Wisdom Of Crowds - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2017
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017

1985) (Scribner) In the classic tradition of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, Tang presents for the first time in English the wisdom of Tang Taizong... View Details

01 Jan 2006
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William H. Donaldson, MBA 1958

With the addition of Dick Jenrette (MBA ’57) as the third founder, the new firm was ready to be launched. DLJ made a name for itself as a pioneer in several other ways as well. Rather than following the View Details

01 Jun 1997
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Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference

environment and the quality of life if it is to stay competitive. Building Global Bridges Dean Clark's Sunday afternoon address outlining his vision for the School in the 21st century complemented the conference's global theme. Addressing... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes

01 Mar 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019

products in the B2B marketplace, this book provides specific knowledge of use to people in the cleantech, energy efficiency, and resource efficiency space. It is packed with wisdom and resources for... View Details

01 Mar 2017
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The Middle Way

crowd that the agreement was “proof of the strength of what we could do if we decide to find common purpose.” The head of a regional lumber... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous

20 Dec 2022
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Singing to the Corn

lens: maybe they should apply for USDA grants, become a seed bank, and consider a revenue model. Then the students read Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. In it, she writes View Details

01 Apr 1999
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Spirit at Work

ultimatums or drawing lines in the sand, the kind of petty, superficial responses that really only create enemies. If someone blew up at me, instead of firing him, I'd say, 'Let's work together.' I deferred... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Mar 2019
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The Fight Beyond

airfield to see what was happening. Their clandestine arrival was “a carnival,” according to one of the B-17 pilots. The crowd burst into applause at the sight of Green in his... View Details

Keywords: April White; illustration by Wesley Allsbrook

01 Mar 2025
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Patch Work

The week before the November 2024 US elections was like so many that came before at Winning Connections, with John Jameson (MBA 1991) padding around his firm’s Capitol Hill town house in athletic shorts, trying to demonstrate that the telephone still has a role to play... View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg; Illustrations by Dan Bejar

01 Apr 1998
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World Class Learning

HBS campus in Boston is justifiably seen around the world as a mecca of business and management knowledge," he says."However, given today's global economic structure, we must seek out the wisdom that is to... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

01 Jun 1999
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Where Main Street Meets Wall Street

years, the mutual fund would shake up established norms of wealth creation and distribution in the United States. Indeed, it would help reshape America by uniting Wall Street and Main Street, two disparate worlds that previously had... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

22 Nov 2024
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Healthcare Club Hosts its 25th Annual Conference; Alumni Step Out for Global Networking Night; Meet the Club Leader: Andrea Fantacone

Healthcare Alumni Conference Marks 25 Years The HBS Healthcare Alumni Association (HBSHAA) hosted its 25th Annual Conference at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge on November 7, and once again offered an exclusive agenda that was jam-packed with industry thought leaders... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Feb 1998
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Women at the Top

world of the HBS classroom, a dynamic environment where faculty display their talent not only for presenting new ideas and breathing fresh life into traditional academics, but also for drawing out the wisdom... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young

01 Dec 2022
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December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

or friend over the long haul, this book is your essential companion, from beginnings, through the ups and downs, to farewells. You’ll have the support of caregivers who are walking your path, and the inspiring View Details

01 Dec 2007
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The Wise Men

In April 2008, the School will mark its Centennial birthday — 100 years of history and achievement. To be sure, that’s an impressive figure, but consider also the combined years at HBS — nearly 160 — of... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna

27 Mar 2019
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Life Is a Startup

current day, in terms of the entrepreneurial thinking. That ancient wisdom comes from the Talmud, and in the Talmud it’s phrased as “Gam zu l’tovah,” this will also be for the best. We have to go and... View Details

29 Apr 2025
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Challenge Accepted

landscape of the market. There was no subscriptions and only prepaid, and our company was caught unprepared. And I have to say the common wisdom was that we could react in 9 to 12 months and instead, and... View Details

Keywords: challenges; failure; advice; experience

01 Feb 1998
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Running Up the Score

this seemed timeless and unchanging - until recently. A Whole New Ball Game At first glance, the scene suggests classic Americana, straight out of a Norman Rockwell painting: a football star, larger than life, visiting a classroom View Details