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01 Jun 2000
News

Tradition and Outreach at HBS Club de France

Like a fine French wine, the HBS Club de France has aged well and been savored by many. The club was organized in 1934 by the legendary HBS professor General Georges F. Doriot. Jean L. Borit (MBA '33) headed the first postwar meetings,... View Details

Keywords: Amy E. Dean

03 Oct 2012
What Do You Think?

Can We Bring Back the “Industrial Commons” for Manufacturing?

Summing Up Where Is the Leadership Necessary to Regenerate the "Industrial Commons" In their book Producing Prosperity, Gary Pisano and Willy Shih pointed to the lack of long-term thinking and investment as well as education... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing

17 Jul 2000
What Do You Think?

Where Is the Microsoft Board?

influence and pointing to the success of the company, Bruce Lowenthal said "...I would rather address the problem of board inaction when things are not going well even with a high percentage of outside representation." The views... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Jun 2005
News

Marked Managers

connections, confidence, and cognition that individuals acquire or cultivate by virtue of working at a company during a particular period of time. It’s organization-specific as well as time-specific. Do all organizations leave an imprint?... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Career Imprints; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Jan 2005
News

Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965

company's long-term viability. The strategy paid off, with sales jumping well over 50 percent in the first year alone. Under intense scrutiny, Gerstner then reversed a plan to split IBM into independently operated "Baby Blues," choosing... View Details

22 Sep 2017
News

Turning a Disorder into an Opportunity

that are ideal for testing software as well as for working in cybersecurity and analytics. “These employees have found errors, faults, and gaps in IT systems that have gone undetected for years,” Fieldhouse says, adding Dandelion has been... View Details

01 Mar 2016
News

@Soldiers Field

China’s one-child policy might impact the real estate market, as well as his opinion on the American presidential race. (Dongik Lee) (Dongik Lee) In December, the Boston Redevelopment Authority officially approved plans for HBS’s new... View Details

Career Coach

Meredith Hamilton

Meredith [she/her] has served as a mentor and coach to innumerable mid-career staff as well as several CEOs in the social sector. She is committed to creating a safe space for students and alumni to explore questions of professional... View Details

Keywords: Education; Entrepreneurship; Impact Investing; Financial Services (All); Government; Real Estate; Social Enterprise

Portrait Project

Meg Whittenberger

waste your time with these students,” one teacher had told me decisively, while “these” students were well within earshot. Had I said the right things in these moments? Did I make any difference in their lives? Honestly, I think doubt... View Details

01 Jun 2012
News

Kiwi Star

New Zealand forest-products company, and later serve as chairman of the National Bank of New Zealand. He was knighted in 1998. “I am absolutely a contented man,” said Whineray, now retired. “Sometimes I wonder how it all went so well... View Details

07 Feb 2019
News

A Course Correction at Chris-Craft

president and CEO—notes that plans include expanding the plant and the payroll as well as the customer base. “There are parts of the market we don’t participate in and we're going to be able to migrate into those. Right now, we compete... View Details

01 Mar 2008
News

Good Luck Charm

corporate giving in the city,” New York’s cultural affairs commissioner Kate Levin told the New York Times (November 12, 2007). Time Warner believes that such philanthropy can help build audiences and spur creative innovation, all of which benefits the media and... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 May 2013
News

Paolo M. Pellegrini, MBA 1985 & Henrietta Jones

Pellegrini and Jones’s gift to HBS in 2012 was inspired by Dean Nitin Nohria’s commitment to priorities such as innovation and interdisciplinary studies, as well as by the opening of the Harvard Innovation Lab. “The i-lab was a bold... View Details

01 Mar 2005
News

Faculty Research Online

directly to consumers. Do physicians take notice? Professor Emeritus Alvin Silk and Harvard’s Joel Weissman discuss a recent study. The Changing Roles of Doctors and Patients Richard Bohmer, a physician as well as an HBS assistant... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Profile

Ben Faw

prides itself as a leadership development organization — and the infantry is the epitome of that. Once ankle deep, I figured I might as well go up to my chest.” As a first lieutenant, Ben served as a platoon leader in northern Iraq from... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Technology; Manufacturing

10 Sep 2020
Blog Post

Founding a Company at the Intersection of Medicine and Technology

people with infertility was, as well as the potential commercial viability of this technology. Last fall, I made the decision to start a company that focused on the embryo selection problem, which I then pursued full time after... View Details

18 Jan 2016
Blog Post

Meet the HBS Race, Gender & Equity Initiative

scholarly community, as well as developing mechanisms to bring actionable research to practice. The Initiative hosts a conference every spring, the Gender & Work Symposium, bringing together academics and practitioners to share... View Details

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The Anatomy of Fraud (TAF) - Course Catalog

for people joining or running companies, as well as private and public market investors. This course examines the most sensational global frauds of this millennium, such as Enron, FTX, and Lehman Brothers, with the following goals in... View Details

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Commercial Videotaping & Photography | About

provided permission is granted by Marketing & Communications, as well as the faculty member, and all students involved. For specific guidelines relating to recording in our classrooms, review the Capturing and Disseminating... View Details

10 Nov 2018
News

The 71-Year-Old Ultramarathoner

it was a whole other ballgame.” Much of the article details Spector’s extensive workout routine, which includes a focus on balance and ankle strength. There are also some long runs, of course, as well as some swimming and upper body... View Details

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