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- 04 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
Finding Alignment to Make Impact: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017)
to solve complex problems. “Being in the protagonist's seat, having access to all this information, and having to make sense of it is the practice that you need in order to be able to make sound judgments,” she said. Years removed from the classroom, Ramirez View Details
- 31 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Not to Trust Your Gut
recall when someone else was faced with a similar situation or to collect data on what you should rationally expect. In addition, ask yourself this simple question: If someone I cared about asked me for my opinion in a negotiation such as... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman & Deepak Malhotra
- 01 Feb 2018
- News
HBS Professor Emeritus Hugo Uyterhoeven Dies at 86
Alumni Bulletin. Colleagues also benefited from Uyterhoeven’s well-honed teaching skills, especially the creative teaching plans he devised. “Hugo was a fantastic teacher,” recalled HBS senior lecturer Ashish Nanda. “He used to tell me to... View Details
- 19 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
ANDRUS: Unemployed at graduation, an unlikely and inspiring odyssey takes him from his parents’ basement to the corner office of a company on the cutting edge. Photos by August Miller HBS Alumni of a certain vintage might recall a... View Details
- 06 Dec 2013
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Remember Nelson Mandela
his autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom. At the time, I was working on an article about leadership in the twenty-first century, and I came across a passage in which Mandela recalls how a leader of his tribe talked about leadership:... View Details
- 14 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Polluters, Encouraging Protectors
work," King recalls with a grin. The name MapEcos emphasizes an attempt to integrate information that is relevant to both ecology and economics. A Niche To Fill The observation that led to the site's founding is a common one that... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Helping Hands for HBS
eighteen-year exercise in volunteer service at the HBS Club of Greater New York, where Burton and Dick Wedemeyer (MBA '63) would meet twice a month to assist alumni with job and career issues. "Often," recalls Burton, "these men and women... View Details
- 03 Jan 2018
- What Do You Think?
In the Wake of #MeToo, Should Corporate Boards Hire Compliance Officers?
systems." Citing Robert Clarke, past Dean of Harvard Law School, Joe recalled Clarke noted that "Boards could be stewards of the corporation, looking after its long term health, or compliance officers using the Board's time to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 29 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 29, 2007
based on an advertisement (77%). Fifty-two percent of patient respondents recalled seeing or hearing advertisements related to hip or knee arthroplasty. These patients were more likely to request a specific type of surgery or brand of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Apr 2019
- News
Leading Schools That Change Lives
classmates were terrific,” recalls Kennealey, who received the 2006 Harvard Business School Student Service Award. “I learned to think more broadly about the world, at HBS, and how to solve problems in any environment.” Despite his newly... View Details
- 05 Jun 2017
- News
Women on Boards: A Course Becomes a Movement
how engaged the participants were, with the material and with each other,” says Groysberg. “They bonded immediately and got together with no prompting from us. I don’t recall that happening in any other program. Since the course ended,... View Details
Keywords: Margaret Kelley
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Steven Rogers
the country club's rules by going to lunch there with a white colleague. "You could have cut the tension with a knife," recalls Rogers, who was met by his boss when he returned from lunch and told that next time, unfortunately, the club... View Details
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
hadn’t been put out to bid since 1991. A 2006 addendum—that no one on the school board, past or present, can recall signing, much less discussing—gave a local transportation company a 4 percent annual fuel surcharge that has cost... View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
insurance issues—quickly seemed insurmountable. “There are so many variables to make these devices tow us around,” says Rogers. “I mean, I almost cried uncle 10 times in the first month.” Chief among the hurdles? Funding. “The VC meetings were really hard,” View Details
- 05 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
It’s Alive! Business Scholars Turn to Experimental Research
hypothesis in a lab setting that involved recalling the Ten Commandments, and then performed a similar ethical field study at an insurance company, where they successfully replicated the findings they saw in the lab. "This was nice, since... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 19 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
How Mercadona Fixes Retail’s ’Last 10 Yards’ Problem
subtle than it sounds," says Ton, "because, in fact, it involves information passing through the system in all directions." To accomplish that, Mercadona invests in field employees called "prescription instructors" who constantly visit stores... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Work of Art
Jason Price (MBA 2003) in the main gallery space at NXTHVN, the art community he cofounded in New Haven’s Dixwell neighborhood Trying to capture the scope of what’s going on at NXTHVN, the nonprofit arts and community organization Jason Price (MBA 2003) cofounded with... View Details
- 15 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise
Without it, they would always approach nonprofits as philanthropy. I believe our curriculum conditions our graduates to ask the difficult questions on performance, and even go beyond and recall cases, frameworks, and solution approaches.... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
- Profile
Jeremy Andrus
HBS Alumni of a certain vintage might recall a BusinessWeek article from a decade ago about the dismal job market for newly minted MBAs. Jeremy Andrus (MBA 2002) certainly does. Upon graduation, with no job offers, Andrus decamped to his... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
What's Cookin'
anyone who has worked in the industry agrees that they occur under the best of circumstances. Michael Mack of Sweet Tomatoes, on the demands of business: "Opening one restaurant and opening fifty restaurants is not a linear equation - it's exponentially more complex."... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia