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- 01 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
mission. One applicant recalled that his interview with Shackleton was less than ten minutes long. During this time, the commander “asked me if my teeth were good, if I suffered from varicose veins, if I had a good temper, and if I could... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
location, location”) might be “people, people, people.” Everyone interviewed for this article mentioned the importance of people — both whom you know and whom you pick to work with — in getting and keeping a business going. As ZEFER’s... View Details
- 14 Aug 2019
- News
Pasricha on the Perils of Retirement
In a recent interview with WBUR, author Neil Pasricha (MBA 2007) argues that retirement “is a terrible idea.” Inspired by anecdotal examples of people whose health failed shortly after retirement, Pasricha—author of the bestselling book... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
March 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
of risk capital are contributing increasingly to a massive expansion in new business, all underpinned by a deep social change and a willingness to “do things differently,” especially among the young. Drawing on his experiences and more than 100 View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
that permeates American culture, erodes our collective mental health, and makes us hate each other. To gain insight into how we can move forward, Hessan undertook a massive listening project, conducting an ongoing series of weekly View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Blissful Thinking
When Arthur Brooks was interviewing for his job, longtime HBS professor Len Schlesinger asked him, “What can you teach that really only you can teach—and that we need and don’t have?” Brooks responded that he’d been hearing about data on... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
recounts during an interview at his memorabilia-filled office at the Giants’ AT&T Park. No stranger to wacky publicity gimmicks, Finley eventually agreed to let the low-watt station broadcast games for the first few weeks of the season,... View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- News
Seth Klarman on the Critical Value of the Long View
In a recent interview with the New Yorker, Seth Klarman (MBA 1982), CEO of the Baupost Group, spoke about the perilous state of the public perception of capitalism. “People will say the words ‘Wall Street’ with a derogatory tone. They’re... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Faculty Research Online
says Assistant Professor Mark Bradshaw. Read an interview about an article he cowrote with two others in the June 2004 issue of Investor Relations Quarterly. View Details
- 08 Oct 2013
- News
The Green Giant
involving green baby products when his partner interviewed for a job running The Nature Conservancy's Boston office. The partner returned from the interview saying he thought Roberts would be much better... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
An Economy Undermined
As a journalist and writer, I had a front-row seat for much of this. I got to know many of the key players and interviewed and closely observed others: Walter Wriston, Joe Flom, Alan Greenspan, Milton Friedman, Fischer Black, Bob Rubin,... View Details
- 13 Jun 2018
- News
The First Five Years: Momchil Filev and Ben Faw (both MBA 2014)
everyone starting a new company, in the forms of incumbent advantages like brand recognition, scale, and capital.” What has surprised you most about your entrepreneurial journey since graduating from HBS? Ben:“How much of it you can only learn by doing. A hundred books... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
New Releases
Initiative at Arthur Andersen, in their new book, Broken Promises: An Unconventional View of What Went Wrong at IBM. Based on interviews with IBM executives, company records, and surveys of the company's customers, Broken Promises is a... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Short Takes
firms combine bureaucracy and consensualism. Deshpande and Farley assert that their study of Chinese companies, based on interviews with one hundred senior managers at Chinese companies headquartered in Shanghai, supports the conclusion... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Caroline Chauncey
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Downtime
Assassinations, Aravind Adiga because I loved his Booker Prize–winning debut novel, The White Tiger. The Soul of Leadership, Deepak Chopra because he spoke about it when I was interviewing him for a case on the branding of yoga. Let My... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Screen Tested
Production on the second season of Hello Sunshine’s The Morning Show was paused due to COVID restrictions. Even so, the company continues to grow; Harden mentions onboarding eight employees remotely during the pandemic (adding to a staff of more than 50) as she hops... View Details
- 05 Oct 2016
- News
Harvard to Open Life Sciences Lab
could not ask for a better group to review applications and interview candidates. I am grateful for the commitment and dedication they have brought to this task”, said Datar. According to Jodi Goldstein (MBA 1996), managing director of... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
New HBS Portal Offers Alumni Just-In-Time Business Information
format. Users will find timely articles and essays on diverse management topics, interviews with HBS professors and industry leaders, excerpts from new HBS Publishing releases and current books recommended by Baker Library staff, and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
number of small manufacturers that sell directly to homeowners and to contractors. To gain a competitive advantage, Union visited potential customers and interviewed them about their preferences for a par-ticular kind of corrugated panel... View Details
- 04 Jun 2025
- News
Slice of Life
interviews and insights from across the world of business. It’s produced by the External Relations Department at HBS. Our audio engineer is Craig McDonald. It is available on Apple, Spotify, and wherever you get your favorite podcasts.... View Details