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- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Minoru Makihara, 75th AMP, 1977
losses, improve his finance department with the help of a Wall Street private equity firm, and make it a matter of policy to pay closer attention to managing the balance sheet. Makihara then turned his... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2025
Edited by Julia Hanna; photographs by Susan Young Award Recipients Video MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2025 recipients, and learn about past recipients. ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS SITE MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2025 recipients, and learn... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
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Spirit at Work
balance between work and home life, and expressing oneself using theater exercises. At Coopers & Lybrand and Goldman Sachs, consultant Benjamin... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Lighten Up
improve stability on trails. The company now holds patents on the technology. It was an innovative product in search of a brand. “Is this really a Timberland idea, we asked ourselves,” Smith recalls. “Timberland is all about leather View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
variety of distinguished panelists and participants tested myths, inspected realities, and questioned opportunities. Rafael Hui, Hong Kong's secretary for Financial Services, delivered an upbeat presentation... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Sir Martin S. Sorrell, MBA 1968
success in running an established business or entrepreneurial venture." ADVICE TO STUDENTS "Have fun. Try to balance family, career, and society—something that is, in fact, very difficult to accomplish. For... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Islam’s Great Culture Is Dying
concludes, leaders must find ways to rekindle its artistic and creative forces while also restoring a physical-spiritual balance in the people’s lives. If not, “Islamic civilization will . . . suffer the... View Details
- 25 Jun 2014
- News
A Man on a Mission
skills," he says. "When I arrived at HBS, I had never taken a business course in my life," says Earls. "I did have some experience in certain areas, such as human resources, but at HBS it all came together. I picked up new skills, like understanding budgets View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Health Industry Alumni Convene for Conference
Current issues in health care; ranging from finance and patients' rights to genomics and personalized medicine; were among the subjects discussed last November at the HBS Health Industry Alumni Association's... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
the polls instead of their hearts or brains. They listen more to political consultants than to voters. Our short-term-maximizing politicians fail to tackle longer-term societal challenges such as climate change or unaffordable entitlement programs View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 22 Apr 2014
- News
Putting a spell on theatergoers
old—while also keeping an eye on revenues—has been Horn's focus during his career in film and television. "The hardest part is finding that elusive balance between the pure creative sensibilities that would... View Details
- 02 Dec 2010
- News
Ten Rules for Entrepreneurs
least common. The most successful entrepreneurs eventually understand that sales requires a balance between making compelling promises and ensuring that they can deliver on them. 9. Persistence means... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
relatively higher price and operating costs of the Citation Mustang were balanced by Cessna’s record as a proven manufacturer in the industry. They also immersed themselves in the topic of business aviation,... View Details
- 18 Aug 2014
- News
Fighting income inequality with early education reform
economics to solve the problems of education resonated with me,” says Dias Griffin, who gave CHECC $13 million through the family foundation named for her and her husband, Ken. At the core of the program is a carefully curated curriculum... View Details
- 27 Oct 2016
- News
Paying It Forward
(photo by Neal Hamberg) Ask Malay Kundu (MBA 2003) about StopLift Checkout Vision Systems, and he’s more than happy to talk about his thriving software company, which deploys video and scanning technologies... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Disaster Master
comes to preparing for a disaster, what percentage of time should be spent on proactive vs. reactive activities? —Maxeme Tuchman (MBA 2012) BEER: It’s difficult to break it down in terms of percentage, because it’s so dependent on the industry View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Post-Office
Image by John Ritter On March 8, in the early days of the global COVID-19 pandemic, Stack Overflow, the world’s largest online community for software developers and technologists, announced that its nearly 250-employee workforce would be... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Reforming Company Boards
Solutions for Better Corporate Governance (Bloomberg Press) emphasizes accountability, transparency, performance measurement, and a strong system of checks and balances in its... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Services
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Do You Speak Business?
organizational culture. Gaida in Moscow: Striving to strike a balance in the multicultural corporate environment. As the best international companies exhibit similarities in certain standards and practices,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 26 May 2016
- News
2016 Alumni Achievement Awards
handle anything.” “It’s important to learn how to balance IQ with EQ, emotional quotient. There is humanity in EQ. There is leadership in EQ. You can’t run a business for a long time if you don’t have both, View Details