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- 08 May 2019
- News
Lessons from the Ashes
day one of the takeover, we had a lot more debt than we anticipated. Then there was the October '87 stock market crash, which really hurt our asset sale program in Australia. So by the end of '87, we had in Australian dollars, about $1.5 billion in debt. So we did... View Details
- 12 Aug 2009
- News
High Commitment, High Performance Management
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
James McKenney Remembered
on information and computer systems, control, environmental and nonprofit management, and production and operations management (POM). He was POM chairman from 1968 to 1972. In retirement, McKenney continued his research on management... View Details
Keywords: Information
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
A Janus-Faced Reflection
that have funded the whole process. And the ways that MBA-types participate in this continuing evolution —not only as operating executives, but as investors, directors, and advisors as well —seem many, varied, and not just a young or even... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Making A Difference: HBS Club of Puget Sound Reaches Out to Young Alumni
Tracy E. Kwiker (MBA 1995) arrived in Seattle three and a half years ago when she was promoted to manage store operations for a Toys “R” Us region in the Pacific Northwest. Eager to establish contacts in her new community, Kwiker began... View Details
Keywords: Elena N. Berg
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
successful), and the future (create the new model).This framework makes leading innovation easier because it gives leaders a simple vocabulary and set of tools for managing and measuring the different sets of behaviors and activities,... View Details
- 31 Mar 2022
- News
Coaching Real Leaders
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Swimming with the Stream
(Above: photo by Christina Gandolfo) When Kiran Gandhi (MBA 2015) thinks about marketing her music, she thinks about it in consumer product terms. A feminist activist and former drummer for Grammy-nominated artist M.I.A., she wants her new electronic solo project,... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Alumni News | Bookshelf: A Manager's Responsibility in the 21st Century
It's easy to think that the 2010 disaster at the BP drilling platform Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico was the result of a chain of cascading events beyond the control of anyone to stop. But as the authors of Avoiding Corporate Breakdowns: The Nature and Extent... View Details
- 20 Oct 2016
- News
Smart Moves
car will get better over time,” says Mistele. “The software won’t be the same forever; you will be able to update it regularly, just as you do with your smart phone or laptop, and your car will learn your behavior and personal preferences... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Andrew H. Tisch, MBA 1977
course in human behavior didn’t strike him as particularly relevant in 1976, but when he started running Bulova, the watch company that Loews owned for many years, he realized its value. “I found that in order to motivate people, I needed... View Details
- 11 Jul 2023
- News
What the Best Leaders Know — and What Skills They Develop
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
MBA Oath Maintains Momentum
Conceived and implemented in the closing weeks of the 2009 academic year, the HBS student-inspired MBA Oath has continued to grow and gain support both at the School and beyond. Spearheaded by Max Anderson (MBA ’09) above, at right and a group of his classmates, the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
it always has. It is too expensive; it carries too much investment risk for even the largest utilities without massive transfer of risk to taxpayers and/or ratepayers; and it takes too long from conception to operation to play a... View Details
- 17 Jun 2020
- News
Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines
to promote new behaviors and monitor symptoms. They man quarantine control points 24/7 and attend to patients that need to be isolated at village health stations. Many operate without light at night and lose... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 13 Oct 2011
- News
Potential for Mass Customization
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Alumni Books
Professional Property Development by John McMahan (MBA ’61) (McGraw-Hill) McMahan addresses the fundamentals of successful property development — marketing, financing, planning, designing, construction, merchandising, and property management — subjects valuable for... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Code name: Miesiąc
operations for the anti-Communist newspaper, part of an underground publishing movement that would grow to be the largest in history—tens of thousands of people working to write, print, and distribute information the government wanted to... View Details