Management Practices - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jan 2003
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Daniel L. Vasella, M.D.

aspirations, purpose, and values, so that they work together as an aligned team." Dan Vasella finds that the skills he called upon as a practicing physician are equally useful in running one of the world's largest pharmaceutical... View Details

01 Dec 2011
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Alumni Book Briefs

successes and setbacks —from launching start-ups and taking on the family business to helping kids in the Persian Gulf and harnessing new technology and developing clean energy—they reveal how the next generation of ideas, aspirations, and View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2017
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Environmental Impact

fellowships, and influence practice by convening thought leaders. A self-described pro-environment, pro-science Republican, she believes that business has a critical role to play in environmental conservation: “It’s important that View Details

01 Mar 2004
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Warren Law Remembered

close to practice in the best tradition of the School and whose kindness, caring, and wit made him very special in the hearts of students and colleagues alike,” said HBS Dean Kim B. Clark. During a teaching career that began at HBS in... View Details

Keywords: obiturary; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Oct 1998
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A Zest to Invest

A young currency trader knocks politely on a conference room door at Kingdon Capital Management Corp. (KCMC), a Manhattan-based hedge fund. Her boss, KCMC's founder and president Mark Kingdon, invites her in with a friendly nod. "The... View Details

Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.

01 Apr 1996
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"Foundations" Paves the Way for Entering MBAs

the permanent sections that will carry them through the required curriculum," Schlesinger notes. "Through exercises in teamwork, applied personal skills, and project management, we provided both the process and project expertise that students will need in order to... View Details

01 Jun 2017
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Life in Lockdown

Ina Foalea leads a brainstorming session in Morris Hall during this year’s Startup Lockdown. It is 6:30 p.m. on the Wednesday of Spring Break. But Ina Foalea (MBA 2018) is in work mode as she stretches out on the couch in the first-floor lounge of Morris Hall, biting... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; photography by Chris Churchill

16 Dec 2016
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Kurt (MBA 1967) and Louise Wulff

Exxon oil refinery and designed chemical plants for Chevron. “I had practical experience in the energy field, but as an engineer, I focused entirely on the quantitative,” explains Wulff. His wife, Louise, suggested he take business... View Details

01 Jun 2018
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Up by the Roots

to others in their personal networks. Over the past eight years, the FIL has played a crucial role in building what HBS professor of management practice Mitch Weiss calls a city’s “innovation... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Dan Page

01 Dec 1996
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Starting Up and Starting Over

later, Bower helped lead it to a position of international growth and stature. To a great extent, Bower - who began the practice of hiring MBAs directly out of business school - is responsible for creating the entire View Details

01 Mar 2019
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In Character: A Case Discussion Drama

the business but no day-to-day role). The case is fictional but is based on a combination of several real businesses encountered by Boris Tsimerinov (PLDA 16, 2017), managing director at Semper8 Capital, a Toronto-based investment firm.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Sep 2008
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Where Are They Now?

entrepreneurial business leaders in the Owner/President Management Program (OPM) that he also headed for many years, is inspired enough by what he has experienced at the Meadows to consider starting a company dedicated to building and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

06 Mar 2018
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A Voice for Diversity and Impact at Scale

diversity of professional experiences and personal stories created a great environment for learning and helped me expand my network.” Now a senior partner and the managing partner of McKinsey’s UK and Ireland offices, Hunt has used the... View Details

01 Apr 2002
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Q&A - Mark Fields

After HBS, he signed on with the Ford Motor Company, where he served in various capacities, including two years as managing director of Ford Argentina S.A. In 1998, he moved to Mazda (33.4 percent of which is owned by Ford) as senior... View Details

Keywords: auto; Mazda; Ford; Mark Fields; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Jun 2018
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June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

authors argue that meticulous integration management is the key to success in M&A transactions, half of which are unsuccessful because this key factor is neglected. This practical manual helps View Details

22 Jul 2015
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Supporting a Return to Work for Women Execs

them really became a full-time career.” This was in the 1990s, when Gould had a management position in marketing and strategy at Reuters and before family-friendly HR policies, such as job-sharing, had caught on with many companies. She... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Goldman Sachs; Reuters; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

16 Jan 2020
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Hitting the High Notes

of Lynn Harrell, which includes a supporting cast of Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, John Williams, André Previn, and Anne-Sophie Mutter. Chicago Alumni Get Insight on Creating a Magnetic Culture Human Capital Management expert Kevin Sheridan... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Oct 2000
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After the Revolution: Putting the Internet in Perspective

paramount. "When you went to Harvard Business School, we really knew what we were talking about," he told alumni. "But in the new economy, just about everything we accepted about business is being questioned." Nolan, an expert on general View Details