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- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Conducting Business
owner is going to find himself in big trouble and risks going to jail. And, yes, there is a standard definition of profit, and everyone knows what it is. I listened to this. What was depreciation, anyway? I slinked down in my seat and... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Greylock
companies and nurtured numerous leading-edge products in a wide range of areas, including information technology, health care, telecommunications, and software. In achieving all that, it has also set the standard for integrity in every... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
Moore described the rise of the semiconductor industry and the uniquely fertile environment for startup companies in Silicon Valley, Arati Prabhakar of the National Institute of Standards and Technology discussed the future of the Silicon... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
A Janus-Faced Reflection
ideas, explanations, and solutions for the smartest business readers.'" In 1996, after nearly twenty years at Fortune, Kiechel brought his high editorial standards and equally high regard for savvy business professionals to the Harvard... View Details
- 26 Sep 2018
- News
Funding the Earth’s Natural Infrastructure
environmental issues, a stance that had sparked protests at its annual meetings. This led the U.S. Congress to use its influence by demanding that the World Bank set environmental standards as a condition of the nation’s capital... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: Capital Architect
increasingly integrated trading system, higher transnational standards of finance and investment, acknowledged failures of command economies, and heightened concern for human rights, among others. Locally, Myanmar was facing a... View Details
- 26 May 2016
- News
W. James McNerney Jr., MBA 1975
abilities. “I liked the compete-and-cooperate culture at HBS,” says the social chair of Section B. “You help each other and you want to be the best.” McNerney furthered his education through positions at the gold standards in marketing... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Corporate Governance Conference Addresses Global Challenges
transparent and globally standardized methods of corporate governance. Dozens of countries worldwide, each representing different degrees of involvement of legal systems and regulators in corporate governance, were studied by Harvard... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
'84); the Nominating Committee, led by Ed Hajim (MBA '64); and the Community Standards Committee. The first group provides valuable guidance for the annual Global Alumni Conferences, the second works to identify a slate of twelve new... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Faculty Q&A: Price Check
relatively low investment when they go beyond the common approaches of determining price based on intuition, competition, or a standard cost-plus-markup formula. How does this connect with your research on dynamic pricing? Many retailers... View Details
- 12 Apr 2011
- News
Twelve Global Finalists Compete at HBS
Consulta uses production line best practices to deliver fast, reliable, affordable and standardized medical appointments to low income families that are uninsured and underserved by the public system, in the poorest districts of Brazil’s... View Details
Keywords: Multiple alumni
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Get Well Soon
takeaway for students is the power of transparency as a mechanism for change,” says Tucker. “Another is the motivational value of benchmarking themselves to an internal standard of zero accidents instead of rationalizing poor perfor-mance... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
from the wisdom and experience of the General, imparted by him through frequent contact and regular visits. Deryck Tweedley (MBA ’58) Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Doriot Taught Standards of Behavior Your article on Professor Doriot brought... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
contributed significantly to their companies and communities while upholding the highest standards and values in everything they do. Exemplary role models, they inspire all those who aspire to have an impact on both business and society.... View Details
- 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
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Karmic Kickstart
of those less fortunate pivots was pretty standard stuff: After a change in leadership, I was unceremoniously fired at the bank where I had been promoted just a few days earlier. After a year of frustration and effort I gave up on the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
This year’s recipients of the School’s highest honor have made remarkable contributions to their companies and communities while upholding the highest standards and values in everything they do. “These five distinguished alumni are role... View Details
Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
A Binary Formula
Harvard’s initiatives in stem cells, bio-inspired engineering, systems biology, chemical biology, and innovative computing. The colloquium featured a number of case studies about academic labs as well as private-sector firms that are setting operational and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Security Chief
explains. “They were very entrepreneurial and had great niches. And now we have to pull all of them together to act as one company.” He reels off a trio of management challenges: retaining valued workers whose knowledge and entrepreneurial zeal powered their former... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Cynthia Carroll
although we set the standard in South Africa and everywhere else we operate, we’ve got to do better. The second area that needed improvement was government relations. Starting first in South Africa, we’ve worked to upgrade that... View Details