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- 16 Dec 2020
- News
Our Favorite Stories of 2020
daughter of diplomats. Good Odds We loved this story because it reveals something hidden in plain sight: How less-than-perfect foods—from an airline’s unsold cheese trays to a weirdly-shaped carrot—can fill a need and drive a viable... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Reimagining Capitalism In a World of Limited Resources
leadership of Henderson and Professor Forest Reinhardt, the BEI coordinates the activities of a large group of Harvard faculty members from multiple disciplines in an effort, Henderson says, "to create new business models that encourage sensible investments now that... View Details
Keywords: Dalai Lama
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Business Case (Or Not) for Sustainability
we’re burning down the house and we have to stop? When is it going to happen?” And he looks at me and says, “You know, change is really slow until it’s fast.” One of the things I do with businesspeople is a very simple scenario analysis: “What are the View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Patch Work
The week before the November 2024 US elections was like so many that came before at Winning Connections, with John Jameson (MBA 1991) padding around his firm’s Capitol Hill town house in athletic shorts, trying to demonstrate that the telephone still has a role to play... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014
focus is on Ann Edwards, daughter of a prominent Kohler striker, and her custodianship of the memoirs of Elliott Goldberg , Jimmy Hoffa and the Teamsters' CPA. Martin Shapiro's 2039 (a futuristic novel) by Martin Shapiro (MBA 1966) Skipper, from the Prairies to the... View Details
- 19 Jan 2023
- News
Forged in Fire
life, the things outside my sphere of influence, what can I do to make them work for me instead of against me? For me, it was figuring out how can I make blind look good? And if I could never sit back and reimagine my vision of greatness for myself, how I can make... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Li & Fung's Global Footprint
the changing global landscape for business leaders Look in any closet, toy chest, or family room in a typical Western home, and you’ll find a trove of goods supplied by a century-old Hong Kong–based export trading company— Li & Fung Ltd. View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019
reliable ones? Should we abandon our current business model for an entirely new one? Making bold changes demands bold leadership and, often, massive cultural transformation. Li points to organizations that beat the odds and succeeded at... View Details
- 19 Jun 2017
- News
How Women's Basketball Conquered Europe
something. There was very little interest, and it happened that a team in France contacted my partner at the time. We got a call. My partners Bob and Pat Kennedy had established the first basketball camps for girls and women in the United States. OK? This goes back 40... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Alumni Books
Odds by Peter D. Johnston (MBA ’90) (Negotiation Press) How do you negotiate with Wal-Mart or with an intimidating boss about an ethical issue? How do you negotiate a capital infusion for a struggling start-up or better health care for... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
More Alumni Books
Odds by Gerald C. Leader (MBA ’61) with Amy F. Stern (Harvard Education Press) Strategy and the Fat Smoker: Doing What’s Obvious But Not Easy by David Maister (DBA ’76) (Spangle Press) Fuel: Catholic Men Living the Faith, A Small Group... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
today. When they first emerged, business schools were highly controversial institutions. The profit-maximizing imperatives of business were seen to be at odds with the more disinterested mission of universities. Business education came to... View Details
- 26 Feb 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Morgan Hermand-Waiche (MBA 2010)
elements in life that drive you away from working on something you're passionate about. It can be peer pressure (e.g., 'you should do consulting or finance'); money (e.g., 'a hedge fund is the job with the highest odds of making good... View Details
- 11 Sep 2009
- News
I Network, You Network, He, She, It Networks…
questions were generated by that odd ritual, the recruiting event. Her visit was sponsored by MBA Career Services. “You really have to be on your game in a recessionary economy,” Smith cautioned a gathering of about fifty students. “Make... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Get Ready for Saudi Oil Shock
significantly outpace supply that people understand what’s going on. I think if we don’t, we could have an unbelievably awful global tipping point. If the odds are 20 percent I’m right, why wouldn’t you do these things? Because if it... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Crisis and Creativity
Texas Instruments were also launched during this time. In fact, the odds on the success of an appropriately directed new venture during a downturn may be higher than in a competitive boom. Entrepreneurs — inside and outside of... View Details
Keywords: Bhaskar Chakravorti
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
A Random Sampling of HBS Graduates in the News
an odd experience for Kramer the journalist: SEC rules prohibited MarketWatch from covering its own much-anticipated debut - or even from running stories by other news media that might mention it - so as not to unfairly promote its stock.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
An Advocate for Women's Equality
detailed in the recent book A Matter of Simple Justice: The Untold Story of Barbara Hackman Franklin and a Few Good Women (Penn State University Libraries), written by Lee Stout. Nixon's advocacy of women's issues, often at odds with his... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Capitalism’s New Agenda
theatrical for some people. But odd as it may seem, their concerns were not very different from the concerns we heard when we talked to business leaders around the world about the problems they thought might constitute material threats to... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Power of Imperfect Eating By Kavita Bhatnagar (SELP 11, 2022) Penguin Enterprise Rather than dictating which foods are good or bad, this book weaves together stories that mirror the intricate, emotional, and often imperfect... View Details