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01 Feb 1997
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Doing It Your Way

quickly bring new ideas to market," Kanter says. Steven C. Wheelwright, MBA Class of 1949 Professor of Business Administration and chairman of the MBA Program, who works with a variety of firms in areas such as innovation, renewal,... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso (profiles by Linda Goodspeed, Elaine Gottlieb, Nancy O. Perry, and Judith A. Ross)

07 Sep 2021
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Increasing Access and Expanding Opportunity

that the effectiveness of the case method depends on students coming in with a variety of experiences. If we only had one industry, geography, culture, or socioeconomic experience represented in our classroom, that’s going to give a... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

08 Sep 2016
News

How We Make It Work

Jacobs (MBA 1979), chairman, Anchor Audio “Thirteen years ago, I felt like I had already experienced a lifetime of learning from successes and even more from failures. After HBS, I had held a variety of roles—in brand management with... View Details

01 Jun 1997
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Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference

variety of distinguished panelists and participants tested myths, inspected realities, and questioned opportunities. Rafael Hui, Hong Kong's secretary for Financial Services, delivered an upbeat presentation on Hong Kong's future after... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes

01 Mar 2017
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017

via a variety of literary, cinematic, and historical references. His unexpected insight, humor, and irony offer a new perspective on the true moral foundation of finance. Managing Risk in Reinsurance: From City Fires to Global Warming... View Details

01 Jun 1996
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Keepers of the Flame

as anything but a business. The reality is you have sponsors who are paying $40 million - they want a return on their investment, and they expect you to operate like a business." While Wallace spends a lot of time as a troubleshooter, she has a View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Dec 2015
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015

Greenstein, and Catherine Tucker (University of Chicago Press) As the cost of storing, sharing, and analyzing data has decreased, economic activity has become increasingly digital. But while the effects of digital technology and improved digital communication have been... View Details

01 Jun 2010
News

$how Me the Money

(which are often legal and unavoidable), while maintaining a strong anti-corruption and anti-capture stance. HBS professor Lou Wells, with many years of experience working on mining agreements and as a negotiator in Africa and Indonesia, has witnessed a View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Legal Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Sep 2010
News

RX for Change

the norm for health care than the exception. They may not have ever taken a management course, despite the challenge of overseeing dozens of employees across a variety of functions. They’re responsible for their unit’s financial... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Health, Social Assistance; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 2019
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City on a Hill

and with Marietta’s support, recently completed her undergrad degree. Pine Mountain’s approach is holistic: In addition to offering more than a dozen environmental education courses for schoolchildren that integrate science, ecology, and Appalachian culture, it holds a... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Clay Cook

01 Apr 1999
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Spirit at Work

in a variety of ways, Khalsa says. "First of all, the roughly 15 percent of the staff who are Sikhs come to the office centered and focused after our morning spiritual practice, which gives us the clarity to make better decisions," he... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

12 Jul 2021
News

Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

members, and other experts around a variety of issues related to the pandemic. Sadun’s findings are summarized in the report “Re-starting under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from around the World.” Additional research related to the... View Details

01 Apr 1998
News

World Class Learning

a variety of industries with their strategic marketing plans. "I enjoy working with global teams," she reports. "On my current study I work with Americans, Germans, Irish, Poles, French, Dutch, and Austrians. We are designing a multiple... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

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