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- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
working with members of Congress to modernize the rules and processes on the internal side. It’s been about 20 years since we’ve had a commission in this country to look at restructuring the way Congress does its day-to-day business. One... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Knowledge Integration Rules at Yale
boundaries. Driving the change was the growing feeling that the traditional MBA program was not fulfilling its mission of preparing students for leadership positions in modern organizations. To accomplish its transformation, Yale designed... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle
ingredient is the fact that Israel’s “economic miracle” is no miracle at all but rather the product of a calculated start-up mentality that permeates its history and culture. “Israel is the first start-up nation in history, the result of a conscious effort to build... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Charles O. Rossotti, MBA 1964
mandate of modernizing the IRS was Rossotti, who was recruited by then U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin and other top government officials because of his experience in running a major service- and technology-oriented business.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Rx for Too Big to Fail
institutions existed even before the repeal of Glass-Steagall in 1999. The truth is, large financial institutions are probably an unavoidable feature of modern life. Even many of the most ardent opponents of big banks favor the creation... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Borders and the Self By Chinwe Ajena-Sagna (MBA 2003) Masobe Books “Who are you?” Every border tells a story. Every story has its origins. Tracing a cultural lineage from the beginnings of Igbo history in the ninth century by delineating... View Details
- 03 May 2013
- News
Looking Through Glass, Historically
would not be on the modern woman's birthday, Christmas, or wedding-gift list. This change certainly looks permanent. But is it? Just note the popularity of Downton Abbey!" The book project became a big part of Wilson's life. "For several... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Giving Advice
crowdfunding. We asked Susan Wolf Ditkoff (MBA 2001), a partner at The Bridgespan Group—nonprofit advisor to mission-driven organizations and leaders—and author of “Galvanizing Philanthropy” (Harvard Business Review, November 2009), to help alumni make sense of the... View Details
- 24 Jul 2018
- News
How Amy Hood Won Back Wall Street and Helped Reboot Microsoft
described as giving her team “room to run,” and offering the following anecdote: Bridgette Link runs Modern Finance and has broad discretion to determine what kinds of tools will make the most positive impact on her staff. Link says her... View Details
- 05 Dec 2016
- News
The Dragon’s Tale
demands of increasingly sophisticated Chinese consumers is a more complicated challenge. One approach Chinese manufacturers are using is to acquire companies around the world in order to get fast access to the technologies they need to View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
had created. The Center's work has left us a rich legacy of business documents, archives, and research that help shape our modern understanding of business development." As the Research Center in Entrepreneurial History began to flourish,... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
An Orchestral Startup
commentaries help demystify modern music and make it more palatable to audiences," Lim says. Lim sees his pre-HBS experience as a business consultant as invaluable in Metamorphosen's startup and operation; his corporate-world acumen plays... View Details
Keywords: Linda Goodspeed
- 01 Nov 2013
- News
Selling Crafts with a Story
you that Matt was inspired by his father's woodwork. They might show you a picture of Matt's studio or his grandfather's hammer. And suddenly, well, readers want that cheeseboard. "It's something you want to tell your friends about," says Koss. The idea, she says, is... View Details
- 10 Jan 2013
- News
From Wall Street to Visual Art
wood, dressed with nautical ropes or chains, hung beneath window screens or on top of old bed springs. Her work has been acclaimed as a new voice in modern art inspired by Cubism and the Bauhaus, and her pieces appear in both private and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Maiden Voyage
wealth to reinvent itself as a modern global competitor. Still, getting to Mars will be a nine-month journey, and lots can go wrong. “A country can only have one fiftieth anniversary,” says Al Hashmi. “Failure is not an option.” View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Mario A. Corti: Global Reconnaissance
every country in the world. "One of the high points of that trip," recalls Corti, "was flying over and touching down on the endless plains of Russia. You realize how enormous the country is and the folly of trying to conquer it." Military conquest may be an outmoded... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
were facing. He radiated warmth while he shared his views on the future of education in modern business conduct. At the end of our encounter, I received a copy of A Delicate Experiment, a history of HBS, with a very personalized... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Orin C. Smith (MBA '67)
experienced," says Smith. "It's important to establish the fundamentals of general management early in one's career, but sometimes there aren't any precedents to follow. You're simply trying to meet challenges on a day-to-day basis." Beyond the creation of the View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Rethinking the MBA
school education is all about? Garvin: The concept that people have about what it means to be a modern business school is perhaps the biggest barrier to change. We are suggesting a change in the current model toward a new perspective: one... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
(AMP 94, 1984) (iUniverse) Simple Sabotage: A Modern Field Manual for Detecting and Rooting Out Everyday Behaviors That Undermine Your Workplace by Robert Galford (MBA 1976), Bob Frisch, and Cary Greene (MBA 1994) (HarperOne) Inspired by... View Details