General Managers - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Apr 2020
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Spreading the Love

2015), a bioengineer and entrepreneur, and Emilio LaTorre, Lovepop’s head of supply chain. The team also collaborated with working groups at Partners Healthcare (which operates Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital,... View Details

01 Oct 1998
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Andresen Becomes First European and First Exec. Ed. Graduate to Endow HBS Professorship

marketing skills, I felt the company could become the 'shark' that ate all its smaller competitors in the saturated European lawn-mower market." Andresen says that he "thoroughly enjoyed" his role as general View Details

01 Jun 1997
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Blockbuster Deals

A wave of mergers is sweeping the country, activity that recalls the 1980s, the 1960s, and even, some say, the empire-building of a century ago. In the following article, nine HBS professors comment on the current M&As; phenomenon and how M&As; in View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry

01 Jun 2012
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FIELD 3 Tests Students

‘plans’ to go to market,” explains Moon. “They actually had to launch a real business and generate real arm’s-length revenue.” Teams that didn’t make the cut moved to the “failed business track,” where they focused on writing an analysis... View Details

Keywords: FIELD program

01 Feb 2002
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Springboard Boosts Funding Prospects for Women Entrepreneurs

those of you who are here making presentations today and trying to build companies," he said. "We need people with that kind of courage and vision." HBS senior lecturer Robert F. Higgins, who is also founder and managing View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2005
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South Asian Women at Work

Conference on India and Its Neighbors, a student-organized gathering held on the HBS campus in February and sponsored by the HBS South Asian Business Association. Shahla Aly, now a general manager at... View Details

Keywords: sari; dress code; corporate attire; women

01 Sep 2020
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In My Humble Opinion: Screen Tested

it’s a good thing to do, but because it makes good business sense,” she says. “We’re addressing a massive gap in content.” Aussie advantage: “The general perception of Australians is that we’re easygoing and approachable. And the accent... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; women in business; COVID-19; film; media; television; Arts, Entertainment

01 Sep 2004
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Clay Christensen (MBA 1979)

Clayton M. Christensen is the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration at HBS, where he holds a joint appointment in the Technology and Operations Management and General View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2017
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Ask the Expert: Human Intelligence

illustration by Taylor Callery illustration by Taylor Callery Artificial intelligence is not a replacement for the human brain. At least not yet. “That is decades away,” says Rudina Seseri (MBA 2005), answering one of the most common questions she hears. As cofounder... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Mar 2017
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In My Humble Opinion: Arunma Oteh (MBA 1990)

appointment as director general of Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission. MORE The Amazing Life of One of America’s Earliest Black, Female Entrepreneurs MORE The Amazing Life of One of America’s Earliest Black, Female Entrepreneurs... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jun 2007
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Letters

reducing poverty have generally been the same. More aid. More debt relief. More foreign direct investment. And, of late, more free trade. I agree with all of these. However, the greatest contribution Western countries and corporations can... View Details

01 Oct 2000
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After the Revolution: Putting the Internet in Perspective

paramount. "When you went to Harvard Business School, we really knew what we were talking about," he told alumni. "But in the new economy, just about everything we accepted about business is being questioned." Nolan, an expert on general... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Sep 2005
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Trouble in Mouse Land

amply rewarded; over the course of ten years, annual profits of WDC went from $291 million to $1.11 billion under the management of Eisner (CEO and chairman) and Wells (president and COO). By the mid-1990s, however, storm clouds had... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2024
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Case Study: Ready for an Upgrade

engineering. There she helped suppliers design and certify their systems for flight: new seats for an aircraft, for example, or a Wi-Fi system for the new Delta Air Lines plane. She was surprised to find that engineers relied on outdated tools to View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

01 Feb 1999
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More Than a Business

attempted a career in professional sports, playing for a year with the Milwaukee Bucks and the Cleveland Cavaliers. But the lure of business ultimately proved stronger, pulling Graves to HBS, where he explored his interest in management... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey Lazar

01 Sep 2009
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Over the Top

term. “It is these shareholders who pushed companies to generate returns at levels that were not sustainable. They also made sure high returns were tied to management compensation. The pressure to produce... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance; Government

01 Oct 2000
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Laura Scher of Working Assets

Most of the money is taken from revenues generated by the Working Assets credit card, long-distance telephone, and Internet businesses, whose customers sign on for these services because they support the company's progressive stance and... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Dec 2011
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Alumni Book Briefs

in organizational success and personal growth. He also provides a 28-day program for mastering innovation’s key steps: finding insight, generating ideas, building businesses, and strengthening innovation prowess in the workforce and... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

26 Jan 2021
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Clubs See Wealth in FemTech; Health Care Alumni Look at COVID Response

uninformed about the opportunities. For the HBSWANY panel, Greub was joined by classmates Rachel Brannan (MBA 1987), a former investment banker, and Corinne Nevinny (MBA 1987), a General Partner with Avestria. “Many in our audience were... View Details