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- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Of Myth and Merlin: T.A. (Tom) Barron's Literary Odyssey
"because I printed it at my school, where they charged me every time I used their equipment." After graduating from Princeton, Barron won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford, where he studied philosophy, politics, and economics. But outside the university's hallowed halls,... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
A Casual Approach to Success
advantage at Lehman was that I knew I wouldn’t stay there. I was planning to go back to San Francisco and work for my dad,” he explains. Hellman seemed to have a natural ability — he calls it genetic, given the legacy of banking in his... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
both nature and humankind. We asked a group of Harvard Business School faculty members to offer their views on the many facets of "going green." Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor Of Leadership And Management The world's cities are... View Details
- Profile
Danny Cho
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? Three years ago, I made the difficult decision to leave the US Army and enter the private sector. An MBA was a natural next step because I needed the business skills and credibility, but... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Your Fullest Self
personal life, fitting in those 207 miles was just a part of the routine.” It was a continuation of the substantial time and money she had already spent over the years on relaxers, weaves, and extensions. Eventually Winters grew to embrace her View Details
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Raymond Hwang
how the material at hand might be useful to you in the future, whatever your plans are, participate fully in the experience of understanding that material. Doing so facilitates the kind of deeper learning that allows for a more View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
When No News Isn’t Good News
do a good job and that you care about your role in the organization’s success. Try to weigh positive and critical feedback evenly. It’s human nature to focus on criticism while dismissing praise. When someone identifies a problem area,... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
John C. Sawhill Remembered
John Sawhill, a senior lecturer at HBS and president and CEO of The Nature Conservancy, died of complications from diabetes in May at the age of 63. Sawhill, whose research focused on the nonprofit sector, joined the HBS faculty in 1997... View Details
- 16 Nov 2015
- News
Connecting with Indigenous Traditions
transition to civilian life, and it was an experience he describes as “like nothing I’d ever encountered.” “The emphasis on being able to stand on your feet and state your convictions and persuade others—that was a big teaching moment for... View Details
- 25 Jun 2019
- News
After the Storm
management experience and lay the financial groundwork for his family to transition into the world of nonprofits. He wound up staying twice as long. “Every year it would get to bonus time, and I’d say, ‘All right, next year I’m going to... View Details
Keywords: Paul Flannery
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
My HBS Eureka Moment
prepared every day—and that we had better be prepared too. It was an inspired instance of leading by example and one that has long transcended my days at the School. Know Your Market Steve Frenkiel (MBA 2007) I WAS AN ENGINEER BY BACKGROUND, and thus View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
High Adventure
taking with them nothing but a travel trailer and a portable generator. For the next five years, they slept in a yurt while David designed and built their new home. Deciding to work with nature rather than trying to alter it, the couple... View Details
- 28 Jul 2021
- News
Squarely in Their Corner
easy-to-use online tools for payments, payroll, and loans was a natural fit, thanks to her background. “I felt the strongest purpose and calling in Square in helping that entrepreneur,” Ms. Ahuja told the Wall Street Journal, “because of... View Details
- 02 Mar 2017
- News
Such Great Heights
in 2006. White: What was it that attracted you to mountaineering? Vogl: As kids I think we sort of naturally gravitate towards climbing trees or spending time playing in the outdoors. I also always have loved the snow. And so for me,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Blissful Thinking
the next day you want it again. That’s the nature of all addiction, and success addiction is no different. People get on what we call the “hedonic treadmill,” where you’re running and running and running, and you become deeply addicted to... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)
It's Climate Week in New York City. The schedule features a UN Climate Summit, a People's Climate March, the Clinton Global Initiative, substantial criticism of the whole endeavor, and plenty of agitated interaction. There is a lot of noise here. How can businesses cut... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Mark Tatum
baseball at Cornell, he is passionate about sports. (One of his fondest memories, in fact, is of the day his high school team took the New York City public school championship at Yankee Stadium.) Tatum got his first taste of combining his interest in sports with his... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; photograph by Webb Chappell
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Merton's Economics Research Wins Nobel Prize
In a predawn phone call on October 14, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences informed HBS professor Robert C. Merton that he had won the 1997 Nobel Prize in Economics. Merton's work evaluating risk has changed the nature of financial... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity
opportunities they never thought they could.” Sheila Kyarisiima (MBA/MPA 2017) Affording MBA Students the Luxury of Choice When Liang Wu (MBA 2018) talks about being interested in entrepreneurship, he draws parallels to his experience as... View Details
- 15 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Going Green Makes Good Business Sense
depletion of natural resources. He thinks one of the main reasons people in the United States are more concerned about the environment is that incomes are higher. "Although people who think of themselves as environmentalists tend not... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace