masses
to create. But life in America, which began when he left Iran as a one-year-old, taught him about the qualities that immigrants bring to the country—perseverance, entrepreneurialism, a willingness to adapt to new cultures—that made it... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 12 May 2016
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Food Rescue Is on a Mission
forensic accounting, the ability to adapt to clients’ needs, especially on such an enormous scale, is crucial. He points to SecondBite’s relationship with Coles, one of Australia’s largest supermarket chains, which joined the food-reuse... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Apr 2001
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Big Deals: Project Finance Helps Mitigate Risk in Large-Scale Investments
new geographic markets and for new types of undertakings, combined with an increasing need to finance development in countries with limited resources, suggest that project finance should continue to loom large in the years ahead. This article was View Details
- 16 Aug 2022
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