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- 27 Aug 2019
- News
Sweating It Out in Philly; Whiskey Flights in Portland
an HBS grad. “I love SLT,“ he says, “and I just thought Amanda’s experience in the fitness industry, and how she took on private equity to expand her business, would make an interesting discussion.” In addition to SLT, Freeman is the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
The Small Business Difference: How Smaller Companies Manage with Less
leaders exemplify the kind of intelligent thinking that Holt describes. They experiment and learn. And in a fluid environment, winners are those who know how to take risks but can cut any losses quickly, in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
What’s Next
experimenting with teaching courses open to undergraduates. Perhaps the best example of collaboration, though, is the Harvard Innovation Lab (i-lab) that HBS launched in 2011. It has become a magnet for students, faculty, and alumni from... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
A. Malachi Mixon, III, MBA 1968
analyze something quickly and figure out what needs to be done." ADVICE TO STUDENTS "Work in a real business for a while, gain some experience and expertise, be patient and pay your dues. And don't worry too much about money on the front... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Q&A: John Quelch
John A. Quelch, Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration and senior associate dean for International Development, became the leader of the School's Global Initiative last August. A veteran HBS faculty member who recently spent... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 06 Feb 2025
- News
How to Judge Your Next Job
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Clay Christensen was a legendary professor and thinker and his “Jobs to Be Done” theory—this idea that customers buy products to solve problems—was one of his iconic intellectual contributions.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Pursuing the Ultimate Deal
assess what each side had done to comply with promised actions. Assuming that the cooling-off period takes hold, then foreign ministers from Arab countries and Israel would set up a more comprehensive outline for negotiations. Ross's View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
Small Leaders, Important Roles I enjoyed reading “This Is What I Do” in the December Bulletin, with its profiles of three alumni who are changing things for the better in their fields of endeavor. The vast majority of HBS alumni are not often in the news, but they are... View Details
- 01 Feb 2021
- News
Locally Grown
law of what was done commonly by VCs at the time,” says Fenwick-Smith, who had private equity know-how but had never been involved in creating venture funds. That lack of direct experience gave him the freedom to create a fund... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959
decisions managers must make.” ADVICE TO STUDENTS “Spend at least as much time focusing on people as you do on numbers.” ON LEADERSHIP “Too many of our leaders fail to translate macroeconomic trends into human experience. Increasing... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
School's and alumni visibility in the community while providing a substantial educational experience to its members. The amount of preparation that goes into these conferences is staggering - even by HBS measures - and appropriately might... View Details
Keywords: Cathy Connett
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
HBS Students Help Rebuild New Orleans
be a library of cases for use by communities coping with future disasters. “The idea is that we’d be able to fly in and talk to local business leaders and say, ‘These are some things that folks in New Orleans found useful and that you... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
The MBA at a Crossroads
It’s not often that a speech by an academic generates optimism in a room full of educational leaders facing significant challenges. But that’s what happened back in February when HBS professor Srikant Datar addressed business school deans... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2015
Alumni Books The Boat House Café: Book One of First Light by Linda Cardillo (MBA 1978) (Bellastoria Press LLP) A novel set on Martha’s Vineyard. Buffoonery on Woodhouse Avenue by Bob Garland (PMD 20, 1970) (Gabbrolandbooks) The fourth in a series of humorous novels.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
HBX: Reimagining HBS for the Digital Age
When considering how to enter the digital learning arena, HBS did what any startup would do. It began in 2012 by identifying a challenge: How to merge the unique elements of the HBS learning experience with the latest technology to create... View Details
- 01 Nov 2012
- News
First and Goal
any yard lines or boundary lines. For some of the children, Swearengin says, it was their first opportunity to play on a team and to experience a need to be accountable to their peers. Some were also lucky enough to take their first trips... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
A New Platform for Alumni Engagement
Kenneth Salas (MBA 2015), pictured In January, 50 HBS MBA students and 200 alumni and other business leaders gathered to discuss the business of artificial intelligence (AI). Over the course of four days, the hybrid global cohort analyzed... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: Human Intelligence
find an area where narrow AI is not having an impact,” says Seseri, which raises questions for business leaders in all sectors. How can e-commerce businesses benefit from artificial intelligence in the near future? And how will potential... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 28 May 2019
- News
The Physical Campus in a Virtual World
us. Many of these choices were not obvious. I often wonder if the early leaders had made different choices—say, to locate the campus on the other side of the Charles—how very different our institution might be today. Last fall, we opened... View Details
Keywords: Nitin Nohria
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Africa Business Conference Creates Ongoing Forum for Change
students to use their skills and knowledge to help develop the African continent. Referring to corrupt leaders in Africa, Savage said, “We still have some of the old guard who don't understand that things have changed. They are on their... View Details