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- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Alumni Board Goes Global to Pick New President
he has perfected a technique for shaking off the lethargy of 22-hour flights to Boston — a six-mile run shortly after touching down at Logan Airport. He’ll be clocking a lot more after-flight miles over the next two years as he steps into... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
When No News Isn’t Good News
want to ask several respected colleagues to serve as an informal “advisory board.” Whatever format you choose, says McKay, keep the following points in mind: If you aren’t receiving any feedback on your performance, it doesn’t mean... View Details
- 21 Nov 2013
- News
Case Study: BlackBerry and Thorsten Heins
multiple generations of technology. Microsoft and IBM perhaps? Yet no one is pointing to them as bastions of novel and breakthrough ideas! It's easy to point to specific design decisions as the cause of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Finding a Balance
deals with ethics, governance, and legal issues. “At that point the case changed to focus on tensions between pricing as a reward for investment in R&D versus making a product available to poor people who will die without it,” says... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Racial Bias Pervades Health Care
and let the patient die in her own blood. White writes: “I don’t think it had quite hit me at that point that I was on the verge of entering a profession where white doctors treating black patients was the rule, and that there was a host... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Kilimanjaro
sense of the challenge and camaraderie experienced by the group. In describing the increasing difficulty of the climb, many pointed out the contrast between the first day and the last. On day one, the hikers climbed for about six hours to... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Mario A. Corti: Global Reconnaissance
every country in the world. "One of the high points of that trip," recalls Corti, "was flying over and touching down on the endless plains of Russia. You realize how enormous the country is and the folly of... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Enron’s Legacy
processes, a lack of technical mastery, and a touch of lassitude — was one of Enron’s greatest points of vulnerability. — Malcolm S. Salter is the James J. Hill Professor of Business Administration,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
How Sports Should Use Its Timeout
tech, yeah. No, that's already happening. In Asia, where privacy isn't an issue, we're already seeing that. And they're already past some of the early COVID challenges. Your point of temperature checks, absolutely. Every venue is... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change
for tomorrow. The BEI aims to leverage HBS’s unique platform to help move the needle on climate change and accelerate climate solutions. Critical issues such as these are also among the focal points for HBS’s new Institute for the Study... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 12 Jan 2017
- News
Personalizing Women’s Path to Success
Skeete Tatum explains. “We combine the leverage of technology with the human touch points that are critical in managing a career. This enables us to level the playing field for women in the workforce by... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Breaking Free from Fear of Change
points of the book is that by reframing your perspective, by stopping and reflecting on what it is that keeps you on a path of constant motion, you can see where you might be spinning your wheels, where you are not working smarter, and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Predictable Surprises
immediate loss of income, in exchange for a better situation at some point down the line. What about organizational biases? Since the events of 9/11, it’s been well documented that the CIA and FBI didn’t coordinate their information. Each... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Sister Soldier
there for the Battle of Raqqa in the summer of 2017, which is where the book starts. I had my first experience interviewing one of the commanders then, who was walking around like she’s in Central Park but pointing at a car bomb that was... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
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Lego Stays on Script
interlocking bricks and figures: “He was talking to himself and telling stories. He had a much bigger adventure in his head than what was physically in front of him. I realized it would touch people universally if we could make a movie... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Consumer Finance Makes HBS Debut
consumer finance? The household sector in America is huge, representing approximately $61 trillion of assets. And consumer finance businesses are the touch points between the financial system and millions of... View Details
- 18 Mar 2014
- News
The Oz of Data Opens the Curtain
crunching. Acxiom, say analysts, has constructed the world's largest consumer database. Nearly 25,000 servers track data on 700 million consumers worldwide, including most US consumers, assembling approximately 1,500 data points per... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Five Honored for Missions Accomplished
international consultancy and still travels extensively — for business and pleasure — with his wife of 62 years, Lee. Tell us about a high point of your Bloomingdale’s career. In 1976, the Queen of England visited our New York store. She... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
goal will be to connect with future alumni at the earliest point — while they are still students — and keep the connection vital over the next few critical years. The Continuing Education Committee, under the direction of Norton H. Reamer... View Details
- 02 Aug 2011
- News
A Fearless Force for Change
Jennifer Goodman Linn (MBA '99) left a legacy of hope to patients who battle rare cancers. Jennifer Goodman Linn (MBA '99) left a legacy of hope, love, and laughter to those who knew her and to the thousands who have been and will continue to be View Details