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- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Curb Appeal
Jessica Tisch (JD/MBA 2008) has a problem. And she couldn’t be happier about it. It’s a chilly February morning in Lower Manhattan, and Tisch, who was appointed commissioner of the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) last April, has only hours to pivot the world’s largest... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Banking on Success
really are shooting for zero defects, but if you don't have some failures, you're probably not taking enough risk." When asked to share his proudest achievement, Kennedy looks instead to the career of his wife, Karen, who enrolled in medical school at the age of 37 and... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 16 May 2024
- News
On the Job
Susan Young READ MORE Julia Hanna: Gwill York’s (MBA 1984) parents were determined that their daughter would be practical and self-sufficient. As it turns out, they didn’t have to push too hard. At the age of nine, York started driving... View Details
Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Generation Next
generated an operational loss. "My feedback was, 'You're in trouble,'" recalls Kahn. By the spring, Kahn was in Mumbai, part of a team tasked with turning Agrovet around—the first foreigner the Godrej Group had ever hired in a leadership... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
You Only Thought You Were Republican
on practical economic grounds. You want a strong economy, a strong country, and, if you’re anything like me, a strong stock market. Well, note first that stocks do better under Democratic administrations than Republican. (“You can look it... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
Photography by Jared Leeds "Our students use traditional academic theory to take on problems that have fundamental relevance in today's business world," says Janice McCormick, executive director of the HBS Doctoral Programs. "Many come in with View Details
- 19 Jan 2017
- News
Finding Purpose in Profit
redefine the meaning of success in business. B Lab’s mission is to assemble a global community of Certified B Corporations, which are companies that meet certain prescribed standards of social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards: Honorees and Victories
play for, and which coach would you hire to turn around your basketball program if you were a college president? The contrast between the two coaches sparked a broad discussion of leadership. “I’d play for both,” one panelist said, while... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Ideas in Action
implications for the workplace. When hiring a person from outside one’s firm, for example, Gino has found that focusing on a candidate’s achievements can preclude consideration of the role of circumstance and context in the individual’s... View Details
- 30 Sep 2016
- News
Competing Against Luck
provide to you so that these experiences will sum up to nailing the job perfectly? And when I have to decide whether I'm going to hire Target to get this job done, or IKEA to get the job done, the way I decide who to View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
HBS Addresses Racial Equity
plan. A key component of the REP is the hiring of a chief diversity and inclusion officer (CDIO) to advance many aspects of the plan. How is the search proceeding? We’ve narrowed the field to several terrific candidates and will have the... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
patient care; and the next generation is taking up the cause too. To help build momentum among young physicians, Oishi has hired a cadre of them to split their time across Platanus and Mediva, to practice... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Latest Model
Unlike some consultancies, Prysm is industry-agnostic. Rather than working in siloed practice areas like transportation or financial services, Barrera and Hurder use their understanding of fundamental economic principles—and their... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
later, Bower helped lead it to a position of international growth and stature. To a great extent, Bower - who began the practice of hiring MBAs directly out of business school - is responsible for creating... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Andresen Becomes First European and First Exec. Ed. Graduate to Endow HBS Professorship
I want to show my support for an institution that has made and will continue to make a valuable contribution to management practice all over the world," says Andreas Andresen (69th AMP), a retired German industrialist who recently became... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Diversity and Community
diversity issues, notes, "Even companies that once were mostly interested in hiring women and minorities either out of a sense of moral obligation or merely to comply with the law now see the value that comes from broadening the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
includes laughter, music, eating well, and finding joy at any age; the role of caregivers and their critical impact on extending your lifespan; how your environment and demographics affect aging, and how to adopt new technologies and advance research on aging. User... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
executive pay practices really had a role in creating the financial crisis. In some ways, executive compensation practices were supposed to be a remedy for what happened. Long-term stockholding is something... View Details
- 13 Jul 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Meaghan Fitzgerald (MBA 2016)
current and future people will hire VR and VR applications for.” What are your short- and long-term career goals? “Short-term, I am focused on building a strong team at Facebook that can continue to build best View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
Students take part in "living cases," where they work with an active social entrepreneur. The course concludes with an exploration of the role of business leaders on nonprofit boards. Offered three times since the spring 1995 semester, the course has received high... View Details