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- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Alumni Author: Thomas H. Fischgrund (MBA ’80)
“Parent” is the job title that Tom Fischgrund (MBA ’80) feels most at home with. He is also the author and editor of several books and president of Management Recruiters of Atlanta Perimeter Center. The father of three children,... View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- News
Gloria Steinem and Diane Paulus Take Center Stage
Executive Governor of Lagos State, presided as chief host for the evening. View the HBSAN Gala video View the HBSAN Gala video According to HBSAN’s program manager Chika Nnadozie, the club presented three leadership awards. The HBSAN... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 18 Jul 2019
- News
The Pursuit of Impact
actually doing the job that they ran for. And you’ve got to remember, the skill sets to run for office have nothing do with the skill sets to do the job once you get there. “I'm not obsessed with numbers,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
began with the Giants’ cross-bay rivals, the Oakland A’s. As a political science major at the University of California, Berkeley, Baer fed his passion for journalism and sports by serving as business manager and sports director of the... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Chai Ling
"China's democracy and free-market economy will require people with a solid understanding of capital markets, advanced management skills, and experience in global competition," she says. After developing her View Details
- 10 Jan 2013
- News
From Wall Street to Visual Art
Museum and the National Gallery for Foreign Art in Bulgaria. "My MBA experience equipped me with the skills to work in these different contexts and to manage the unexpected," she says. "And, wherever I am... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Class of 1949 Gift Supports HBS Faculty Development
any smarter or more gifted than any other HBS class," observed Gregory. "It was simply a matter of good timing. We rode the crest of worldwide postwar prosperity. As general managers, we had the market going for us, we had the capital, and HBS armed us with the View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Margaret Hanson Costan: A Whole New World
management skills to work for good causes. She helped a health-care start-up with its finances, served on the board of directors of a local choral group, and is the senior warden (head of Vestry) at Christ... View Details
Keywords: Young, Susan
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Faculty Books
developing innovative products and services. He discusses the full range of activities required: learning about customer needs; managing experimentation and problem-solving; product-development process design and improvement; and... View Details
- 30 Jan 2021
- News
Finding a Fresh Approach to Dry Cleaning
management skills and new technologies to double its revenue and expand the business beyond the basics of shirts and suits, according to a Washington Post story by Thomas Heath. About three-quarters of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
There and Back Again: The Challenges and Rewards of Working Abroad
(MBA ’91), a managing director in the firm’s Boston office. (See the International Checklist.) Working abroad can also develop new skills and open doors to future opportunities. Sean Keohane (MBA ’96), for... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Design Fair
Second-year students in Associate Professor Stefan Thomke's elective MBA course Managing Product Development presented their final projects at the tenth annual Design Fair in December. Among those who displayed their wares at the Spangler... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
A Quiet Force: Remembering Jay Light
research into the causes of the crisis. “Jay came at the recession like the expert he was,” says Angela Crispi (MBA 1990), Executive Dean for Administration during Light’s tenure. “He moved quickly to manage expenses, while continuing to... View Details
- 12 Jul 2011
- News
Phone Fun
disciplines involved in the role, combined with the pace and focus on tangible deliverables is intellectually, creatively, and emotionally fulfilling,” he elaborates. At HBS, Braterman developed the skills to put marketing into context at... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Job
One of the most essential roles of the general manager is to be the person who can move an organization forward through the most tangled of circumstances, says Professor Amy Edmondson, “where there is uncertainty, different points of... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Short Takes
white-collar employment is structured," he says. Gathering data from four temporary staffing agencies that focus on managerial and professional talent, Bradach interviewed 26 skilled temporary workers serving as independent contractors... View Details
Keywords: Judith Ross
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
A Conversation with John Doerr (MBA '76)
markets, and technologies out there. What's lacking are great teams. So a key service from venture capital has become team-building and recruiting. Management skills are absolutely crucial to the quality of... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Lumry Chair Supports IT and Entrepreneurship
keep HBS at the forefront in the use of technology to teach management skills and will help support cutting-edge research and course development. The gift will also help facilitate collaboration between the... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Eric C. Feagler: Against the Odds
skills by flying among Washington’s majestic Cascade Mountains. “We ‘screamed’ between 8,000-foot peaks — often at night and often flying barely 200 feet off the ground,” he recalls. Despite the exhilaration of such demanding maneuvers,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Shareholders' Value?
Regulation FD, which impairs the free flow of information between companies and their owners. Discipline. Selling can be said to discipline managers by driving the stock price down, but it's hard for one shareholder to have a discernible... View Details