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- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Thinking Ahead
integration along multiple dimensions,” Edelman says. First focus on clear, narrow goals that are more specific than “boost sales.” Next, consider your methods for collecting data; it should be both broad in terms of the range of data to capture and granular about... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Solving for Z
get to decide how they work. Chen has seen an increasing tendency toward multifunctional squads of people from various disciplines (engineering and design, marketing and sales) who work together to rapidly iterate solutions to whatever problem faces them. Chen View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Elevator Pitch: Feedback
mills. The Why: Of the 110 million tons of food waste generated annually in the United States, 75 percent ends up in landfills or incinerators, making it a leading source of CO2 emissions (10 percent of greenhouse gasses can be attributed... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
The War Within
as high as its EU neighbors, according to the World Health Organization, which attributes these disproportionate effects to historical trauma and Russia’s 2014 invasion of Ukraine. Those figures and concerns have only grown: The World... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- News
Tracy P. Palandjian, MBA 1997
Bond CEO and Cofounder, Social Finance Tracy Palandjian attributes her instincts as a social entrepreneur to her Chinese upbringing. “Master the basics, then innovate,” “Waste nothing,” and “Distance tests the strength of horses; time... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Simmons Family Endows Professorship
of Zions Bancorporation in 1990. "In our case, it has really been wonderful. I attribute 90 percent of our success to my father." Today, Zions Bancorporation is a multistate banking and financial services firm with 250 offices in Utah,... View Details
- 09 Jun 2015
- News
Yat-Pang (MBA 2000) and Helina Au
information networking. “I was a linear thinker,” he says. “After being exposed to the case method and a diverse group of peers, I began to think more broadly and understand the importance of relationships in business.” A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Au View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Alfred A. Checchi
Al Checchi's record of achievement - particularly his turnaround of Northwest Airlines - is usually attributed to his brilliance and financial acumen. Often overlooked is how family heritage and twists of fate have played a role in his... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Highly Recommended: Leah Modigliani
do already in modern portfolio theory." Modigliani doesn't attribute the market's rise entirely to technology stocks. "Technology is a big part of it -- technology-related stocks are now about 30 percent of the S&P 500 -- but there are... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 27 Oct 2015
- News
Sweet Success
very active in boosting the idea. We couldn’t have picked a better time to launch.” After more than a year of studying production practices and cross-country travels to acquire state-of-the-art equipment, the Turners began producing syrup under the Crown Maple label in... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Guy de Chazal: Changing Focus
venture capital with Citicorp. "The industry was much, much smaller in those days," he says. "A few hundred million dollars a year, versus almost a hundred billion today." Drawing on his experience with Morgan Stanley since 1986, he View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
question: The data and analysis in the latest IPCC report amplified the reality that climate change is widespread, rapidly intensifying, and attributable to human activity. It also signaled both a responsibility and a real opportunity to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
What I Do: Lindsey Mead (MBA 2000), Vedica Qalbani and Jessica Wu (both MBA 2007)
private equity universe is maturing, and in some cases firms are changing how they think about hiring,” says Lindsey Mead. “Every firm has its own set of attributes that it looks for; drilling down to understand the priorities of both... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Donor Spotlight
years later.” Wilson “Roly” Nolen (MBA ’51) As Cochair of his class’s 60th Reunion gift campaign, Nolen took leadership to heart by establishing a $1 million gift annuity to ultimately benefit HBS. Nolen, who served as chair of HBS’s Cornerstone Society for over a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Library Dues
The son of a linen- and curtain-store owner, Steve Schwarzman (MBA ’72), chairman and CEO of The Blackstone Group, has done pretty well for himself in life; he attributes a measure of that success to the public libraries he made use of as... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Waxing Philosophical
(Johnson showed it at his 50th HBS reunion.) Alcoholism afflicts 5 to 10 percent of the general population, a figure that experts say is probably higher among CEOs. That’s attributable to the greater levels of stress and work-related... View Details
- 22 Sep 2015
- News
Redesigning Schools for Today’s Learners
people—actually in schools that were designed for a very different time and a very different place. “We believe that a lot of the challenges that young people have educationally when they leave high school and show up at college are actually View Details
- 19 Nov 2020
- News
How Panera’s CEO Learned to Go Against the Grain
took the helm last year after positions at Yum Brands Inc. and Krispy Kreme. He attributes this sense of compassion to the loss of his daughter, who died of pulmonary fibrosis at the age of 18. “Seeing her suffer so much up close deepened... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Unexpected Advice from Am Ex’s Chenault
Chenault and Dean Jay Light at Class Day ceremonies. Photos by Stuart Cahill Of all the attributes tomorrow’s leaders will need to manage through good times and bad, one took center stage in American Express chairman and CEO Kenneth... View Details