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- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Last Look
on banjo, and MBA ’56 classmates Larry McNichols on trombone, Vernon Johnson on clarinet, Jack Brown on trumpet, and John Eresian on piano. Eresian also recognizes his wife, Van Schlegel (Wellesley ’54), at left, with a scarf in her hair. Pogue View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Long-Term Investor: Dick Jenrette
to time." The seeds of Jenrette's passion for historic houses were planted as he grew up in Raleigh during the Depression. In his book, Jenrette recalls seeing the movie Gone with the Wind in 1939, when he was 10: "It came at a time when... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Teaching for the Ages: the MBA Classroom in the 21st Century
overheads? I recall that in my day a particularly endearing, if mobility-challenged, professor would repeatedly collide with the overhead projector while executing the complex tango steps inherent to case-method facilitation. No such... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Redefining Health Care
School, the article evoked a flood of encouraging letters and e-mails. “The response wasn’t ‘you’re crazy,’ or ‘competition has no place in health care,’” recalls Porter. “We felt obligated to turn the diagnosis in the article into... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
What's Cookin'
anyone who has worked in the industry agrees that they occur under the best of circumstances. Michael Mack of Sweet Tomatoes, on the demands of business: "Opening one restaurant and opening fifty restaurants is not a linear equation - it's exponentially more complex."... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
is needed. So how did Houghton, who would become renowned for his inclusive, team-oriented, nice-guy leadership, get everybody’s attention? “I hit them over the head with a two-by-four and said, ‘Here’s what we’re going to do,’” Houghton View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
hadn’t been put out to bid since 1991. A 2006 addendum—that no one on the school board, past or present, can recall signing, much less discussing—gave a local transportation company a 4 percent annual fuel surcharge that has cost... View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
insurance issues—quickly seemed insurmountable. “There are so many variables to make these devices tow us around,” says Rogers. “I mean, I almost cried uncle 10 times in the first month.” Chief among the hurdles? Funding. “The VC meetings were really hard,” View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Last Look
identify this photo as related to the Business Game competition. But what students, and when? Demer, who says it’s the 1960s, recalls that the game required small groups of students to make key budget decisions and “balance marketing,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth
what should be looked at with skepticism.” Massie recalls one of his HBS professors once joking that entrepreneurship is finding ways to do things that you want using other people's resources. “I identify in many ways with being an... View Details
- 28 Apr 2022
- News
Finding Her Place
about 800 beds—offering access to housing and medical, educational, and other social services. Hudson had recently relocated to Miami when the recruiter’s call came. While she was broadly supportive of Chapman’s mission, Hudson recalls... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Helping Hands for HBS
eighteen-year exercise in volunteer service at the HBS Club of Greater New York, where Burton and Dick Wedemeyer (MBA '63) would meet twice a month to assist alumni with job and career issues. "Often," recalls Burton, "these men and women... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
How to Survive Past Start-up
others.” Cenedella recalled the first day he walked into his company and was greeted by an employee he was certain he’d never seen before. Recognizing that leading a company of 200 or 300 people would be a different challenge than leading... View Details
- 02 Nov 2021
- News
Row On
Head of the Charles in 2019. Teammate Roger Borggaard recalled Hamlin as a quiet presence off the water with a fierce competitive streak in the heat of a race: “You’d be dog-tired and he’d scream: ‘Let’s go! Let it rip’” he said. “Just... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Meg Whitman, MBA 1979
middle of a big room,” recalls Whitman from eBay’s headquarters, now called the Whitman Campus, in San Jose, California. Initially uninterested in the CEO position, upon meeting eBay founder Pierre Omidyar she realized this was no... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019
have been fixed by the right words? Has your best employee walked out the door without you ever telling them how much they meant to you? Do you still recall that wonderful thing someone said to you so many years ago? If so, then you know... View Details
- 24 Aug 2017
- News
Unlocking Potential
professor for a father and an enthusiastic community volunteer for a mother, Anderson recalls that talk at the family dinner table often revolved around social problems such as the exploding US prison population, and how to fix them.... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Facing the Music
slowdown." Candace Bond Candace Bond (MBA '92) recalls one of her earliest childhood memories: watching a stack of 45s spin on her parents' record player and dancing to the music of artists such as Diana Ross and the Supremes, the Jackson... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 16 Feb 2022
- News
Holding Business to Account
important to their bottom line: gender equity. “I suddenly realized the power, the reach we had as shareholders,” Aiyer recalls with some amazement. After that experience, “the idea of being a passive investor, along for the ride, no... View Details
- 21 Jan 2022
- News
Real Talk
founders have seen the model work again and again. Henderson recalls working with the management team at the largest bank in South Africa, post-apartheid, after he asked them to share their personal experiences. “I saw these guys—I mean... View Details