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- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Long and Winding Road
on Wall Street. And W.R. Grace's Peter Grace told us he wouldn't invest in Third World countries unless he had over 50 percent ownership. What would he say today? Verbosity ruled. Classroom performances were supplemented View Details
Keywords: Wayne R. Vibert (MBA 1973)
- 26 Jan 2021
- News
Clubs See Wealth in FemTech; Health Care Alumni Look at COVID Response
says Greub. “We see outsized returns in female founders and women’s health companies, but the two are being ignored, or overlooked, or misunderstood.” For the HBSANC panel, Greub was joined by Stasia Obremskey (MBA 1987), Directing... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Q & A: Confronting New Technologies: When Doing Right Is Wrong
established markets - is sounding a wake-up call for corporate strategists. How did you first become interested in these disruptive technologies? It was the sudden demise of Digital Equipment Corporation that first drew my attention. How could a company, once described... View Details
- Web
Entrepreneurial Sales 101: Founder Selling - Course Catalog
strong your product, even if it easily fits into already established habits and anybody who tries it likes it immediately, you must still support it with a strong distribution plan.” -From “Zero to One” by View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016
what makes these CEOs tick and how they manage their most valuable assets. Research Methodology: The Aims, Practices and Ethics of Science by Peter Pruzan (MBA 1959) (Springer) This in-depth guide to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
More Than a Game
Above: photo by Peter Taylor Fernando Aguirre (PPL 2009) owns the Erie SeaWolves minor league baseball team, and he runs it with the same management strategies he employed during his career in consumer... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
My HBS Eureka Moment
Just Do It — Ralph Sultan (MBA 1960) Hold Your Tongue — Dick MacKinnon (MBA 1962) Find Your Place — Rusty McClure (MBA 1975) Be Prepared — Peter Kiernan (MBA 1965) Know Your Market — Steve Frenkiel (MBA 2007) Ask the Right Questions —... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
history courses today. The first HBS course designed specifically to teach entrepreneurial management - The Management of New Enterprises - was introduced in 1947, one of several HBS initiatives undertaken to address the unique circumstances presented View Details
- 06 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 6, 2007
Marquee Prospect Plays Hardball (A) Harvard Business School Case 908-010 Describes the hardball tactics facing Peter Welz, who seeks to negotiate a make-or-break contract with a vastly larger potential client. Welz's counterpart team is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Asia Pacific - Global Activities 2021
Japan asked Professor of Management Practice Hirotaka Takeuchi to lead a service-oriented learning trip to T ō hoku, a region devastated by the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake, tsunami, and Fukushima nuclear explosion. It launched what... View Details
- 19 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
The Road to Impact
applicable skill set. As he was finishing his MBA, he interviewed at Lehman Brothers and learned that many people at the company had worked in government, notably former US Secretary of Commerce Peter George Peterson. Offensend thought... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
On Purpose
Illustration by Nhung Lê Illustration by Nhung Lê When Jenny Cohen (MBA 1997), a longtime Disney exec, made the leap to executive VP of corporate social responsibility in early 2021, her first task was an... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Realities of the Refugee Crisis
Illustration by Peter Arkle Since the outbreak of civil war in 2011, 4.9 million Syrians have fled their country, and another 6.6 million are internally displaced, according to the UN Refugee Agency. To... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Green Dreams: Eco-Friendly Countertops
have been a huge mistake. Two years earlier, she and her partner, Peter Strugatz, had purchased the assets of Great Harbor Design at public auction for $26,000. The former owner had invested $4 million in perfecting a durable building... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Alumni Books
by Rusty McClure (MBA ’75) and Dave Stern (Ternary Publishing) Another Faust by Daniel Nayeri and Dina Viergutz (MBA ’06) (Candlewick) Killer Mountain (a thriller) by View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
At Your Service
Frei and Morriss: No heroics, please—partner with customers to make strategic service choices instead of trying to be the best at everything. In their new book, Uncommon Service: How to Win by Putting Customers at the Core of Your... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
An Authentic Leader
highly successful CEOs basked in near celebrity status conferred by the media, George dodged the limelight and steadfastly insisted that he didn’t create anything. He just made it possible for others to do so. George also believed in... View Details
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2019 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
religion, and media. Her first book, Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger . was named a Best Book of 2018 selection by NPR, The Washington Post, Book Riot and Psychology Today. A prolific writer and speaker, her articles have... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Fine Print: Alumni Recommend Their Best Reads
Humankind, by Yuval Noah Harari I found myself frequently searching Google for things I read about in the book, which extended the time it took to read it, but I always view this as a great sign. Among the highlights for me: We all share... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
Energy Services, while Peter R. Formanek (MBA '68) and his AutoZone cared for car owners in need of quality parts and friendly service. This kaleidoscope of achievement was being replicated by HBS alumni... View Details