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- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Alumni Books
I’m Building a Billion-Dollar Business in China by Jack Perkowski (MBA ’73) (Crown Business) Perkowski went to China in the early 1990s and built ASIMCO Technologies from the ground up to become a major player in the country’s fast-growing automotive business. A rich... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Knowing the Score
widely considered “easy,” even though it was our section’s good fortune to have the estimable Linda Hill teaching it. The valuable, practical wisdom she imparted provided a working framework for... View Details
- 17 Dec 2015
- News
A Bridge to the Future
practical and poignant. The program included keynote presentations from two Harvard University professors: Jonathan Zittrain, who spoke on the future of the Internet; and Daniel Schrag, who addressed the impact of climate change. In their... View Details
- 10 Aug 2022
- News
Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age
opportunities for young executives coming up when there are senior executives who have a lot of wisdom and a lot to contribute who want to stay on and stay and be engaged? And so, I'd be curious what your View Details
- 03 Mar 2017
- News
Big Blue’s Big Bet
business of publishing technical papers. “I didn’t want to spend the next 5 to 10 years doing these little increments and never knowing whether, with the right effort, we could solve a big challenge,” Ferrucci told HBS Professor of Management View Details
Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Alumni Books
the Economy Is Wrong by Edward Conard (MBA 1982) (Portfolio/Penguin) To explain the causes of the US financial crisis, conventional wisdom blames Wall Street and the mortgage industry for using predatory tactics to seduce homeowners into... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
Well-intentioned parents across the country are enabling a “me” generation of children who lack the wisdom and satisfaction of accomplishment that only struggle and adversity can bring. Watts provides View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Books
upsetting the West's conventional wisdom about the reasons for Japan's success, Porter and his coauthors emphasize that Japanese practices such as total quality and continuous improvement were valuable... View Details
- 18 May 2017
- News
Pioneer Spirit
Photos by Jeff Moore Conventional wisdom says expertise gained through years of experience is the key to business success. Conventional wisdom has never met Ross Freeman (PMD 30, 1975). Freeman’s unfettered... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 19 Jan 2023
- News
Forged in Fire
disability. How did that experience give you empathy and how do you practice that in your professional life? CF: I think a lot of times after I went blind, and I was first walking around with my guide dog, people would come up to me and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
a wealth of real-company examples, the authors demonstrate a set of practical frameworks for managing a global innovation network. Corporate Catalyst: A Chronicle of the (Mis)Management of Canadian Business from a Veteran Insider by Tony... View Details
- 26 Oct 2017
- News
Can Farming Save the Planet?
Photos by Marc Romanelli Climate change rightfully scares a lot of people. The changes already occurring—from the die-off of coral reefs and shrinking polar ice to increasing global temperatures—are almost too much to take in. Conventional View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Short Takes
relationship between manufacturer and retailer, Chun shows how certain promotional practices deserve to be rethought. Conventional wisdom and past research, for instance, have led some to conclude that... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Alumni Books
The Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital: Management Lessons from the Pioneers of Private Investing by Robert A. Finkel (MBA ’89) with David Greising (McGraw-Hill) Ten investment and management masters share the wisdom they... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Alumni Books
questions, presenting unique strategies and concrete steps useful for handling the growing number of giants in our personal and professional lives. The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Power of Imperfect Eating By Kavita Bhatnagar (SELP 11, 2022) Penguin Enterprise Rather than dictating which foods are good or bad, this book weaves together stories that mirror the intricate, emotional, and often imperfect... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books
relationships, and work with greater wisdom and strength. It can help us understand how our daily work contributes to human flourishing, not just for ourselves and our families but for others as well. The book offers View Details
- 20 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
food for its people. Through gardens planted with heirloom crops like Omaha Sacred Red Corn, Cherokee Trail of Tears Beans, and Mandan Squash—the "Three Sisters" of Native American lore that thrive when planted together—Sacred Seed is modeling a different approach... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
Manufacturing, but it was really his philosophy of life and of business. At Harvard, Doriot became a Yoda-like figure, dispensing wisdom to an ever-growing group of disciples. “Doriot was arresting,” says Ralph Hoagland (MBA ’62),... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019
a syllabus and course outline, and using established educational theory in practical situations. Mom Hacks: 100+ Science-Backed Shortcuts to Reclaim Your Body, Raise Awesome Kids, and Be Unstoppable by Darria Long Gillespie Da Capo... View Details