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- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Navigating Success in Volatile Times
conference theme. On Saturday morning, Lloyd Trotter, president and CEO of GE Industrial Systems, gave an insider's view of GE's legendary operating principles and culture. "The adage by which we do business is, If it's not broken, break... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
inequality. We are hoping to engage more and more companies and alumni in bringing the power of the market system to the inner city." Partnering for Success A small number of key business leaders can make a big difference by leveraging... View Details
- 28 Jun 2024
- News
Honoring Leadership in New York; PRIDE Alumni Share HBS Stories
1980), Merryl H. and James S. Tisch Curator at Large, Office of the Director, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; and the Business Leadership Award, given to Clara Wu Tsai (MBA 1993), vice chair of BSE Global and owner of the New York Liberty... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
These Are the Good Old Days
actually weren’t all that good for many people,” she notes. “There is a more level playing field and meritocracy today. You don’t have to wear a three-piece suit to get the job or while you’re on the job. Diversity and individuality are celebrated, and I, for one, am... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
The Hard Way
Russo at home in her Brisbane apartment. She credits her domineering Sicilian father with teaching her the street smarts to succeed in business. PHOTO BY PATRICK HAMILTON /NEWSPIX/NEWS LTD. Every successful entrepreneur can look back and,... View Details
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna. I'm a writer and editor for the HBS Alumni Bulletin. In 2019, I met Egyptian alumna Amal Enan (MBA 2014) when she was on campus for her 5th reunion. Enan had already held a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
America the Difficult
are. They appear to systematically earn low returns on their investments in American corporate assets. The returns on American inbound foreign direct investment (FDI) are highly distinctive for two reasons. First, they are systematically lower than the returns of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
Alumni Books Ptaath’s Hammer by Wim Baren, i.e., Barry Wemple (MBA 1973) Westminster & York Ltd. A 17,000-year-old city is discovered, predating all other known civilizations. A nightmarish blight threatens to spread over the world and... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
Energy Services, while Peter R. Formanek (MBA '68) and his AutoZone cared for car owners in need of quality parts and friendly service. This kaleidoscope of achievement was being replicated by HBS alumni virtually everywhere across the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Research Is the Foundation
fundamental means by which people interact in any organization.” Her research—published in her award-winning 2017 book, The Language of Global Success: How a Common Tongue Transforms Multinational Organizations (Princeton University... View Details
- 25 Aug 2015
- News
Sunset in the East?
Illustration by Daniel Bejar The Chinese economy seems to have finally hit the brakes. Thanks to stalling real estate and export markets, this year China reported first and second quarter growth rates of 7 percent—its lowest numbers in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
illuminating graphics to guide readers in conceiving, designing, building, testing, and scaling up the ideal business for them. The Career Playbook: Essential Advice for Today’s Aspiring Young Professional by View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Comeback Trail
Edited by Dan Morrell; illustrations by David Plunkert According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, the United States’ current recession began in February, just as the first impacts of the COVID-19... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Entrepreneur Daniel S. Bricklin: A Class Act
shared his idea. Especially supportive was a young, then untenured professor of information technology, James Cash. "Jim told me, 'Anything you do to improve the computer's human interface has got to be good,' " Bricklin recalls. View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Book Review: Getting Beyond Yes
by $100 billion spent annually on management consulting and training. Yet that message doesn’t always get to the people who need it most: fewer than half of public-facing employees are well versed in these grand strategic ideas when it... View Details
- 17 Nov 2016
- News
Wired for Innovation
Photography by Michael Stravato From cofounding the first aerial tramway high above Costa Rica’s rainforest canopy, to helping a two-person wind-energy startup become an industry leader, to making a quixotic run for US Congress, Michael... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
Course descriptions by Elaine Gottlieb, Judith A. Ross, and John Simon (sidebars by Elaine Gottlieb) Whether they come to HBS with a business plan in mind or become entrepreneurially inclined later in their... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA
Edited by April White A US military convoy was halted on a road north of Fallujah, among the most dangerous cities in Iraq. There was a possible IED in its path. They needed orders: Should they reroute? At the same moment, another Marine... View Details
- 19 Aug 2019
- News
A New Purpose for the Corporation
commitment to continue to push for an economy that serves all Americans." An article in Fortune details the discussion that led to this new statement of principles, which began with an examination led by Johnson & Johnson CEO Alex Gorsky,... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
Communications, has learned a lot about coping with the isolation caused by COVID-19 from John McCain, Nelson Mandela, and James Stockdale. “My community is under lockdown and I haven't seen my elderly... View Details