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- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Up from the Ashes
in an aristocratic Viennese accent, he gave the impression of complete spontaneity, even though he prepared every class with meticulous care. Using no notes, he dazzled students with his erudition. “He never told jokes,” Samuelson... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Swap ’Em If You Got ’Em
America,” Hall said of his site, TroopSwap.com, which requires a military ID for membership. Ten percent of the proceeds from the start-up will go to the Wounded Warrior Project, explained Hall, who also noted that military experience is great View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan
might evolve into a pandemic strain that spreads easily among people, or what its lethality might be. We know only that a pandemic is possible, and that’s why the world must prepare now for the very real threat of a global public-health... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
A Binary Formula
similarly demands new kinds of management leadership, organizational forms, and institutional arrangements. Once again, HBS is in a position to prepare its students for the challenges and rewards of leading companies whose products can... View Details
- 01 Jun 2019
- News
City on a Hill
preparing them to launch their own businesses. These projects were all designed to put the school back in the black while restoring its original purpose of improving the lives of students and community members through Appalachian... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Character Studies: The Class of 2001 Graduates
HBS with a unique perspective that contributed to the growth and knowledge of the class. As they prepare to go forth from Soldiers Field, we present a half-dozen members of the Class of 2001 whose abilities are leading indicators of many... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Ideas: Faculty Research Online
work of the School’s Life Sciences & Health Care Initiative, which brings together faculty from diverse areas of HBS to conduct research on the sector and prepare future leaders in these two important areas. Start to Measure Your... View Details
- 20 Jul 2017
- News
Pushing the Next Generation Forward
Owusu-Kesse’s pathway out of poverty began with scholarships to study at excellent elementary and secondary schools, which prepared him for admission to Harvard College, where he earned a degree in economics in 2005. “Education made all... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public: Herman I. Safin
political reforms of perestroika -- Safin's educational and professional background has prepared him well for a career in the global economy. The winner of the first public elections ever held at his high school, Safin served as student... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic
classes since mid-March 2020, with the exception of 10th and 12th grades, which reopened in January for students preparing for board (school leaving) exams. There are 250 million K–12 students and 10 million teachers who have been... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
50 Years & Counting
problems, parenthood, and financial setbacks through the lens of their own core values. "I want them to think about the ways in which their lives could unfold so they can make the most of their potential and be prepared for setbacks," she... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Embracing Digital Transformation
industries throughout the world, and will also be key to the future of the School,” Dean Srikant Datar notes. HBS is meeting the moment with its own digital transformation by implementing a strategy designed to enhance teaching and research that View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Campaign Success Continues
“We would like to see two-thirds of our alumni contribute to the campaign,” he said, adding that this goal can be achieved in the final twelve months of the campaign. Spangler and Clark both noted that two key campaign goals, MBA student fellowships and faculty... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
“Where can we find such a person?”
In a 2006 case he prepared about the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI), HBS professor Bill Sahlman quotes HSCI cochairman and codirector of science Douglas Melton as Melton pondered the management skills HSCI was looking for in its... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Field Course Helps Nascent Entrepreneurs Connect with Customers
drive a decision to offer two sessions of a more traditional, case-based ESM course in fall 2016 to provide fundamentals in preparation for the field-based course. “The startup dilemmas students will debate during case discussions in the... View Details
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint
of Business Administration; Emilie Billaud, assistant director; and Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej, research associate. The case explores how Unilever, the UK-based consumer goods giant, has implemented an initiative to accelerate the speed of change throughout the... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Teachable Moments
science. “When someone asked Sir Laurence Olivier what makes a great actor,” DeLong writes, “he responded, ‘The humility to prepare and the confidence to pull it off.’ This is the paradox of teaching for me.” It All Matters The first five... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could
not luck. It’s the ability to recognize opportunity. Louis Pasteur said, ‘Chance favors the prepared mind.’ I was ready.” Indeed, he was. Summoning his HBS skills and McKinsey experience, Rogers quickly went about rounding up the $1... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Going For The Summit
CANDICE CARPENTER has led some high-profile enterprises - Time Life Video and Television and the electronic retailing enterprise Q2 Inc. among them. But nothing, she says, has prepared her for the rocky terrain of online business better... View Details
Keywords: Caroline Chauncey
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Himalayan Journey
development of Bhutan prepared us for what we would encounter: magnificent dzongs, Bhutanese structures dating from the 17th century and built for defense as well as to serve as monasteries and/or administrative centers; Buddhist temple... View Details