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- 01 Dec 2001
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Corporate Governance Conference Addresses Global Challenges
achieve," he explained in a recent interview. This premise allowed exploration of many approaches to corporate governance, drawn from a wide variety of countries and cultural histories. Presenters evaluated success in terms of outcomes... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Ali Allawi
history as one of America’s greatest strategic blunders. Is there anything he can do now to reverse that judgment? I think there is, but the question is whether he will do it or not. It’s very difficult for a president who is reaching the end of his View Details
- 26 Aug 2016
- News
Connecting with the Past
“shtetl-specific” model, referring to the Yiddish term for a small Jewish town. “We start by generating a surname frequency list,” he says. “In this way, we are able to appeal to the personal interests of an individual genealogist or... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
masters. ... But as the military stalemate continued, the pressure on the president to seek settlement terms with the Confederacy increased. ...And the commander in chief began to waver. Perhaps, he told himself as he paced the White... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
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New Ventures New Gains
plan for Polished captured the interest of angel investors, not the big-ticket venture capitalists that some of her classmates enticed, reports, “Most of my contacts in some way, shape, or form were initiated at HBS, especially in terms... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
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What Industrial Policy?
value iPhones and high-definition TVs, but there is a big difference between them in terms of trade. Homes and health care can’t be exported, while manufactured goods make up about 80 percent of world trade. If Americans want to keep... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Franklin P. “Pitch” Johnson Jr., MBA 1952
pilot), and Eastern Europe with knowledge and enthusiasm, but Pitch Johnson goes from one topic to the other with ease. With a warm smile, he has an easy manner that makes people from all walks of life feel comfortable. While he may scoff at the View Details
- 06 Jan 2021
- News
A Message from Dean Srikant Datar
Staff Stories. Recorded in our remote studio on December 15, 2020. Hi, my name is Srikant Datar and I have just started as Dean of the Harvard Business School on January the 1st. It was very nicely put by [Executive Dean for Administration] Angela [Crispi], saying that... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Community Investment
Scoon: While social enterprises are different in many profound ways in terms of mission and style, to run effectively they rely on many of the analytical skills with which we are familiar. Clearly, the School and its graduates can add... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- News
Michael R. Bloomberg, MBA 1966
“The mayor of New York City is probably the best political job in the world,” he says. “It’s got every kind of problem, and every chance of a solution.” After his third term as mayor, Bloomberg focused his efforts on giving back through... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Antitrust in Historical Perspective
terms with what business itself should be. Is it a method for delivering goods to consumers at the lowest prices? Is it a mechanism for providing employment? Is it a tool for asserting national power abroad? Is it a vehicle for building... View Details
Keywords: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Ink
exist. There’s no such thing.” —Excerpt from The 10% Entrepreneur: Live Your Startup Dream without Quitting Your Day Job, by Patrick J. McGinnis (MBA 2004), who is credited with popularizing the term “FOMO” after writing about it in a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Cynthia Carroll
but this is a time when focusing on the short term is necessary. As a woman in a male-dominated industry, you stand out. Indeed, women have long been considered bad luck in mines! How do you make change happen? I like to believe that... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Byte-Testing Bitcoin
and gain the trust of their citizens. We’ve also seen more complex processes with the EU adopting a single currency as part of an effort to coordinate actions and act as a strong block. In terms of the speculative nature of bitcoin, given... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President’s Report
because of them. Thank you, Ed, for all you’ve done on behalf of HBS and its alumni. Kudos, too, to Susan Luick Good (MBA ’71), whose term as president is up and who leaves very large shoes to fill. Susan stays on as past president for... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Ruling from the Bench
including “Ice Princess” and “Judge 232,” a number referring to her sentence for one defendant (the actual term was 213 years). Her hard-line stance has led to numerous death threats and the necessity for 24-hour police protection. “I... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
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Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
and CEO Thompson terms "satellite infrastructure" (technology that enables people to conduct business activity anywhere on the planet). Before reaching its fifteenth birthday this spring, Virginia-based Orbital will have surpassed $450... View Details
- 25 Aug 2010
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Games, Parties, Pranks, and Celebrations
(sent in by class-notes secretaries) Games 1972J. Section A started our bingo game in the second term of our first year (1971). Cards had the names of roughly a third of the class (24 of 75) on them (5 each for B, I, G, and O and 4 plus... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
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The Exchange: The Road Ahead for Crypto
banking. There’s a long way to go in terms of consumer protection. Charles C.Y. Wang: Aside from the logistical issues that Scott has mentioned, a couple things stand in the way of mainstream adoption. For people to use cryptocurrencies... View Details
- 13 Feb 2020
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Not Throwing Away My Shot
before. We now know to call it jazz, but they won't have that term applied to music until 1915. So he's creating something that nobody knows what to call. It's called that raggedy uptown stuff. And he's doing it in a way that's attracting... View Details