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- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Lisa Churchville (MBA 1979)
A native of Aliceville, Alabama, Lisa Churchville attended HBS while on educational leave from IBM. Upon graduation, she changed paths and pursued her interest in broadcasting, working as an account executive for ABC before joining NBC in 1986. Having held various... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
What Happened to Leadership?
midwestern middle class for generations. Manufacturing jobs paid for college educations, including mine.” He called on the private sector to work with government — “a catalyst for leadership and change” — to set goals for productivity,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Carving a Niche
turns down sheer mountain faces, launching off snow-capped boulders, and even sliding along stair railings in the middle of a city park. Faction cofounders Alex Hoye (left) and Tony McWilliam at the company’s offices in Verbier,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Trade Off
at how much of that has gone to the new middle class in Asia, India, and China, and not to the working middle class in the already developed world—that’s where you see the revolt. Given the importance of... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
One Degree of Difference
Competitiveness and Hurting America’s Middle Class,” by Professor Joseph Fuller and Manjari Raman, a program director and senior researcher at HBS’s Managing the Future of Work project. The impact of the... View Details
- 17 Apr 2017
- News
Jeff Immelt Wants a Radical Transformation of GE
jet engines, and for years made its home in leafy Connecticut will officially open its new corporate headquarters in downtown Boston, smack in the middle of the city’s burgeoning innovation district. According to the Boston Globe, after... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Breakthrough International Negotiation
managing conflict, and building momentum. The authors guide readers through detailed accounts of complex negotiations involving North Korea, Bosnia, the Middle East, and Kuwait, raising questions and... View Details
- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Front-Row Seat
room of La Brasserie, a Capitol Hill institution for political power lunchers and Hollywood A-listers. Bradley was anticipating a celebration; instead, he was assaulted with a list of 20 complaints about his management style and requests... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
INK: The Bookshelf
of this book is that the volatility through the messy middle of any project is about achieving a positive slope. Your job is to manage the lows and maintain a focus on optimizing the highs.” CLASSIC... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Taking Attendance
Constance “CJ” Jones (MBA 2008) had a tough time as a student at her middle school in Durham, North Carolina. Often the only person of color in the academically advanced classes, she felt rejected by both her white and her black peers for... View Details
- 29 Feb 2016
- News
How Joe Shoen Got U-Haul Back on Track
Dressed in black pants and a black U-Haul shirt, Joe Shoen, 66, is sitting in a conference room in the middle of a meeting. His cellphone buzzes. Brenda, a customer moving from Michigan to Florida, is furious about a U-Haul phone operator... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Greed, Gullibility, and Optimism
access to financing for veterans, accelerated suburban development and helped make the American dream of home ownership a reality for the middle class. What happened to turn that dream into such a nightmare? Not only in America but also... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Borders and the Self By Chinwe Ajena-Sagna (MBA 2003) Masobe Books “Who are you?” Every border tells a story. Every story has its origins. Tracing a cultural lineage from the beginnings of Igbo history in the ninth century by delineating... View Details
- 02 Jun 2011
- News
Serious Fun
The educational power of video games and simulations to teach everyone from fighter pilots to senior managers is well documented. Games, after all, are fun. Our competitive instinct kicks in, and before we know it we’ve lost an hour to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
HBS Faculty Explore Ideas Around the World
interviews have been completed that provide a unique perspective on the last 40 years of business in Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. The majority of these are now available on the Creating Emerging Markets website as... View Details
Keywords: faculty research
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Analyze This
sole HBS graduates in the countries where they live. Using the mailing list as his guide, Emmons found that 22 countries and territories receive just one copy of the Bulletin, ranging from Armenia to Uzbekistan. He managed to track down... View Details
- 22 Nov 2013
- News
A Passion for Film
Massachusetts, he went to see Small Change, a 1976 drama directed by Francois Truffaut, with his middle school French class. "My parents had taken me to Young Frankenstein and independent films, but that blew me away," he says. But... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Ink: Alumni Books and Recommendations
Rockefeller live here?” But we start off with the Dakota, which most people think of as the first luxury apartment building, even though a Rockefeller would not have lived there. It was incredibly luxurious, but it was in the middle of... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
can be extremely lonely.” That began to change in 1997, when Endeavor was founded to spur economic growth in emerging and developing markets, initially in Latin America. It now has offices in India, South Africa, and Turkey, with plans to set up shop in more countries... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Thomas C. Høegh
and closing ceremonies for the Winter Olympic Games, a smash hit enjoyed by a global television audience of hundreds of millions. "Reindeer, sled dogs, and fiddlers were my life for an entire year," laughs the lanky, amiable Høegh. "Then came my View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons