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- 01 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Judgment Calls
this kind of enterprise "is the worst business in the world. Period. The end." He was smart and ambitious enough as a young man to get himself into the Harvard Business School—though he also... View Details
- 07 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 7
commitment dedicated to online marketplaces. In Greylock's view, 2014 was a special moment in time for online marketplaces, the beginning of a boom in the space that was being catalyzed by mobile technology and social identity. Rothman... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
energy or saving the planet. If the federal government had said this will be our equivalent of putting a man on the moon, which energized the economy and the country under John F. Kennedy, we could be the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
An Organization Your Customers Understand
identical, and every effort of every man and woman in the company is focused on satisfying those needs."5 Accordingly, the most critical decision in designing any organization is deciding who the... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Howard's Gift
"We can all use a wise man or woman in our lives," Eric Sinoway writes (with Merrill Meadow) in his new book, Howard's Gift. For Sinoway, a student at the Harvard Kennedy School, that wise man was HBS... View Details
- Portrait Project
Ben Schumacher
immigrants and their families through our business, and I came to understand that life's true purpose is enabling others. When I was 25, I realized that, in this country, not every man becomes the man he... View Details
- 16 Sep 2008
- News
Last Look - September 2008
Chester (MBA ’49).” Barooah thought the man with a striped tie is Robert James (MBA 6/’48) and identified the man with his hand in his pocket as Bert Grand (MBA ’49). Greg Pilkington, a Bulletin reader who... View Details
Keywords: Keith Larson
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
HBS Vets Support Homeless Comrades
the nearby Spangler Center, a small green tent on the grounds of the School took on symbolic importance for students and other members of the HBS community last February. The two-person tent was pitched by... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- Portrait Project
Onaizah Panhwar
“But you need a shelter a man to provide security to your family” – a well-intentioned relative advised, trying to convince me to marry when I was seventeen. “I will be my own shelter I may not know how but I have faith in myself” – I... View Details
- 18 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 18
repurchases, consistent with repurchases representing less of a commitment. The End of the Great Man Authors:Scott A. Snook and Rakesh Khurana Publication:In The Essential... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes
sense a man makes of himself as a man, which develops in the course of his interactions with others. A man encounters—and learns to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
HBS Student Battles ALS
KREMER: With classmate and friend Nate Boaz (right), celebrating at the MBA Class of 2006 Commencement. Avichai (“Avi”) Kremer is a man with a mission, and not a lot of time.... View Details
- 31 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 31, 2007
both men—Forbes christened Schumpeter, not Keynes, the best navigator through the turbulent seas of globalization. Time has proved that assessment accurate. Prophet of Innovation is also the private story... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Christopher Cox: Capitol Hill Intellectual
politics, working in the White House. He was a single man with energy and experience who saw an open congressional seat, an overcrowded GOP primary (with fourteen candidates), and an opportunity to put his skills to work for the people... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Ink: Home Cooking, Secure Retirements, and Restoring Humanity to Finance
chaos of the world.” (PD-1923) (PD-1923) Elizabeth Bennet: The heroine of Pride and Prejudice is a master at risk management in questions of 19th-century matrimony, Desai says.... View Details
- 31 May 2013
- News
Seeing the Light
EVANS: A second career emerges from a lifelong avocation. Photo courtesy of Chip Evans For decades, Chip Evans (MBA 1973) was a Mad Man in Manhattan, doing account work for major Fortune 500 clients at... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards: Honorees and Victories
play for, and which coach would you hire to turn around your basketball program if you were a college president? The contrast between the two coaches sparked a broad discussion of leadership. “I’d play for both,” one panelist said, while... View Details
- 29 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial
men. Grove's deceptively simple question stripped the blinders of denial from their eyes. It allowed them to see the situation afresh, face it squarely, and make what had instantly become the obvious choice. Grove's question did not make... View Details
- 15 May 2012
- News
Finally Finding the Right Fit
Heffernan: From one who's tried on many hats, a tip of the cap to HBS. Photo courtesy Andrew Heffernan As a young man in Dublin, Ireland, Andrew Heffernan (MBA 2006) worked in a variety View Details
- 11 Jul 2017
- News
The Right Thing to Do
$5 per viewer. However, Ackman’s ROI metric for this series is akin to that of Diogenes’ search for an honest man or Lot’s for righteous people in Sodom and Gomorrah. “It’s really expensive,” he admits, “but... View Details