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- 07 May 2018
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What I Learned from Visiting All 54 African Countries
then I drove it across the Strait of Gibraltar, entered Morocco, and from there, I never let go of the car. I went all the way to all the 54 countries. Now there's seven island nations in Africa, things like Cape Verde and Sao Tome, and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum
we now enjoy,” Richard Haass told some 640 alumni and guests at the HBS Global Leadership Forum (GLF) in Washington, D.C., in June. Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, was the first among a wide array of Washington... View Details
- 19 Aug 2021
- News
A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues
the 1950s were purchased under this process called contract buying. My grandparents had to buy a home this way. They first bought their home and they were not allowed to get a mortgage. And so for the first... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
relationships between disparate data sets and then assess the significance of conclusions reached. Fast Start to Career Success: Making the Most of Your First Job By Ron Kurtz (MBA 1967) Outskirts Press Your View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
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The Devil You Don’t Know
President Hoover famously said in October, 1930, “the fundamental assets of the nation have been unimpaired." How was it possible that the economy was breaking down when the fundamental assets of the nation, as he put it, were sound? Upon... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
registered users. Revenues last year exceeded $7 billion. eBay’s remarkable impact on society and com-merce is hard to ignore. Whitman, who stepped down from the helm in March, now serves as national cochair of John McCain’s presidential... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
several cities. It’s on its way to being a truly national organization.” The New Teacher Project, a nonprofit that works with public schools to recruit high-quality teachers, is another group assisted by The Partners of ’63. Since 1997,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
A Boomtown's Echo
Dakota, was the site of the state’s first oil discovery in 1951. Since then, the region has gone through two boom-and-bust cycles, and city officials are increasingly insisting that current development slow down. “There was a boom in the... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Class Acts
Albert J. Dobron, Jr. by Marguerite Rigoglioso "Been there; done that." That's what first came to Al Dobron's mind when he thought about getting involved in student government at HBS. But by his second semester, the former student leader... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
in the world of air travel, first as passengers, then as flight attendants and pilots, and, finally, as astronauts. Anecdotes trace these women’s challenges and successes, their slow march over 100 years from scandal to acceptance,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Alumni Books
Join the author as he markets more modern equipment to the “CIAs” and “NSAs” of some 80 countries around the world, gaining trust where the first instinct is to trust no one, especially someone from the U.S. In this intriguing world,... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Christensen and Vernon Remembered
version of the School's Business Policy course. Named a full professor in 1958 and the first George F. Baker, Jr., Professor of Business Administration in 1963, Christensen began the second major phase of his career in 1968, when Dean... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
batteries, the most expensive component of EVs. GM has already begun rolling out the Bolt, a hatchback that can travel 238 miles on a single charge and costs around $30,000—a combination of range and affordability that promises for the View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
years to the School’s first Global Leadership Forum held in a mainland Chinese city. McFarlan, faculty cochair of the 2004 event, couldn’t help but feel that this was the culmination of a long journey for himself and for the School. The... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
he’s hosting a tour of the space—and assigning McKenna a key card. Ten months in as CEO of the humanitarian aid organization, it’s finally her first day in the office. One by one, a few other senior leaders assemble in the lobby for the 1... View Details
- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria
million people—to make donations to efforts to organizations like Turkey’s AFAD (Disaster and Emergency Management Authority), Red Crescent of Kazakhstan, and the National Volunteer Network. “Kaspi.kz’s mission is to improve people’s... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Around the World
Issue Focus: The Global Manager GETTING ORIENTED: On his first evening in Cape Town, South Africa, Jan Dolezal (HBS 2013) and his FIELD 2 team explored the city's bustling waterfront. Photo courtesy Jan Dolezal Learn about hosting FIELD2... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
provide services to more than 8,000 children and 6,000 adults living in nearly a 100-block area. Youth Villages, founded in 1986 in Memphis, Tennessee, serves emotionally and behaviorally troubled children and their families and is recognized as a View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
in companies like Check Point, one of the first big firewall companies. Rothrock listened to the speech and thought: “Finally.” As in, at last—the government is waking up to a reality that the tech community realized long ago. “The... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai
- 01 Oct 1996
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Leading In a New Era
leading apparel maker Liz Claiborne Inc. (LC) were coming off a sixteen-year high that had begun to wane in 1992. A combination of factors — the national recession, weak spending on women's apparel, increased competition, department... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry