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- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
imperative that we engage immediately with each of these challenges—individually and collectively. The decisions we make about how to manage our investments, our business operations, our supply chains, our people, and our corporate... View Details
- 21 Nov 2013
- News
Case Study: BlackBerry and Thorsten Heins
BlackBerry Messenger limit his market? Was the decision to release a touch-screen version before the phone with a physical keyboard—a favorite of the business class—a strategic error? Should he have re-focused on enterprise users? Willy Shih, Robert and Jane Cizik... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Making a World of Difference
in the midtown Manhattan headquarters of Halcyon/Alan B. Slifka Management Company. In discussing the success of his investment firm, he points out that his traders are not only innovative and individualistic but also cooperative. When... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Fostering a synergy at work that benefits associates as well as customers
Ganesh Natarajan (AMP 169, 2005), CEO of Zensar Technologies, is cultivating a collaborative management philosophy and innovative HR policies to ensure its 7,000 associates help customers achieve their business needs. At the core of the... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Transforming nonprofits with business-oriented insights that scale impact
their capacity and dramatically improve results. “Never, at least in recent history, have there been so many people who have been so engaged in trying to make their communities and the world a better place,” says Tierney, chairman of the... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Q&A: William Kerr and Joseph Fuller
William Kerr and Joseph Fuller at podcast studio in Klarman Hall on HBS campus (photo by Susan Young) HBS launched the Managing the Future of Work project in 2017 to advance research that business and policy leaders can put into action as... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Center Stage
Center Stage HBS alumni with close ties to the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City gathered in Starr Theater in late July for a special event to celebrate the eight-year collaboration between the School and the center. The relationship, focused on... View Details
- 04 Jun 2008
- News
Whistle While You Work
he makes presentations before corporate and business-school audiences that link music to business (www.jazz-impact.com). “Jazz musicians are entrepreneurs,” Gold says, adding that they are like managers in today’s business world “who are... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Building a Network for Social Enterprise in Latin America
enterprise,” Austin notes. “NGOs are critical actors in the global arena that play an increasingly important role in shaping the business environment and in enabling companies to more effectively address social issues through collaborative actions. Finding innovative... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Realizing The Potential Of One Harvard
manage personnel, budget, facilities, and a diverse range of community stakeholders,” Grossman notes. “It’s not a stretch to think of them as CEOs, yet many have not been trained for that job.” To enhance their View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Q&A - Mark Fields
After HBS, he signed on with the Ford Motor Company, where he served in various capacities, including two years as managing director of Ford Argentina S.A. In 1998, he moved to Mazda (33.4 percent of which is owned by Ford) as senior... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Disaster Master
value concentration; there’s been such a focus on efficiency that there are way fewer redundancies in a company’s production capacity and inventories,” says Beer, who offers insight and advice to alumni seeking guidance in unprecedented... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Transforming the IRS
over the next five years transformed almost every aspect of the sprawling agency, from its antiquated IT systems to its internal management structures. Many Unhappy Returns (HBS Press, 2005) is his insider account of a mission that seemed... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
was typical for an HBS Leadership Fellow. The program catapults new grads into high-level positions at nonprofit and public-sector organizations, offering access to CEO-level management and decision-making. Meanwhile, organizations... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Business Suits You: Experimenting with Professional Identity
"provisional selves" provide temporary solutions that less-experienced professionals can use to "bridge the gap between their current capacities and self-conceptions and the representations they hold about what attitudes and behaviors are... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Social Enterprise Visionary
experience on nonprofit boards,” recalls HBS professor and director of research Kash Rangan, SEI’s cofounder and current cochair. “He firmly believed that by elevating the management capability of these valuable institutions, we would... View Details
- 25 Jun 2020
- News
Covering All Corners
Riad Armanious (MBA 2008) regards the pandemic as the greatest professional challenge he has faced as managing director of family-owned Eva Group and CEO of Eva Pharma, a multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Egypt. The... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Case Study: The Speed of Light
(Photo courtesy of KDC Solar) Launched in 2011, QE solar is an operations and maintenance company focused on servicing large-scale, commercial solar energy structures—the kind typically owned by large utility companies. The company is based in New Jersey, the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
The Far-Reaching Impact of Fellowships
Each year more than 900 MBA students arrive on the Harvard Business School campus eager to begin a two-year experience that promises to transform their lives. They have been selected because of their academic record, work experience, and a demonstrated View Details
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- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Peter C. Wendell
and as a member of a small group that helps run its $8 billion endowment. My work at HBS on the Visiting Committee and in other capacities has also been fulfilling. Currently reading Business plans. Biggest disappointment When a company... View Details