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- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Ikenna Okezie
that his father and elder brother are physicians, but his close-knit family has always encouraged him to widen his net. "They support my diversification into business," Okezie says. He majored in economics at Yale, where he graduated cum laude and was captain of the... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
High Fives
Brazil, which we think have huge potential. But we're wrestling with it and beginning to network; in the long run we're probably going to want to be there.” Biggest disappointment: “Not having enough time to do things. I might have played... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Hair Today
product for independent stylists to manage orders, payments, and shipments, and will soon introduce a microloan product. With a Series A fundraise to come, Winters hopes to increase Upgrade’s market share, offering more and more women like herself a convenient,... View Details
- 18 Nov 2020
- News
Books@Baker: Joseph Badaracco
Many of us are so busy, it can be tough to step off the daily merry-go-round, put our smartphones, laptops, and to-do lists aside, and find quiet time to reflect on our lives. Yet reflection gives us a chance to pause and figure out what really matters, especially when... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
An Experiment in Online Education Reaches 50,000 Learners in Five Years
protagonists through short video clips; wrestle with the same issues and imperfect information facing those business leaders; discuss and debate solutions with classmates around the globe; and even field the dreaded cold call. HBS Online... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Derek Bouchard-Hall (MBA 2004)
organization like USA Cycling, which has a leadership role, must be very clear in the language that is used: that doping is completely unacceptable; that it is cheating; that it is wrong; that there’s no place for it. I’ve wrestled with... View Details
Keywords: April White; photographed by Scott Clark
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Giving Live Sports Another Dimension
1978), Senior Advisor for Imagination Park (photo courtesy of Jonathan Mariner) One of the most enduring appeals of sports is the experience of being in the stadium when something momentous happens. But what about the rest of the time? “One of the challenges that every... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Mark Fuller
start-up with five employees to a global powerhouse with sixteen hundred employees in 23 countries. From day one, Fuller and his colleagues knew they wanted to build a firm with global reach — a cutting-edge notion at the time. In the early ’80s, “lots of companies and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Flight Path
Series B financing, led by Allianz, Sky, Liberty Media, Lux Capital, and World Wrestling Entertainment, in addition to partnerships with Swatch and FORTO Coffee Shots. July 2017 The hand-built DRL RacerX achieves a Guinness World Record... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Action Plan: Come as You Are
Ethnobotany 101, a large multimedia piece by Cree artist Jane Ash Poitras, which juxtaposes preconceived notions of Indigenous culture with the deep knowledge and connection of Indigenous peoples to the natural world. “If I’m wrestling... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: On the Fly
bags for free? The result would be more checked bags, more overhead bin space, faster boarding and deplaning, and probably more money. —Katherine Liu (MBA 2004) CARTY: The airlines are wrestling with this. Unbundling pricing and charging... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 16 Sep 2013
- News
Canada’s Native Son
university chancellor, he's set his sights on solving a few more issues for aboriginal Canadians and for the world. Last fall, the University of Saskatchewan announced the creation of the Institute of Global Food Security—the first of its kind—to View Details
- 10 Mar 2011
- News
Philanthropy’s Dilemma
process of seeking answers to six key questions, each comprising a chapter: What are my values and beliefs? What is “success” and how can it be achieved? What am I accountable for? What will it take to get the job done? How do I partner with grantees? Am I getting... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Generation Next
such as the life cycles of the family business, dilemmas inherent in working with relatives, grooming the next generation of company leadership, governance of the firm, and managing the impact of wealth on the family. "We spend much of the time View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Faculty Opinion: No Magic Bullet
wrestled with these issues for the past 30 years, I have come to believe that achieving your aspirations lies not in "being a success" but in working to achieve your unique potential. This requires you to create your own definition of... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Of Myth and Merlin: T.A. (Tom) Barron's Literary Odyssey
greatest wizard of all time. Although Barron's novels are generally found in the science fiction or young adult sections of bookstores, his intentions transcend such categories. "I'm writing for thoughtful people of all ages, people who like to View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Faculty Books
the most experienced voices at HBS—Bill George, Krishna Palepu, Rakesh Khurana, and Lorsch himself—to address the challenges of governance and the role of corporate boards in wrestling with critical issues like CEO performance and... View Details
- 06 Dec 2012
- News
New Thinking on Healthcare Reform
and leading thinkers to wrestle with the Gordian knot of healthcare reform. The approach to reforming healthcare has been "hung up in static rather than dynamic thinking," said Christensen, who moderated a panel on "Improving the Patient... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President’s Report
in June 2006. The world is certainly more complicated these days, and it has become increasingly challenging to host these events around the globe. Thank you for your patience and flexibility as we wrestle with the various forces of... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Understanding Challenges Across the Supply Chain
“By wrestling with the case issues together, we create new perspectives and a sense of community.” The seminar will mark its 60th iteration January 12–15, 2020. The faculty team—which includes Bell and Forest Reinhardt, the John D. Black... View Details