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- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Cynthia Carroll, MBA 1989
“Everyone was telling me that loss of life was an inevitable part of mining,” recalls Carroll. “I knew we could do better.” It took several days to get the 28,000 workers out of the mine and almost two months to implement new safety... View Details
- 25 Apr 2016
- News
Trail Blazer
Photography by Alexander Rubin Chuck McMinn (MBA 1978) has worked at enough in startups to know that the only guarantee in technology is that today’s hot product will eventually be replaced by more innovative technology. That’s why... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors
to People Student Ambassador Program. Activities will introduce alumni children to Chinese culture and provide a glimpse of daily life in Shang-hai. This program will run parallel to the conference. The Clubs and Associations Committee,... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Deep Dive
a revolving crew of geologists, biologists, and oceanographers who collect and analyze data from every dive. They are studying the forbidding environments and the biodiversity that thrives in these places and the ways in which life can... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
Georges Viana surveyed a factory floor filled with silent, outdated machinery. Then, a quick, scuttling movement caught the corner of one eye: rats. He hadn’t known what to expect when he arrived in the city of Caen, 150 miles west of his Paris home, but rats were not... View Details
- 24 Feb 2011
- News
Show Time
in 2010 when, at peace and surrounded by her family, she took her own life under Oregon’s assisted-suicide law. Curtis, who had a modeling career before attending HBS, worked for many years as an administrator and lecturer at Oregon... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
What is it about HBS that has produced such a steady stream of remarkable entrepreneurs whose endeavors have changed American life in the postwar decades? The creative impact of the case method, as noted earlier, should not be... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
customers; selecting the right entrepreneurial marketing path; getting from the early stage to the mainstream in the market life cycle; and executing effective sales and marketing strategy in a dynamic environment. Former student Patricia... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
moral nuisance to a global brand-driven powerhouse offering products essential to daily life is one of the more intriguing stories in modern business history. The origins of beauty products lie primarily in local knowledge of the scents... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Timothy G. Brier: The Price is Right
needs of the countries in that market." Brier sees more hard work ahead, with only occasional breaks for golf, another passion. But he's not complaining. "Ideally, you hope you'll be able to do something with your life that will make a... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
face women in business. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg (MBA 2003) (Random House) Duhigg discusses neurological discoveries about how habits work in the brain—the loop of cue, routine, and... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Bozidar Djelic
guests. “There is great pressure in this job,” says Djelic. “There are so many needs and so little money. Letting off steam is important for me and my colleagues.” The go-go pace of his work life can serve a useful political purpose,... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
World Class Learning
student statistics. HBS: Part of the Global Village The international students who grappled with this introduction to an essential aspect of life at HBS are part of a long tradition. Business students have traveled to Soldiers Field from... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Rural Renewal
the much-neglected soil back to life through rotational grazing. “Nutrients cycle from the grass through our cows and sheep, and wind up back in the soil,” explains Reade. The global market for organic food and drink increased to $23... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Fine Print: Alumni Recommend Their Best Reads
him to build an iconic global brand and business. —Adrien Boyer (MBA 2005) Bitcoin Billionaires: A True Story of Genius, Betrayal and Redemption, by Ben Mezrich I highly recommend this for anyone interested in learning about the impact View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Action Plan: Whole Sale
phenomenon that retailers have also seen in categories such as home and fashion, but beauty’s more accessible price point makes it a natural space for retailers to experiment with the hybrid shopping model. The everyday presence of beauty products in a consumer’s View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Taiwan Club President Thrives on Region's Entrepreneurial Energy
limited by the small number of HBS graduates in Taiwan. We don't yet have meetings on a regular basis," he said, "but we do have meaningful meetings." Past events have featured speakers from Taiwan's hotel, venture capital, and technology... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014
Life by David M. Culver (MBA 1949) with Alan Freeman (McGill-Queen's University Press) Innovation Zeitgeist: Digital Business Transformation in a World of Too Many Competitors by Alistair Davidson (MBA 1976) (Eclicktick Consulting) Denial... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
depends on a scientific breakthrough: a time machine. It’s his only hope to regain the full life intended for him. When the film was made, Fox was a boyish 24-year-old, vigorous, athletic, and graceful. Six years later, in 1991, he... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Open Market
services jargon is really scary for newer investors to overcome. In the United States, we don’t teach children how to manage their finances in school. So even when people graduate from college or graduate school, many don’t have the tools or even the understanding of... View Details