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- 16 Jan 2018
- News
Celebrating the Impact of Nonprofits
65. To balance the club’s career skills and networking activities that often take place in the evenings, the Seniors Program engages older alumni through a series of daytime social, educational, and cultural events. “We essentially made... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 04 Nov 2016
- News
The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
in a remote area of Tunisia, near the border with ISIS-occupied territory in Libya. “We’re coaching civil servants there on developing agriculture—the production of cork and essential oils—for international markets. “Identifying assets... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Vivek Ranadivé
product performs the same essential function for all of them: delivering information across networks in real time. Ranadivé shares his expertise in his 1999 book, The Power of Now, in which he explores the impact on business of what is... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Academic Cross-Pollination
launch a start-up based on the technology. Did all of the projects lead to viable business concepts? No, and that’s an essential lesson. A lot of the ideas don’t work, and the students hate that. But it’s reality when you’re dealing with... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Making a World of Difference
collaborative — mirrors that which he strives to create through his philanthropic activities. "I believe that in today's world, the corporate executive cannot be of major value unless he or she has the capacity to coexist with difference," says Slifka. "Coexistence in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Alumni News | Bookshelf
years), which they achieved together, to prove their point. They offer a set of five essential strategic choices that, addressed in an integrated way, will move firms ahead of their competitors. The Art of Controversy: Political Cartoons... View Details
- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Front-Row Seat
(Courtesy Bradley) “I don’t want to decide anything until I understand everything, out to the corners of the map,” Bradley adds. “That’s a Lou Wells–kind of discipline.” Bradley’s second tactic is finding and cultivating “extreme talent.” (See sidebar at right.) An... View Details
- 25 Jun 2020
- News
Global Centers Broaden Understanding of Business and the Pandemic
customers, employees, essential workers, and those who are vulnerable, and what he envisions for the new normal. Senior Lecturer José Alvarez moderated the discussion. This series marks the center’s 20th anniversary. Middle East and North... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Early Impact
HBS Fund for Leadership & Innovation Annual giving to the HBS Fund is a critical source of flexible funding that has an immediate impact on the School's priorities. This collective support, led by HBS Fund Chairs Judy (MBA 1983) and Steve (MBA 1982) Pagliuca, is also... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
among the many essential ingredients for success in a business where product life cycles are measured in months and where "new-and-improved" is a mantra. Dubbed by Fortune magazine last year as one of the most powerful businesswomen in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Bringing ‘Global’ Back Home
Ford’s Premier group (including brands such as Volvo, Jaguar, Aston Martin, and Land Rover). With this wealth of international experience, when asked to identify essential “global management” qualities and skills, Fields replies, “Strong... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Engaging More Deeply with Business in Africa
region—and to each other—grow stronger. “The trip was a springboard that will propel more scholarship, more collaboration, and more insight,” he says. Essential to this process will be the ARC, which will provide research and case-writing... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Alumni Books
successful navigation of turbulent markets will require a mastery of the core skills of corporate finance. This book focuses on essential valuation methodologies for public and private companies on a stand-alone basis and within the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Roger Ullman: Going Green with E2
outdoors. I want to leave a world in which she can breathe the air, drink the water, and visit places that are still wild.” Ullman is proud to note that E2 was essential to the passage of a California law in July 2002 that limits carbon... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Making Democracy Work
A democratically elected government is essential to free-market capitalism—a strong democracy provides the foundation necessary for capitalism to benefit all, rather than only a few. Today, democracy is in decline around the world, and... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
HBS Curricula Explore the Complexities of Innovation
all levels, in different formats that they can choose from, and so our faculty and staff are constantly working to update our offerings to that end. Lifelong learning is essential in a world where technology is constantly evolving.”... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Value of Difficult Conversations
perspectives of others, “This is a dialogue and I have to be a part of it.” She was also interested to see what was the baseline of her classmates’ analysis of this conversation, especially the international students. That kind of dialogue is View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
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Competition and Strategy Unit at HBS Sets Pace In Its Field
overlap, into four areas: competitive strategy, corporate strategy, global competition, and technology strategy. The largest of the subgroups, competitive strategy - essentially the core of the unit - looks at the techniques a firm uses... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Barbara Hackman Franklin, MBA 1964
corporate auditing and financial reporting. "Integrity and high ethical standards are an essential part of the process." Reforms such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act are making a difference, continues Franklin. "We don't want to go too far with... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
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What’s after Fannie and Freddie?
privately owned, for-profit companies that guarantee mortgage-backed securities and pay the government to back those guarantees in case the companies themselves fail? That’s essentially the system we had with Fannie and Freddie, except in... View Details