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- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Remix
community after their respective accusations against Clarence Thomas and Mike Tyson. It’s one of the factors that helps explain why women of color report sexual assault at rates far below that of white women and a major force behind Dixon’s decision to leave the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Case Study: The Home Team
Illustration by Jon Krause Illustration by Jon Krause Brendan Kennealey (MBA 2006) wasn’t even searching for a business idea. A couple of years ago, the Wilmington, Delaware, native met up with an old friend who’d bought a new house. Over dinner this friend enumerated... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)
more digitized, and creating the next line of leadership for the company that can take it forward for the next 15-20 years. “I see our company being a leading global precision engineering company in the next five to seven years and this... View Details
- 11 Apr 2024
- News
Mission Control
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. By the time Peter Platzer (MBA 2002) was a teenager, he knew he wanted to be a physicist—and he was fascinated by space, eagerly engrossed in space-time diagrams... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Joseph J. O'Donnell, MBA 1971
than quantitative analysis. Cases and business are also about human beings, and I always keep that human element in mind." ADVICE TO CURRENT STUDENTS "As you set out on your careers, take a long-term view... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The World’s Littlest Book on Climate: Ten Facts in Ten Minutes About CO2 By Mike Nelson, Pieter Tans, and Michael Banks (MBA 1983) Independently Published In this updated edition of the world’s smallest book on the world’s biggest... View Details
Keywords: podcasts
- 22 Sep 2022
- News
The Beauty Guide
Freyre learned early on the importance of mentorship in the corporate world. “Mentors have helped shape my career. They have pushed me to explore new areas of the business, to take risks, to not stay in one lane because I was... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
High Fives
learned at HBS: “I developed a sense of confidence in myself and in my ability to go out and compete in the business world.” Inspirations & role models: “As a woman, there were no role models!” Best business advice ever received: “When I... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Case Study: Staking a Claim
Illustration by Nhung Lê Kate Terry (MBA 2005) knows that no one attends their fifth-grade career fair and comes home hoping to pursue a career in insurance—but that’s exactly where she wound up. “I really fell in love with it,” she says. As cofounder and CEO of... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
D. Ronald Daniel, MBA 1954
importance of teamwork and communications skills." ADVICE TO CURRENT STUDENTS "No matter what job you take when you graduate, your first months and first couple of years will mark you. You'll be creating a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
My First Job
it’s almost an unavoidable fact that blunders will be made. We might wish we could forget them and focus instead on the more successful stages of work life, but the lessons that we take from those earliest failures have a way of sticking... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Home Base
technically Dowling’s responsibility, but there was a clear hunger for assistance. The day one of the firm’s superstars showed up in Dowling’s office unannounced, asking for advice now that he and his wife were expecting, Dowling realized... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 12 Oct 2017
- News
Fighting Poverty One Neighborhood at a Time
take what they know and offer advice based on our expertise that will help them get the results they want to see.” A Calling to Serve Along with utilizing his experience and HBS education, Majors says his... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 12 Feb 2021
- News
How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World
brother-in-law, who was a CPA; my dad was an 8th grade-educated entrepreneur. And my uncle began taking the money from the partnership that broke up in 1955 and started a competitive chain called Mr. Donut. My dad was so upset at the fact... View Details
Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
the 1990s. Not surprisingly, Marram's advice is sought by a number of other organizations, too. She serves on the boards of the Ford Motor Company, The New York and Presbyterian Hospital, Lincoln Center Theater, The Conference Board, and... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Egon P.S. Zehnder (MBA '56)
International, 1959-64 Why HBS? Eager to go into business rather than law, Zehnder followed the advice of a Canadian friend, who thought a 23-year-old with a Ph.D. had a good chance of being admitted, even without any business experience.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
longer take pride and satisfaction in the one little fragment that is his part of the whole ball of wax.” And if money is at the root of much evil, then business inevitably carries a taint. In MacDonald’s fiction, business is a kind of... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
Photography by Jared Leeds "Our students use traditional academic theory to take on problems that have fundamental relevance in today's business world," says Janice McCormick, executive director of the HBS Doctoral Programs. "Many come in... View Details
- 29 Aug 2023
- News
Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In this episode, we’re going to be highlighting an episode of another HBS podcast: Climate Rising, which focuses on what businesses are doing, can do, and should do... View Details
- 20 Jan 2023
- News
Free Spirits
Illustrations by Edmon DeHaro “Cheers!” As her father’s wedding toast comes to a close, Vanessa Royle (MBA 2022) raises her champagne flute into the evening air to clink glasses with the groom, Andy. She tilts her glass to take a sip and,... View Details