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- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Taking Care of Business
expertise in quality control and volume manufacturing in the automotive industry (where he does double duty as managing director of Sundaram Brake Linings), Mahesh launched Sundaram Medical Devices in 2010, won the NVC, and built a better... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 15 Nov 2024
- News
Driving Change
Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
One-on-One with Carter Roberts
trying to create sustainable management practices? I’d say issue number one is governance. A lot of the logging that goes on is illegal. And a lot of the fishing practices are illegal. Half of the catch in the Bering Sea off the coast of Russia, for example, is View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Street Singer
apparent, however, is her passion and drive, whether she’s describing a recent IPO, her work with the Food Bank for New York City, or her relationship with God. Whatever the topic, her words come thick and fast, demonstrating the impressive power of breath View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Perfection’s Price
Kaplan realized he had made a classic entrepreneurial mistake. He let his quest for perfection get in the way of progress. “We thought we could find the perfect location, get the right costs, the right... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Feedback
primary command and control communication system. —Joe Lanza (AMP 103, 1988) via bulletin@hbs.edu I don’t know if it’s chutzpah or ignorance regarding the history of and current situation in Afghanistan or both that enables the editors to... View Details
Keywords: feedback
- 28 Jun 2011
- News
Beyond Case Writing
people to use them.” In one study exploring the country’s high birth rates, 1,031 women were randomly chosen to receive a voucher guaranteeing free and immediate access to a range of modern contraceptives through a private appointment with a family planning nurse. A... View Details
- 19 Jan 2023
- News
Forged in Fire
answers. But fortunately my friends came around me and supported me during this difficult period; my boss did as well. And I came through that. But what I learned from that is I was always planning for the future. You got to realize life is about today and how you... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Hollywood and Humility
WICZYK AND SATCHU: With Hollywood’s major studios increasingly risk-averse, a pair of HBS classmates finds a winning niche. Media Rights Capital (MRC) founders and co-CEOs Mordecai (“Modi”) Wiczyk and Asif Satchu (both MBA ’99) are among... View Details
- 29 Apr 2016
- News
The First Five Years: Kelly McKenna (MBA 2015)
human dynamics are strong, magic can happen.” Can you describe your first cold call and how you responded? “It was first-semester RC year in TOM, with Pian Shu. I hadn’t spoken in a while, so I expected it might be coming. Even so, it did catch me off guard. I knew... View Details
- 19 Sep 2016
- News
The Real Meaning of Love
people’s awareness of the warning signs of abusive and controlling relationships. “The One Love Foundation in Honor of Yeardley Love was started in 2010 after Yeardley, who was a University of Virginia fourth year, was beaten to death by... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Katharine Graham Offers Advice on Leadership
the Post to look after their four children and coordinate the couple's active Washington social life. Her life changed abruptly in 1963, when Philip Graham committed suicide after a struggle with manic depression, and she took control of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Elevator Pitch: Common Knowledge
receive free access to their data and control how it is shared. The Why: Patient data is often fragmented across electronic medical record systems, providers, and categories. But recent changes to the laws governing medical records have... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
Zurich and secured European distribution rights for our products, set up a joint venture with a partner in Mexico to build our brand there, and purchased Astro Gaming, a California-based gaming accessories company. Our office in southern... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Case Study: Confidence Builder
the Greek system: National sororities and fraternities have a vested interest in preventing sexual assault on campuses. Confi should also approach the student affairs offices on college campuses. —Lisa Bleich (MBA 1992) The bureaucrats View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Latin American Conference Highlights Region's Diversity
have them, they have a long-term bond but it's probably the least damaging solution to the problems they are facing right now.” Felipe Monteiro, a senior researcher at HBS's Latin America Research Center (LARC) in Buenos Aires, moderated... View Details
- 03 Nov 2020
- News
One Paramount Priority
In the four years since the last US presidential election, Diane Hessan (MBA 1977) has been interviewing more than 500 voters, talking about everything from gun control to COVID-19. This years-long project has made clear to Hessan that... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Diagnosing DC’s Dysfunction
report “The politics industry is different from virtually all other industries in the economy because the participants themselves control the rules of competition,” write Gehl and Porter. “There is no truly independent regulation of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Collective Wisdom
Cathedral. Even the design of the HBS campus began as an architecture competition. Contests work well when we don't know what the right approach may be to a problem. Today they're used in a variety of situations, from creating logos to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Steve Schwarzman
business, politics, media, and the arts. With a personal fortune estimated by Forbes to surpass $3.5 billion, Schwarzman has come a long way since leaving Lehman Brothers in 1985 to cofound Blackstone with start-up capital of $400,000. Blackstone today has 52 partners... View Details