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- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016
deepest human needs. The author suggests thinking like an entrepreneur as a way to improve one’s business, life, and relationships. Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg (MBA 2003)... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
of hundreds and perhaps thousands of dogs and cats (the numbers remain unclear, as there is no centralized database of such information). While the situation was uncertain, there was some concern that a production run of SmartPak’s... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
One-on-One with Robert McNamara
taught by Professor Ross Graham Walker and others, a company’s numbers had value far beyond mere record-keeping. Statistical data could instead be used proactively as a general management tool for analyzing an organization’s production... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
heat-trapping gases such as carbon dioxide that are released into the atmosphere when coal and petroleum products are burned. That same day, the Wall Street Journal reported that in California and Arizona, General Motors would this year... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Yoga Inc.
original spiritual underpinnings were lost in translation, Americans who embraced yoga brought their own desires for self-discovery and community to the mat. Yoga was a decidedly counterculture activity; guru Swami Satchidananda, his billowing white beard a View Details
Keywords: Deborah Halber
- 10 May 2022
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2022
Barron (MBA 1972) Former President, Engineering Systems; Former President, Office Products Division, Xerox Corporation Dance, dance revolution: “I studied modern dance in college; the originality of the choreography attracted me, but it... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Lords of Strategy
those numbers. And it has become steadily less patient for results, in part because now you can get the numbers back from the market overnight. Private equity firms, with their short time horizons and relentless pressure for results, are merely the latest View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Keeping the Faith
It has been said that the note of a Tibetan singing bowl is the sound of inner peace. That’s not something you might expect to hear in the MBA classroom. But it rings through Hawes Hall at the beginning of each session of The Spiritual Lives of Leaders, a second-year... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Camel and the Unicorn
become even more popular as the COVID-19 pandemic has made both the Valley’s products and its real estate prices seem ever more impractical. But if those dire predictions come true, it might not be because of inflated valuations. It could... View Details
- 02 Nov 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)
means my team is involved in a wide variety of tasks, ranging from purchasing, engaging with food donors, delivery scheduling, product inspection, and assortment optimization.” How do you use what you learned at HBS in your work? “There... View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
(the company that invented voicemail); Jane Fonda’s Workout; and Playboy TV/Video, my most instructive failure was during my year as product manager of Tostitos. Top management had decided that we would implement a “trial size” promotion... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
worked one week on, one week off, and in the case of our poultry farm, slept on the farm for days at a stretch to improve biosecurity. It took quite a bit of commitment to distribute food and products across the country, and so many went... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 1
on, I got a job fixing rotary compressors in refrigerators. DM: Mm-hmm [affirmative]. JI: I was leading, kind of, 7,000 people. I was 32 years old. It was the biggest product recall in the history of GE. So it was a crisis every day. And... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
Christensen (MBA 1979, DBA 1992), Taddy Hall, Karen Dillon, and David S. Duncan (HarperBusiness) The long-held maxim that understanding the customer is the crux of innovation is wrong. Customers don't buy products or services; they “hire”... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
persons from 1999 to 2016. Beyond the devastating personal costs, there is an economic toll, too, caused by rising health care expenses for overdose prevention drugs and addiction treatment, criminal justice costs, and productivity loss... View Details
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
and have kids, but Guillaume and I decided that we would rather take a reduced income from one of us not working full-time so that there’s a sort of shock absorber built into the system to handle sick days, teacher meetings, school... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
than 100 volunteers from across the US, Europe, and Asia. The nonprofit matches those who need PPE with verified suppliers who can provide vetted products. The demand shock to the supply chain in March left many without any access to... View Details