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- 07 Nov 2017
- Blog Post
Women and the MBA: 6 Important Aspects of the HBS Program
career in asset management and consulting. She is changing the funding landscape for social/public causes with the pay-for-success model, and seems to have a well-balanced professional and personal life.” “When it comes to an HBS alumna... View Details
- 05 Aug 2016
- News
Accelerating Change on Medicine’s Final Frontier
Photography by Susan Young “If you’re a brain geek, this is the best time in history to be alive,” says Jordan Amadio (MD/MBA 2010), founder and managing partner of NeuroLaunch, the world’s first neuroscience startup accelerator. “We’re... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
The Case for Studying Financial History
prepare for what was coming. My view is that you need at least 100 years of data to have a sense of the potential risks that globalization runs. Do business schools teach enough financial history? My impression of the major business... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Middle Way
outcome. Eamer’s techniques made an immediate impression on his fellow negotiators. “There are lots of people who worked for the provincial government on this, and the heroic ones were very few and far between,” says Jody Holmes, director... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How an Order Views Your Company
Over a dozen years ago, HBS professors Ben Shapiro and Kash Rangan conducted research with colleague John J. Sviokla, focusing on the impact that a company's order management cycle (OMC) has on customers. Think of OMC as the process that... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston
- 04 Nov 2020
- News
The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises
was managed out after about 18 months. But there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Eleven years later, I am thriving in a completely different role in a completely different industry. I use my MBA, I have influence, I’m making a... View Details
- 05 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Our Godrej Site Visit
2% of their net profits every year on CSR initiatives within certain categories (2). We were impressed by this mandate and the corresponding magnitude requirement, particularly in a context with such wide inequality between the top and... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
A Janus-Faced Reflection
The former managing editor of Fortune magazine,Walter Kiechel (MBA '76, JD '77) once said,"I hope that if you woke up a sleeping Fortune writer in the middle of the night and asked,'What is the mission of the magazine?' the answer would... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
process, managing turnarounds of Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center, and three decades of leadership in international finance. He and two of his children recently launched Wolfensohn & Company, LLC, a private investment firm and adviser... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards
ones that could be handled in silos. Tell me one daunting problem—HIV/AIDS, terrorism, health care, race—that can be solved by one sector. Abigail Johnson (MBA 1988) Chairman and CEO, Fidelity Management and Research LLC My father’s... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Team MBA
being effective. Is this still fun? Is this still adding value? Having those conversations, understanding the group dynamic, and managing people’s expectations have been important lessons for me. Courtney Hughes: Also, balancing learning... View Details
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS
peripheral products. I wanted to explain in some detail how this happened. Nancy Koehn: Reading Al's work, I was struck by the implications of technological change for the demand side of the economy. As a historian watching the Information Revolution unfold, I was... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The Spangler Effect
away,” says Todd Mulder, food services general manager for Restaurant Associates, the hospitality firm that manages all campus food operations. “They are impressed that you can... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
vacant. "The country stops. The days that Brazil plays, it will be a national holiday," Sender says. This year, though, Sender won't have much time to celebrate. As CEO of TAM Airlines, Brazil's largest, she'll be managing operations at... View Details
- 03 Nov 2014
- Research & Ideas
Brand Lessons From the Nobel Prize
It draws from previous work by Urde (an associate professor at the Lund University School of Economics and Management in Lund, Sweden), John Balmer (a marketing professor at Brunel University in London) and Greyser. In 2007, the three... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 30 Jul 2024
- Blog Post
Alumni Career Journey: Rob Self (MBA 2021) – Integrating Climate into Consulting
The Business and Environment Initiative is constantly impressed by the dedication of our alumni in confronting the climate change challenge. In an effort to share the breadth of work being done, we are capturing career journeys of alumni... View Details
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How to onboard recently graduated MBAs - Recruiting
organizations.” Brennan would know. In addition to coaching HBS students, she is the Executive Director of Career Exploration and Development at Bowdoin College, and a former talent acquisition and management professional. Through her... View Details
- 19 Jun 2018
- News
Pittsburgh Alumni Annual Meeting Features PPG’s McGarry
the social ROI of their services. “We’re helping one of our new clients to quantify the benefit it produces for its stakeholders, which will help in both management and marketing,” Chussil says, noting that the current projects are... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
John McArthur
faculty and staff. One employee who was seriously injured in a car accident was astonished to receive a visit from McArthur in the hospital even before his family could get there. “While part of this was about managing an institution, it... View Details
Keywords: Dean
- 28 May 2019
- News
INK: Maker’s Manual
and the larger world. A culmination of four years of extensive research, this book (excerpted below) chronicles some of the myriad ways alumni are living the mission through social impact. “It is impressive and inspiring to see the... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint