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- 08 May 2019
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Lessons from the Ashes
brought in a new chief executive that increased operating profits by 80%, but it didn't matter because the interest was so big that it a bottom-line level, no matter what he did, it was never enough. By the time we got to late 1990... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
point is not whether public or private providers deliver the service but the efficiency, quality, and cost-effectiveness of that service,” says Jeremy Pelczer (AMP 162, 2002), president and CEO of American Water. “We agree that water is a human and social right and... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
A New Platform for Alumni Engagement
...” —Morgan McKenney (MBA 2003) “Our alumni are doing interesting things all over the world,” Lakhani says. “HBS faculty can learn from them. The question for the Learning Network is, how can we systematically find and engage with alumni... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Case Study: Let’s Dance
says. “Artists have not always benefited from capitalism in the past, so there’s some healthy skepticism there.” The grassroots strategy has been effective—but obviously labor-intensive. Liang wonders about the best way to expand into other markets, while making sure... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Marked Managers
Higgins: Some organizations create much stronger imprints than others. How the early years on the job make a lasting imprint Associate Professor Monica Higgins’s interest in the relational context in which careers are shaped led to her... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Facing the Music
alternative rock bands such as R.E.M., the English Beat, and the Fine Young Cannibals. Boberg signed on as president of MCA Music Publishing in 1994 and in 1995 was named president of MCA Records, a division of Universal Music Group. Orchestrating an Industry To View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Coming Full Circle
dissertation focused on organizational mutiny. “Mutiny happens, but it’s hard to study,” says Merryman, noting that her interest in the topic was sparked by the 2006 resignation of Harvard President Larry Summers in the wake of a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
ago, to research the “new, but untested, financial system,” unregulated as all get-out, filled with “trust me” and “I don’t really understand the math.” Light and his experts seem to understand it now. What... View Details
- 24 Mar 2021
- News
Clubs Reaffirm Equity in Community Partners Work; Alumni Angels Invest in Member Education
statistics told the full story, so we formed a Diversity Task Force to explore how we can expand the range of nonprofits we serve and to attract more diverse alumni volunteers for our projects and board.” Phillips says that while alumni who get involved with Community... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
and outline options for how readers can participate and prosper in the coming Fifth Era. Through the inspiring stories in this book, you’ll understand this age of unprecedented change, discover the greatest wealth creation opportunity... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
A Journey to Leadership: Luke O'Neill
disenfranchised kids with him when he enrolled at Georgetown Law School, where he began working in the school's Juvenile Justice Clinic. "There is a tremendous need for people to understand how powerless kids can be and how much they need... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 20 Jun 2019
- News
Reframing Modern Art
It is your job to see new exhibitions, to visit museums not just in your city, but around the country, throughout the world, really, to gain an understanding of what images are there and how they're presented, and to have a professional... View Details
- 14 Apr 2021
- News
The First Five Years: Mike Gandy Auzenne (MBA 2016)
executive director to build the processes and systems to enable us to onboard and serve these organizations. Know any HBS alumni interested in jumping on board?!” What inspired the creation of PowerUP? MGA: “Austin’s profound impact on my... View Details
- 26 Feb 2020
- News
Phoenix Rising
years—and an ineffective tax system that targets too narrow of a slice of the population at rates that are too high. “There are many interesting things in our past that are relevant for today’s discussion about which direction we want to... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 19 Jan 2023
- News
Forged in Fire
questions. I got that a lot. I think now, being someone who relies on a guide dog, and having lived that first 21 years of my life as someone who didn't need a guide dog who could see, I can kind of understand why they have some of the... View Details
- 04 Jun 2025
- News
Slice of Life
strategy. You're understanding the market. At the same time, it really feels like you have found your passion, and this thing is being fueled by your passion. Righteous Slice opened in 2018. You released this trailer. Remember? BC: Oh... View Details
- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Not Throwing Away My Shot
Schultz (MBA 1983) was working as an executive chairman for a tech company, and on his way home from a fundraising presentation at a venture firm when he had an epiphany. A longtime executive with a personal interest in history, he had... View Details
- 30 Apr 2025
- News
A Social Enterprise Talk in DC; Canadian Alumni Talk Trade; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Colorado
DC Panel Looks at Social Enterprise in a New Government Landscape The HBS Club of Washington, DC teamed up with the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) on April 2, to present an alumni panel discussion on social impact titled “New Perspectives in Social Enterprise,”... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 05 Sep 2017
- News
Living the Quantitative Life
Morrell: Now, the interest that you've had in living a sort of quantified life, your first year out of HBS, can you talk about what prompted it? Grana: I think, as a lot of people probably have, HBS is sort of a break from the real world.... View Details
- 22 Aug 2019
- News
Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector
to understand what some of these things meant. In Lagos, I'd never seen a water fountain before. And so when I heard the word fountain, there's only one thing and it's the one you throw coins into. And obviously, I got involved in being a... View Details