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- 01 Oct 1998
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A Message from Dean Clark
requires continuing innovation in all of our educational programs. What we see ahead is a need for leaders with strong general management skills - people who know how to get things done and are able to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Alumni Honorees Urge Students to Emphasize Ethics
people become better off, you lose competitive advantage.” Instead, Yang has found ways to leverage technology and management expertise to reduce costs; she noted that her company employs four Harvard MBAs, which is unusual for the... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
View from the Top
a culture in business that does not tolerate “nodders” and “yes men,” neither in management nor in the boardroom. We need a culture that is willing, when necessary, to ask awkward and embarrassing questions and that insists on believable... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
marks clear dividing lines between China’s domestic economy and the rest of the world. It shows how China seeks to manage the links between the two just when western countries are also focusing on decoupling. In order to prosper, business... View Details
- 06 Jan 2017
- News
Mental Illness and the Workplace
everybody sees and says is special. That you're, again-- like at Harvard Business School-- like you're God, like you're the pope. Hanna: And you came back, though, and you finished your degree, which is kind of amazing. How did you manage... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Insatiably Curious
college, Ma worked as a project manager at Hewlett-Packard (HP), where she first realized she had an interest in business. “I had this insatiable curiosity about HP’s customers and the company’s competition,” she recalls. “I also found... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Navigating Uncertainty: Dean Datar on HBS’s Path Forward
national and global economy. This is why I am so determined to continue to strengthen Harvard Business School for the future. The work we do is vital. In the MBA Program, we are constantly evaluating the curriculum to ensure that we are teaching the knowledge,... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Christensen and Vernon Remembered
professors improve their teaching capabilities. Christensen and several other faculty members responded by writing numerous cases that focused on the skills discussion teachers must have to be effective. Building on this HBS work, in the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Life by Design
Klein. At each stop, she gained new knowledge and experience while advancing her own reputation as a change agent capable of leading a company to growth through new product design. Ross’ entrepreneurial skills at a small fashion-eyewear... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
fastest-growing urban businesses. This year, the ICIC and the School's Executive Education Owner-Managed Programs will offer a special one-week general management seminar for the IC 100 CEOs. "If we can get companies like these growing in... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
management capability and skills once reserved for institutions or wealthy individuals. They provide a strong incentive to save and invest and have been a great source of wealth accumulation for individuals.... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Class Acts
keynote address by Deborah Tannen, author of You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation. For Ma, it was an invaluable learning experience. "I have worked with men and women in all areas of the University," she says. "Through the WSA I've developed... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
savings and loans. I was chosen because I had the required skill set: management experience, real-estate knowledge, and a background in both asset management and property... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
management practice has evolved since the "benevolent, high-growth environment" following World War II. That era provided fertile ground for the growth of Alfred Sloan's "strategy, structure, systems" model of the divisional corporation... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
talks to Dionisio Garza Sada (MBA ’08), program manager for autoparts manufacturer Nemak. Photographs by Selma Fernandez & Marcela Taboada There are no cold calls here. No laptops, or blackboards, or Sky Deck. Thousands of miles from... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
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Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
skill of microtargeting — identifying small, intense subgroups and communicating with them about their individual needs and wants — has never been more critical in marketing or in political campaigns. The one-size-fits-all approach to the... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Putting Ghosts to Rest
where almost everyone was poor (living on less than $1 per day) and stuck on tiny hillsides. How on earth would this work? There were few people with the skills to care for the cows, little land for grazing, little land on which to use... View Details
- 04 Jun 2025
- News
Slice of Life
stuff back into the classroom and say, "Here's a couple of really important things, skills that aren't normal for people that I thought would be. For example, managing conflict." We talk about it in school,... View Details
- 11 Aug 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Melissa Fensterstock (MBA 2012)
identify the critical issues at hand and to articulate a point of view to the management team. In many ways, I am applying the case-reading skills learned at HBS. "I also apply the theories and frameworks of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Patch Work
encountered a political phone vendor was in 1983. He was 26 years old at the time, serving as deputy campaign manager for a gubernatorial candidate in his native Mississippi. A Washington-based consultant came down to pitch the campaign... View Details