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- Portrait Project
Kareem Reda
desire, I rediscovered that the most important things in this world exist outside of my own needs. Thus, I will pause each day at dusk to reflect with my fellow man and watch the majesty View Details
- Portrait Project
Ashley Ng
My dad isn’t so smart. School-smart, that is. He didn't build a company, invest in a portfolio, or hold graduate degrees. In fact, he doesn't even hold a high-school degree. Yet, my dad is the smartest man I know. I could always count on... View Details
- Portrait Project
Ahmet Orhon
not know what to do... What am I going to do with my one precious life? I want to be a man that knows what to do if an 11-year-old child asks for help... I want to help the Seraps of our world... At my first... View Details
- Portrait Project
Tathagata (TAT) Sarkar
1. His name is Richard Feynman. Other than winning the Nobel Prize in physics, he was a bongo drummer, master lock picker, and gifted painter. He was a man of infinite curiosity. 2. He was not Harry Houdini.... View Details
- 17 Mar 2011
- News
Make or Break for the USA?
was appointed chairman of the President’s Export Council, charged with advising President Obama on trade and export expansion. (McNerney is interviewed in the current Bulletin.) In 2010, Ron Bloom (MBA ’85) was tapped by the White House... View Details
- Portrait Project
Masood Razaq
I have always thought of myself as a Man with a Plan. It's as if I were speeding down the Autobahn, with a clear destination in mind and an obsession with getting there as quickly as possible. Yet the... View Details
- 01 Jan 2009
- News
Robert F. Greenhill, MBA 1962
achievement possibilities are limitless.” One of Wall Street’s preeminent investment bankers, Bob Greenhill has helped shape some of the world’s most successful corporations. Greenhill earned a reputation as... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Some Racquet
of the A&P Tennis Classic, a women's professional tournament in Mahwah, New Jersey. He's also a man on something of a mission — to get the sports-marketing business to lighten... View Details
- 29 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Get Off the Dime!
person we talk to nods his head but he doesn't seem to listen." It occurred to me that probably only a few of our people had ever heard from this man directly, and even they may have never seen him as... View Details
Keywords: by John P. Kotter & Dan S. Cohen
- 25 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
older man led them to the back of one of the homes. Inside, he showed them a group of people huddled around the glow View Details
Jesse I. Straus
While still a young man in his family’s company, Jesse Straus and his younger brother Percy were personally responsible for the erection of the famous Macy’s Store in Herald Square, New York City. After... View Details
Keywords: Retail
Tom M. Girdler
After launching the company in 1930, Girdler guided Republic Steel through the difficult years of the Depression to emerge as one of the “Big Three” in the steel industry, along with U.S. Steel and Bethlehem... View Details
Keywords: Metals
Andrew S. Grove
While CEO of Intel, Grove delivered a ten-year annual return of 44%. Under Grove, Intel became more valuable than IBM with a worth of $115 billion and annual profits View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
online-first and traditional retailers alike. We focus on the relatively understudied domain of online-first retailers and the engagement of a key omnichannel tactic; specifically, the introduction View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
Hugh J. Chisholm
Chisholm was widely considered to be the most powerful man of his time in the American pulp and paper industry. He was the primary founder of International Paper Company that... View Details
Keywords: Wood, Paper & Forestry
- 18 Sep 2008
- News
HBS Olympians
While watching the spectacular and only slightly enhanced (digitally and chemically) Olympics, I found myself wondering how many HBS Olympians there have been over the years. I could think of only one—Paul Wylie (MBA 2000C), who won a... View Details
- Portrait Project
Sridevi Raghavan
Looking out of the first floor balcony of my home in Chennai, I would notice laborers; rickshaw drivers and maids lovingly dropping their kids off at school. I could see their eyes sparkle with dreams and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A U.S. Turnaround?
received a boost from Russia’s launching of a space satellite, Sputnik, in 1957. This was a shock because Russia’s scientific prowess was not taken seriously at the time. The United States committed to putting a View Details
- Profile
Janelle McDonald
small, run-down, one-room apartment. After a number of questions, someone in our group simply asked the man if he was happy – he had a huge grin the whole time. The man said,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2014
That’s the essence of the formula.” For a man with a global track record of winning investments, Nelson has not strayed far from his Rhode Island roots. After graduating from... View Details