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- 01 Apr 2001
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Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia
importance of facilitating faculty contact with prominent issues, individuals, and companies in the region. “One of the primary values of our center is to help faculty identify key business players and to place interesting business problems in a relevant context,” she... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
But It's All Right Now (In Fact, It's a Gas)
to New England. Industry observers thought his proposal for an LNG plant there, small by industry standards, was “totally harebrained,” Shearer recalled, but Trinidadian officials liked it. Three years of contentious negotiations with... View Details
- 17 Apr 2014
- News
Support for the Global Century
exceptional international relationships and execution capabilities,” observes the head of Greenhill & Co., Inc. “I believe strongly that the business world needs leaders who have a true global perspective and the ability to strategize and... View Details
- 31 Jul 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: The Rise of the FOMO Sapiens
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Fifteen years ago, while Patrick McGinnis (MBA 2004) was a student at HBS, he wrote a column for the student newspaper, the Harbus, about his observation that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Middle Way
at the other little forts in the room.” Holmes would later tell the National Observer that after a particularly heated exchange, she told First Nations representative Dallas Smith—who has a prosthetic leg—“If I was a wooden leg I’d take... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
SOS-KDI in the Andean countries. "Nevertheless, it will be worthwhile to observe it for several years before making a judgment. We can only learn by experimenting." This debate and other challenges facing SOS-KDI, such as how to determine... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
White knight in the rye
When Sotheby's recently auctioned off fourteen love letters that reclusive author J.D. Salinger had written 27 years ago to Joyce Maynard, his then college-age companion, many observers derided Maynard's decision to sell the letters,... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Positive impact that hits home
religious heritage. Not least among these is the belief that “you can be a highly performing business executive and also be a very religious person,” observes Seck Mercier. “Those two things can go together without any issue.” She is... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Financial Services 24/7
Administration at HBS, likes to look at this complicated new world in terms of what is changing and what is staying the same. A longtime observer of technology's impact on business, McFarlan has been in-trigued by recent developments in... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Winning Season
common ground on an issue, and he’s good at understanding what people want out of a transaction,” observes DeWitt. “He has a strong internal compass and a real sense of fairness.” In terms of his managerial style, “He’s not the bombastic,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Jonathan Mariner
Mariner Photo courtesy Jonathan Mariner “There aren’t many activities that bring a community together so quickly — without respect to age, race, and gender lines — as a winning ball club,” observes Jonathan D. Mariner, the veteran sports... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Sharon Patrick
economies of scale and leveraging models,” observes Patrick, who served as president and COO of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia for six years before she was appointed CEO in June. “If you can harness these economics, you can create very... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
An Economy Undermined
Photo courtesy Jeff Madrick When I graduated from HBS in 1971, I chose journalism (at BusinessWeek) over business, a career decision that enabled me to observe “up close and personal” the coming Wall Street revolution. It was a revolution... View Details
- 06 Mar 2017
- News
Leading in the Community and the Boardroom
specializing in strategy, talent management, and leadership development. “I love learning about different sectors and industries, observing good leadership in action, and participating alongside an effective management team,” she says. “I... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Stacey Lawson (MBA '96)
Stacey A. Lawson (MBA '96) came to HBS with an idea brewing. The former IBM engineer wondered why there were no digital libraries for users of computer-aided design (CAD). Despite the pervasiveness of technology throughout industry, she View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
A Change of Life
about solving problems.” But now, he said, his wife reminds him that “helping children read, that's solving a problem and winning, too.” Is Waldron's move, the Times wondered, indicative of a growing interest on the part of private-sector executives in nonprofit... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Mandela in Triumph at Harvard
partnership between those of the North and the South in helping to shape a world order that answers to the shared and common needs of all peoples." Mandela, noting that many of his countrymen have benefited from Harvard and its programs, View Details
- 04 Feb 2022
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Hour by Hour
applying relationship management to former applicants and current employees. “Work is an experience in which virtually everyone partakes to support themselves and their families, yet ‘work’ is so fundamentally broken for millions, especially hourly workers,” View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Leading Quietly
examines what he calls "quiet leadership." "I have observed that the most effective leaders are rarely public heroes," says Badaracco, who has written extensively about leadership and ethics. "They do what is right; for their... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Pursuing a passion
In addition to her field research on creativity, Teresa Amabile is a keen observer and enthusiastic supporter of the creative efforts of her HBS students. To illustrate her belief that entrepreneurial success is driven by passion for... View Details