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- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
dangerous place on the planet. It’s pitch-black, trucks are driving around, and there’s the danger of getting sucked into an intake, or blown over the side by a jet blast, or having your cranium squashed by a propeller. But that’s far... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
consider,” she adds. Sucher’s book builds on 18 years of teaching the EC course The Moral Leader. Somewhere along that journey she arrived at an important framing: The opposite of moral leadership is not immoral leadership, she says. “It’s when you could have... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Innovation: An Orchestra of One
Video Embed Ann Chao discusses the inspiration behind her new startup, Sonation. As a student, Ann Chao (MBA 2013) loved playing chamber music with HBS friends. But MBAs live busy lives, and their jam sessions were few and far between.... View Details
- 07 Jun 2011
- News
Back to the Future
University. That was as far as the idea went, until recently. Partnering with an MIT expert on autonomous vehicles and mobile robotics, Alden has a new company, Alden DAVe Systems (with “DAVe” an acronym for Dual-mode Autonomous Vehicle),... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
strike. Afterward, from most accounts, much of the momentum behind the protests at HBS dissipated. The Class of1971 settled down to a far more traditional second-year experience, with some notable departures: there was a heightened level... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Research Brief: Where Top-Down Tops Out
recent study, “The Impact of CEOs in the Public Sector: Evidence from the English NHS,” Associate Professor Raffaella Sadun and her coauthors conclude that a singular leader is far less effective in these large and complex public... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
the company-and never left. The original business model reflects how far the world economy has come in just over two decades. "Mainland China was just opening up," Yang says. "Although joint ventures, not to mention private ownership,... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Executives Convene to Discuss Consumer-Driven Health Care
that angioplasties and bypass surgeries are funded. Despite compelling statistics that show preventive measures are far more effective and would cost much less than the $2 billion Medicare spends on those surgical procedures each year,... View Details
- 12 Jun 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Minal Mehta (MBA 2011)
challenging? "By far the most enjoyable and rewarding part is building the BollyX community. I love working in the fitness industry—people in this industry are so positive, outgoing, and inspiring (it must be the exercising and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
One-on-One with William H. Donaldson
executive back to the board, back to what should be the ultimate responsible body. Is all this rule making enough? You can go just so far with rules and regulations. It’s the spirit behind conforming with those rules that determines... View Details
- 13 Mar 2018
- News
Leadership Lessons from the “Lone Survivor” Mission
tell them that they couldn't land, and that in fact, they had to fly far away from the site to the closest US base. There were just too many unknowns, he says, to risk further lives. And then he needed to figure out what to do next, and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Exploring Global Business Practices
development, teaching, and the dissemination of ideas that enhance global understanding. HBS is committed to extending the School’s intellectual impact far beyond its campus. With more than a third of MBA students and two-thirds of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Lessons from a Megacity
of formal public transportation options and informal, private buses (combis) that struggled to serve the capital city of a far more economically stable Peru. In interviews with residents, the team learned that Limeans used as many as four... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
A Man without a Pause
it into a far more effective organization, championing such causes as debt relief for poor nations and the opening of rich countries’ markets to exports from developing nations. For him and his wife, Elaine, the service was “the most... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Ed Tian: Boardroom Revolutionary
company. “There is a clear distinction between the board of directors and the management team,” explains Tian. “I have the right to hire and fire people. I’ve hired about twelve hundred employees so far but none of them on instructions... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Health Care’s New Frontier
Bush Photo courtesy athenahealth Main article: Where Innovation Rules What do you do if your start-up turns out to be a little too far ahead of its time? If you’re Jonathan Bush (MBA 1997), you use what you’ve learned to jump-start a... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Uhlmann Award Winners Focus on French Retailer
strike a balance between private label and manufacturer brands, and reemphasize food products instead of venturing too far into nonfood items. Although they foresee a fierce battle among retailing Goliaths, the authors conclude that... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Silent Killers: Overcoming Barriers to Organizational Learning
top-down or laissez-faire management by the general manager; poor coordination across functions, businesses, or borders; lack of effective and honest vertical communication; and inadequate leadership skills and development throughout the organization. "It is clear from... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Survey Spotlights HBS Experience
social relationship with at least one fellow alumnus. Fifty-seven percent take advantage of the alumni community for professional networking, and 46 percent tap the network for job search advice. “The information gathered thus far... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Damon Silvers
representing a large part of what remains of the American industrial economy. Should these companies file for Chapter 11 and fail to get financing, there could be a loss of several million jobs. But the threat is far worse than those... View Details