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- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
even been overtaken by, market forces and finance? How big and how pervasive is the business of sports? Swinging for the Seats A recent Georgia Tech study put the value of the sports industry at $152 billion annually. But HBS professor... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
New MBA Leadership Course
into three interrelated parts. First, students learn about the legal, ethical, and economic responsibilities of companies and their leaders. Next, they look at organizational systems and governance structures that can foster responsible behavior. Finally, they examine... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
expectations, guilt, betrayal, and self-doubt, Izzy and Daniel struggle to reconcile their immediate and compelling intimacy with their search for new and fulfilling lives. Longevity: Reinvent Yourself at Any Age By Maria L. Ellis (OPM 32, 2003) Difference Press Do you... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2005
becoming an engineer, a course he pursued at the University of Virginia. He now jokes about how he “moonlighted” as an engineering student while pursuing his passion for the theater and community service. Upon graduation, Williams knew he wanted an engineering job that... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
relationship. Combining our strengths will be profitable, both politically and economically. What’s the toughest thing you’ve had to do in your job? When I first joined M&M Ltd., I had to dismiss some very senior executives who had clearly been violating the ethical... View Details
- 07 May 2019
- News
How Sonja Hoel Perkins Saved John McAfee from an Especially Bad Deal
attending Harvard Business School, Hoel Perkins landed a job on the ground floor of the venture capital firm TA Associates in Boston. There she impressed management with her computer skills—all self-taught—and her knack for finding prospects for investment. Around that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
the third of five children. The family placed a heavy emphasis on the value of good, honest labor; at 18, he became a firefighter to help pay his university expenses. The occupying workers also came from large families, and many had... View Details
- 28 Feb 2025
- News
Alumni Startup Enters the Shark Tank
comfortable with technology. We also refined our AI-powered “Speech-To-Story” engine, which transforms spoken words into beautifully written stories. Finally, we’ve added features that make it easier for families to share these recordings... View Details
- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
Michael and I think about that question,” says Gordon, adding that with the privileges they’ve had, if they don’t take risks in life, they’re wasting it. So, yeah, maybe her parents think she’s a little bit nuts for doing this, she says.... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Hawes Hall Dedicated
managed to put food on the table — for their children as well as for complete strangers — despite their humble circumstances. From his parents, Hawes said he learned three lessons: the importance of family, the brotherhood of all humans, and the View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
difficult,” he says. In its new incarnation, EyeView provides advertisers, agencies, and video networks a platform to create personalized online, broadcast-quality video ads tailored to the viewer by location, time of day, real-time... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
than using more explicit cosmetics. In Shanghai, two women shade themselves as they walk past an ad for a skin-lightening cream. Powered globally by marketing, media, and entertainment, commercial beauty ideals may challenge local... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
all the involved constituencies, with victims' families first and foremost, Whitehead says. "We will try to meld all those views together into a plan for the memorial site," he explains. "Some of the 25 million square feet of office space must be rebuilt," Whitehead... View Details
- 21 Mar 2025
- News
What We Can Learn From “The Oracle of Wall Street”
think is good for anyone is to really take the time, spend the time, recognize the value in, and take the time to talk to people who are way older and way wiser than you. I think it’s something my generation really doesn't do a lot. And... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965
answers." ADVICE TO CURRENT STUDENTS "One of the most important elements of leadership is fairness. You have to be consistent in the decisions that you make and the messages that you deliver. An organization looks to you as representative of the View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Change of Pace
between the liberal bishop and the GOP politician, who share an interest in putting the values of their Christian faith into action in the secular arena,” the Boston Globe (March 7, 2005) reported. Houghton, who himself at one time... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: A Timely Tension
was an ad for Black Friday 2011 that featured an unusual entreaty: Don’t buy this jacket. The effort encouraged people to keep their gear in use for longer and repair it when required, supported by 35 Patagonia repair centers around the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Roger Ullman: Going Green with E2
manufacturing, media, finance, consulting, you name it,” says Ullman, adding that those members who have started businesses have financed, created, or worked in the early development of some eight hundred companies responsible for over... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Read All About It: Journalism Can Be Profitable
already have a stronghold on news dissemination, will start to produce original, high-quality journalism. If this were to happen, how will traditional media organizations continue to add value for their paying users? —Ken Bridges (OPM 29,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
The MBA at a Crossroads
at a Crossroads. (Read the Q&A) The deans had reason to be concerned. The business of business education is in the midst of dramatic change. There are clear trends away from two-year, full-time programs; increased questioning of the value... View Details