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- 14 Nov 2015
- News
A Message to HBS Alumni in France
The following message was sent earlier today to HBS alumni in France, following the tragic events of November 13. Dear HBS Alumni and Friends, The unfolding events in Paris have shocked and saddened the world. On behalf of the Harvard... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Action Plan: A New ’Cue
opinion of what barbecue is and how it should be made.” How would he please people across the barbecue spectrum? Corsello’s solution was bold. He and his partner Jeff Mauro, of Food Network fame, would serve “creative barbecue.” The approach View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
Made in America: Lessons from the Front Lines of Global Commerce,” piqued my interest, so I ended up reading the entire magazine, not just the Class Notes. Imagine my shock when I saw the “The Scene” photo of twelve singing tycoons in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Capitalizing the Corner Shop
to macro shocks in the global economy, and there were few places to turn to for financial support. “There’s not much venture capital now, and for sure there wasn’t much venture capital back then,” he adds. “It was very tough to go to the... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 13 Dec 2017
- News
Skydeck Live: What Really Motivates American Voters?
reunions. READ MORE Morrell: Diane, thank you again for being here. We really appreciate it. This is a new way of looking at these undecided voters, who were sort of a black box. What were you seeing early on that was revelatory to you? Hessan: It was absolutely View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Helping smallholder farmers feed the world
training to impoverished communities worldwide, to create healthy local economies. “More than three million children under age five die each year from preventable, hunger-related causes,” he explains. “That shocks me. I have to make my... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Managing a Master
was being poorly managed." The two men arranged to meet again. A month later in New York City, they shook hands over dinner and agreed to work together. "I was shocked when I discovered how much the music industry favored the record... View Details
Keywords: Jeff Lazar
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Mary Quin: A Life-Changing Story
run to the safety of her rescuers. Four of the other tourists were killed. Quin returned home to Rochester, New York, aware that the ordeal had permanently changed her. But she thought it best to wait until some of the initial shock had... View Details
- 29 Jan 2010
- News
Back to Glass-Steagall?
President Obama shocked Wall Street recently with his proposal to cut down to size too-big-to-fail banks by imposing new rules to separate commercial and investment activities. Specifically, Obama would prohibit banks that take customers... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
The Case for Studying Financial History
liquidity shock because of the extent of leverage, of debt that had emerged in the system. So the lack of knowledge about financial history, in your view, contributed to the current global financial crisis? I really believe that. It’s... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
One-on-One with Robert McNamara
shock of the Kennedy assassination and the accession of President Johnson. And increasingly, there was the problem of Southeast Asia. McNamara says he at first accepted the Cold War–based “domino theory” that if South Vietnam fell to... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 23 Oct 2024
- News
Running Man
There aren’t many people on this planet—let alone septuagenarians—who can contemplate running 50 or 100 miles at a time. But for 77-year-old Eric Spector (MBA 1972), a retired entrepreneur and CEO in the tech, consumer retail, and media sectors, running long (long,... View Details
- 22 Sep 2016
- News
Words and Pictures
chance to reflect on what she wrote 14 years ago. “I am shocked to discover how true some of the things are,” she says. “Maybe not the specifics, but the values and overall interests are still the same.” View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 16 Nov 2017
- News
The Business of Social Justice
refugee women about reproductive health. “I was shocked the first time I heard some kids call me La Blanche—“The White Lady”—because I am a lighter-skinned African American,” she laughs. Working in West Africa put the future into sharper... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Arnon Mishkin (MBA 1989)
of the whole. When Trump had a horrible news week, we saw in the polls that Hillary Clinton didn’t make any gains as a result of his missteps. The joke I used to make about the 2016 presidential election is, “We were shocked but not... View Details
- 07 Oct 2014
- News
Network Effect
was shocked by their advice. “They said, ‘Try three Advil a day. It might help. There are a few FDA-approved drugs for Alzheimer’s disease, and they won’t help,’” he recalls. McCance, a venture- capital pioneer with Greylock Partners, had... View Details
Keywords: Linda Kush
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
together and helped each other cope with the loss, the pain, and the shock to our everyday lives. When New Yorkers join together, nothing can stop us." But for most New Yorkers, that resolve would not come immediately - the View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Drive-In Nation
cars advance unseen. It’s a lesson American carmakers apparently forgot. “For the six decades preceding the second oil shock in the 1980s, the United States was a highly protected market,” declares HBS professor Malcolm Salter, who has... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Edgar Koerner (MBA 1959)
less a figure than Gerson Cohen, the head of The Jewish Theological Seminary, agreed to be my tutor. For six years we met once a week; that, too, was an extraordinary education. Then, in 1988, I read Rachel and Her Children by Jonathan Kozol, a View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
own solutions while Marty egged him on. When our classmate was finished, to the shock and amusement of the class, Marty slyly asked him if he would like to tell his conclusions directly to the CEO, whom Marty then ushered in from the... View Details