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- 23 May 2019
- News
Michael G. Mullen, AMP 109, 1991
that resulted in the killing of Osama bin Laden. Recalling that historic event, Mullen praises President Obama and gives the Navy SEALs credit for the success of the operation. “It was a privilege to lead them,” he says, quickly turning... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 21 Mar 2019
- News
Helping Veterans Build Careers
Goldenberg’s experience. He still recalls lessons from Professor Youngme Moon on discontinuous thinking, from her course on consumer marketing. He also remembers a welcome message from then-Dean Kim B. Clark about being “warmhearted and... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
What You Know Depends on Where You Go
various cultural traditions and the challenges faced when a company from another tradition enters the market. The complexities of such research start with language, she notes, recalling a visit to a Chinese company when even her two... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Andrew H. Tisch, MBA 1977
the family hotels. After college and working in marketing for Loews, he applied to HBS, never expecting to be admitted. “My first weeks were filled with fear and dread,” Tisch recalls with a laugh. He notes that he has been surprised by... View Details
- 11 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
ZONE DEFENSE: These self-driving, AI-powered drones do recon so soldiers don’t have to
design a high-tech armored suit for a person when artificial intelligence could do the job with significantly less risk. “Why wouldn’t they just put in a computer to control the suit?” he wondered. “‘Good mission, but it sounds like a horrible business idea,’” Tseng... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- Book
These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems
In 1908, Harvard Business School’s first dean, Edwin Francis Gay, welcomed the School’s inaugural class of 59 students by saying that HBS was challenged with encouraging its students to have the “intellectual respect for business as a profession, with the social... View Details
- Web
Commencement 2013 Address | About
bravely and effectively our city’s first responders performed—and how much gratitude we all owe them for preventing even more loss of life. If you think back to Darwin, you’ll recall that animals are shaped by evolution to flee from... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
revitalize the region’s ecotourism industry. “What was missing in that environment were business skills,” recalls Diamond, whose HBS admissions interview (conducted by phone from the Belize town of Punta Gorda) was interrupted by a balky... View Details
- 05 Dec 2016
- News
The Dragon’s Tale
(photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty) When F. Warren McFarlan and a small group of HBS colleagues arrived in Beijing in July 1979, they stepped off the plane into a country struggling for a toehold in the 20th century. “They brought ladders up to unload our bags,” View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Open Market
Gretchen Howard (MBA 2002) came to HBS in part because she had a story in her mind about how her career would start: It was 2000, the apex of the dotcom bubble. She would move to Boston, study business, partner with a technologist from MIT, and build a transformative... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Bringing It Back Home
in class," recalls Gary Millspaugh, former executive director of the Allentown (PA) Rescue Mission. Because the program involves much more than case studies, many participants do a lot of work beforehand to gain the most from their SPNM... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Profiles from the class of 2007
believed his family had ties to Hamas. “He was a normal guy my age,” recalls Hussein. “After chatting for a while about soccer, girls, and food, he told me that his father has been in ‘administrative detention,’ or unacknowledged... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
What Your Competition is Telling You
poorly in Chicago, they discovered that their current products were uncompetitive with local deep-dish pizza. Deep-dish pizza subsequently became a key impetus behind Pizza Hut's explosive growth. Recalling his post-deregulation years... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
- 24 Jan 2018
- Blog Post
10 Reasons Why HBS Peek Weekend was worth the trip across the pond - a british perspective
and the MBA so brilliant. Here, we will recall some of the many notable memories from our Peek Weekend experience. But the best way to truly understand the impact of Peek is to apply to the program and try it for yourself. #1 – The Peek... View Details
- 10 Feb 2014
- HBS Case
Stressing Safety in South Africa’s Platinum Mines
than a meter. "The students wanted to get out right away," recalls Mukunda, an assistant professor in the Organizational Behavior unit at Harvard Business School. "But I said, no! (Luckily I have a loud voice.) And I told... View Details
- 09 Feb 2017
- News
Turning Disorder into Opportunity
listen, realizing that the boy was releasing the small stones at consistent intervals. The young man had a terrific gift for precision and a keen focus, revealing capabilities that reached beyond his disabilities. The encounter transported Fieldhouse back to his HBS... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 20 Oct 2016
- News
Smart Moves
engineer. Three years later, feeling he had the tech part down but needed to know more about actually running a business, he headed for HBS. Mistele recalls writing down this pearl of wisdom one day in class: In business, you only have... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
The Hard Way
she set out to find a three- to four-story building. At first, no real estate agent returned her calls. She chalked it up to sexism. “They weren’t taking me seriously,” Russo recalls during a recent visit to Harvard’s Kennedy School of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
less like a game of Russian roulette; high prices and grumpy drivers were all too common. “People didn’t trust the Malaysian taxi system,” says Anthony Tan, echoing criticisms of Jakartan taxis and ojek. Tan recalls the early days of the... View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
hometown of Bastrop, Texas, to remove confederate monuments from the downtown courthouse square. “We encountered some backlash for our efforts, but we also encountered a lot of support,” recalls DeShay, who was ultimately pleased with the... View Details