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- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA: Richard Kondo (MBA 1999)
hours later I was on a plane to Tokyo to advise the US-Japan Task Force. It’s very hard in chaos to make well-informed decisions because all the information is out there in small pockets. My first priority was to contribute all available... View Details
- 25 Aug 2021
- News
Reimagining Chicago’s Schools
high-achieving students and those who needed academic support grew considerably. A report from Stanford University a few years later confirmed her observations. “Chicago had made a lot of progress in elementary schools,” says Zaikos, “but high school was really View Details
- 16 Oct 2014
- News
Innovating for International Aid
It’s no secret HBS graduates are a hard-charging bunch who sometimes find it hard to take time off. Most eventually learn how to do this so they can recharge to do even harder charging—spending time at a beach, playing golf, climbing... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Winter Break Just Got Educational
“Students will attend seminars before they leave the HBS campus, faculty members will accompany the students and teach classes during the immersion experiences, and faculty and students will debrief when they’re back,” he added. “I think we will soon be looking View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
What Industrial Policy?
for only about one in 10 American jobs. A major reason for the decline in manufacturing employment in recent decades is the huge increases in the productivity of American factories. With those productivity gains likely to continue, it is View Details
- 22 Jul 2015
- News
Supporting a Return to Work for Women Execs
For women executives, having both career and family can mean making hard choices. When it comes to caring for family, more women typically choose to take on this responsibility than men, and, in doing so, accept that it might not be... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
Issue Focus: Leadership Issue Focus Li & Fung's Global Footprint Reimagining the MBA Leaders come in all colors, ages, shapes, and sizes, with all manner of skills and temperaments, a variety and diversity seemingly matched only by the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Flight Path
Alexandra Palace, site of the 2017 Allianz World Championship of drone racing (photo by PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo) Fall 2016 Drone Racing League, ESPN, Sky Sports, and ProSiebenSat.1 agree to broadcast the first season of five races. Venues include Miami’s View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Negotiating with Wal-Mart
the P&G Relationship with Wal-Mart,” HBS professor Jim Sebenius and Research Associate Ellen Knebel show two very different organizations doing just that. The cases are part of a series that involve hard bargaining situations. “The... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- News
Do You See What I See?
In the second-year elective The Moral Leader, students read and discuss a wide selection of literary sources, confronting complex moral challenges and developing the analytical skills and judgment that will be required of them as business... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Leadership: Getting Down to Fundamentals
you can’t study a leader in isolation; there’s a relational construct between a person and society. Clinical psychology gets into the underlying motivation for people who seek leadership positions. In political science, we saw the distinction between View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
A View from the Top
really great cultures,” said Donna Dubinsky (MBA ’81), cofounder and CEO of Numenta and former CEO of Palm Computing and Handspring. “That’s what pulled us through the hard times and made us more resilient and flexible for change.” HATS... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Insatiably Curious
and analytics than liberal arts when you don’t speak the language,” observes Ma. Her hard work and focus paid off: She was accepted at MIT and graduated with a degree in electrical engineering. “I believe in what the School is trying to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Joe Toplyn (MBA 1979)
meetings efficiently, getting a quality product out the door, and managing your staff so that they’re happy, productive, and motivated. It’s often hard to find writers who also have the management skills... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
A Conversation with John Doerr (MBA '76)
you recommend as preparation for a career in venture capital? Doerr: The best preparation is operating experience in a well-managed, high-growth, high-tech company. Without that it's hard to support great entrepreneurs and teams. HBSB:... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Shareholders' Value?
Regulation FD, which impairs the free flow of information between companies and their owners. Discipline. Selling can be said to discipline managers by driving the stock price down, but it's hard for one shareholder to have a discernible... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Andrea Silbert
Women’s Venture Center that provides coaching, technical assistance, and access to investors for women seeking equity capital. “When we see something that women entrepreneurs are struggling with, we do everything we can to help them.” View Details
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Wendell P. Weeks, MBA 1987
moment launched Weeks’s career, and it also had a deep impact on Corning’s future as a successful innovator in materials science. The first in his family to go to college, Weeks thrived at HBS. The case method—“pretend doing,” as he calls it—gave him a way to test out... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Steven Murch: Philanthropist-in-Training
wrote his business plan, found a partner, and left Microsoft in 1997 in order to start VacationSpot, an online reservations network for consumers seeking to rent vacation properties. “We worked hard on it for three years,” states Murch.... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Amy S. Langer
Langer has served as executive director of the National Alliance for Breast Cancer Organizations (NABCO), a leading patient advocacy and educational nonprofit based in New York City. “As a patient, I found it very hard to get... View Details