Experiments - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 1999
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A Class Act

in 1949 following a successful postwar experiment with seven secretaries, changed all that. The lively, conversational style of "Pioneer Class Secretary" Robert R.C. Miller's (MBA 6/'48) first submissions sets the stage for years to come:... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Jun 2010
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M.I.A. Boards

leadership, told us, “The few people on the Lehman board who actually had relevant experience were kind of like an all-star team from the 1980s back for an old-timers game in which they weren’t even up on the new rules and equipment. Fuld... View Details

Keywords: John Gillespie;David Zweig; Finance

01 Mar 2007
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Letters to the Editor

While James Hoagland is correct that in recent years there is a growing tendency to flip or resell buyouts after a rapid turnaround, the general experience is actually quite different. As I mentioned, holding periods and investment time... View Details

01 Jun 1996
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1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"

knowledge of a market tends to make it more efficient and to intensify competition," Sprinkle noted. "This means that each of us had better start experimenting in this realm right now." At lunch the next day, Vincent H. Tobkin (MBA '75)... View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

20 Dec 2022
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Singing to the Corn

English and history at Dartmouth; his acceptance to HBS came with the caveat that he add another year of work experience to the two already listed on his résumé and complete some of the quantitative courses his transcript lacked. He spent... View Details

19 May 2020
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Exploring the Economics of a Pandemic; Alumni Forums Draw Closer Online

of that,” says Zablatsky. “I see forums as an extension of our HBS sections. Going virtual opens up so many opportunities.” Some Forum participants had been unofficially experimenting with that virtual connection long before COVID-19.... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Sep 2007
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Ali Allawi

recently by phone of his experiences and the future of his war-torn country. How did it feel to return to Iraq in September 2003 after four decades of exile? It was really something bittersweet. Obviously the feeling was euphoric,... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; National Security and International Affairs; Government

13 Dec 2017
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Skydeck Live: What Really Motivates American Voters?

working to understand their motivations and tracking their reactions to cultural and political events. Her unique insights have made her a regular on CNN and a fixture on the pages of the Boston Globe. And Hessan and I discussed her View Details

06 Dec 2021
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Truth Be Told

alike are increasingly relying on whistleblowers to prevent and investigate fraud, the professors realized, there is little understanding about the real risks faced by an employee who steps forward. Dey and Heese set out to study the View Details

Keywords: April White; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

01 Sep 2020
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Righting the Ship

than it was before COVID. Second, be as creative and serious about thoughtful experimentation as you possibly can, because the organizations that improve in crisis are those that are willing to navigate point to point, pivot when they need to, View Details

26 Nov 2018
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New York Alumni Explore Risks and Opportunities in Climate Change

time,” says Sheets, who has applied his long experience in the YPO to create the forums for Dallas alumni. “It becomes a centering thing, a place to share ideas or concerns, about your professional and personal life. It’s a safe space.”... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; clubs; alumni clubs

19 Jun 2018
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Pittsburgh Alumni Annual Meeting Features PPG’s McGarry

volunteers. “We heard from three organizations,” says the program’s chair, Mark Chussil (MBA 1979). “We selected two, and will field teams for both of them, based on their needs, and the skills and experience of our volunteers.” The... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Oct 2002
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Banishing Balkan Ghosts

medicine required for recovery.” “Those experiences were invaluable for what I'm doing now,” Djelic continues. “I learned that you can't wait for better conditions because they'll never materialize. There's always political risk involved.... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Jan 2007
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Donna L. Dubinsky, MBA 1981

a struggle. It was designed by a consortium, and that approach yielded a bad product. We realized if we wanted to build a great product, we would have to control the whole user experience ourselves. That product became the best-selling... View Details

01 Mar 2025
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Heartland

Let me tell you what’s fantastic about offal.” Jordan Kraft Lambert (MBA 2016), Colorado State University’s first director of agricultural innovation, is a full-body talker, and the topic of organ meat has her fired up. The parts of the cow typically seen as... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photos by Vance Jacobs. OPEN CONCEPT: Lambert at Quail Ridge Dairy in Fort Morgan, Colorado.

01 Apr 2002
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Back in Business

then assigned a volunteer advocate - typically a 30-something MBA with business experience who donates 15 to 25 hours per week and oversees five to ten cases at a time." "The biggest challenges," notes Gotsch, "are staying responsive to... View Details

Keywords: 9/11; NYC; New York City; Government

01 Mar 2012
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Competitiveness at Risk

learn about their experiences and make others aware of them. There’s a surprising lack of knowledge about best practices and success stories in business efforts in regional competitiveness. One of the major purposes of this project is to... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Jun 2014
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014

MacArthur's tremendous success in rebuilding Japan after World War II. As the supreme commander for the Allied Powers, he was charged with transforming a defeated, militarist empire into a beacon of peace and democracy. A career military man, MacArthur had no View Details

01 Jun 2005
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Do You Speak Business?

experiences. Klump’s experience is a reminder of just how complicated, on a personal level, globalization and managing across cultures can be. On the one hand, the world seems small and interconnected, thanks to high-speed technology,... View Details