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- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, MBA 1987
the people-related issues become increasingly important. The technical tools that seem so important when you are a student will help only up to a point." CURRENT READING Divisadero, by Michael Ondaatje Jaime Zobel didn't plan to start his career in the family business.... View Details
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
so they completely miss the business opportunity presented to them in this case. Sadly, in my experience, this happens all the time. People use their own habits, feelings, and preferences as a basis for decision-making, View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
$120 million redevelopment initiative completed in 2005. The Tennessee Aquarium—a soaring, impressive glass-and-brick structure—stands on the banks of the Tennessee River, now lined with high-end condominiums. People bike and stroll... View Details
- 31 Jul 2023
- News
Striving for Imperfection
beginning of the book is this idea that more new information has been created since 2010 than in all of previous human history, which is staggering to think about. And you write that even though we’re awash in all of this information,... View Details
- 18 May 2023
- News
India's New Money Managers
finance piece was completely missing," says Gupta. "So for two years, I went to his office and I worked on our personal portfolios." As she pursued finance in college and as a profession in India, Gupta realized that inexperience in... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 11 May 2023
- News
How FOMO Became a Fixture
book, do a TED Talk, and create a podcast, all about how FOMO shapes decision-making in business and life. "Given the power of the term, I knew that I had to do something to ensure that my connection to FOMO was unambiguous, particularly in the areas where I use it in... View Details
- 28 Feb 2019
- News
New Program Will Develop Leaders of Innovative Ventures
applicants. “Traditional career hierarchy has completely eroded, and for the better,” says Tom Roberts. “If you have the right idea, the right answers, the right content, there’s no reason you can’t go make a really substantial impact... View Details
- 26 Jan 2022
- News
Making Peace with Anger
and I were separating, was a wonderful opportunity for me to kind of redefine the relationship I had with my boys. And they were young enough at that time that having all this happen to them when they were in their, you know, 8- to 12-years-old period allowed for a... View Details
- 04 Apr 2024
- News
The Making of a Medical Milestone
On March 16, doctors at the Massachusetts General Hospital made history when they successfully transplanted a kidney from a genetically modified pig to a living human. The groundbreaking procedure marked a significant milestone in animal-to-human transplant, or... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 28 Sep 2023
- News
Meet the New HBS Team Helping Alumni Clubs and Associations to Thrive
director in Sarah Stockwell. “I’m delighted to announce that Sarah Stockwell has joined the Alumni Relations team as the new Director of Alumni Clubs & Associations,” says Gold, adding that Stockwell’s arrival this month completes a team... View Details
- 12 Oct 2017
- News
Fighting Poverty One Neighborhood at a Time
complete his master’s degree in Religion in Public Life later in 2017 and is looking forward to activities “that merge my passions for community development work, business, and ministry.” A comprehensive thesis on overcoming childhood... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
security. But by the end of 2021, TuSimple had completed an 80-mile run from Tucson to Phoenix without a human driver in the truck’s cab. Routes are currently focused on the “middle miles” in the southern United States, with plans to... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
- 24 May 2017
- News
John J. Brennan, MBA 1980
several overseas offices in 1996, Brennan was named CEO. “When I started, we were tiny,” he reflects. “We grew 100 percent per year for several years. It was an opportunity I found completely engaging.” Brennan, often at his desk by 5... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
While out for dinner, she and a friend were informed they had to leave immediately due to a 5 p.m. curfew. The next day, and every day after that, Enan joined millions of fellow Egyptians in Tahrir Square. On February 11, after 30 years... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Multimedia Martha: Sharon Patrick Cooks Up A Winner
Inc. When did you first meet Martha Stewart? Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in 1993. I had completed my time at McKinsey and Rainbow, where I had become a startup and turnaround person. I was finishing a year off, and I was undertaking... View Details
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
passion in life, martial arts. By his own description, Sityodtong lived a blessed childhood, watching his architect father build a real estate business from humble beginnings. But in the years leading up to the Asian financial crisis, business began to slow... View Details
- 30 May 2023
- News
Finding PRIDE
club. The name captures the fear that people felt: They weren’t willing to say that there’s gay people here, but everyone needed a place to be themselves. I didn’t have the courage to be completely out at HBS, though I remember saying to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Richard Pechter: Learning New Lessons
kids last summer and experienced something he hadn’t in years: complete panic. Once a “master of the universe” as chairman of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette’s Financial Services Group, Pechter was now just another teacher-in-training,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
attended the Wharton School before completing his undergraduate studies as a business major at Syracuse University. In March 1937, while he was a student at Syracuse, “a tall, willowy blonde” (as one biographer described her) walked into... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
A History of Women at HBS
Training Program (1946–1955), to the Harvard-Radcliffe Program in Business Administration (1956–1963) — the last step before complete integration took place with the admission of eight women into the MBA Class of 1965. The faculty and... View Details