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- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Looking back; looking forward
many changes, though, our essential mission remains the same. We educate leaders who make a difference in the world. We’re still looking hard for underlying principles. We’re still working at the difficult intersection of values and... View Details
- 19 Feb 2020
- News
Capitol Ideas to Combat Climate Change
be it through charitable or political donations, activism, or everyday business operations. “By asking the question, when we’re making any decision, ‘Have we considered the impact of climate change?’” Sonnesyn responded. That awareness has become View Details
Keywords: April White; photos by Jack Conroy
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Anand G. Mahindra, MBA 1981
Mahindra. “From the corporate center, we provide services—financial skills and help with branding, for instance—and monitor the financial targets very closely, but we are essentially allowing professional executives to do their job.” To... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
HBS Faculty Approves Curriculum Innovations
in the world,” said Moon. By moving to a modular format, that marketplace can grow even more diverse as faculty develop new kinds of course offerings. Some courses that now span an entire term may be divided into parts A and B and continue View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Diversity and Community
community involvement are not only legitimate but indeed essential to their day-to-day operations and long-term strategy," says Thomas. This trend suggests that business - propelled by changing demographics, technology, and socioeconomic... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
beginnings of the genomic research industry and all the companies that grew —and are still growing —from that. It was also the time when the concept of diagnostic related groups DRGs was introduced. DRGs essentially redefined health-care... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Bringing It Back Home
organizations and the challenges they face is an essential part of the experience. And the range of perspectives is amazing. The geographic diversity of the participants is matched and possibly exceeded by the diversity of the causes and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The House that Howard Built
part to this cumulative “HBS effect,” entrepreneurship became understood nationally as essential to the U.S. economy, an inspiration for managers in large corporations, and a breeding ground for new jobs. Entrepreneurship was embraced by... View Details
- 03 Jun 2020
- News
Keeping a Community Connected
do things better on the other side. In our sector, particularly on the early childcare side, the crisis is showing how essential those programs are—not only for child development, but also for families to be able to work. I can envision... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books
(MBA 1998) St. Martin’s Essentials When we’re moving at 115 MPH, we rarely see the wall coming. But it comes for all of us and when it does, we grasp for lessons, meaning, and purpose. Each moment (good or bad) and every win or loss... View Details
- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Front-Row Seat
(Courtesy Bradley) “I don’t want to decide anything until I understand everything, out to the corners of the map,” Bradley adds. “That’s a Lou Wells–kind of discipline.” Bradley’s second tactic is finding and cultivating “extreme talent.” (See sidebar at right.) An... View Details
- 25 Jun 2020
- News
Global Centers Broaden Understanding of Business and the Pandemic
customers, employees, essential workers, and those who are vulnerable, and what he envisions for the new normal. Senior Lecturer José Alvarez moderated the discussion. This series marks the center’s 20th anniversary. Middle East and North... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Early Impact
HBS Fund for Leadership & Innovation Annual giving to the HBS Fund is a critical source of flexible funding that has an immediate impact on the School's priorities. This collective support, led by HBS Fund Chairs Judy (MBA 1983) and Steve (MBA 1982) Pagliuca, is also... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
among the many essential ingredients for success in a business where product life cycles are measured in months and where "new-and-improved" is a mantra. Dubbed by Fortune magazine last year as one of the most powerful businesswomen in... View Details
- 23 Jan 2019
- News
The Promise of Personalized Medicine
during my time at HBS here, I started two organizations. Essentially the theme is, let’s take as many shots on goal as possible. Let’s get capital from as many places as possible to take those shots on goal. And so I started both a... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
HBS Curricula Explore the Complexities of Innovation
all levels, in different formats that they can choose from, and so our faculty and staff are constantly working to update our offerings to that end. Lifelong learning is essential in a world where technology is constantly evolving.”... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Value of Difficult Conversations
perspectives of others, “This is a dialogue and I have to be a part of it.” She was also interested to see what was the baseline of her classmates’ analysis of this conversation, especially the international students. That kind of dialogue is View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
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Competition and Strategy Unit at HBS Sets Pace In Its Field
overlap, into four areas: competitive strategy, corporate strategy, global competition, and technology strategy. The largest of the subgroups, competitive strategy - essentially the core of the unit - looks at the techniques a firm uses... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Barbara Hackman Franklin, MBA 1964
corporate auditing and financial reporting. "Integrity and high ethical standards are an essential part of the process." Reforms such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act are making a difference, continues Franklin. "We don't want to go too far with... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
into poverty during the pandemic, and to prevent firms (especially small ones) from falling into bankruptcy. Federal funds may be absolutely essential for some of these purposes, for mitigating the impact or limiting the damage, and... View Details