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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
commonsensical, and proven to work.” Klarman’s long-term outlook has served him — and large numbers of clients and community members — extremely well. At Baupost, the Boston-based 165-person firm he has led since earning his MBA, Klarman... View Details
Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
How Do I Get Your Job?
the date—May 14, 1999. One year after I graduated from business school, I was responsible for my own salary. RU: You make it sound so easy. What was the most challenging aspect of starting Bluemercury? MMB: The hardest thing I ever did... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
The Right Stuff: Getting the Word from MBA Admissions
leads client teams in the effective delivery of solid, useful information and analysis. We also look for a record of leadership or, in the absence of concrete experience, leadership potential as indicated by certain personal qualities.... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
No Bull — Nancy E. Havens-Hasty (MBA 1971)
the Honeywell/GE merger for the Boston Consulting Group. Rather, she was assigned a client her bosses thought was more befitting a "lady": Mrs. Smith's Pie Company. Even that was a controversial assignment, her superiors fretted, because... View Details
Keywords: Linda Goodspeed
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Better than Cash
and general management consulting services — all free of charge. “The five CAP volunteers assessed our agency carefully and gave me the kind of information I hadn’t had before,” says Alston-Follansbee. “They helped us realize that what we do best is provide services... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
World Class Learning
holds the "monopoly position" in the world marketplace it once enjoyed. "Students come here to learn, but they also have a responsibility to teach," he observes. "They have been admitted to HBS on the basis of their unique experiences -... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 19 Jun 2017
- News
Can Neuroscience Find You the Perfect Job?
well portrayed in the news necessarily. And I also think-- I think, unfortunately, the media likes to take a clickbaity spin on a subject. Oh, AI, like the evil overlord robots are coming to steal your job, right? We were at TED last week, and we actually gave an... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
leaders through Bridgestar, a nonprofit executive recruiting service leveraged by technology; and to create a robust source of knowledge from those activities that can be shared freely — and free of charge — with others. “The vast majority of Bridgespan’s View Details
- 19 Feb 2008
- News
The Scoop Behind the Silver Screen
elements are added.” Both businesses require vision and a healthy appetite for risk. Another similarity is permits, budgets, and a cast of people who come together to work on a common project for two or three years. Attracting a cornerstone View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
think the so-called rewards they bring are pretty overrated." Rather, Glover finds immense satisfaction in helping clients create safer workplaces and a cleaner environment. "The icing on the cake," she says, "is that we simultaneously... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Getting the Message
state-of-the-art graphics, to target the right audience, and to measure responses instantly. But many experts contend that Internet advertising is still in its infancy. There is a widely held belief that in the future we will compare... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
affected company shut the necessary doors, saving it an estimated $20 million. Flashpoint has public sector clients too, including global governments as well as US military and law enforcement agencies. In fall 2014, it launched a... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
motives, such as ending research that might pinpoint responsibility and, most threateningly, liability for this man-made epidemic. Europe and the End of the Age of Innocence by Francesco M. Bongiovanni (MBA 1980) Palgrave Macmillan... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Spirit at Work
ultimatums or drawing lines in the sand, the kind of petty, superficial responses that really only create enemies. If someone blew up at me, instead of firing him, I'd say, 'Let's work together.' I deferred to the wisdom of my team and... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 16 May 2017
- News
Facing the Board
experienced people,” Desai said. “Sitting back and listening is the worst thing you can do. Be aggressive in challenging them.” The Boardroom concept was born in response to feedback from HBS students following the 2015 launch of the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Kash Rangan
performance, and even go beyond and recall cases, frameworks, and solution approaches. It is quite a different approach to participating in the sector. In a way they become the catalysts for internal change. Many alumni get involved with corporate social View Details
- 18 Nov 2020
- News
Networking Goes Truly Global; Confronting Institutional Racism with Case Method Webinar
some time networking. Webinar Tackles Race and Mass Incarceration Using Case Method Nearly 2.3 million individuals are currently locked up in U.S. prisons, jails, and detention centers. Of these, 60% are Black or Latinx. Why the mass incarceration, and why such... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 11 May 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
her bachelor’s degree in 1983. Fisher spent five years at IBM, working with clients in health care, insurance, and defense. “I found I appreciated business in ways I never expected,” she says, “and probably have affected the health of... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
selfishness, and greed - and cause it to self-destruct. But to an extraordinary extent, the response of the city, and its financial and business community, was quite the opposite. In the months following September 11, compassion, not... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Seth Klarman
hold him largely responsible for it. How have Ben Bernanke and Henry Paulson (MBA ’70) done in managing the financial crisis? They have been dealt an unimaginably bad hand. If any of us were in their shoes, we would be doing similar... View Details