Learning And Development - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Apr 2014
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Tapping into a sustainable enterprise that provides income for indigenous Mexican families

that allows indigenous Mexican populations to earn vital income by planting seedlings and developing pine-tree forests on their degraded lands. Arias-King, president of T&R Chemicals in Texas, uses natural... View Details

01 Jun 2016
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Taking Care of Business

natural course of things is often upended by someone saying, ‘This is what I really need right now,’” says Mahesh. “That tends to change the priorities of your plan and development cycle.” Knock out!, an NVC... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

31 Mar 2017
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Turning Teachers into Leaders

succeed in college, career, and life. In this interview, she discusses the need for helping teachers and principals develop new strategies to empower View Details

01 Jun 2002
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Up to the Challenge: Tony Sanchez - Team Builder

a nurse, took him on visits to local hos-pitals, where he sometimes observed surgeries. After leaving the military in 1997 and before coming to HBS, Sanchez worked as a manager of research and View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Oct 1998
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Playing to Win

model that features directives from headquarters. Furthermore, at Adidas, an in-country head is a native of that country, whereas American companies often have Americans running their international divisions." Louis-Dreyfus devotes about half of his time to new product... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

31 Jan 2018
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A Visible Example of What’s Possible

Linda Oubre (MBA 1984) is living the same dream she hopes her students can realize. “In a world where only 18 percent of business school deans are women, and less than one percent are African American, I live the life of someone who no... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Reawakening rural America

Jack Schultz (MBA 1976) founded Agracel, an industrial development firm, to boost the economies of rural America in places such as Teutopolis, Illinois, the small farming hamlet where he grew up. The Effingham, Illinois-based company has... View Details

01 Jun 2014
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Spring Training for Startups

The Winners Most Innovative, Greatest Impact (via online voting) York Street Partners Transforming financial markets to support Sri Lanka's development Best Investment (via HBS Alumni Angels) Busbud Busbud makes it easy to search,... View Details

22 Nov 2017
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How to Build a Winning Culture on a Losing Team

of course the talented people that work here. Morrell: Yeah. Talk about that. I mean, I find that really interesting, how you build and maintain a winning culture in the face of a losing record. O'Neil: First it starts with in... View Details

07 Sep 2021
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Supporting Students on Their Journeys

Illustration by Mike Austin The rich discussions and debates in the MBA classroom, which are essential to HBS’s peer-to-peer learning model, depend on bringing together students representing a diversity of... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Multiple generations of computing

Throughout her career, Donna Dubinsky (MBA 1981) has worked on the next generation of computing. In the early days of Apple, she participated in the creation of personal computers, moving from a specialized tool for professionals to an essential tool for everybody. In... View Details

10 May 2022
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2022

Photographed by Susan Young and Alice Carfrae Edited by Julia Hanna MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2022 recipients, listen to podcasts detailing their impact, and View Details

01 Oct 1998
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Tech Trekker

Symbolics, the supermom helped lift the firm's revenues from $1 million to $120 million. From there, Lang led a string of turnarounds and product launches with software companies. In 1993 she signed on with Lotus View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Mar 2023
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Making Dreams Attainable

student body benefits everyone in the School’s learning model and community. Thanks to the support of generations of alumni, HBS offers the largest need-based financial aid program of any graduate business... View Details

01 Jun 2000
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The Business of Biotech

uncertainty over time. HBS professor Gary P. Pisano, a longtime observer of the industry, points to two key elements common to successful biotech firms: development capabilities and strong senior management.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jun 1998
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Renewing Baker: Tom Michalak, Executive Director of Baker Library

Since his appointment as executive director of Baker Library in 1996, Thomas J. Michalak has been closely involved in the ongoing effort to shepherd a venerable institution into the electronic business information age. Writer Nancy O. Perry recently spoke with Michalak... View Details

25 Apr 2014
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Finding sustainable solutions for humanitarian crises

Robert Goodwin (GMP 3, 2007) believes professionals and their companies are the critical link in solving the world's most serious problems. As the cofounder of Executives Without Borders, Goodwin proved his case in View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Crowdfunding capital for small business

Callaghan (MBA 1984). iCrowd connects entrepreneurs, mentors, peers, and experts for advice and support, and also provides investors with social networking tools that are key... View Details

06 Jun 2017
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Is the Real Estate Market Going to Collapse?

tanking the market? Sultenic: The industry is capitalized and managed more transparently and thoughtfully than it has been historically, with less easy money floating around. Banks got smarter, equity... View Details

01 Feb 2000
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No Place Like Home

housing is a problem that increasingly affects companies and employers, as well as the overall economy," says F. Barton Harvey (MBA '74), (see related story) chairman and CEO of the Enterprise Foundation, a... View Details