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- 01 Dec 2004
- News
One-on-One with William H. Donaldson
December 2001 had severely eroded investor confidence and prompted Congress to legislate sweeping corporate reforms contained in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Donaldson’s predecessor, Harvey L. Pitt, had been forced to resign under pressure. And the agency was woefully... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
OCTOBER 6 Rajendra Aneja (AMP 175, 2008) brought his expertise in marketing in rural areas to the task of stopping the spread of the COVID-19, which he deems “the biggest and most serious problem facing mankind since World War II.” In... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Avoiding a Succession Crisis
critical perspective of an outsider who sees the need for real change. Building inside-outsiders means managing succession to bring to the fore leaders who will challenge their strategic inheritance. Since succession planning is so... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
The Exchange: Chance Encounters
there was a lot more experimentation earlier, in terms of letting people be at home, but now you can see more large establishments requiring folks to come back. I’ve been talking to the largest technology firms about this: They’ve created View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria
Karacesme (MBA 2021) and Süleyman Onay (MBA 2016) are working with the Turkish Education Foundation to raise awareness about a unique fund designed to support students called “Keep Them in School.” “The foundation initially had plans and View Details
- 27 Mar 2012
- News
One School at a Time
“We have a very small staff because we try to keep tuition as low as possible,” she says. “HBS gave me a great appreciation for the number of moving pieces that need to come together to create a successful organization. Schools are very organic. They’re alive. It’s a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2019
- News
City on a Hill
been blighted by changes in industry.” Finally, Marietta says the lack of resources and infrastructure means that anyone committed to growing local enterprises and organizational capacity beyond the big city must be prepared to tackle... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Comfort Zone
comfortable, that task has to fall to the airports. “Travel was stressful already, and even more so after COVID. The airports need to respond by making this time as relaxing as possible,” says Fraser, who is also a trained architect,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The Spangler Effect
campus center surfaced soon after Kim Clark was appointed Dean in 1995 and a task force was assembled to update the campus master plan. “We identified that there was no central place on campus for students to gather,” recalls Sharon... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
way—flexible work. But flexibility means a lot more than a day or two a week to “work from home”: 93 percent of your employees want more flexibility in when, not just where, they work. They want choice and they are leaving their roles to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
An Investment in Tomorrow's Leaders
Fellowships School’s Socioeconomic Inclusion Task Force and First-Generation Students Club (see related story), HBS aims to help students feel part of a supportive community. “We want them to immerse themselves in the HBS experience and... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
Illustration by Marcos Chin It’s market day in Barrio Curtidores, which means the main thoroughfare is packed with shoppers perusing makeshift stands that offer everything from jeans and blenders to vegetables and tacos. Moto-taxis... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
athenahealth's work is geared toward the less glamorous tasks of administration. But less time spent on those details, of course, means more time spent doctoring. "Those first steps of connecting medical... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Broken Link
online like it was 1996. This was worrisome to Marwell—a serial entrepreneur and recipient of the San Francisco Chronicle Visionary of the Year award—as technology was becoming increasingly essential for success at school and in the workforce. “Broadband connectivity... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Breaking Free from Fear of Change
anxieties that can arise and block career growth when change is the order of the day. What’s the meaning of “flying without a net” in your book’s title? High-need-for-achievement professionals — and I would say that many MBAs would place... View Details
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
mean that in the most positive sense, needless to say. What’s really funny is that all she’s doing is demanding due diligence.” For example, Cognetti was surprised to find out that the district rarely followed state or federal procurement... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
New Releases
1996 faculty symposium titled "Breaking New Ground: Initiatives in Management Education, 1980-1995." Organized by Clark, the three-day event gave faculty an opportunity to take a step back from their ongoing research and talk about the larger View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Money (Actually) Can Buy Happiness
mindset to make you more strategic or more efficient with your time—but there’s not much research on that yet. Recently, we studied how people could spend their discretionary income to promote happiness: What would happen if you spent your money to have more time, by... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
is now an absolute focal point, meaning that flights typically serving leisure or corporate travelers—the latter accounting for more than 50 percent of current air travel in the country—will be reduced in favor of more site-to-site... View Details
- 17 Nov 2016
- News
Wired for Innovation
long-distance oil and gas pipelines are guided by modern regulations and an infrastructure blueprint,” Skelly explains. “But existing US electric lines were erected by utility companies several decades ago, to connect local customers to nearby fossil fuel sources. That... View Details