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- 18 Nov 2021
- News
Strength in Numbers
Mark Verdi Jan Swartz Rob Swartz Mark Verdi Jan Swartz Rob Swartz In 2018, long-time friends Mark Verdi and Jan Swartz (both MBA 1996) were part of the first cohort of MBA alumni to attend The Reflective Leader, a program designed for... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
“Creativity does have a reputation for being magical,” says HBS professor Teresa Amabile. “One myth is that it’s associated with the particular personality or genius of a person — and in fact, creativity does depend to some extent on the intelligence, expertise,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
status-symbol luxuries, like expensive watches or designer jeans. Why do consumers pay so much for products whose ingredients are well known to represent only a small proportion of the retail price? Beauty is certainly, as one recent... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Embracing Activism for Social Change
Co-Response Partnership, a pilot program implemented with the county’s mental health authority, Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network (DWIHN), designed to create better outcomes in emergencies involving first responders and citizens... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
figure it out, someone who shouldn’t, will,” Peterson warns. This is the kind of in-the-trenches managerial decision-making that a new HBS Executive Education program for health-care administrators aims to help. Launched last fall, Managing Healthcare Delivery (MHCD)... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Making a Difference
frustrations are,” says Haacker, who worked closely with the Research and Resource Preservation Division to improve its strategic planning and cohesiveness in the face of dwindling resources. Tapping his work experience and HBS training,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Opening Doors
and the Herbert J. Bachelor (MBA 1968) Fellowship, which honors Jeannie’s father, a Harvard College graduate who was the first in his family to attend college — and creates a challenge fund designed to inspire other HBS donors to support... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Robert F. Diromualdo
however, DiRomualdo has carefully maintained the original company's reputation for selection, service, and ambience - including in-store espresso cafés. "People come to our stores not because they have to but because they want to," says DiRomualdo. "The stores are... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Dean Clark on the New Academic Year
business today. Our focus is on the development of ideas and the creation of programs and experiences that will enable leaders to be effective in a turbulent and changing global economy. To bring you up to date on our progress, I would... View Details
- 27 Apr 2023
- News
Life Preserver
three-month program, held at NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, was designed to move entrepreneurs out of their silos and encourage them to work together to identify a worldwide problem and a high-impact solution. Through... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Strengthening Ties with Executive Education Graduates
the next forum, set for June 15–17 in Shanghai. It’s a great opportunity for alumni to hear from global business leaders, U.S. and Chinese officials, and HBS faculty. While visiting Shanghai, forum participants will experience firsthand... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
New Releases
The Entrepreneurial Venture, a volume of readings selected by HBS faculty members William A. Sahlman, Howard H. Stevenson, Michael J. Roberts, and Amar Bhidé, is designed to serve as a handbook for those considering or engaged in the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A Force for Good
companies in Turkey. But the world had additional designs on McArthur. By this time, his HBS classmate James Wolfensohn was deeply into the huge challenge of reorganizing the World Bank, and — in need of an ally whom he could trust... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
Chairman and CEO, Joh. A. Benckiser SE Meeting with colleagues in New York. Harf chats with InBev's CEO Carlos Brito and CFO Felipe Durta. Working with his daughter Katharina (left) at DKMS. Visiting the showroom of designer Derek Lam.... View Details
Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
to explore.) PLUS: Alumni experts on what big ideas we’ll see in 2016. The experiment started with weather balloons attached to Styrofoam beer coolers, each with a wireless router inside. It was proof of concept for an ambitious endeavor... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Tech for the People
project to livestream city council meetings on Facebook Live. His collaborations also included a partnership with the cloud file-storage company Box to archive videos of city council meetings, and a registry designed with IBM to monitor... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Lori Schock - Listen and Learn
with an open mind.” A Cincinnati native, Schock's lilting Midwestern voice is peppered with moments of laughter as she recounts the work experiences that helped shape her communications skills. Before she enrolled at HBS, Henkel/Cognis... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Brill
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
New Releases
smart participants, but successful investing, whether direct or through syndicates and REITs, is a complicated undertaking. In The Real Estate Game: The Intelligent Guide to Decision-Making and Investment, HBS adjunct professor William J. Poorvu (with Jeffrey L.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Feedback
the testing that has to be repeated is enormous. There was a very interesting book published in the early 1990s called Competing Against Time. The central hypothesis is that about 90 percent of the time it takes to do something is wasted unless it is View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Sherman Baldwin: Leadership under Fire
Last winter, Sherm Baldwin (HBS '97), six months shy of his thirty-second birthday and a member of the School's new January cohort, sat in Aldrich Hall and awaited the possibility of his first cold-call. While many of his classmates anticipated the View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner