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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Engaging with Students to Share Insights About Africa
give students an understanding about the political, economic, and business dynamics in Africa,” recalls Belo-Osagie. However, a semester-long course would be challenging for both because of their busy schedules. But when HBS introduced... View Details
- 27 Apr 2017
- News
Helping Veterans Gain Skills to Thrive in the Business World
Tucker York (MBA 1986) (photo by Chris Taggart) Tucker York (MBA 1986) (photo by Chris Taggart) DONOR: Tucker York (MBA 1986) Goldman Sachs Scholars Fellowship Tucker York (MBA 1986) recalls that, as a student at HBS, he didn’t realize... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Social Enterprise Visionary
experience on nonprofit boards,” recalls HBS professor and director of research Kash Rangan, SEI’s cofounder and current cochair. “He firmly believed that by elevating the management capability of these valuable institutions, we would... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Back to School
just this volunteer mom,” recalls Whitney, who had no admissions experience. “I told him, ‘I’m pretty good with people, I understand education, and I understand marketing. You can teach me about admissions.’ He thought about it and said... View Details
- 16 Apr 2013
- News
A Walkabout to the Ocean
environmental career that started on the banks of the Rhine River. Merkl grew up in Cologne, Germany in the 1960s—a time when the Rhine was so polluted that anyone even daring to wade into it risked arrest. "It stank, literally," recalls... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
Dressler (AMP 67, 1973) (Dudley Court Press) Dressler has written a love story and a travel book, filled with stories and photos of wild animals, diplomatic soirées, cultural fairs, religious and historic places, and even business practices around the globe. He View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Inside Intel
last, Intel got out of the memory business. It had taken three years. A decade later, Grove recalled that the mechanics of getting out of that business were “very hard.” It was a “year-and-a-half-long process of shutting down factories,... View Details
- 02 Nov 2021
- News
Row On
Head of the Charles in 2019. Teammate Roger Borggaard recalled Hamlin as a quiet presence off the water with a fierce competitive streak in the heat of a race: “You’d be dog-tired and he’d scream: ‘Let’s go! Let it rip’” he said. “Just... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Fred Lazarus: Art Work at the Office
in the Fogg Museum was my favorite," Lazarus recalls with a grin. "I dodged the question." He acknowledges that his lack of artistic background may seem unusual, especially in light of the fact that he is the first nonartist to hold the... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey Lazar
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Meg Whitman, MBA 1979
middle of a big room,” recalls Whitman from eBay’s headquarters, now called the Whitman Campus, in San Jose, California. Initially uninterested in the CEO position, upon meeting eBay founder Pierre Omidyar she realized this was no... View Details
- 02 Dec 2019
- News
A Long-Standing Commitment to Global Understanding
of economic development,” recalls Barry of his post-graduation years. He wanted to understand why people in some regions do well economically and improve their standard of living while others do not, and was also interested in exploring... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Of Myth and Merlin: T.A. (Tom) Barron's Literary Odyssey
Barron recalls one professor chiding him for "studying the hiking trails of Scotland more than anything else." Despite his numerous academic and extracurricular interests, including writing, business came first for Barron, thanks to his... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA
prison. The convoy requested assistance to inspect and dismantle the threat, but there were no additional personnel to send. Dilemmas such as this happened hundreds of times a day throughout Iraq, recalls Maura Corby Sullivan (MBA/MPA... View Details
- 25 Jan 2012
- News
Is Tax Reform Viable?
write to the government, and that started me thinking about America’s tax policy. Specifically, I recalled Warren Buffett’s observation that his secretary paid a higher tax rate than he did and that it was hard for him to justify that... View Details
- 16 Feb 2022
- News
Holding Business to Account
important to their bottom line: gender equity. “I suddenly realized the power, the reach we had as shareholders,” Aiyer recalls with some amazement. After that experience, “the idea of being a passive investor, along for the ride, no... View Details
- 21 Jan 2022
- News
Real Talk
founders have seen the model work again and again. Henderson recalls working with the management team at the largest bank in South Africa, post-apartheid, after he asked them to share their personal experiences. “I saw these guys—I mean... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
rebels engaged in guerilla movements against a pro-Western government. He knew the United States must preserve deniability, so he would be abandoned in any life-threatening situation; he did not know that Che Guevara was trying to export his revolution a few miles... View Details
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
work was so hard, she wasn’t sure she would make it at first, she says, recalling a marketing professor who cold-called her to open a case she had not read. She faked it well enough, but the experience helped shape Oishi’s approach to... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
in real time, even as other communications were disrupted. Just as important, Twitter became an invaluable tool for people to check on loved ones and seek evacuation and medical assistance. "That was the moment I decided to work at Twitter full-time," View Details
- 13 Jul 2020
- News
Locally Grown
usage and reductions in emissions. The company, founded in 2008, was making slow but steady progress retrofitting heavy fleet vehicles until the fall of 2017, recalls Fenwick-Smith, who sits on the board as executive chairman. That was... View Details
Keywords: April White