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- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Building a Strong and Prosperous Society
but also ensures that the rules of the game are such that prosperity is widely shared and that problems like climate change are adequately addressed. How does democracy affect the power balance that enables free markets to thrive? RH:... View Details
- 04 Nov 2021
- News
Navigating Work While Undergoing Fertility Treatments
- 19 Dec 2024
- News
The Musts of 2024
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. I love these end-of-the-year lists where you can get recommendations from smart people about things that are worth your time and money. It always sets me up really... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Downtime
a “guilty pleasure” author? Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s books, particularly The Vine of Desire. She’s a great storyteller. What’s one of your favorite books? A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry is about four people from different origins... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Screen Tested
Taylor Jenkins Reid with Amazon. “They were both supposed to be filming now; we’re obviously waiting to see when it’s safe to come back.” Thumbtack North Star: “At graduation, Dean Kim Clark told us, ‘No success in business will ever make up for a failure at home.’... View Details
- 26 Oct 2011
- News
On Top, Down Under
pipelines on our balance sheet and a quality office portfolio,” he noted. “We constantly ask ourselves how we can deliver the best investment returns for the long term.” Of his AMP experience, Fookes told the Australian, “It was intense... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
An Action Plan for Economic Recovery
was over $100 billion. Now, it’s $1 or $2 billion a month. So we’ve got a long way to go. And we need to get securitization going because that’s what drives loan volume. Why has loan securitization been slow to recover? We had a terrible system of securitization where... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Katherine Switz (MBA 2000)
(photo by Michael Hanson) I had a psychotic break in late fall of my second year at HBS. I thought I was Jesus, that I could walk on the Charles and baptize people. I was at McLean over winter break, and the same day that I got out I registered for spring classes. I... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Reforming Company Boards
Solutions for Better Corporate Governance (Bloomberg Press) emphasizes accountability, transparency, performance measurement, and a strong system of checks and balances in its practical approach to reform. Why did you write this book?... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Services
- 28 May 2019
- News
Turning Point: Into the Wild
falcons for 10,000 years; throughout history, it’s represented a magical, symbiotic balance between humans and a completely wild creature. Relating to wild animals takes you out of your analytical mindset (coming from HBS, your brain is... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Disaster Master
comes to preparing for a disaster, what percentage of time should be spent on proactive vs. reactive activities? —Maxeme Tuchman (MBA 2012) BEER: It’s difficult to break it down in terms of percentage, because it’s so dependent on the industry and risk exposure.... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: Cents and Sensibilities
rates or the minimum wage, reflect the public’s efforts to find the right balance between these competing arguments. That may not be pretty, but it makes me hopeful. How do people make decisions about these big economic questions?... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Andrew H. Tisch
president of the Jewish Communal Fund and currently heads the New York City Parks Foundation. The father of four, Tisch strives to strike some balance in his very full life. As it is, however, he normally sleeps only four-and-a-half hours... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
intellectual content." A Balancing Act Carter Brown, who now chairs the cable television arts network Ovation and sits on the boards of some twenty nonprofit, public, and private institutions, observes, "You always have to be careful in... View Details
- 04 May 2017
- News
How Sheryl Sandberg’s Sharing Manifesto Drives Facebook
A recent BloombergBusinessweek magazine profile of Sheryl Sandberg (MBA 1995) offers an in-depth look at the Facebook COO’s philosophy of sharing and how that vision guides the company—now the world’s fifth largest by market value. The article traces Sandberg’s focus... View Details
- 24 Oct 2013
- News
HBS Global Networking Night 2013
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Venture: Time Heals All
everyone. Borkenstein knows this from experience: As a registered nurse at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, she witnessed the difficult balancing act up close. At HBS, she teamed up with sectionmate Eric Gruskin... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The View from the Pit
president of Disney's global television and telecommunications businesses. Noting that compared with his generation, today's MBA students have a better sense of balance when juggling work, family, and community service, Hightower counsels... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Cynthia Carroll, MBA 1989
earnings grew 23 percent and debt was reduced. The life of any CEO of a multibillion-dollar company involves long hours, and given that Anglo American has a presence in 43 countries, Carroll spends more than half of her time traveling. A mother of four children ages 12... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
next 25 years may bring for some. "Many of us have been very fortunate," he notes. "We're at a juncture where we have a variety of choices open to us. Some people are staying on the same path, but a number are starting to travel in a different direction. "I would say... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg