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- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Victory Lap: Frazier, Olympics COO, Reviews the Games
ACOG who are Vietnam vets liken it to the experience of being on patrol in the jungle one day and stepping off a plane in Seattle or San Francisco the next evening. After years of being totally consumed by... View Details
- 27 May 2021
- News
History’s Future
archeology and conversation, and marketing and tourism, among other things. He expects the organization to quadruple in size by 2030. Most of the Royal Commission’s focus has been on building a master plan that will View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Back to School
who beat Jack Sock in three sets at the Delray Beach Open in 2023 despite balancing the game with a full-time job. Hiker “Invest in a pair of adjustable hiking poles, because they take a lot View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Duncan M. ("Greg") Murray (MBA 1964)
balance between work and home. That lesson learned the hard way, I have nonetheless enjoyed a rich, varied life over these past forty years. The farm has been the most notable constant. I continue to enjoy the part View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Security Chief
Parker Imagine having a conversation with the head of HR that goes something like this: Over the past several years with the company, I’ve helped turn around an ailing division. Now I’d like to try my hand at managing a growth business.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
The Hard Way
Russo at home in her Brisbane apartment. She credits her domineering Sicilian father with teaching her the street smarts to succeed in business. PHOTO BY PATRICK HAMILTON /NEWSPIX/NEWS LTD. Every successful entrepreneur can look back and, with the clarity View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Karmic Kickstart
that year of treatment, I could barely function at all. After considerable discussion with my wife, Janet, a psychology professor at the University of Pittsburgh, we decided to start over in a distant place... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Do You Speak Business?
At Dell Beijing, Andy Klump (MBA ’03) was excelling at his job — selling computer hardware and services solutions to multinationals — when the company’s 360-degree performance-review process underwent a change. As part of the new... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 06 Dec 2018
- News
Source Code
“People are not here to get rich tomorrow.” Hawkins and Dubinsky lead Numenta with a balance they’ve honed over decades of working together—Hawkins the scientific visionary, Dubinsky the application wizard.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
which might include a more hierarchical command-and-control style. The best women leaders I have met know which approach works best, given the challenges they are facing. They understand the balance between "male" and "female" styles... View Details
- 20 Oct 2016
- News
Smart Moves
payments worldwide, and, earlier this year, Seattle-based OpenCar, an automotive software and services provider. “To become more horizontally integrated, we’re expanding the range of content we offer and... View Details
- 09 Apr 2019
- News
Finding a Fix for Food Allergies
have anything to do with helping Campbell,” he adds. “I went into this to find a way to find for my daughter to be safe when she goes to college, but my entire lens has changed. This is a balance of trying... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 25 Jun 2019
- News
After the Storm
It’s fitting that Erik Dyson’s HBS interview was conducted over a pay phone in Costa Rica, where he and his wife, Debbi, were finishing a three-year program for Habitat for Humanity. Now the CEO of the disaster relief organization All... View Details
Keywords: Paul Flannery
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Books
with shareholders, rewarded short–term “earnings management” and beautified balance sheets. These tactics were facilitated by cooperative accountants who didn’t want to risk losing the profitable consulting business View Details
- 25 Jan 2016
- News
Helping Young African Managers Find Their Way Home
financial side of business and was seeing a balance sheet for the first time. I had to get out of my comfort zone and get comfortable with public speaking. Also, it allowed me... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Merton Discusses Risk Management at Dean's Seminar
education may be able to buy a "contract" with a financial institution that will lock in the cost of tuition at today's rates. By making payments to such a contract rather than investing in growth funds,... View Details
Keywords: Elizabeth McNair
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Fueling a sustainable enterprise in Brazil
grass native to Africa generates 25 times as much energy as fossil fuel, thanks in part to a remarkable annual average yield of 30 to 40 tons of biomass per hectare. By comparison, the energy View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Manager's Notebook
customer information. But now, conveniences such as Web browsers and "smart cards" (which today are used to store electronic money in several European markets and, in the future, could record an individual's daily transaction information) are shifting the View Details
Keywords: Judith Ross
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Short Takes
abandonment - refusing to repair a broken product. "People feel most satisfied with their purchases when they can put the paradoxes of technology in relative balance in their lives," says Fournier. Fournier... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Lego Stays on Script
of approximately $4.52 billion (five times greater than that of its nearest competitor, Fisher Price), and the company has been hailed as a growth champion. Hear more from company cochairman Jørgen Vig... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna