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- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
sons whose mothers were employed spend more time caring for family members, a much-cited working paper by Professor Kathleen McGinn, Elizabeth Long Lingo (PhDOB 2005), and their coauthor found. Darrell Huntsman (MBA 1998) founded the Corrective View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Books: Brand New
fashion, status, community, and control.” The six entrepreneurs achieved this, Koehn found, by maintaining total familiarity with their product or service; learning from mistakes and adjusting quickly; distinguishing their offerings and responding to customers’... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Avoiding a Succession Crisis
are outsiders brought in to turn around or reenergize a company. They are generalists who know how to drive efficiency but are fundamentally unequipped with the knowledge of the industry or market that’s necessary to craft and implement... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
1.1 billion citizens surviving on less than $2 a day. Education remains inaccessible or insufficient for millions, and the country has the world’s second-largest HIV-positive population. Mumbai’s airport is emblematic of the country’s... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
From Das’s Desk
Reflective Leader program Today, however, the practice of education is changing, from a short-term learning intervention to one centered on a lifelong process of development. At HBS, our core mission is to keep the School relevant for... View Details
Keywords: Das Narayandas
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
Leading Strategic Change in an Era of Healthcare Transformation edited by Jim Austin, Judith Bentkover, and Laurence Chait (MBA 1965) (Springer) This book focuses on how to lead transformative and strategic change in the healthcare View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
All Hands on Deck
start dates delayed, and those interested in hard-hit industries like hospitality and entertainment had to broaden their searches,” explains Kristen Fitzpatrick (MBA 2003), managing director of Career and Professional Development (CPD).... View Details
Keywords: Jen Mele
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
A Student Plan Goes to Washington
need for industry experts to serve on boards. Under current regulations, directors must be independent as a means to avoid conflicts of interest. Today, ten out of twelve directors of Fortune 500 companies are independent. As a result,... View Details
- 06 Dec 2018
- News
Cold Call Horror Stories
apologized and he said he wanted to warm call me. The case was about an industry I’d worked in, and he knew that, and he thought this was an opportunity to get me to say something to bring me in. And because he came in late, he didn’t get... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
School’s Entrepreneurial Spirit Runs Deep
Contrary to popular perception, Harvard Business School isn’t just a training ground for future Fortune 500 CEOs, says author Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986). Just as important, it’s a launching pad for thousands of graduates who bypass the corporate track to take... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Expanded Elective Curriculum Offers Students A Wealth of Choices
by Assistant Professor Myra Hart. Working in self-selected teams, students may now spend up to a year on projects that explore organizational problem solving, industry or country analysis, or business plan development. A new field study... View Details
- 18 Jan 2022
- News
HBS Alumni Mentor Students; Shanghai Club Hosts Entrepreneurship Conference
students, along with several non-traditional students from the college’s adult education program. The inaugural program, launched in late September, matched 25 Morris Brown undergraduates with 25 Atlanta-area MBA alumni for monthly... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Class of 1949 Gift Supports HBS Faculty Development
Global Initiative and the establishment of research centers in California and overseas have also heightened the need for faculty training and the recruitment of new teachers with a range of skills and expertise. "The School is also experiencing an unprecedented demand... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 22 Mar 2016
- News
Bill (MBA 1966) and Penny George
answering President Kennedy’s call to give back. He then transitioned to the private sector. “I’ve always been interested in how leadership leads to service,” says George, who served in senior executive positions at Honeywell and Litton View Details
- 13 Jul 2016
- News
From Money to Ministry
He handled lending for the airline and aerospace industry during deregulation and many reorganizations. “I learned about relationship banking, as opposed to now, where it’s all about the deal, all quite transactional, to my dismay.”... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Clubs Hopping
small, in California, Florida, and Texas, where most HBS Latino alumni live. Dallas was the proving ground for this strategy. “We want to collect and build our networks more regionally,” says Calderon, who sits on the club’s board. “There’s a demand and an appetite for... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Buy the Book
retailers (such as Wal-Mart and Costco) that only stock twenty or so bestsellers yet are responsible for 34 percent of book sales in the United States. “Something hits as a success and dominates the market,” Deighton comments. “It’s similar to what has happened in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
the VC community to see itself as a real industry.” The venture capital industry began to take shape after World War II on the northeastern seaboard when in 1946 Doriot became president of the first public venture capital firm:... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Critical Information: MIS Monitors the Ever-Changing World of IT
framework for IT baselining and planning, is examining how the new information economy is transforming the traditional management principles of the industrial economy. Nolan is studying, for example, how IT is changing the traditional... View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb
- 07 Nov 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Tiffany Pham (MBA 2012)
learning, for change. After graduating from Yale and Harvard Business School, I knew that I had to get into the industry that had impacted me as a young woman, so I could ultimately use media to impact other women like me. “I subsequently... View Details