Confidence In Knowledge - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 1999
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Dan Fenn

grow fast; the young graduate helping very small companies. But I had forgotten, until I reviewed those dusty bound volumes, the ferment, the controversy, the questing, and the confidence that the School could always be better, could do... View Details

Keywords: Dan Fenn

01 Jun 2000
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Going Public: Raymond M. Jefferson

On October 18, 1995, U.S. Army Captain Ray Jefferson was excited about his future. The West Point graduate had eagerly accepted challenging assignments commanding Ranger and Green Beret units in the United States and View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

01 Oct 2000
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Mario A. Corti: Global Reconnaissance

that journey, with its sense of discovery heightened by refueling stops in remote areas, seems fitting for Corti. Today, as CFO of Nestlé S.A., based in Vevey, Switzerland, Corti, a Swiss native, helps lead... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Jun 1998
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Katharine Graham Offers Advice on Leadership

Introduced by HBS Dean Kim B. Clark as a business leader who "exemplifies the character and values that we hold dear at Harvard Business School," Katharine Graham, chairman of the executive committee of the Washington Post Company, spoke before an enthusiastic Burden... View Details

01 Oct 1999
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Eight Among Many: Kenneth A. Goldman

knowledge he acquired at Harvard. After gaining finance experience at Fairchild Semiconductor and Memorex, in 1981 Goldman left the stability of those established firms and joined a startup semiconductor... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Feb 2000
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Youth Movement: HBS Clubs Make Students a Top Priority

On opposite coasts of the United States, two HBS clubs have developed innovative programs to help MBA students broaden their career options. "I am confident that I will get a job in Seattle when I graduate,"... View Details

Keywords: Amy E. Dean

01 Sep 2004
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Home Sweet (Modular) Home

cracks began to appear in its carefully crafted production plan. The first order of modular homes languished on the assembly line for months as Greentech struggled to resolve a number of serious production-control issues. Stuntz now has... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2004
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Social Enterprise Celebrates Tenth Year, Looks Ahead

faculty chair), Allen Grossman, and F. Warren McFarlan each led a lively exchange that encompassed topics such as measuring SEI’s success in 2014, ensuring that the knowledge generated is applied, and... View Details

Keywords: SEI; Social Enterprise Initiative; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2017
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Developing Insightful Global Leaders

practices and share knowledge with ever-widening audiences, in the process striving to address society’s greatest opportunities and challenges. Alumni and friends from around the world provide the financial... View Details

01 Jun 2009
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Faculty Research Online

HBS Working Knowledge is an online forum for innovation in business practice, offering a first look at new thinking from HBS faculty. Read the complete articles summarized below by visiting their Web links.... View Details

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

01 Jun 1999
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Moir Donelson

Donelson has devoted much of his life to helping others achieve and succeed. When he graduates this year, he will return to Chicago, where he plans to work for Bain & Company, in part to broaden his contacts with area businesses. His... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Sep 2005
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New Career Wanted

swapping status, seniority, or a certain salary level for lifestyle considerations or the knowledge that they are giving something back to society. Both Carlson and Sullivan urge MBAs to use their training View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Mar 2008
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Where Have All the Leaders Gone?

about anything. Franklin Delano Roosevelt made the country believe it could crawl out of a depression, rallied it around social change that created a middle class, and mobilized the greatest military in the world to conquer fascism. After... View Details

Keywords: Government

15 Oct 2019
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Advancing China’s Impact Investing Ecosystem

advancing impact investing in China, which includes educating others about the space. Now back at RBS in Singapore, where she is in Financial Institutions Macro Sales, Chen... View Details

01 Sep 2008
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Where Are They Now?

Marshall is still eyeing business opportunities is to be expected. The Henry R. Byers Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, he was universally held in high esteem during his HBS years, thanks to his penchant for a practical... View Details

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

01 Jun 2006
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Job One: Alumni Engagement

Cooper I am often asked, “What does the Alumni Board do?” HBS professor Mal Salter, senior associate dean for External Relations, describes us as a “working board.” Our forty-plus members — past and present volunteers and active alumni from around the globe — meet... View Details

Keywords: Peter Cooper

10 Apr 2012
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A Winning Formula

breadth of knowledge that became the foundation for the rest of my career,” Ramos observed. “I was exposed to ideas and people that totally changed my life. I left with a portfolio of tools that I still use to this day.” But back View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Sep 2016
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How I Got to Google

up with Prem Ramaswami (MBA 2013) to gain some insider knowledge of a role cited by the Wall Street Journal for its coveted status among MBAs. Ramaswami, a senior product manager at Google (where he worked for nearly six years before... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Sep 2024
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Far-Reaching Impact

for the world,” Mahajan says. The siblings note the critical role HBS played in helping to fuel their entrepreneurial dream and turn it into a reality, giving them the confidence and insights needed to start... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Dec 2006
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HBS Honors Four Alumni

ALUMNI ACHIEVERS: Cohen, Yeo, Moore, and Donaldson at a reception in the DeanÃ¢â¬â¢s Garden. PHOTO BY STUART CAHILL To the four HBS graduates receiving this year’s Alumni Achievement Award, the School’s highest honor, HBS professor Bill... View Details