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- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Orin C. Smith (MBA '67)
close connections between economies and governments around the world. "It isn't sufficient that I try to maximize the company's bottom line," Smith says. "Other constituencies affect our success in the long run." Starbucks employees... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
HP's Fiorina Speaks at HBS
Fiorina Photo courtesy of Hewlett-Packard In the 1970s, after graduating from Stanford with a concentration in medieval history and philosophy, something happened to Carly Fiorina on her way to a successful legal career. “I hated law... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Club Leaders Get a Boost from Campus Conference
HASHING IT OUT: HBS professor Kash Rangan leads a case discussion with club officers on creating and maintaining a successful alumni club. With over seventy attendees from Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the United States, the HBS Club... View Details
- 25 Jan 2016
- News
Helping Young African Managers Find Their Way Home
You wouldn’t know it from most American media, but many sub-Saharan African nations have booming economies. And although the press may have missed the boat on this African success story, many business schools and business leaders know... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 17 Jan 2025
- News
Tracking Modern Air Travel’s Takeoff
important story was that we ultimately were successful and ended up putting together two airlines that were perfect for each other. My preference was not doing a hostile deal, my preference was to do a friendly deal. And I twice flew out... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Advancing the Vision for HBS
the midpoint of this effort, I am delighted to welcome Mark Nunnelly (MBA 1984) and Mark Stevens (MBA 1989) as cochairs of the Campaign Leadership Committee. Their efforts will help the Campaign reach a View Details
- 14 Nov 2019
- News
Keeping Red Lobster Fresh
interesting thing -about the hospitality industry, it tends to attract people who actually have pretty strong values, pretty strong caring about others. And that's actually the number one predictor of who's successful in the hospitality... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Supporting our Exceptional Faculty
define the practice of management. They also delve into some of the most challenging issues facing society. As these individuals and our students engage with each other, the effect is contagious: our students learn that leadership in the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Light Looks Back on Forty-Year HBS Career
Photos by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard University News Office Jay Light, the School’s ninth dean, retires in June after a distinguished forty-year career at HBS. As a young mission analyst at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, Light applied to the MBA Program... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Truth Teller
there’s the adrenaline factor. If you’re coming up to a big hedge, you’re not thinking about what’s going on in the office. You’re wondering whether you’re going to get to the other side.” Successful turnarounds: Five and counting:... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 13 May 2025
- News
If I Knew Then
relates in a previous episode of Skydeck, that experience laid the groundwork for her to cofound StarVest Partners, a venture capital firm with many successful investments, including an early partnership with NetSuite when the firm had... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Dean Nohria Looks Ahead
quite new. He returned to India and ended up having a very successful career in business — first as the general manager and then as CEO of a small company, and later as the head of progressively larger companies. So my entire relationship... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Books
Monk and the Riddle: The Education of a Silicon Valley Entrepreneur, by Randy Komisar, details how one Silicon Valley insider has blazed a path of professional -- and personal -- success by playing the game by his own rules. The book... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Feedback
life, business, success through embracing personal truth, and “unleashing your unquenchable warrior spirit” is an inspiration. —Paul Kewene-Hite via alumni.hbs.edu Success Stories Re: Breaking the Digital... 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 Jun 2013
- News
Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?
Hall, who expects to commit up to $250 million over the next five years to create about 500 new charter schools. The Fund typically targets operators that run one or two successful charter schools and want to scale up to eight or more... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Early Impact
By its launch at the end of April, The Harvard Business School Campaign had achieved $600 million toward its $1 billion goal. This early success was made possible by the thousands of alumni and friends who have given to the HBS Fund for... View Details
- 15 Jan 2020
- News
The Business of Access
help,” she says. A success to be sure, but the nonprofit world, Lisle quickly learned, was more complicated than the business world: “In the private sector, a customer pays and receives something, whether it be a product or a service. In... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Q&A: John Quelch
throughout its history, but the fundamental purpose of the Global Initiative is to ensure our intellectual leadership through the development of research and course materials that are truly international in scope and impact. We're... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Alumni Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books 20+ Years of Urban Rebuilding: Lessons from the Revival of Lower Manhattan after 9/11 By Patrice Derrington (MBA 1991) and Rosemary Scanlon (PMD 42, 1981) Routledge Following the destruction of the World Trade Center and the... View Details