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12 PM – 1:30 PM EST, 21 Nov 2024
Webinars: Career

Considering Retirement

"So you're actually thinking about retiring?!" Retirement can inspire not only excitement for new possibilities, but also fear for the future. How can you keep the parts of work you love but enjoy more View Details

Portrait Project

Thomas Rajan

industry one airline at a time to where value isn't just a fair ticket price or a healthy balance sheet, but where customers and employees are treated with dignity and respect as well. To lift nations to the heights View Details

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Speculation and Credit - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Vanity and Virtue Misers, Moneylenders, and Thieves Money Devil Biblical and Mythological Scenes Love and Money Politics and War Louis-Philippe Speculation and Credit Bankers, Financiers, and Statesmen Stock Exchanges printer-friendly Speculation and Credit The... View Details

01 Sep 2018
News

What I Do: Clare Reichenbach (AMP 185, 2013)

looking at other approaches that could make it more accessible to a broader range of the public. We also aim to get the balance right in terms of diversity by including some... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Peter and Maria Hoey

Profile

John Rogers

unique and impactful field opportunities through the Immersion Experience Program and Social Enterprise Initiative Summer Fellowship. This balanced educational experience, along with the privilege of joining... View Details

Keywords: Other Financial Services; Manufacturing

24 May 2021
Blog Post

Graduating During a Pandemic

graduating from Harvard Business School! We led a team of administrators, students, and faculty to balance the possible with the realities of an evolving pandemic. The result... View Details

6:30 PM – 8:30 PM PDT, 18 Oct 2016
HBS Alumni Events

Alumnae Circles Open House: San Francisco

Women's groups are launching- are you interested? Register for this upcoming open house to learn more. View Details

14 Aug 2019
News

Leading from Within

founder and CEO of MetaMedia and former president of IMAX Home Entertainment, it was a challenge to put aside his corporate identity of 25 years and enter Love, Power, Justice... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

Alumni WDYDWYD

Patricia Barron

at home gave balance that I did not know I needed. As I approached 43, our son arrived. Several months later we added a good friend's two sons when she died of cancer. Flexibility, straight talk, both key to... View Details

22 Nov 2019
Blog Post

Avant Ski Makes Turns in Ski Media Objectivity

nearly a decade on Wall Street, she knew that there was something missing. “My underlying desire to do something on my own never went away,” said Widman. “I was trying to balance having two small kids, so time was the most finite... View Details

26 Mar 2008
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Disaster!

from the tragedy? For one, small decisions have big consequences. Key concepts include: Words and actions by leadership shape perceptions and beliefs of organization members. Leaders need to hold a delicate View Details

01 Jun 2012
News

Noted & Quoted

“Trust your instincts 98 percent, your observations 50 percent, and your conclusions 25 percent.” —Zynga founder & CEO Mark Pincus (MBA 1993), discussing the entrepreneur’s need to balance data analysis and observation when evaluating... View Details

01 Jun 1998
News

Long-Term Interest: Bill Crozier, a Banker Pegged to the Customer

about how the current business scene is heavily skewed toward the shareholder. "Certainly the shareholder is important," he notes. "However, the shareholder role has gotten out of balance with the other... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

01 Oct 2021
News

Tackling the World’s Most Difficult Challenges

traditional balance sheet does not account for a company’s cost to society. For instance, airlines don’t figure in the environmental costs of travel, which can amount to billions annually. HBS’s... View Details

Portrait Project

Mathew Turner

foundation for me to build robots at MIT; mentors that taught me the meaning of a second chance; and, an opportunity to serve overseas in the US Air Force. From HBS, I will ponder the lunchtime discussions in the Grille on peace in the... View Details

01 Oct 1996
News

Uhlmann Award Winners Focus on French Retailer

strike a balance between private label and manufacturer brands, and reemphasize food products instead of venturing too far into nonfood items. Although they foresee a fierce battle among retailing Goliaths,... View Details

Profile

Mallika Ahluwalia

Mallika. "I used formal business models to create a business plan and a feasibility analysis, balancing costs and revenues, to help members access credit and reach bulk markets." Her next internship, with McKinsey in Washington,... View Details

Student-Profile

Rohan Kekre

and corporate finance (particularly financial intermediation). I’m currently engaged in research on both fronts: the macroeconomic consequences of heterogeneity in labor market institutions across the Eurozone, and the causes and... View Details

29 Jan 2025
Blog Post

Finding Professional Purpose: Building an Impactful Career that Reflects your Values with Lisa Tanzer (MBA 1993)

leadership. I learned the importance of balancing strategy with execution, and how to navigate unanticipated challenges. I learned the value of the alumni network—the... View Details

28 Oct 2001
What Do You Think?

What Can We Expect in the Other War?

In light of the outset of the war on terrorism, how does this affect what has been called the war for talent? A book by the same name 1 has recently characterized this as an "endless journey" to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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