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- 04 May 2021
- Book
Best Buy: How Human Connection Saved a Failing Retailer
asked to think of an inspiring friend in their lives. “For me, it’s my brother Philippe,” Joly says. “He is such a generous soul and a great life coach, always focused on finding the best in you and bringing joy to life.” Sales associates... View Details
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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project
History ID Jennie Bohrer Thunder Ridge High School Idaho Falls, ID TX Jennifer Bonner The Oakridge School Arlington, TX MA Patrick Boor Dexter Southfield School Brookline, MA FL Heather Boos Frank H Peterson Academies of Technology Jacksonville, FL Subjects: AP... View Details
- 22 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
The Forward Fellowship Convinced Me That I Belong at HBS
up, I did not have any idea what an MBA was or why anyone would need one. Enjoying Kentucky’s Lake Cumberland from the pontoon It was years after leaving my beloved hometown that I would hear that all-empowering phrase: “The answer is... View Details
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
relationship that many scholars have claimed could greatly improve governance in many third world nations: the United States ran the currency, provided aid, posted an official inside the Panamanian government, and operated one of the View Details
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Documenting the Wartime Effort | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
into World War II gave the steel industry a financial boost from the depths of the Great Depression as well as an opportunity for image burnishing. Large corporations and government worked together on the joint goal of supplying steel for... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
case discussions to speaker presentations to whiteboard sessions that ask participants to collaborate on solutions to a target issue their city is facing. “In 2011, when the US Competitiveness Project got started, many people were talking about the not-so-great... View Details
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Business, Government & the International Economy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Business, Government & the International Economy Overview Faculty Curriculum Seminars & Conferences Awards & Honors Doctoral Students 2025 Rawi E. Abdelal : Received the 2025 HBS Student Association Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching. Paula C. Rettl : Winner of the... View Details
- 08 Feb 2021
- Book
How to Make the World Better, Not Perfect
over where to go to dinner and what movie to see, they could both leave feeling unsatisfied. If, on the other hand, the person who cares more strongly about dinner gets to choose the restaurant, and the film buff gets to pick the movie, they could both end up feeling... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 14 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Understaffed and Overworked: What Now?
Meet Cheryl Andrus: Manager. Survivor. A vice president responsible for corporate and product marketing at FranklinCovey in Salt Lake City, Andrus was asked in August 2002 to also take charge of one of the company's business lines. Along... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
legacy remains, and he would doubtless be the first to say he had a great run. As for the right words to sum up his career, not surprisingly, MacDonald himself probably says it best. Once asked how he’d like his epitaph to read, he... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Lone Star Star
forgotten about. Albertville was really a watershed." He expressed great admiration for the current crop of skaters preparing for February's Games in Salt Lake City, particularly their mastery of the... View Details
- Profile
Beau D'Arcy
the offerings at properties in Las Vegas. At the same time, as an avid sailor on Lake Michigan, I noticed that the city's massive boating community had no destinations once they left the harbor. From there, my goal was to create the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Easy Rider
are always evolving.” Retail 101: “One of my longest-held jobs as a teenager was working in the menswear department at the local Sears. We all wore shirts and ties and knew our customers by name. Tough to watch it close, and a great... View Details
- 13 Jul 2017
- News
Making Friends with Mother Nature
Donald K. Clifford Jr. wrote the book on how high-performance, midsize companies beat their competition, but growth in the world of nature has always been closest to his heart. “The natural world was always my great interest,” says... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
New HBS Alumni Board Members
The second in a series of profiles of the twelve new members of the HBSAA Board of Directors. Since 1987, H. Perry Driggs, Jr. (MBA '61), has been president of Great Lakes Capital Corporation in Farmington... View Details
- 18 Sep 2008
- News
HBS Olympians
skating at the 1932 Olympics at Lake Placid, NY, and in mixed pairs (with his sister) at the 1936 Winter Olympics at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. More information here. Milton Greene (MBA 1938), a US hurdler who was considered a lock... View Details
- 05 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Can Putin Score Olympic Gold?
A pall hangs over Sochi. Not since the bribery scandal overshadowed the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City has an Olympic Winter Games been so fraught with controversy. Fears of a terrorist attack by Islamic extremists; outrage over Russia's... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
from 150 years of neglect. It tells of the travails of Henrietta Polydore, a young Anglo-Italian girl spirited out of an English Catholic convent school in 1854 and bundled across the Atlantic, the Great Plains, and the Rocky Mountains by... View Details
- 24 Jun 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Beau D'Arcy (MBA 2010)
had become a significant part of the offerings at properties in Las Vegas. At the same time, as an avid sailor on Lake Michigan, I noticed that the city's massive boating community had no destinations once they left the harbor. From... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
Africa; its importance to the country is as great as the threat to its existence. Illegal logging fueled Liberia’s recent civil war: “Blood timber” financed the violence, just as blood diamonds have in other African conflicts. The civil... View Details