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- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2015
the challenges of daily existence in an unfamiliar culture to the joys of helping people in poverty grow their own businesses. The Open Organization: Igniting Passion and Performance by Jim Whitehurst (MBA 1994) (Harvard Business Review... View Details
- 17 Apr 2015
- News
A Driving Force for a Sustainable World
and 16. Helping them to grow up as young adults gives me a great sense of accomplishment,” she says. A former competitive tennis player, Herlaut regularly hits the courts with her girls, and she is readying to run the Paris Marathon for... View Details
- 02 Apr 2014
- News
Disrupting the Criminal Supply Chain
together to develop laws that are consistent and compatible," she says. "This is incredibly important, to cooperate in law enforcement, to create mechanisms for real-time information sharing—strategically helping them focus on what the UN... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
From the Editors
have created an enduring record of the School's intellectual engagement in historic events. In their regular reports on social gatherings, curriculum developments, building dedications, and retirements, they have also helped to foster a... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
The Accidental Pioneers
Sherwood came to HBS with the aim of being a securities analyst on Wall Street, but she graduated without a job offer. "I guess I picked the stodgiest firms to interview with, and Wall Street wasn't very open to women at the time," she says. A family friend in... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
you can’t regulate your way to strong leadership or good character any more than you can legislate morality. Companies and their shareholders have to want to change their boards — and to help make board members perform better. Formal... View Details
- 25 Mar 2021
- News
Alumni Honor Nitin Nohria and Support His Legacy
Black-owned businesses in the Boston area. The course is cotaught by Senior Lecturers Archie L. Jones, Jeffrey J. Bussgang, and Henry W. McGee, and uses case discussions, presentations from subject experts, and hands-on consulting to support the local enterprises and... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Dream Job: Higher Ed’s New Hire
Penn at age 20. Today, as president and CEO of Columbia Investment Management Company, Lew has come full circle, overseeing a university endowment of approximately $11 billion that helps fund students for whom college is far from a given.... View Details
- 22 Oct 2018
- News
Capital Murder
insecurity that you feel in doing that—has made me way more empathetic. As a result I’m a better listener, a better strategist, and a better overall executive. I did not see that coming at all. Another way that it’s helped is that when I... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
An Authentic Leader
When you do that, over time the revenue gains peter out. And without revenue gains, people go to divesture and restructuring, and in-appropriate acquisitions. As a result, companies can’t make the numbers, and people start to get into creative accounting. Do business... View Details
- 20 Apr 2020
- News
To Build Connection in Quarantine, Clubs Go Virtual
wondering if he’d seemed a bit radical, even a little draconian. But now, of course, they’re getting it. David has been really calm and wonderfully informative, which helps to ease anxiety about it.” The conversation has gone far beyond... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 30 Jan 2017
- News
HBS Deans' Message on White House Travel Ban
accordingly and notify us immediately so that we can work with the appropriate departments to help you. We're working with offices across the University to understand these evolving changes and advise and support our students, staff, and... View Details
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Diogo Castro Freire (MBA 2012)
and what are the opportunities that will help you learn and grow. “There is obviously an element of risk in any career change. That risk has to be acknowledged up front. You should take steps to mitigate it, but you should also feel... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Q&A: John Quelch
executive directors are not passive implementers; their feedback and ideas are helpful in shaping our intellectual agenda, as is the counsel of our regional advisory boards, which include many HBS alumni. Another critical function is the... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Predictable Surprises
here. The most obvious answer is that we must fundamentally change the system. The predictable surprise that helps create all the other predictable surprises is the destructive force of special-interest groups in this country. I am a... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
being denied on-campus housing because of his race. Fitzhugh hoped to go into sales and marketing, but companies at the time had little interest in hiring an African American. While working as an independent print salesman in Washington, he View Details
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
help get us—whether as a school district, county, state, country—where we need to be.” At Treasury, Cognetti staffed meetings between high-level officials and European foreign ministers. Coming into HBS, she wasn’t afraid to speak her... View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
we could tap the wisdom of the crowd to help design them? When you start thinking about making cars this way, at some point you’ve ceased thinking about cars and started thinking about a modern alternative to mass production. People will... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Q&A: Orin Smith
coffee beans. Working with CI, we have been successful in helping farmers increase the quality of their coffee. Since we pay more for high-quality coffee, it isn't necessary for farmers to increase the cultivation area and boost... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Q&A - Mark Fields
at all levels. It helps people understand our revitalization process, so they can tie their own efforts to it and feel they’re part of the organization’s progress. In the area of productivity and incentives, we’ve linked compensation to... View Details