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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
distance with only a 5 percent loss. One of Skelly’s biggest challenges is the red tape involved in convincing residents and various levels of government that more power lines are a good thing. “We think the way to get this done is by... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Six Receive 2017 HBS Alumni Achievement Award
others, you’ll create a self-perpetuating culture.” “My parents were the first in their families to attend high school, never mind college,” says Jack Brennan (MBA 1980), former chairman and CEO of the Vanguard Group. Brennan cites the power of education to View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
In the Blood
business where there’s opportunity for chicanery and less than full disclosure,” he observes. “Our number one value is honesty without hesitation.” Clay’s management style is equally simple: “People and horses produce at a higher level... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
male VCs and founders can play a role in leveling the playing field, too, as more women enter the sector. “The top women entrepreneurs really want to work with the top women VCs,” she says. That’s the premise of All Raise, one of several... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Mara Aspinall
innovation becomes clear, and acceptance is the eventual outcome. For patients, movement along this timeline requires a high comfort level with the fact that this new data will not be used against them in any way. Will the recent... View Details
- 19 Jun 2017
- News
How Women's Basketball Conquered Europe
do not have a competitive high school basketball. They play, but there are no leagues. There's no leagues with-- at the college level in basketball. Instead, when someone has an interest in basketball or almost any other sport, rather... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
to Levitt for that insight. “He had such great antennae. And he was brave. It takes courage to stick your chin out in the air and say this is what’s coming. I always wanted to be prepared for his class. Not that I feared him; you just didn’t want to be left out.” That... View Details
- 14 Nov 2019
- News
Keeping Red Lobster Fresh
extremely open and solicit feedback from the employees closest to the action. I have lunch—one on one lunches—with employees at all levels of the company to really hear. I do that all the time. But that lets you hear the stuff you can't... View Details
- 01 May 2015
- News
Celebrating and Supporting Leadership
education in the 21st century. The primary objectives of The Harvard Business School Campaign are to: Inspire significantly increased levels of participation and engagement among alumni Inform, identify, and engage the next generation of... View Details
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- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Student Conferences Tackle Business Issues
Panitchpakdi, the next director general of the World Trade Organization and the deputy prime minister of Thailand, discussed the need for managing developing countries’ reactions to rapid and widespread trade and economic liberalization. He cautioned that the high... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
in “water-stressed” countries, where either the quantity or the quality of water supplies will have sunk to levels ranging from inadequate to economically crippling. At the same time, another valuable water-infrastructure system, the... View Details
- 21 Nov 2017
- News
Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy
completely different and new, so we need to keep an eye on what those communities do. “Another big area is the Caribbean, where I do quite a bit of work. As sea levels rise, those island nations could be entirely wiped out, so they are... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
James McNerney Jr.
didn’t do that. You have just one very obvious public competitor in Europe’s Airbus. Is that healthy? The investment levels are so high in this business that it’s natural that there would be only two players in the space. I think China... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
"Economists are puzzle solvers..."
economics. I get such a kick out of being able to bridge the highly mathematical world of formulas and the hands-on world of the markets. Bulletin: Can you describe what it's like to work at this level of intellectual sophistication?... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
look no further than five factors historically associated with financial crises: inflated prices of real estate, institutions with high levels of leverage, new products falling into regulatory gaps, rapid growth in an asset class or... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
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Making the Case for Leadership
deliver, they go. I think that is pretty clear to everybody,” says Natarajan. Natarajan led the company’s turnaround by instituting an annual Vision Community exercise, which invites selected employees at all levels to join in... View Details
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- 01 Dec 2010
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Innovation Takes Center Stage
deeply that this School is experienced by some as not providing a level playing field. How we address that is a vexing and complex matter. All over the world, businesses are learning to deal with a more diverse workforce. If Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
On Credit
their rare level of detail, geographic scope, and depth of narrative information about individual businesses and the people who ran them—the high-flying bankers and railroad men as well as women, recent immigrants, and African Americans.... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
How to Survive Past Start-up
alumnus who went on to earn his doctoral degree and to teach entrepreneurship at HBS. “Distinguish between ideas that only rise to the level of ‘nice to have,’ versus things that people really need or greatly want.” Especially in the... View Details
- 24 May 2023
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Balancing Acts
order to have any kind of success. So, I would say the foundation's got to be at home, take care of home first. And then when you leave home and you get to the office, then make certain that you do that with a will to win. Continuing to perform or achieve a View Details