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- 01 Jun 2014
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Reza Satchu (MBA 1996)
deal with adversity and overcome challenges. I try to create sources of discomfort for my three children. They've been learning Mandarin intensively since the age of two and going to competitions. It's not a situation where everyone gets a ribbon or a trophy. In fact,... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Porter Appointed to University Professorship
His books can be found on the shelves of CEOs, heads of state, academicians, and business school students alike. Countries and companies all over the world have embraced his theories on competition and strategy in the expanding global... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Innovation Takes Center Stage
different times and came from many countries, the alumni who filled Burden that morning all shared an intense curiosity about where the new Dean intended to take their School. Just shy of 100 days into his tenure, Nohria came prepared... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 19 Jun 2017
- News
Can Neuroscience Find You the Perfect Job?
it. So the first is when companies identify top performers for us, right? And a lot of times we work with finance companies or technology View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
The Levitt Brand
colleague, interviewed Levitt for a special video presentation shown at the The Globalization of Markets colloquium. Noting that in 1983 Levitt’s HBR article had “created a firestorm of debate,” Greyser asked him to recall its impact at the View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
The Kids Are Alright: Alumni Children Crack Case
student proposed a way to assess the possible risks of Gavin’s strategy: “Since this company is about the kids who use it, maybe you could send out a survey,” she suggested. Beaming at the exchange, Eisenmann told the class, “This is... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Straddling Two Worlds
succeeded in business. “I've really had two careers,” he observes, “one as a for-profit financial entrepreneur and one as a crusader for economic development.” As a managing partner in his own investment firm, Tierney has the freedom to spend about half of his View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Kruti Patel Goyal (MBA 2004)
My parents were in the hospitality business. They owned a motel, so we grew up working at the business as well as living at the business. I remember vividly some moments of really intense stress. And it was because my parents took a lot of risk to build the business.... View Details
Keywords: Sarah Wyman
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
After 27 Years at HBS, Shapiro Shifts Professional Focus
for his congeniality and wit in addition to his professional achievements. "I would never have accomplished so much or had as much fun anywhere else. But I know that if I want to do all the other things I have planned, I've got to start on it now. At 55, the View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Steve Schwarzman
Schwarzman Illustration by Roberto Parada Last year the U.S. private-equity business set a number of impressive records: most money raised at $375 billion, most deals closed at 654, and biggest buyout ever at $38.9 billion. Of all the names associated with this surge... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
HBS Alumni On Leading Their Alma Mater
being able to make decisions that are in the best long-term interest of the institution. We don’t have a quarterly earnings report that we need to be attuned to. And I still reflect on cases that we studied featuring companies that didn’t... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Class Day & Commencement
mentorship, and leadership and the need to embrace change, master skills and strategy, and follow one’s passion. “In the 21st century,” Lafley concluded, “men and women who lead companies will need to be better leaders than any generation... View Details
- 18 Jan 2012
- News
Charter Supporter
headquartered in Waterloo, Wisconsin. While there, she set up Trek’s sales and distribution companies across Europe and worked in forecasting and planning. Since 2007, she has devoted her energy and skills full View Details
- 15 Oct 2024
- News
Ratan Tata, Visionary Business Leader, Dies at 86
Ratan Tata (AMP 71, 1975), who was one of India’s most admired leaders, died on October 9, in Mumbai. The Tata Group announced his death in a statement. He served as chairman and chief executive of the Tata Group from 1991 to 2012, during which time profits multiplied... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
234,629 In 1971, T.J. Dermot Dunphy (MBA 1956) became CEO of Sealed Air Corporation, a fledgling New Jersey protective-packaging company. Under his leadership, Sealed Air soon became known for its quality products and technological innovation. By the View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Giving Amazon the Boot
business? Sarah Ford (MBA 2007)’s experience with Amazon highlights its allure and drawbacks. In 2012, Ford founded Ranch Road Boots, a high-end shoe company inspired by her roots in West Texas and her experience as a Marine Corps... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Collective Wisdom
crowdsourcing, correct? Yes, you can post any sort of task—whether it's editing a document, providing website copy, or verifying directory entries—and people with the abilities and time available will bid on it. View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Richard Edelman (MBA 1978)
reskilling blue-collar workers—which is perfect in a time of automation. It’s genuine, because it fits with who their customer is, and it means something. Companies need to stay in their own swim lane. I... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Books: Brand New
Koehn examines six business pioneers across three centuries to better understand, as she puts it, how “individual entrepreneurs and companies translate a few buyers’ curiosity about new products into widespread customer loyalty.” The six... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Antitrust in Historical Perspective
questions. Yet, the conceptions of business that each question implies can be (and historically have tended to be) mutually exclusive. Everybody wants goods and services made available at low prices. But achieving that goal often means building large View Details
Keywords: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow