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- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
HBS alumni have a complicated relationship with the notion of retirement. The simple vision of leaving one’s career at the age of 65 and moving to a sunny clime to while away the days playing golf may work well for some. But an unscientific survey of Class Notes and... View Details
Keywords: Personal Services
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Images of Occupy
Bradley Photo courtesy August Bradley A Los Angeles–based fashion and corporate photographer and filmmaker, August Bradley (MBA 1997) also specializes in evocative conceptual photo tableaus that owe much to childhood hours spent in his mother’s portrait photography... View Details
- 15 Dec 2011
- News
An HBS gift guide
Wondering what to get the HBSer in your life this year? In the holiday spirit, we're highlighting a few alumni-led companies and ideas that you may not know about. Since roughly 1 in 6 alumni work in manufacturing, high tech, retail, and consumer products, there are... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Knowing the Score
Miller Photo courtesy James Andrew Miller Having spent much of my time since graduating from HBS working in television or writing books or movies, I’m often asked why I went to business school in the first place, and whether I regretted it in the second. The truth is,... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Giving Live Sports Another Dimension
Smart Venues “There’s long been this tension between the experience of live sports in a venue versus the comfort of watching on TV at home. And broadcasts have improved dramatically. So now stadium-goers are increasingly expecting their experience at the game to be as... View Details
- 21 Nov 2017
- News
Start Your Engines
Formula One racing is known around the world for its glamor and drama, with stylish, celebrity-studded locales that have included Monaco, Shanghai, and Casablanca. With fans scattered around the world, some also consider it one of the few truly global sports—a fact... View Details
- 21 Feb 2017
- News
How Michael Sheresky Helped Hidden Figures See the Light
Photo via Vanity Fair Photo via Vanity Fair Talent agent Michael Sheresky (MBA 1997) is half of a Hollywood power duo that helped the Oscar-nominated film Hidden Figures become a box office success. A recent feature in Vanity Fair details how Sheresky and his longtime... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Check Is in the Mail
Credit due: Trade cards ca. 1870 (top) showed that everything from sewing machines to harvesters could be purchased on installment; the dangers of extending credit instead of demanding cash (bottom); Baker Library Historical Collections Financial products of the past... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Adapting to Meet Changing Needs
stresses Margolis, “but also recreate the tension and excitement that happens in an interactive classroom.” Margolis, head of the first-year MBA course Leadership and Organizational Behavior, explains that developing the courses for HBX... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Advanced Statistics Are the New Foam Fingers
The Quantified Athlete “Athletes will always look to improve their performance and stay injury-free with technology. But the sports media industry is also starting to explore how to incorporate athlete data into their broadcasts. And as interactive sports media evolves... View Details
- 07 Oct 2013
- News
The Case for Blockbusters
- 19 Feb 2008
- News
The Scoop Behind the Silver Screen
A bit of Hollywood came to HBS recently when Steven Samuels spoke at the invitation of the School’s Entertainment and Media Club. A former real estate developer, Samuels is an independent movie producer with a solid body of work under his belt, including the George... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Portrait Project’s 2010 Edition
For the past nine years, scores of graduating MBAs have taken the challenge to write 200-word essays in response to one simple question: “What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” The students’ revealing essays are paired with black-and-white... View Details
Keywords: Photography
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Rowin’ on the River
On a balmy October day, the HBS women’s four competed in the 43rd annual Head of the Charles Regatta, said to be the world’s largest two-day rowing event and a fall tradition that attracts some 200,000 spectators. From bow to stern, crew members were cox Lindsey Silken... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Wei Zhang (MBA 1999)
Above: Zhang and the popular “Tao Doll” figurines that represent Alibaba’s e-commerce platform. (photo by Christina Gandolfo) I joined Alibaba in 2008 as part of its strategic investments team. I never thought that one day we would have an entertainment group. But... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
A Joyful Noise
Melodic sounds from a chamber organ, a gift to the School from Albert H. Gordon (MBA '25) and George F. Baker III (MBA '64), filled the Class of 1959 Chapel during a mid-day concert and dedication ceremony on November 20. The "portatif" organ, a portable three-rank... View Details
- 04 Dec 2009
- News
Last Look - December 2009
Our thanks to Phil Stern (MBA ’90): “This is Heard on the Street, an a cappella singing group with members of the MBA classes of 1990 and ’91. Dolf Berle (’91) is the soloist. We’re singing in the Talent Show held in Burden Auditorium on October 20, 1989. The young... View Details