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- 03 Apr 2014
- News
Cross-Class Connection
When Alexander C. Crisses stepped up to cochair his 5th Reunion, he decided to couple his own ideas about what would appeal to his classmates with the tried-and-true strategies used by HBS alumni with experience leading their successful... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Inspiration Is Not Enough
movements of the 1960s and ’70s. But what carried Playboy to decades of success was Hefner’s workaholic attention to detail, Harris writes. “He was involved in every facet of the publication, from the pictures to the stories to the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Books
making boards smaller, ensuring their independence, maintaining three core committees, and providing leadership that reinforces the board’s independence and effectiveness. Within this general framework, they suggest numerous ways that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Ex-Con Talks Ethics with HBS Students
80240ad2c5f43acc66f13dc5e89928ff There’s not much room for theory when Patrick Kuhse talks about business ethics. A successful stockbroker and entrepreneur, Kuhse became an international fugitive after being charged in 1994 with 32 counts... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
in debt. This book tells how he finally succeeded. After years of failures, LaMagna founded Tweezerman, one of the world’s most successful beauty tool manufacturers, with more than 40 million customers. The company became a View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Alumni Books
Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty: The New Rules for Getting the Right Things Done in Difficult Times by Ram Charan (MBA ’65, DBA ’67) (McGraw-Hill) Economic turbulence has arrived with a vengeance, and only companies that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
education, travel and media industries. For the reader who wants down-to-earth guidance about how to be a successful leader, the book does more than just talk about the significance of leadership... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Broad Range of Interests Among Nine New Faculty
1999), who also joins the Accounting & Management unit, came to HBS after 37 years at Bankinter, one of Spain’s most successful banks and noted for its innovations in technology and online banking. Arena, who holds a Ph.D. in engineering,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Ink
Cusumano, who previously teamed up to write Competing on Internet Time. “They were determined to have an impact.” The good news, according to the authors, is that most successful executives can learn over time how to think more... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Faculty Research Online
Entrepreneurial Hospital Pioneers New Model Associate Professor Tarun Khanna examines a “Robin Hood” cardiac hospital in India, which treats patients regardless of their ability to pay. His findings? A solvent, successful model of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
In Brief
Web Extras Experiment Fund President’s Challenge US–China trade relations exhibit at the Baker Library | Bloomberg Center New Venture Winner an Undercover Success Angela Newnam (MBA 1996) did not set out to be an entrepreneur. But the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
An Emphasis on Teamwork
HBS and most recently directed his support to the HBS Fund in support of program innovation. “The School’s consistent focus on making leadership the fundamental tenet of the curriculum sets it apart,” he observes. “It’s critical to... View Details
- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Front-Row Seat
battling it out over the issues of the day.” The Atlantic has been profitable for five years now, with advertising revenue up 40 percent over last year. For now, at least, all online content is free, including full articles from the print magazine. The connection... View Details
- 29 Jul 2021
- News
A Clean Start
R&D partners have built a pilot plant outside Columbus, Ohio, to show that this new technology works and is cost-effective to boot. The success of OCO, says Brix, lies the scale of the business. “Unlike most of the chemical or energy... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Thompson Dean, MBA 1984
philanthropic investments, Dean and his family agreed on three priorities: government, economics, and education. HBS has been and continues to be an important part of their philanthropy, providing leadership support for HBS’s Dean’s Fund,... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 1
ahead of its time. Ecomagination was an internal program dedicated to sustainability and reducing the company's environmental impact. Now it launched in 2005 and it has been, as you note, one of the most successful commercial efforts in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Microsoft’s Ballmer Makes His Pitch
without notes while pacing back and forth along the edge of the stage, Ballmer made his case for Microsoft’s continued leadership in technology innovation to a somewhat skeptical audience, as revealed by student questions. If it’s... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
The Potential of Business to Improve Lives
resources. “We have ideas that are well-grounded in both theory and data about what could work, but we have to try them out,” Ely says. Her newest research focuses on the creation and evaluation of a unique leadership development program... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Alumni Books
essence, doing the right thing. Each major character in the epic embodies a moral failing or virtue. Das compares their successes and failures with those of prominent contemporary players in economics, business, and politics and finds... View Details