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01 Sep 2020
News

Building a Strong and Prosperous Society

really my job to think about the health of society or the planet. My job is to put my head down and run a profitable business.” Now we’re at a moment where many of us look around at the federal government and say, “Excuse me, we have a... View Details

01 Dec 2000
News

Vivek Ranadivé

long after leaving Soldiers Field, Ranadivé had an idea that would transform the computer industry. "My background was as a hardware engineer," he says. "If you look inside a computer, there's a back plane, or bus, with cards that plug in... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Telecommunications; Information; Air Transportation; Transportation

16 Jul 2013
News

Embracing Chaos

their sleeves. "A lot of companies are run by people with no emerging market experience," he says. "They do fly-bys and don't understand the market from the ground—just from a PowerPoint presentation in a boardroom. They're saying, 'Let's... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

29 Apr 2025
News

Challenge Accepted

transferred back to domestic investment banking. They were having a riff, actually quite a few, I thought, excellent people were then let go, and I was one of them. My first reaction was disbelief. I’ve had a great career at Merrill... View Details

Keywords: challenges; failure; advice; experience

02 Oct 2015
News

The ‘F’ Word

early December, the board fired Wallace as CEO. A few weeks later, the company closed for good. It isn’t the sort of story that alumni like to trumpet when they return to their alma mater. But today, that is why Christina Wallace is back... View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

15 May 2013
Research & Ideas

From McRibs to Maseratis: The Power of Scarcity Marketing

the colonel! @kevinelop: OMG!! . . . The Double Down is back at KFC!!! @iamToddyTickles: KFC's #doubledowns for Breakfast. Mmmmm. Mmmmmm. Yummmmmmy. I'm full. Despite his precious Twitter handle, iamToddyTickles appears to be a fully... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael I. Norton

Profile

Mallika Ahluwalia

school system, Mallika accepted her first international development challenge. Working in a small team, Mallika helped run a United Nations World Food Program project in Namibia that fed 90,000 AIDS-affected orphans. "I got closely... View Details

01 Oct 2021
News

No Time Like the Present

Sangu Delle (MBA 2016) Sangu Delle always intended to support the educational institutions he attended, including Harvard College, HBS, and Harvard Law School, but he was planning to wait to give back until he’d achieved a certain level... View Details

01 Dec 2002
News

Hong Kong Club Thrives, Plans Next Global Alumni Conference

of 1997, we are racing ahead,” says Teo. As a leader of HBSA-HK, Teo runs one of the most popular events on the club's calendar: the Distinguished Speakers' Forum (DSF). The DSF hosts prominent leaders who are so sought-after that Teo and... View Details

06 Feb 2006
What Do You Think?

Should CEOs of Public Companies Offer Earnings Guidance?

stock does not go up as quickly. . . . But it doesn't go back down as quickly later, either." Damon Leavell takes a different tack, recommending that, "Rather than speculate on earnings, . . . create unique indices based on... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services

02 Jan 2014
Blog Post

Preparing for a career in investment banking

I was able to run a sanity check during my first career coaching session with a specialist on immigration policies. As expected, banking was one of the embracing sectors in terms of visa support. The coach also tutored me about the HBS... View Details

03 Aug 2017
Blog Post

“I Can Acquire Important Skills, But Also Gain the Big Picture Perspective of a Founder.”

protagonists in cases he admired. To his surprise, “They were all very responsive – most of them wrote back in twenty-four hours.” By the spring, he knew he wanted to eliminate high-tech ventures from his list and focus on B2C... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

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A Catalyst for Commitment | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

served as advisors and helped connect her to leaders in the field; she also cites the importance of courses such as LEAD and the Entrepreneurial Manager in defining her strengths and weaknesses. “Ultimately,” she says, “my experience at HBS brought me View Details

01 Apr 2002
News

John Mulroney: Center Stage at the Opera

picked up his desk and a few chairs and moved across Independence Mall to his new office at the Opera Company. "I was back at my same desk but in a different business," he says. The contrasts with the private sector were stark, but not... View Details

01 Mar 2004
News

Kilimanjaro

athletic adventurers — the majority had run marathons — spent six days trekking through a variety of landscapes, weather conditions, and challenges to reach the summit at 19,340 feet. At a slide show of the trek that climbers gave in... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

14 May 2018
Blog Post

Women Making a Comeback: Diane Flynn Reboots Promising Careers

The arc of Diane Flynn's career will be familiar to many talented professionals – especially talented female professionals. After a successful run at The Boston Consulting Group, she got her MBA from HBS (1988) and went on to have an... View Details

30 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

Jack." German entrepreneurs were autocratic and paternalist, but it is by no means clear that they had a particular lock on this sort of behavior. How many American CEOs would like to have labor representatives on their boards? We also tend to forget that many... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

11 Feb 2008
Research & Ideas

Does Democracy Need a Marketing Manager?

occasional voters, donors, and taxpayers but as their customers. It's important for the major parties to give voters choices. With no incumbent candidate or heir apparent running in the current presidential primaries, the diversity of... View Details