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- 15 Nov 2024
- News
Driving Change
Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details
- 29 Apr 2016
- News
The First Five Years: Kelly McKenna (MBA 2015)
have absolutely no control over the two biggest influences on your speed—wind and water. But you learn to take clues as to what either the wind or the water might do, depending on factors like temperature, cloud patterns, wind direction,... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Facing the Music
go the tour route." Given the influence of radio in making or breaking an artist, cases of corruption and the "buying" of airtime are legendary in the music industry. Today, however, notes Boberg, things are different. "That may have... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Cynthia Carroll, MBA 1989
there is more to do.” Carroll’s leadership at Anglo American has significantly influenced the industry by setting new standards for safety and by offering miners, their families, and their communities a thoughtful, long-term outlook. She... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Addressing the housing needs of India’s poor
experimentation while undertaking research and consultancies to influence policies on urbanization, disaster risk reduction, and social housing,” says Mehra. mHS pilots include modular shelters for homeless, bundling housing finance and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Life Lessons
delegating authority to them.” Currently a marketing manager at General Mills, Sundy has a long-term goal: He’d like to become a member of the U.S. Senate, “to influence public policy and make a real contribution to society.” — GE Martín... View Details
- 02 Jan 2019
- News
Not Waiting for Progress
opportunity “to add to the texture of a village of creative artists who have the power to influence a huge global audience.” A year later, with Blackhouse cofounders Ryan Tarpley and Carol Ann Shine, Diamond began developing and hosting... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 10 May 2022
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2022
pond: “The great thing about working in finance in India was the opportunity to influence the evolution of the country’s financial institutions and regulatory structures. Very early on, I was part of the group that helped set up a second,... View Details
- 15 Apr 2017
- News
Bringing Markets to Myanmar
sort of questions did they have? Brunell: Well first, there was a preliminary meeting with the head of the investment agency in Yangon. He told me his objective was to prepare a private sector development transition plan to accelerate and View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
All in the Family
the distinct but related spheres of ownership, family, and business overlap, influence one another, and evolve over time (see sidebar). "Most family businesses start with a single controlling owner," Davis explains. "Fifteen years down... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
in the world of finance. They marshal trillions of dollars on behalf of their institutions and influence how capital flows throughout the world. But these elite investors live outside the public eye. Across the entire investment industry,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Soul Man
and evangelical exercises have attracted some 2 million young people, “more than Paul McCartney has pulled in,” Luce said. At one such recent gathering, Luce exhorted his audience to write down on pieces of paper all the negative societal and materialistic View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Second Acts
Meakem now seeks out young, local companies that can benefit from his investment and advice. “I get such a thrill to find a great company with loads of potential,” Meakem told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (September 18, 2005). Seeking to extend his View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond Accommodation
influence on the thousands of blind people it serves every year. Still, he wasn’t likely to take the job just because he happened to be a blind CEO. “Entering the blindness business was never really my objective at this stage in my... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Offshore Learning
provide housing and practical education for orphaned and at-risk boys. Outward Bound’s influence on the island began with when it launched its first adventure learning and character development programming in the mid-1970s. The island... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
A Journey to Leadership: Luke O'Neill
life. As long as we can establish a track record of kids impressing employers in internships and going on to college, the money will be there." The bedrock of Shackleton's educational philosophy is leadership, and when asked about his own evolution as a leader, O'Neill... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
James E. Burke, MBA 1949
Johnson II in the 1940s, the credo proclaimed that J&J's "first responsibility" was to its customers and then to employees, management, communities, and stockholders-in that order. By the mid-1970s, however, Burke was troubled by a sense that the credo had lost its... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books
by strong-arming others. Many write it off as inherently corrupt or “dirty” and want nothing to do with it. But as pioneering researchers Julie Battilana and Tiziana Casciaro deftly show in Power, for All, power is the ability to View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
the conference examined the application of technology in traditional businesses and the innovations that will influence the everyday activities of a broad spectrum of companies." WSA: Focus on Work/Life Balance "Women have always been... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
What’s Next
for a better future. What is the role of research at HBS? Roy Zider (MBA 1970), Oakland, California NN: Research is the heart and soul of any great university. It is the way our faculty members develop a deep understanding of management and ideas that can View Details