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- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Turning Point: Living History
helped. One Hindu woman we interviewed kept a Muslim gentleman in her home who didn’t want to migrate to Pakistan. A neighbor found out and accused the woman and her sister of hiding him. But she said, “No.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Conducting Business
owner is going to find himself in big trouble and risks going to jail. And, yes, there is a standard definition of profit, and everyone knows what it is. I listened to this.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Project Runway
the show by the judges (but not by viewers responding to a live online poll), Estrella picked up valuable lessons that she’ll use in her design business (www.staceyestrella.com). “I learned to work faster,” she said, “and I’m more aggressive View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
All in a Day's Work
list of every loan in the works, discussing risk factors, the market, and local politics. “That’s always an interesting meeting for me, since I used to be on the borrower’s side at my job in Houston.” Oakes... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969
explains, “Intel and a number of other exciting companies were just getting started, so there was considerable interest in smaller businesses. I wanted to be part of that ferment, and the View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
strategic approach to its operations. It was everything I had been looking for professionally—social impact, rigor, and an opportunity to build. Robin Hood pioneered what came to be known as venture philanthropy, using private dollars to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
Davin Chow, Adam Prewett, and Kevin Yttre (all MBA ’08). Tripsas, who teaches the Linear case in the elective Leading Innovative Ventures, sees the instructive qualities of flexibility, experimentation, and... View Details
- 13 Sep 2019
- News
Hollywood Ending
unflappable? “I don’t think I feel risk the way most people do,” she says with a shrug. “I think it’s because of my mom.” Margaret Whitman was the sort of bold character who volunteered for the Red Cross during World War II View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Faculty Research Online From HBS Working Knowledge
disconnect between strategy formulation and its execution. The answer? Professor Robert Kaplan and his colleague, Andrew Pateman, argue for the creation of a new corporate office. The Cost of Cutting in Line... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Beacon of Liberty
global brand with blood, sweat, and sacrifices, and it is being tarnished with every act of intolerance. I wish every American would realize that if they take away my freedoms, they View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Down the Memory Chute
terms of direct practical benefits.” But report-writing courses were dogged over the years by confusion about what they should accomplish and how; shifting standards of evaluation and grading; faculty... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 13 Mar 2018
- News
Leadership Lessons from the “Lone Survivor” Mission
tell them that they couldn't land, and that in fact, they had to fly far away from the site to the closest US base. There were just too many unknowns, he says, to risk further lives. View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 1
they're not really trying to help. What they're really saying is, "I don't want to do this." And in big companies, you need, occasionally, to be accused of not listening [laughing]. DM: [laughs] JI: You know, View Details
- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
Michael and I think about that question,” says Gordon, adding that with the privileges they’ve had, if they don’t take risks in life, they’re wasting it. So, yeah, maybe her parents think she’s a little bit... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Short Takes
No Mistake About It: Trust Is Key in Learning It's a real Catch-22: Learning is more critical than ever to firm success, yet the process often requires making mistakes. And many people believe mistakes lead to failure View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
sidebar, next page) also underscores the opportunities for business and investors in a newly climate-conscious world. Efficiency has become a bottom-line imperative and sustainability an organizing principle... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Truth in Lending
want a risk taker; you want someone who can identify and mitigate risk. You don’t always want someone who is optimistic. “If you’re optimistic and 17, that’s very different... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Life Lessons
graduating from Harvard College in 1988, Audrey Choi went to West Germany on a Fulbright scholarship to study literature. But with the Soviet empire tottering, she found herself drawn to the sea changes taking place around her and the... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
was the kind of place in which an internal memo might list people on a first-name basis. But it has since grown into a massive organization, with vast logistics and all the risk that comes with that. McKenna... View Details
- 17 Jan 2019
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
opportunities and risks when evaluating investments. The technology classes gave me some subject matter expertise on the industries in which North Island invests. The general management View Details