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- 01 Dec 2002
- News
HBSAAA Conference Addresses Pathways to Power
no national reputation — was appointed,” Ferguson recalled. “But he listens to everyone, judges ideas on their quality rather than on their source, and makes better decisions because of that.” Financial consultant Andrew Brimmer, the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Capturing Human Capital
corporations rely on information planning and control systems and processes that are designed to help management make sound strategic choices and ensure efficient implementation of those decisions. "They do... View Details
- 08 Jan 2016
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Investing in Sustainability
later, as an analyst at Fidelity and a portfolio manager at SAC Capital. “I spent 15 years researching and trading in the food and energy space,” says Tiller. “In the course of doing my research, I developed views not just on what was... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
Viana also admired their grit. And he recognized the global cachet of quality French products. Here was something different, and maybe more meaningful, than leading a technology company. France’s manufacturing sector was still struggling... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Q & A: Gustavo Herrero
management issues, thereby enriching the HBS curriculum, advancing the education of tomorrow's business leaders, and creating a broader understanding of the global economy. How will the Center accomplish its goals? The LARC will assist... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
president and had attended Georgetown, that’s where I set my sights.” Brown soon established herself as a student leader at Georgetown. One of the university’s board members, Lloyd Campbell, then a managing director at Credit Suisse First... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Tackling the World’s Most Difficult Challenges
Since its founding in 1908, HBS has viewed business as a powerful means for improving society. More than a century later, says Dean Srikant Datar, “the role we can play in tackling systemic challenges has become more important, whether in... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Dream Job: Higher Ed’s New Hire
Penn at age 20. Today, as president and CEO of Columbia Investment Management Company, Lew has come full circle, overseeing a university endowment of approximately $11 billion that helps fund students for whom college is far from a given.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Alumni Luminaries Discuss Careers, Values with HBS Students
Inc., an enterprise she began in her garage and grew into a $20 million operation with twelve hundred employees. She is the first African-American woman to earn an MBA at HBS. Charles O. Rossotti (MBA ’64), cofounder, former chairman and CEO, American View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
programming vision, to recruiting and motivating a growing team of employees (some of whom, like Swan, were commuting from other cities at the time). Also in play: managing a tight, closely watched budget while walking the line between... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Summit Sound Bites
brain as well as left brain.” —Anand Mahindra (MBA ’81), Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. “This notion of the golden parachute — I wish we could just voluntarily all agree we’re not going to do that anymore,... View Details
- 15 Sep 2016
- News
US Competitiveness Report Sees ‘A Nation Divided’
political system risks economic competitiveness, study finds (Financial Times) Harvard Gives the US an ‘F’ (Fortune) US Competitiveness Report Sees "A Nation Divided" (Harvard Gazette) View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Laurel without Hardy? A Lesson for Business
candidates for this focus on complements. A new system of creating and sharing information is evolving, and it has many complementary parts. It is not enough to invent one part of the new system; you have to pay attention to all the parts... View Details
- 19 Jun 2017
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How Women's Basketball Conquered Europe
is a big misconception a lot of people have. People assume that because, the United States, we have high school, college basketball, then it leads to the pros, that the same system is in effect pretty much throughout the world. Well,... View Details
- 27 Apr 2017
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Helping Veterans Gain Skills to Thrive in the Business World
lieutenant on the sub who managed teams of mechanical systems experts—men usually more experienced than she. “I tried to go in with a sense of humility but also with a level of confidence,” she explains.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace
masculinity and how such conflation disadvantages women in the workplace. On the two platforms in this study, management had implemented some innovative approaches to leadership development to reduce unsafe behaviors stereotypically... View Details
- 13 May 2025
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If I Knew Then
Jeremy Grantham: Well, I feel a bit of a hypocrite because I didn’t really take my own advice. I went out to do something that sounded like fun, which is pretty shallow, and it didn’t have an enormous amount of social redeeming feature, View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
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Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
management capability and skills once reserved for institutions or wealthy individuals. They provide a strong incentive to save and invest and have been a great source of wealth accumulation for individuals. Mutual funds also represent an... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Merrill Lynch's Stan O'Neal
Management Committee, O’Neal is one of the firm’s top officers and is frequently mentioned as being on the shortlist to be the next chairman of the 150-year-old firm. “My father told me I wasn’t cut out for farm work,” says O’Neal, whose... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
associate John Klug (MBA ’72). Recalls Sasser, “The idea was to view process analysis — a concept we taught in Production and Operations Management — in a setting that didn’t involve steel mills, printed circuit boards, or sorting... View Details