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- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
months pregnant with her second child, Clara, and delivering a speech to hundreds of Disney executives in Frankfurt - she recalls thinking, "This is ridiculous!" Dodi explains, "More than anything, it was the travel that became impossible... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
about patient-focused changes, the work can be deeply fulfilling. Dallis Howard-Crow, Emory’s chief human resources officer, would sometimes accompany her father, a hospital CEO, as he walked around the building and greeted everyone from custodians to vice presidents.... View Details
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
work was so hard, she wasn’t sure she would make it at first, she says, recalling a marketing professor who cold-called her to open a case she had not read. She faked it well enough, but the experience helped shape Oishi’s approach to... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
in real time, even as other communications were disrupted. Just as important, Twitter became an invaluable tool for people to check on loved ones and seek evacuation and medical assistance. "That was the moment I decided to work at Twitter full-time," View Details
- 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
- 11 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
The New International Style of Management
Chinese national, and deliver it to him in person. Recalls Klump, "I had achieved success, was enjoying rapid promotions, and worked well with my manager. When it came time for him to receive feedback, he encouraged direct... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- Web
Educating Leaders - Georges F. Doriot:Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
historian Jeffrey Cruikshank observes. 9 Viewed as a highly original, theatrical, and sometimes provocative figure, the professor influenced generations of students whose impact on business was felt globally. "[P]rivate enterprise was his holy grail," View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Do You Speak Business?
Chinese national, and deliver it to him in person. Recalls Klump, “I had achieved success, was enjoying rapid promotions, and worked well with my manager. When it came time for him to receive feedback, he encouraged direct communication... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
these tasks are going to require leadership.” Light declared that the School and its alumni “need to be part of the solution to these problems.” Addressing alumni on Tuesday, Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust recalled the words of HBS... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
plans that our team could use to execute different projects; then I was able to choose a couple to pursue for my own interest,” recalls Naidoo, who also cites the need to immediately shed any sense of MBA “specialness.” “At Oxfam, there... View Details
- 16 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 16
that prosocial spending is associated with greater happiness around the world, in poor and rich countries alike. To test for causality, in Studies 2a and 2b, we used experimental methodology, demonstrating that recalling a past instance... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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
- 18 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
New at the Helm: A Talk with HBS Dean Light
application aside and asked whether I'd like to get a doctorate instead," recalls Light. After discussions during a visit to the campus, Light agreed to enter a new doctoral program in decision and control theory, a joint program... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
Steve Belkin suggest that the strongest common threads in their class may be the need for independence and the desire to parlay professional success into something beneficial for the community. "When I started out, undoubtedly, financial success was a strong motivator... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
Dissonance Authors:R. Barkan, S. Ayal, F. Gino, and D. Ariely Publication:Journal of Experimental Psychology: General (forthcoming) Abstract Six studies demonstrate the "pot calling the kettle black" phenomenon whereby people are guilty of the very fault they... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Fight Beyond
chocolate and a pack of Camels,” the airman recalled gratefully. For his new mission in Slovakia, Green requisitioned more candy and cigarettes—and thousands and thousands of guns. Banská Bystrica had become the capital of the Slovak... View Details
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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