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- 01 Dec 2016
- News
LA Reid’s Song
found his own voice along the way. From Sing to Me: When I go back to the very beginning, listening to jazz fusion bands and loving Miles Davis, or digging what James Brown represented, or even in my rock days worshipping at the shrine of...
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- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA: Maura Corby Sullivan (MBA/MPA 2009)
deep resolve to take care of the men and women of the US Armed Forces. I saw the impact on the ground of policy decisions that were being made in Washington. And I saw that the best way for me to make an impact was to leave active duty and go into policy. I had been...
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- 01 Aug 2001
- News
George C. Lodge
entered Massachusetts politics. Having finished Spearheads of Democracy (inspired by his Labor Department duties, which had taken him to Latin America, Africa, and Asia), he decided to leave the School to run for the U.S. Senate as the...
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- 16 Sep 2013
- News
Canada’s Native Son
by Maureen Harmon Blaine Favel Blaine Favel (MBA 2001) grew up on Cree Indian reservation. His father was a chief, as was his grandfather before him. "It was a true democracy back then," says Favel, when a chief served at the will of the...
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- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Repurposing Leaders to Attack Social Problems
and leverage the skills and experience of already-accomplished leaders. It will prepare them to make an impact on public life through, for example, leading a cause campaign; establishing a foundation; running for political office as a way...
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- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Q&A: Suzy Wetlaufer
to have an impact; we want to improve the practice of management, to make businesses more productive, more effective, and more enjoyable. When business runs well, the whole world runs better. How does it...
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- 08 May 2019
- News
Lessons from the Ashes
Journal, and grew to include everything from magazines to radio and TV stations. Warwick Fairfax (MBA 1987), the founder's great-great grandson, grew up with the expectation that he would someday run the company and carry on the family...
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- 03 Mar 2014
- News
A Life Transformed
It's a long way—a very long way—from the village of Balidhip, in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, to Cambridge, Massachusetts. When you grow up without roads, electricity, or running water, when light and darkness control the rhythms...
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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Preparing Global Leaders
and diverse business issues,” he says. Wahl, an investor based in Oslo, Norway, was cofounder and partner of the private equity firm IK Investment Partners Ltd. from 1989 to 2009. Presently he runs Stromstangen AS, a privately owned...
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- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why E-commerce Didn’t Die With the Fall of Webvan
in its marketing. In the period since the Internet boom, there have been a large number of very conspicuous successes.—John A. Deighton Physical distribution of groceries in the United States is a marvel of logistics. It's amazingly efficient and it allows supermarkets...
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- 20 Apr 2017
- Blog Post
Why I Love My Job: Ching Ching Chen On Her Passion For the Music Industry
opportunity? I am going back to Universal Music Group (where I interned for the summer) but will be working for one of its labels Capitol Records as Director of Business Development / Chief of Staff to the executive team. Tell us about...
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- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Streamlining the Supermarket
full-time employees, slashing labor costs by 90 percent. Those two innovations are expected to add up to a net profit margin of three times that of the overall industry. “And that is really powerful,” Pedró says. “You can actually give those benefits View Details
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Francis Storrs
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Maliha Khan
my career in two stages: here in the United States and back home in Pakistan. While in the U.S., I'd like a role that gives me the feeling of entrepreneurship - that gives me the freedom and flexibility to make significant decisions. In...
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- 02 Dec 2018
- News
An Emphasis on Teamwork
investor, you absolutely need to be versed in more than just finance,” elaborates Krebs, now running a family office in San Francisco. “You need to understand leadership. That’s where the HBS general management curriculum really resonated...
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- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Blissful Thinking
first is people who run on the hedonic treadmill and never quite realize why they don’t feel satisfaction. Second is people who run on the hedonic treadmill and know why they don’t feel satisfaction but are...
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- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Case Study: Inside Story
backing from Bling Capital, DCM, and Precursor Ventures. Saga grew its initial customer base during the pandemic as families searched for ways to stay connected across the distance, Lin says. Through the app, a user can share weekly...
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- 06 May 2002
- Research & Ideas
Profits for Nonprofits: Earning Your Own Way
are." A for-profit enterprise has to cope not only within the nonprofit that backs it, but also within the world at large, said Toby Sherman, director of food service for Greyston Foundation. Greyston, a $13 million organization in...
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by Martha Lagace
- 22 Nov 2017
- News
How to Build a Winning Culture on a Losing Team
had a long career in sports management, including an earlier stint running the business side of the Knicks, the WNBA's Liberty and the NHL's Rangers as the president of Madison Square Garden sports. But as inherent as competition is to...
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Jeff Bussgang
sciences, consumer marketing, e-commerce and energy, to name a few. In my judgment, Boston is the absolute best place to run a start-up.” As an MBA student, Jeff says, “I was able to plug into the entrepreneurial community – to talk to...
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- 01 Sep 2008
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Where Are They Now?
entrepreneurial business leaders in the Owner/President Management Program (OPM) that he also headed for many years, is inspired enough by what he has experienced at the Meadows to consider starting a company dedicated to building and View Details