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- 01 Dec 2023
- News
The Imposter Among Us
Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Peter Arkle It was their rst day at Harvard and like the rest of his cohort, Edgar Wallner (PMD 22, 1971) will never forget meeting Robert Gaines-Cooper. Frankly, it would have been difficult to miss the Englishman, who... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Wide Horizon
told, was a therapy called applied behavior analysis. “Then they handed us a list of ABA providers and said, ‘good luck.’ And that was all the medical system had for us.” At first, he accepted that answer at face value, but nonetheless... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
The Exchange: Help Wanted
necessarily great from the perspective of the skills that are needed to manage complex organizations. I would be very, very cautious of making sure that you have a way of de-biasing your decision-making if you’re going after social... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
“This is the first new kind of computer in 75 years,” says John Levy (MBA 1979), CEO of the quantum computing startup SEEQC. “And we’re building it on a chip!” Strolling through his company’s design and testing facility in Elmsford, New York, Levy looks less like a... View Details
- 22 Feb 2024
- News
Combat-Tested Cancer Coaching
nearby Borders bookstore revealed a three-year life expectancy with no available treatment options. And trying to navigate the complexities of the American health care system—bouncing from pathologist to a medical oncologist to... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
What Makes a Good Leader
or ethos." Great leaders, he notes, "spend the bulk of their time communicating, and they know how to employ all three of Aristotle's rhetorical elements." Nohria also feels that leaders are able to distill their message, however complex... View Details
Keywords: Management
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
On the Radar
efforts to identify biological threats and safeguard against the use of bioweapons. That’s not enough, warns Matthew McKnight (MBA/MPP 2012) of the Boston-based biotech firm Ginkgo Bioworks. McKnight believes a comprehensive global warning View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)
our growth strategy to diversify the business portfolio. One of my key responsibilities is to ensure that everything we do has a well-documented system and process. A day at work could involve any or all of the activities I mentioned... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
David Moss is Rewriting History
global financial events. His first course-length experiment had been a success. He saw the case method bring history—which many students thought of as a dull procession of inevitable events—to life. Character, narrative, and tension gave an urgency to topics such as... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 19 Jan 2024
- News
The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Speed has gotten a pretty bad rap, says Anne Morriss (MBA 2004). The Silicon Valley mantra of moving fast and breaking things has led to waves of high-profile... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Curb Appeal
University’s Earth Institute. The road ahead will not be smooth. “You’re talking about the most important and complex city in the world,” says John Macomber, a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School who studies public infrastructure,... View Details
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
acquisition-led growth? What will be the impact of increased competition from private equity players? For how long can its strategy of “continuous improvement” continue? “I’m the chief human resources officer of a Fortune 500 company, and the Danaher case helps me... View Details
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
martial arts for the last 5,000 years, and MMA is a sport that is intuitively grasped, like hockey is for Canadians. But until now, no one here has tried to commercialize martial arts for the masses.” As a catchall Cui adds, “Asia” doesn’t really capture the diversity... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Developing Leaders Who Bridge Business and Engineering
Nunnelly and Dupré gift will dramatically increase innovation and the commercialization of new technologies and make it possible to efficiently take transformative ideas to the marketplace. Specifically, it will enable Harvard to attract and support outstanding... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
From Big Pharma to Startup
venture-backed biotech startup in Cambridge that Goble leads as CEO. Goble says his transformation into a startup founder would not have been possible without the support system for entrepreneurs he discovered at HBS. He originally... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
A Sustainable Solution for Fashion
Ferdinand Stockmann (MBA 2021), who previously worked at Boston Consulting Group and has a background in the technical side of supply chain management, created Syrup Tech, a predictive software that drives inventory excellence, powered by... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley The Happiness Handbook By Landon Carter (MBA 1967) Marshall and McClintic Publishing Have you ever wished you had the instruction manual for being a happy human on planet Earth? This book will answer some of life’s fundamental questions: Who am... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
company that does business in more than 200 countries and uses more than 25 crops sourced from over 7 million acres in 60 different countries, PepsiCo has an opportunity and a responsibility to use our size and scale to help build a food View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
An Engine of Innovation
opportunities and challenging issues facing business and society around the world. Segneri explains that being part of this environment gives students and alumni from HBS and Harvard University’s 12 other schools access to a wide range of support View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie