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- 01 Mar 2010
- News
The Meaning of Ramadi
that failure is an inevitable and necessary part of life. It happens whether you like it or not — sometimes as a result of your own (or someone else’s) error in judgment and sometimes simply because time and circumstance had a vote. Once you’ve accepted this difficult... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Realizing a Dream
a liberal arts degree at night while working in the family heating and cooling business. Initially the idea of a Harvard education seemed both unnecessary and far-fetched to Ferrara, but the more he learned about HBS, the more intrigued... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Summit Sound Bites
more than we earn. It’s very simple.” —James Wolfensohn (MBA ’59), Chairman, Wolfensohn & Company, LLC “The real strength of America is not its technical schools. What we don’t have in India, and what the world doesn’t understand the importance of, is the View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Designing a More Artful Future for the Middle East
fellowship is a great liberator and enabler, allowing students like me the ability to pursue our passions. It inspires me to pay it forward for other students after I graduate.” View Details
Keywords: Inclusion
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016
way forward when analysis falls short. Experiences in Liberal Arts and Science Education from America, Europe, and Asia: A Dialogue across Continents edited by William C. Kirby and Marijk C. van der Wende (Palgrave Macmillan) This book... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Book Review: The Old West
with a fistful of freedom in one hand and the corpse of tyranny at your feet.'" —Ron Brown (JD 1971/MBA 1973) on Bolívar: American Liberator by Marie Arana View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 10 Jul 2024
- News
Next Level
Gina Joseph (GMP 29, 2020), chief strategy officer for the technology media company VentureBeat, was recently honored by the San Francisco Business Times in their “40 Under 40” issue. Joseph is thriving in the media, tech, and gaming world—all industries traditionally... View Details
Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace
- 07 Oct 2014
- News
Network Effect
True to the venture capitalist ideals of simplicity and thrift, the partners created a streamlined application process. Researchers submit three-page proposals and receive answers in a few weeks, rather than months or years. The process is View Details
Keywords: Linda Kush
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Julie Bishop (AMP 151, 1996)
later she defeated a seasoned incumbent to win a seat in parliament. Her experience led to cabinet positions including Minister for Ageing, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women’s Issues, and Minister for Education, Science and Training. In 2007, she became... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photography by X99/Zuma
- 12 May 2016
- News
Food Rescue Is on a Mission
Success began with vegetable lentil soup. Ian Carson (OPM 42, 2012) was fresh off volunteering in Australian politics as state president of the Liberal Party in Victoria when he was inspired to take action about food waste and hunger. He... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Democratizing Funding, Diversifying Funders
exposure to risk. Those people with income and net worth under $107,000 can invest either $2,200 or 5 percent of their income (whichever is lower) in such companies over a given year; wealthier individuals can invest up to 10 percent of their income or wealth annually.... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Rahul Bajaj, MBA 1964
the group companies. During that time, he also earned a law degree in Bombay (now Mumbai). By the 1990s, Bajaj Auto faced problems worthy of an HBS case study. A combination of the company's ramped-up production and the entry-thanks to some early View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Admit It: You’re in Denial
past. Liberated from history, they saw clearly and decided rightly. You can’t afford to deny denial. So learn to recognize it. Blind spots in a car are inevitable, but good drivers train themselves to become aware of them and take... View Details
- 27 Oct 2020
- News
HBS Votes
health of democracy does not align the company with a liberal or conservative agenda. It is simply an expression of confidence and trust in people—people just like its own employees and customers.” View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
The Future Is Now: 21st-Century Business Pondered at HBS Forum
Yoffie added that in the near future, "we won't be talking about Internet companies as something distinct because the Net will be so integrated into everything we do." That integration, panelist Walter Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal noted, will be hastened when... View Details
- 26 May 2016
- News
2016 Alumni Achievement Awards
to own the problem and do a lot of work to figure out our values and culture.” “Coming to HBS with a liberal arts background from Yale meant I had to ‘tool up’ a bit on the more quantitative subjects. But I enjoyed the environment; the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019
through the recognition of religious difference and state policies that seek to eradicate such difference have contributed to failures of liberal democratic consolidation. Creative Construction: The DNA of Sustained Innovation by Gary... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
A Binary Formula
research and for universities to strive to disseminate new knowledge and liberate it from unnecessarily restrictive patents and licensing. Indeed, many of the ideas Pisano has advanced over the years are being adopted by the biotech... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Breaking Free from Fear of Change
pride themselves on perfect performance can become emotionally paralyzed at that point, and that can stall their careers. So the flying-without-a- net metaphor is aimed at liberating those people, opening them up to a new sense of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Fight Beyond
Nazi Germany finally seemed to be in sight. In June 1944, Allied troops had come ashore on the beaches of Normandy, pushing the Axis forces east as the Soviet Union forced them west. In late August, Allied tanks had liberated Paris, which... View Details