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Michael Son

important commodity," Mike accepted an engagement with Shell that lasted four years. Responding to the right challenges In one of his last, big assignments, Mike was responsible for selling a new... View Details

01 Oct 2002
News

Karen Gordon Mills

interest,” notes Mills. “We like to be the capital that comes in to grow the business to the next level — build the next plant, make an acquisition, or expand the brand.” What makes Solera unique, she adds, is its research-intensive focus and the fact that its View Details

01 Apr 2000
News

Q & A: A Conversation with IRS Chief Charles Rossotti

offices around the country that are responsible for the full spectrum of taxpayers within a geographic region, by the end of this year we'll have in place four units whose purview and expertise are tailored to specific groups of... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Dec 2022
News

Contributing to a Better Future

should have a natural home at HBS. How is BiGS already shaping education at the School? It’s very early, but already we’re seeing some really interesting pieces of the program come together, one of which is bringing in visiting faculty.... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jan 2004
News

A. G. Lafley, MBA 1977

historians—not just modern business gurus—if you're interested in mastering the power of strategy and the power of execution in your job." CURRENT READING Bush at War, by Bob Woodward A.G. Lafley has been credited with turning around Procter & Gamble since taking over... View Details

07 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 7

even small differences in members' status perceptions—differences that may not be apparent to the members themselves—can diminish coordination, generate task conflict, and weaken performance. Survey data from a longitudinal field study of 89 consulting and audit teams... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 May 2020
News

New Menu

the next 10 years deploying everything I've learned—the mistakes I've made, the experiences I've had—on making this world a better place." For Ive, that meant turning all his business know-how toward addressing climate change and other major problems. In 2018, Ive... View Details

01 Oct 1998
News

A Marketable Skill

four hundred purveyors of the market's assorted handmade crafts, antiques, second-hand clothing, artwork, fresh produce, and exotica. Of these many merchants who set up shop - weather permitting - each weekend morning on the blacktopped... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

11 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Cheap, Fast, and In Control: How Tech Aids Innovation

assessing which management practices and processes in an organization could benefit from experimentation? It is important to understand that experimentation matters to managing change and uncertainty. A: It is important to understand that experimentation matters to... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild

29 Jan 2025
Blog Post

Finding professional purpose: Building an impactful career that reflects your values with Lisa Tanzer (MBA 1993)

one of the Big Four accounting firms (PwC), focusing on strategic planning in financial services, business services, telecommunications, and consumer products. It was during a product line analysis for a pet... View Details

01 Jun 2013
News

Five Bright Ideas

girls in a village near Beirut. Today, with Bistany at the helm, SABIS educates some 62,000 students in 60 K–12 nondenominational schools (including 15 in the United States) in 15 countries on four continents, and is hoping to enroll more... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

31 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

The Dow at 20,000: What's That All About?

there has been enough volatility in recent days to bring that number slightly below 20,000 again. But I think what brought us all the way to 20,000 from about 18,000 just three months ago reflects the impact of the election of Donald Trump on the markets, an effect... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

25 Feb 2020
News

Turning Point: Network Effects

exhausting days of my life. Suicide is incomprehensible on some level, especially when the individual concerned has all the external indicators of success and accomplishment. What we do understand is that one in four Americans has a... View Details

Keywords: Bruce Shuttleworth (MBA 1997)

01 Dec 2017
News

In My Humble Opinion: Truth Teller

there’s the adrenaline factor. If you’re coming up to a big hedge, you’re not thinking about what’s going on in the office. You’re wondering whether you’re going to get to the other side.” Successful turnarounds: Five and counting:... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

09 May 2013
News

Road Trip

Ready to roll: (from left) Singer, Gerald, Baker, and Alaoui. Photo Courtesy of MBAxAmerica On or about Independence Day, July 4, four HBS students will pile into their rented RV and set out to discover America. No, this is not... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Management

06 Sep 2012
News

Fashion-Forward

information for industry executives and fashionistas alike. Amed, who made British GQ’s list of the 100 most influential men in Britain in 2011, attributes much of that success to the relationships he developed at HBS. “I was uncertain about HBS for the first View Details

Keywords: fashion; apparel; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

03 Dec 2024
News

Magic Numbers

Courtesy Shalinee Sharma Courtesy Shalinee Sharma As a sixth grader in Buffalo, New York, Shalinee Sharma (MBA 2005) believed math just wasn’t her thing. There were only a few girls in the honors class at her new school, and Sharma soon realized that she was far behind... View Details

Keywords: Amy Crawford

10 May 2022
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2022

in his big leather chair and knew I wanted to be in business someday. Those visits entered my DNA.” Culture shock: “My HBS study group had a good laugh when we went grocery shopping together. I was absolutely overwhelmed by choosing from... View Details

25 Aug 2022
News

A New Platform for Alumni Engagement

Kenneth Salas (MBA 2015), pictured In January, 50 HBS MBA students and 200 alumni and other business leaders gathered to discuss the business of artificial intelligence (AI). Over the course of four days, the hybrid global cohort analyzed... View Details