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- 02 Dec 2019
- News
A Long-Standing Commitment to Global Understanding
in Chile, despite his parents’ objections. The experience interning at a Santiago company, practicing his Spanish, and interacting with people from another culture was “like an awakening,” says Barry, inspiring him to choose Latin... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
HBS Duo Offers Personalized Career Assessment
determined largely by individual "interest patterns" that stabilize in early adulthood. Because these patterns are realized through specific work activities, a given job is best analyzed by examining its underlying activity structure.... View Details
Keywords: Bob Binstock
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
officers. Participants will receive an update on the latest developments at HBS, have a chance to meet with Dean Kim B. Clark, and share best practices with colleagues representing domestic and international... View Details
Keywords: Edmund A. Hajim (MBA '64)
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
School of Hard Knocks
defined by age, strongly correlates to employee engagement, satisfaction, and performance. To promote understanding in a diverse workplace, I've found some of the best practices are simple, familiar... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Changing Lives One Computer at a Time
innovation. Although the program usually consists of one teacher and the students, the involvement of adult facilitators has proven to be a powerful added benefit for both the children and the HBS volunteers. Dell will share the HBSAAA volunteer model as a View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
responsibility to put the patient at the center of care," explains Dr. Thomas Feeley, head of MD Anderson's Institute for Cancer Care Innovation. That approach fit well with Porter's research on value-based health care, in which care is View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Letters to the Editor
article in a business journal that gives as strong, comprehensive, and accurate a depiction of corrupt business practices as “Show Me the Money.” My own career was mostly in the Foreign Service when I had occasion to see and lament most... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Next Normal
arise. Although she does her best to support and empathize, she also keeps in mind a key lesson that she says took years of perspective to learn: not everyone will be happy all of the time. In other words, don’t fret that there will never... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Speak English, Please!
One problem was that Rakuten offered little initial training or support to workers, who were expected to pay for their own English classes and learn the language during off-hours. Neeley, who drafted some best View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Short Takes
A summary of selected new research by HBS faculty. Diversification Best Bet in Emerging Markets In today's era of global competitiveness, companies in the industrialized world have slimmed down their operations in order to focus on doing... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
How to Survive Past Start-up
to me in our first meeting. “There are skills, attitudes, and a fundamental base of knowledge that education and experience can provide,” he said. “You won’t turn me into a world-class athlete by sending me out to practice with a coach,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
third best reforming economy in the world for 2009 and 32nd in the world in 2010 for the ease of doing business. We are very pro-business, with 10 percent corporate and personal income tax and one-stop company registration in only four... View Details
- 20 Apr 2020
- News
To Build Connection in Quarantine, Clubs Go Virtual
look at this from a crisis management perspective. Our HBS training prepares us for this. I want to give a merged medical and management perspective and talk about best approaches, how we might identify solutions, and how to execute... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
A Journey to Leadership: Luke O'Neill
Some of the best entrepreneurial ventures begin with a small revelation. For Luke O'Neill (MBA '95), the founder of a unique alternative high school in Massachusetts, that revelation came from an eight-year-old boy named Robert. As an... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Q & A: A Conversation with IRS Chief Charles Rossotti
timely service. Directly related to that approach are our new customer-oriented benchmarks for IRS performance: customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, overall compliance by each tax-paying sector, and continuous improvement. You've said that private-sector View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Mr. Start-Up
the start-ups I’ve launched, that knowledge helped us, eventually, to build a very successful product. Do you think that iterative approach is best suited to high-tech start-ups, or would it be as valid in another sector? If you believe... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Minoru Makihara, 75th AMP, 1977
world, the AMP program underscores the necessity of a global perspective and an understanding of different cultures and markets." ADVICE TO CURRENT STUDENTS "The free market is the best system for allocating resources, but never forget... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
of realistic, technology-agnostic best practices for supporting hypergrowth in nearly any environment. In this new edition, they add many new examples, plus case studies from many exceptionally demanding... View Details
- 26 May 2016
- News
Thomas J. Tierney, MBA 1980
résumé,” for example, are mantras that he is fond of sharing. By turning his life’s passion into his work and applying a rigorous discipline to his calendar, Tierney has built a life of purpose. The proud father of two grown sons who counts his wife of almost 32 years,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
South Florida and Minnesota Launch Community Programs
“Alumni are an untapped resource for our communities, and HBS clubs can be a bridge between the two,” says Levy. “In today’s soft economy, there is a particularly urgent need for private–sector best View Details