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- 02 Jun 2021
- News
On the Road Less Traveled
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Ed Hajim (MBA 1964) has had a legendary career in finance, including high-profile stints at E F Hutton and Lehman Brothers and 14 years View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Blockbuster Deals
expert on corporate responsibility issues, notes that mergers and acquisitions involve a wide array of ethical questions, some of which relate to the degree of "fit" between the value systems of the merging firms. "A mismatch can sometimes View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
- 04 Sep 2013
- News
From HBO to HBS
media company's relatively unknown cable TV subsidiary, Home Box Office. He took the job at HBO and stayed for 34 years, recently retiring as president of HBO Home Entertainment, the network's DVD and digital program distribution division. "HBO has been a marvelous... View Details
- 09 Jun 2017
- News
Curating the Cuisine of Southwest China
my own. I actually really enjoyed working for McKinsey because I didn't have to deal with the jammed printer or copy machine. But this was back in 1999. I was leading a pro-bono project for McKinsey working for the Nature Conservancy,... View Details
- 10 Mar 2017
- News
The Business of Lego Batman
the most is my lead class that Nitin Nohria actually taught, because every day is about lead. How do I manage-- in the case of The Lego Movie, we actually have 1,000 people working on the movie in all different parts of the world from Los... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Spring Reunions
place at its core has remained the same,” said Light. “We have the same values, the same learning model, and the same high standards. Our philosophy is to hold on to what made the School distinctive, but to innovate and lead in a View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
What is it about HBS that has produced such a steady stream of remarkable entrepreneurs whose endeavors have changed American life in the postwar decades? The creative impact of the case method, as noted earlier, should not be... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
edge of a cliff, cast knowing glances and jumped. “There was that feeling that submitting the business plan was like jumping off a cliff,” says Tierney. “We couldn’t say after that, ‘Oh, we changed our minds.’” A Targeted Approach... View Details
- 05 Aug 2014
- News
A Diversified Portfolio
extensive strategic and financial experience included consulting at McKinsey, investment banking at Salomon Brothers, and leading business development at several Internet and media companies. The pair started investigating and found a lot... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Faculty Books
A Sense of Urgency by John P. Kotter (Harvard Business Press) Most organizational change initiatives fail spectacularly (at worst) or deliver lukewarm results (at best). In his 1996 book, Leading Change,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Inside Intel
when I’m not an engineer myself. That’s one reason why when I first told Andy a book should be written about him, I said that I didn’t want to be the one to write it. I changed my mind when I realized what a statement this man’s life is,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Taking the Plunge
American bathrooms. Taught in the second-year course Leading Innovative Ventures, the case was coauthored with Masako Egawa (MBA ’86), former executive director of the Japan Research Center, and former research associate Jun Fukuyoshi... View Details
- 29 May 2019
- News
Bloomberg: Restoring Our Faith in Business and Government
the solution to our political problems is also the solution to our economic problems. And I can sum it up in one word: integrity.” He offered graduates five ways that they could lead solutions to the current turmoil, including being... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Faculty Research Online
HBS Working Knowledge offers a first look at new thinking from HBS faculty. Read the complete articles summarized below by visiting their Web links. Sharpening Your Skills: Leading Change There’s nothing... View Details
- 28 Feb 2025
- News
Joy to the World
fitness. So mindfulness, again from some of the research, they say that the happiest person in the world is someone who meditates a lot. You do see real changes in the way that the brain functions with meditation over time. And something... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Fast Lane to Country Lane
feel like everything I’ve done has been leading to this,” says Lackley, who manages business operations for Mark Lackley Furniture Maker (www.lackley.com), a high-end furniture company in Quechee, Vermont. Lackley began her “training” for... View Details
- 16 Mar 2015
- News
A Sustainable Approach to Physics Education
Sir Peter Ogden (MBA 1973) has changed the lives of thousands of students with the Ogden Trust, which provides funding to ready the next generation of leaders in science and math. “My focus is not to change... View Details
- 23 May 2018
- News
Christopher B. Howard, MBA 2003
expectations of RMU, and he’s broadening our reputation and reach,” says Harshman. Clearly, Chris Howard is proving himself a strong choice to lead the almost 100-year-old university. Howard, too, sees it as a good fit. “The Pittsburgh... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Li & Fung's Global Footprint
the changing global landscape for business leaders Look in any closet, toy chest, or family room in a typical Western home, and you’ll find a trove of goods supplied by a century-old Hong Kong–based export trading company— Li & Fung Ltd.... View Details
- 13 Feb 2015
- News
Lessons in Perseverance
By 1998, Pilar Deza (OPM 30, 2001) had weathered several storms on her way to becoming a leading education entrepreneur in Peru. Deza had gone from founding a nursery school in her garage with four neighborhood children to operating two... View Details