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- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019
mirrors, writing, lenses, printing, photography, film, television, the smart phone—these tools shaped Western culture and made us who we are. As Far as the Eye Can See traces the history of seeing from the first evolutionary stirrings of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Oil Rigs and Ripe Fruit
With 40,000 employees, Singapore-based Keppel Corporation is one of the world's largest manufacturers of offshore oil rigs, both floating deep-water semisubmersibles that anchor to the seabed and "jack-up" rigs that stand on legs on the... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Lynn Thoman, MBA 1979
For Lynn Thoman, co-president of the Leon Lowenstein Foundation and managing partner of Corporate Perspectives, choosing an MBA program was easy. “Harvard Business School was the only one I applied to,” she says. “I was attracted by the... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Sir Martin S. Sorrell, MBA 1968
DoubleClick last April, WPP quickly countered with the purchase of 24/7 Real Media. Also high on Sorrell's agenda is the subject of corporate social responsibility (CSR)—or global View Details
- 12 Feb 2016
- News
Creating Common Ground in Communities of Conflict
people he wanted to hurt, or why he must hurt them,” she recalls. That moment in December 2007 set in motion Mendhro’s vision for the Dreamfly, a global initiative designed to educate, expose, and empower people living in communities of... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Forecasting ’15
Health Care: Data-Driven Diagnosis Robert Wah (AMP 175, 2008) President, American Medical Association; Global Chief Medical Officer, Computer Sciences Corporation “We’re entering the third phase of health... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Rebel with a Cause
environmental sustainability efforts, serving as executive director of Ceres, a coalition of environmental groups and institutional investors; initiator of the Investor Network on Climate Risk; and cofounder of the Global Reporting... View Details
- 26 Oct 2011
- News
On Top, Down Under
Fookes describes it, GPT is a pretty special organization. “The culture here is wanting to achieve the best, and it is a very collaborative approach,” he explained to the Australian (August 20, 2011). “People from all areas of the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Uncle Sam’s Business Man
Barry Johnson (MBA ’89) has over 20 years of business experience as an entrepreneur and corporate executive with media giants such as the Walt Disney Company, Bertelsmann, and Sony Music Corporation. With expertise in public-private... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Spirit at Work
seems to be driving the movement to find greater meaning in work. In his book Spirited Leading and Learning, Vaill describes many of the economic and cultural stresses he believes have spurred this trend, among them the destabilizing of... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 19 May 2022
- News
Leading to Salvation
president and CFO of Medtronic, overseeing a number of acquisitions and sales at the medical device company and broadening its reach to include a more global investor base. In this special edition of Skydeck honoring recipients of the... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Four Promoted to Full Professor
Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail, won the Global Business Book Award for the best business book published that year. Christensen is currently head of the required General Management course. Prior to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
board to the School with regard to leadership and values on campus. The 2003 Global Alumni Conference will be held in Shanghai on June 17–20. I hope you have made plans to attend this unique gathering. Shanghai is exploding with activity... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
the VC community to see itself as a real industry.” The venture capital industry began to take shape after World War II on the northeastern seaboard when in 1946 Doriot became president of the first public venture capital firm: Boston-based American Research and... View Details
- 15 Nov 2024
- News
Driving Change
Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Naina Lal Kidwai
10 percent of GDP, per capita GDP is just shy of $500, and it has slightly more than one billion people. It is a relatively closed economy without a great deal of foreign investment. Today, the globalization imperative is driving Western... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Invest in the New Abnormal
globally by 62 percent. Be human when it comes to money. The same principle applies to customers facing financial hardship, says Deshpandé, who encourages firms to initiate crediting and financing, deferral of payments, new payment terms,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
What’s in a Name
name that recognizes the city’s rich cultural history. Jim Birch was reaching out to buyers across the country—with no thought at all of changing the brand—when he started encountering questions. People in different parts of the country... View Details
- 09 Feb 2016
- News
Powering into the Future
bother. We want to make it a no-brainer. You pull into your garage, you don’t have to think about it, and the car will just start charging. “I really came to HBS to round out my skill set to be a general manager. My whole aspiration was I wanted to go run a business,... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Next Normal
reality, offering tested methods for bridging cultural differences, leading virtually, and preparing for the next global crisis, whatever shape it may take. Neeley also highlights the crucial importance of... View Details