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- 05 Oct 2016
- What Do You Think?
Can the US Economy Regain the Growth and Prosperity of the Past?
transportation innovations, to name just a few Political headwinds that prevent us from realizing our full potential from new technologies Reviewing Gordon’s arguments, I couldn’t help recalling the comment, “everything that can be... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Jun 2019
- News
A Data-Driven Approach to Gun Policy
Illustration by Decue Wu HBS professor Deepak Malhotra recalls the moment he learned about the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, a tragedy that took the lives of 20 first-graders and six staff members... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Merrill Lynch's Stan O'Neal
the pinstriped, power-brokering world of Wall Street. “I never took it as an insult.” Seated in a conference room with an expansive view of the Hudson River, O’Neal recalls that work was hard to come by in Wedowee, population 750, and the... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Hansjörg Wyss, MBA 1965
growing up in Bern, Switzerland, centered around a daily occurrence that is almost unimaginable in today's world: "You always came home for lunch," he says, recalling that the family would sit down to eat and listen to the news on the... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
A. Malachi Mixon, III, MBA 1968
application to HBS in a tent in Chu Lai, South Vietnam," he recalls with a smile. Mixon's experiences in the military and in business have made him acutely aware of the importance of leadership in every endeavor. "Leadership is the most... View Details
- 10 Oct 2018
- News
Building Paths to Success
math whiz,” Traill says. “I thought he had all the capacity to be an engineer, but his environment didn’t give him the opportunity to make the most of his gifts.” Traill recalls his arrival at HBS as a dramatic culture shift and one that... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 15 Sep 2015
- News
Easing the Costs of Saving a Child
then-22-month-old Christina. Initially reluctant to begin the adoption process, Taylor recalls the experience as life changing. “We immediately fell in love with her, and when we brought her back we started donating to orphan-care... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 07 Nov 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Tiffany Pham (MBA 2012)
What’s the story behind MOGUL? “When I first moved to America, I did not know a word of English, but it was by watching films, reading books, and listening to the radio that I ended up learning how to speak the language. Through that experience, I View Details
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Peter Harf, MBA 1974
anyone," Harf recalls her saying. "Put your business smarts to work. There is more to life than making money." Harf and his daughter Katharina (left) review documents at DKMS. Harf and his wife's physician, Gerhard Ehninger, launched... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Redefining Success: Women & Work.
taking an important conference call," she recalls with a smile. Piette left VC when Zach was two and a half, after trying unsuccessfully to have a second child. "Your fertility plummets after age 35, and it is a horrible problem," she... View Details
- 07 Apr 2011
- What Do You Think?
When Should the Public Sector Take Over in a Meltdown?
clear significance to private and public entities around the world. In a sense, the situation raised the question of intervention among public organizations as well as between private and public. Recall the debate over whether or not the... View Details
- 02 Jan 2019
- News
Not Waiting for Progress
the industry-shaping gathering. Recalling the moment in a 2017 interview with the LA Sentinel, he noted, “I was the only African American, single, and gay man in the house.” Long an advocate for expanding access and inclusion for black... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
An Authentic Leader
professional and private lives. And he served as an example. “One of the things I’m proudest of is that I coached youth soccer for thirteen years,” says George, who recalls that he often left meetings at 5:00 or 5:30 p.m. to be on time to... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Lillian Lincoln Lambert, MBA 1969
Naylor Fitzhugh (MBA 1933), one of the first African-Americans to graduate from HBS, changed Lambert's life. He stressed that business was a way for blacks "to control our destiny," recalls Lambert. She became a student assistant to... View Details
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Foreword | Baker Library
the Radcliffe Institute; Ellen Shea, Head of Research Services; Diana Carey, Reference Librarian, Visual Resources; and Sarah Hutcheon, Research Librarian. We would like to give our sincere thanks to the early graduates of the MBA program who View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
A Growing Drumbeat
professor Bill Sahlman recalls that there were only 4 faculty members devoted to entrepreneurship when he introduced the elective Entrepreneurial Finance in 1985. “Now we have 35. The Entrepreneurial Manager became part of the MBA... View Details
Keywords: Contests
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Cathy A. Nichols
overtones," Nichols recalls with a hearty laugh. It seems that on her first day at the School, a male student asked her how she could feel good about enrolling at HBS. Wasn't she depriving a man, probably one with a family to support, of... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
very hard...inside! As you may recall from my letter in the October issue of the Bulletin, this year the Board is tackling three important areas of concern to alumni: global alumni issues, information technology, and alumni career... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public: Shari P. Hubert
smile talks about her experience tutoring a single mother on welfare as a volunteer in Boston City Hospital's Adult Literacy Program. "This woman was smart, motivated, and capable," recalls Hubert, who met with her student twice a week,... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 13 Jul 2011
- News
China Boot Camp
had been closed to the outside world for nearly 30 years. “That trip changed how I thought about things,” recalls McFarlan, who estimates that he’s traveled to China 70 times since then. His most recent foray was in June, when he led a... View Details