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- 01 Dec 2017
- News
In Service of Others
Mike Zak (MBA 1981) After studying engineering at Cornell and serving four years in the Marine Corps, Mike Zak (MBA 1981) arrived at HBS in 1979, one of only a handful of military veterans in his class. The transition was not easy. “I... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
At HBS Workshop, New CEOs Tune Up for the Top
the sessions twice each year, and, accordingly, another session of the New CEO Workshop will take place next month, from November 7 9. In addition, Porter notes, "We want to accommodate the requests of the workshop's alumni to bring the group together again to focus on... View Details
Keywords: Jon Prestage
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Len Schlesinger Returns
Limited Brands, I had to transition from a knockoff design and speed-sourcing model to building brands and coming to grips with what that meant to our portfolio of businesses. There is nothing more dramatic in a company called Limited... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Former Bulletin Editor Remembered
His detailed reports on faculty research, campus construction, and the School's growing international reach were regular features during that period. In an article marking the magazine's 75th anniversary in 1999, Anthony noted the View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Blockbuster Deals
manage the transition of their information systems? "If a company is addressing the transition of information systems after a merger, it is probably too late to avert the loss of key information technology... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
3 Minute Briefing: Y Combinator’s Qasar Younis
perspective, Y Combinator is about one word: focus. We strip a company down to its core. What service or product are you providing? How are you getting those customers? And are there enough of those customers? When I was in Chicago and making a View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
HBS Launches Alumni Survey
marking a reunion year, plus alumni who are two years out — a critical time of transition for many grads. The initial survey will be sent to the 2003 MBA reunion classes. It is designed to take about twenty minutes to complete, and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Tools and Training for a “Wicked Problem”
the homeless transition to affordable housing, and expanding behavioral health services and substance abuse treatment programs are all part of the plan; when it comes to its implementation, however, Keller will draw on tactics he picked... View Details
Keywords: homelessness
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
markets were overextended, but my earlier failure had laid the groundwork for a very successful next chapter of my career. Catherine Bouvier D'Yvoire (MBA 1982), financial advisor to governments, Paris, France After years of working "happily" in the same company, I... View Details
- 30 Apr 2019
- News
Leading Schools That Change Lives
In 2011, Brendan Kennealey (MBA 2006) returned to his high school alma mater in Wilmington, Delaware, to serve as the first non-clergy president in the Catholic school’s century-long history. “Salesianum School’s transition to lay... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Fred Newman (MBA 1978)
always listening. That is the key. When people ask “How do you do that?” I say it’s not about getting the sounds out, it’s about getting them in. Since I was 10 years old, I’ve recorded sounds wherever I’ve gone, particularly at dawn and dusk. That View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Taxing Questions
revenue-neutral reform: A much-reduced rate, to facilitate US domestic investment and discourage transfer pricing games. A transition to a territorial regime of taxation with only US-earned profits subject to taxation and foreign... View Details
- 02 May 2016
- News
Can Brian Shortsleeve Fix the MBTA’s Budget Woes?
officials and transit advocates. Shortsleeve said his goal is to balance the agency’s books for the first time in 15 years, even if that means taking on sacred cows. He said any savings will be reinvested in the system to make it run more... View Details
- 31 Jul 2014
- News
Making Private Equity Public Knowledge
first tried to transition to private equity from consulting, looking for more ownership over his work. Because the consulting company he worked for wasn't targeted by private equity, he had to go out and sell himself. "Traditional... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 03 Jan 2017
- News
Using Technology to Tailor Learning to Each Child
now, we’re cramming so much technology into schools and we’re not really leveraging the power that the internet can bring to connect students to all sorts of experiences and to invite us to redesign how a typical classroom and class day feels. Ready to Blend is working... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Donella Rapier to Head External Relations
where she taught the first-year MBA accounting course, Financial Reporting and Control. Since making the transition to CFO, Rapier has overseen and managed all aspects of the School’s finances, including long-range financial planning,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
HBS Reverses Policy On Grade Disclosure
transition back to our original policy can be managed — with careful consideration of the implementation issues many of you have raised — to minimize any such adverse effects.” HBS allowed students to disclose their grades until 1998,... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Year 2000 Computer Problem and You: Disaster for Some, Lessons for All
phone bills at home. Major organizations will be essentially ready. I do expect a period of transition and inconvenience such as we are now experiencing at times with credit cards. And government agencies must work to catch up if they are... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The View from the Pit
learned about the basic functions of marketing, production, accounting, and finance." Want-ing more time to sort out the tension between theory and practice, Baldwin stayed on at HBS, earning her doctorate in 1977 and joining the faculty in 1981. One initial difficulty... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 14 Nov 2024
- News
How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms
have formed at Liberty Mutual the Climate Transition Center, which is our research that we are exposing to whoever wants to avail themselves of it. And you know we've had some conversations with the Department of Energy in Washington, and... View Details