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- 01 Dec 2008
- News
What Went Wrong?
it was pretty slow, and there was lots of time to think about it. What’s happened in the last two weeks is that you can drop the words ‘slow motion.’ It’s just a plain train wreck now, as the cars collide... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Ray A. Goldberg (MBA '50)
at the School, John H. Davis, coined the term "agribusiness." The two men wanted a word to describe the complex value-added chain that begins with a farmer's purchase of livestock or seed and ends with a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
and a team of investors bought the shuttered plant and got it up and running again. Adopting a local word for "genesis," Okoloko would call his new company Notore Chemical Industries Ltd. Looking for... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Air Time
Input Most common words in responses: Most common words in responses: @HBSAlumni What should alumni look for when joining a startup? “Character of people. Goodness that goes... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Full Circle
surgery on the dog and oversaw a physical therapy program that included exercise on an underwater treadmill. After three weeks, Ginger was walking again. Anderson has a few words of advice for alumni who may... View Details
- 18 Oct 2016
- News
Leading the Way for Women Entrepreneurs
paused in describing herself and her role in founding her company, settling on “business strategy customer leadership person.” Barna urged her to call herself a visionary. The crowd of burgeoning entrepreneurs erupted in applause. Hyman... View Details
- 17 Mar 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Adam Enbar (MBA 2010)
later volunteered teaching at a prison. A couple of years after leaving HBS, I became interested in the idea of the ROI of higher ed; that a college degree used to be the best... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
25-person company with a reputation for creating high-quality products that appealed to both parents and children. Their prices were higher than other toys, but word of mouth —... View Details
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
Its currency only grew with the 2012 publication of Anne-Marie Slaughter’s Atlantic Monthly article “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All,” followed by Sheryl Sandberg’s (MBA 1995) 2013 book, Lean In. This conversation was born out View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Leadership: Getting Down to Fundamentals
word “leadership” itself, which means everything and nothing at the same time. It’s similar to a word like globalization, which has been so broadly applied and abused it’s lost its analytical traction.... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 15 Dec 2011
- News
An HBS gift guide
accessible travel easy to find and up to date for people with all kinds of physical challenges.” Help Brehm spread the word Previous Next Supporting African vineyards Selena (MBA 2003) and Khary Cuffe (MBA... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A Force for Good
coats and ties. The first time he dared to speak in class, he used the Canadian pronunciation of the word “schedule” — SHED-yool — and was none-too-gently mocked by his professor and classmates. One View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
In a year like no other, it makes sense that a handful of new words would pop up—and familiar terms would find a different spin and resonance. We asked HBS alumni and faculty to give their take on a few that... View Details
- 30 Apr 2021
- News
Revealing the Rules
wine-dark. Ancient languages didn’t have a word for blue—a realization that prompted linguists to ask whether humans could even see the color if they don’t have a word for it. So a researcher went to Namibia... View Details
- 22 Jan 2020
- News
What It Takes
to be a very good meeting. I went and sat in a chair in front of his desk. The guy completely excoriated me, and there was almost no curse word that he didn't have a full command of, and used it, and it was... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
composed of “propaganda written in white-hot anger with words tumbling and stumbling all over the page.” ...Several chemical companies threatened legal action. Velsicol Chemical Company, maker View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 1
So, and then, when I got the job, he didn't really explain why. And I don't think he did to the other two in terms of why they didn't. The way I've answered the question over the years is, you know, like, I was a good peer, you know? In... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
Baker: With a strong belief in change within the system, working to reduce corruption so that free markets will function better, to the benefit of rich and poor nations alike. Photos by Katherine Lambert Corruption. Said slowly, even the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs
- 13 Mar 2018
- News
Leadership Lessons from the “Lone Survivor” Mission
If you have ever been in a car crash or you've ever been in a traumatic situation, and time seems to start to really change, and warp, and slow down, that's what started to happen all around me. I was still trying to process the words... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Roger Ullman: Going Green with E2
organization also makes a deep, positive impression on lawmakers: “We are not for a particular political party; we are for the environment. “I’m very happy with my new career,” adds Ullman, who has a few words View Details