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- 19 Jan 2017
- News
Finding Purpose in Profit
case studies she read at HBS, which is why she often refers to her role at B Lab simply as that of a “storyteller.” Her own story is filled with determination to find a path. Raised in Stratford, New Jersey, Coupounas was the youngest, by 12 years, of five children and... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
result of cooperation between business, government, and civic leadership. If you want to maintain the quality of life in your community, business has got to take a leadership role in civic affairs. That's the real lesson from all of... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 29 Aug 2018
- News
The Value of Valleys
name is worth remembering." Roosevelt said that in 1902, but it's a message that feels increasingly relevant, I think especially of Silicon Valley and its cultural acceptance of failure, which is so prevalent that there's even been conventions like FailCon based on the... View Details
- 10 May 2022
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2022
the most important thing is to listen; the other is to be decisive. You’re not the only one with a brain, so it’s very important to get input. And you can’t waffle.” Back to top Salman A. Khan (MBA 2003) Founder and CEO, Khan Academy... View Details
- 05 May 2023
- News
Fail Better
have done this, you idiot. No. It might be a failure, but you did, according to your conscience, the right thing. That's what allows you to keep yourself up. I mean, View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
state’s estimates. But the major driver is the state’s inability to control costs.” Herzlinger further notes that “universal coverage has not meant universal access. That’s because if you increase demand by so much and View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Case Study: Welcome Aboard
can make or break it all. “Plus, in a world where people want to work from home and other companies offer that option, it’s difficult for us to ignore the market and what people want,” Lerner says. On the other hand, the founders have a... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
and the costs sometimes associated with implementing "green" strategies - strong government regulation at home and abroad will continue to be necessary in order to motivate many businesses to become more environmentally accountable. He... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Empowering Entrepreneurially Minded Students
the HBS Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and Harvard’s MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program, and founder of HBS’s Startup Bootcamp. Kerr is unit head of Entrepreneurial Management and faculty chair of the Launching New Ventures Program in Executive Education. How have... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 19 Jan 2023
- News
Forged in Fire
some advice on how to start a leadership journey. Chad Foster and Bill George READ MORE Dan Morrell: Bill, after you had Chad in class, he reached out to you, and you began a conversation that eventually saw... View Details
- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Not Throwing Away My Shot
Schultz (MBA 1983) was working as an executive chairman for a tech company, and on his way home from a fundraising presentation at a venture firm when he had an epiphany. A longtime executive with a personal interest in history, he had... View Details
- 21 May 2018
- News
Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area
together with worthy causes to become a stepping stone to making our communities a better place to live. I also see social and community impact as having increasing value to recent alumni. If you aspire to build an engaged and vibrant... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
recalls a fateful day at home during the Christmas holidays when Bradach came over to finish the final plan. Hours on, after completing their task, Tierney recalls suddenly seeing themselves in the climactic scene in Butch Cassidy and the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Dean Nohria Looks Ahead
Visit Dean Nohria's page Watch Dean Nohria at Fall Reunion (LEFA login required) Fresh out of a highly competitive engineering school in Mumbai, 22-year-old Nitin Nohria aspired to pursue his interest in business, earn an MBA in America, then return View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
microscope by thousands of HBS students, tell it like it was and relate what they’ve learned and what they believe about being a leader. Toby Johnson Putting Her People First Whether leading in military or civilian life (bottom, at Frito-Lay), Johnson says, “If View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 10 Aug 2022
- News
Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age
in the World. READ MORE Dan Morrell: You know, you spoke [about] how there was previously this idea of life in three stages, right, learn, earn, and retire. The way that you... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
mining," notes, "With the help of a sophisticated screening model, you may find some small yet lucrative plays that others have overlooked. Our company has had some success with that strategy in Texas." Even so, Fischer notes that the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
with comical tales are perceptive looks at things as different as family Christmas rituals, and the impact of 40 years of communism on society. When Climate Change Hits Home by Diogo Castro Freire (MBA 2012) (Amazon Digital Services LLC)... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
when a Philadelphia museum runs a full-page ad in the New York Times, a Boston bus is swathed in a van Gogh image, and a Chicago cab receipt invites you to visit that city's Museum of Contemporary Art. READ MORE Old Meets New: A Dinosaur... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
person you couldn’t take your eyes off for a minute. He got me motivated to start a business.” His lectures were so memorable and controversial — he once lectured his students on how to pick a wife — that many former students who have... View Details