Research and Development - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jan 2003
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Lillian Lincoln Lambert, MBA 1969

began to realize its other goals-from increasing financial aid to providing career development opportunities. More recently, Lambert helped HBS, the African-American Alumni Association, and others honor... View Details

01 Mar 2011
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Where the Jobs Are

developing nations as an engine for job creation back home (see article). Innovation is also the ticket to survival for smaller manufacturers, reports Senior Associate Editor Garry Emmons, who talked with the proprietors of family-owned... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Manufacturing

02 Oct 2015
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The ‘F’ Word

coauthored by Professor Tom Eisenmann and researcher Lisa Mazzanti, is under discussion by first-year students in The Entrepreneurial Manager. Wallace has the opportunity to offer a firsthand perspective... View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

01 Jun 2025
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Keeping the Faith

experience they’d had at HBS. A few members of the original team, including van Bever, Hsieh, and Brown, decided to expand its scope to a full-term offering this year. “At HBS, faith and spirituality are not... View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace; Illustrations by Victo ngai

01 Oct 2000
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The Entrepreneurial Venture

purchase. It was a home run with our customers. Instead of losing them, we developed immensely loyal customers. Sahlman: I took advantage of the opportunity to avoid upheaval by pursuing the only job from which you can't get fired!... View Details

24 May 2023
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Balancing Acts

mentees, the number of those whom I've been able to sponsor, whose lives I've been able to impact in a way that put them on the right trajectory. JH: As CEO and president of Boston-based Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Reshma Kewalramani (GMP 18,... View Details

Keywords: work-life balance; happiness; family

01 Dec 2003
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Alumni Author: Thomas H. Fischgrund (MBA ’80)

true. They are curious and read everything they can get their hands on. Family and friends are more important to them than their studies. What’s your advice to students preparing for the exam? My short-term... View Details

Keywords: SATs; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Oct 1999
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Eight Among Many: Robert F. Diromualdo

trucks and working in a machine shop at a U.S. early-warning ballistic missile detection site. There he discovered that nothing whiled away the cold, dark, and tedium like a good book. By the time he was... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

25 Mar 2016
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New Head of MBA Admissions Is 2013 Grad

and economics for managers. In addition, he worked with HBS professor Clayton Christensen to develop an HBX course on Disruptive Strategy, an offering designed for executives around the world. Losee also... View Details

01 Apr 1997
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Management Update Launched

position, in 1994. Following that assignment, he became editor for business development at the parent company, Time Inc., identifying and assessing magazines and other media... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Oct 1999
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Eight Among Many: Nancy J. Karch

into serious trouble," says Karch, whose father was a retailer. "We helped them look beyond next season's fashions to see the importance of understanding how their economics worked, how their inventory flowed, and where their cost... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

28 May 2019
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Tech for the People

about ways that tech companies can develop products and services that both benefit the public and align with their business model,” he observes. Tsai says courses such as... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Dec 1999
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New Releases

the characteristics of distinct types of property - apartment, office, hotel, industrial, and retail. Noting that this book is designed to help people spot risks, develop strategies for coping with risks,... View Details

29 Nov 2017
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Inbox: From Das’s Desk

learning opportunities, and that led to development of a pilot, three-day program of introspection and peer interaction called The Reflective Leader. + ONLINE web-only content... View Details

Keywords: Das Narayandas

24 Mar 2017
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Alumni New Venture Competition Finalists Named

and prepared meals designed just for kids. Alumnus: David Parker, MBA 2009 Region: Northeastern US/New York Pluma: Pluma is a mobile professional development and executive... View Details

01 Mar 2014
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Feedback

bulletin@hbs.edu. Write us a letter. This is your magazine. It needs your voice. Gene Williams, featured in the December 2013 HBS Alumni Bulletin Top Story The story of Gene Williams (MBA 1987) and his new drug View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

01 Oct 1998
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Going Against the Flow

and those of developed countries. When capital is flowing freely throughout the world, there is tremendous growth and opportunity in emerging markets. But when the tap is... View Details

Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.

01 Oct 1998
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Putting on the Wheels

the development of new economies and profoundly improve the prospects for those countries. "By starting fresh in Eisenach," Hughes explains, "we were able to introduce lean manufacturing processes to workers... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

23 May 2018
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John A. Paulson, MBA 1980

remarkable success built confidence—and investors—and by 2006 led him to attract $6 billion under management. In 2005, Paulson was looking for new investment opportunities and began researching mortgage... View Details