by Shawn Cole - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2017
News

In My Humble Opinion: Truth Teller

photo by Clara Molden / Camera Press / Redux Corporate turnarounds aren’t known for being a walk in the park. “Anybody who does what I do has to be incredibly resolute, to the point of bloody-minded, about the need to fracture an... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jun 1998
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Renewing Baker: Tom Michalak, Executive Director of Baker Library

Cole Room, our staff has developed extensive files on more than seventeen hundred companies that recruit at HBS. We have also honed our ability to deliver customized electronic information for particular HBS courses or projects. To what... View Details

05 Jul 2011
News

The Business of Champions

a second shift as a Bruins TV analyst.) Baumgartner, who also served as a Bruins assistant coach for one year, had a twelve-year career in the NHL. He overcame relatively modest abilities by becoming a rugged enforcer and hard-working... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

23 Aug 2018
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Healthcare Alumni Keep Learning Through Virtual Programming

Kathy Giusti, from the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation; Trevor Fetter, formerly CEO of Tenet Healthcare; Ginger Graham, currently a board member with Walgreens and Proteus Biomedical; and Gail McGovern, president and CEO of the American Red Cross. The VRTs are... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 2011
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The House that Howard Built

Harvard economist Joseph Schumpeter and HBS professor and Baker Librarian Arthur Cole at the Research Center in Entrepreneurial History at HBS. Professor Myles Mace, back from military service in the Pacific where he found GIs eager to... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 1996
News

Starting Up and Starting Over

history courses today. The first HBS course designed specifically to teach entrepreneurial management - The Management of New Enterprises - was introduced in 1947, one of several HBS initiatives undertaken to address the unique circumstances presented View Details

01 Jun 2009
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Dispatches from the Global Classroom

talks to Dionisio Garza Sada (MBA ’08), program manager for autoparts manufacturer Nemak. Photographs by Selma Fernandez & Marcela Taboada There are no cold calls here. No laptops, or blackboards, or Sky Deck. Thousands of miles from... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

10 Mar 2021
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New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts

experience? What would you sacrifice to achieve social justice? Lucky, Not Smart By Michael Coles (MBA 1961) Independently published Most people go to Harvard Business School View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

08 Sep 2016
News

How We Make It Work

Edited by Julia Hanna and Dan Morrell Above: Josh Escher, hard at work as father Peter supervises. (photo by Michael Hanson) The phrase “work-life balance”—that mythical equilibrium between career and family... View Details

01 Sep 2018
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September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

engage (or not engage) in our workplaces, homes, and communities. A Boyhood in Wartime Britain by Michael H. Coles (MBA 1961) CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Collecting shrapnel from his front... View Details

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