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- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Short Takes
altruistic reasons for serving, many also reported that such participation allowed them to practice business skills and make professional contacts not always possible through their everyday duties. "One focus group of top-level managers agreed that what they View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
today's global economy, knowledge and other resources critical to innovation may lie far outside a company's home territory. This distance makes it harder to obtain and integrate these resources, eating away at a firm's competitive edge.... View Details
- 17 Nov 2016
- News
Wired for Innovation
energy to population centers across the country by expanding the US electric-transmission grid. “If you look at the wind-power equation, you quickly see that transmitting energy from rural wind farms across long distances to large cities... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan
this work as part of the World Health Organization.” You were Hong Kong’s health director during the 2003 SARS outbreak. What did you learn from that experience? The SARS experience showed that decisive national and international action,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Life by Design
a move she feared would distance her from the creative pursuits she thrived on. At that moment, serendipity struck. An Avon executive called with a job offer too good to pass up. In her mid-20s, Ross left entrepreneurship and embraced... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
Museum's Web site are increasing dramatically — with well over two million expected this year. The Field has also branched out into distance learning with a program that reaches people who otherwise could... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Ideas in Action
were more likely to feel regret that they had spent their break working and studying. And not surprisingly, alumni with 40 years of hindsight were even more likely to feel pangs of regret about trips in which they didn’t indulge. “It was moving to View Details
- 13 May 2025
- News
If I Knew Then
who could slash and burn back. [Laughs.] So you only made a point when you thought you had a good point to make. But that was great experience at public speaking under stress where you knew you’d get whacked if you made a mistake and also an opportunity to View Details
- 05 Sep 2017
- News
Living the Quantitative Life
calculating distances for that. So it wasn't really a huge upgrade anyway. So by and large, the way it works is just an Excel file that's kind of open all day. Then within— Morrell: On your phone or on your laptop, Paul? Grana: Good... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Class Notes Extra
be the best place to learn how to organize and think clearly, and thus be able to generate change,” he explains. After graduating, Ahlhauser worked in finance, auditing, and consulting roles for several national firms before hanging out... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
What can men learn from women leaders? What are the responsibilities of a leader today? What did you learn from the experience when you failed at something? What makes a good mentor? Whom do you admire in... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
career in banking in 2018. “I am grateful to learn from the from practitioners, researchers, and educators who are consolidating best practices from countries throughout the world,” he says. “I am also mindful of the practical... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
explicitly linked to your mission. But we believe that unless you do it, your mission will be difficult to achieve.' " Spoiler alert: The MCC did commit $46 million to community services, ultimately reducing the average distance from a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
A Summit Higher Than Everest
called them. In fact, he was just now planning an expedition to a blank area of southeast Alaska. But a summit higher than Everest? Carpé flipped through the book to learn more about the mountain better known as Minya Konka, but the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
the fact that the word “retirement” has outgrown its usefulness? The word itself suggests a literal withdrawal, a distancing from the world that doesn’t suit most graduates of HBS and certainly doesn’t jibe with the subjects profiled... View Details
Keywords: Personal Services
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
She floats an occasional observation: “I think the answer for a lot of these questions is going to be in how we do things as much as what.” But largely she creates space for the directors to share their perspectives, gently challenging them: What’s the View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
an education for Feinzaig, who learned some unexpected—and unwelcome—lessons about the entrepreneurship ecosystem in the process of fundraising for the company. “It honestly never occurred to me that I was having a different professional... View Details