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- 01 Dec 2003
- News
UNC's “Accidental” Dean
55924f11e238861c488df17b6d091a14 All Steve Jones (MBA ’78) really wanted was a part-time teaching job at his alma mater. Instead, he ended up as dean of UNC Chapel Hill’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. “I’m sort of an accidental dean,” he View Details
- 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
- 11 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now
shouldn’t matter, particularly if that behavior crosses the line into sexual harassment. Goldberg wrote a 2010 case about the sole female employee in an 11-person production shop who complained about dealing with crass sexual jokes and... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Portrait Project
Alice Yen
snap peas from the vine for an afternoon snack and eat freshly picked winter melon for dinner. We joke that in a former life, my dad must have been a farmer, spending every day digging into fresh topsoil. Seeing my dad care for his garden... View Details
- 27 Apr 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
finds time to serve on boards—including at her husband’s beverage company—and oversee another startup in health care. Fisher jokes that her career has been about “liquid assets”—blood, water, and beer—but she says the common thread is the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Good for Laughs
If there are jokes to be found amid the wave of corporate scandals, they’re usually on the shareholders. But hey, did you hear the one about the overcompensated CEOs? “They found out that making too much money is not nearly as bad as... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
For the Records
property, the Waterloo team found a suitable replacement five blocks away. If Qadri can help with the permitting, they have dreams of a record-bin bucket brigade, where Waterloo’s customers line the route to move the inventory to its new home, hand by hand. “I always... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Action Plan: Tapping into a Legacy
over to the next generation in a better place than we found it.” He jokes that H&W builds a new brewery every 100 years. “That’s the sort of time frame we think about—not what return we can get over the next couple of years,” he says.... View Details
- 01 Apr 2011
- News
My First HBS Class
told me that the tradition of section bingo still lives on and that the Skydeck on Friday afternoons did a satire of H’s notable comments and events during the week. Both professors cracked jokes, and Professor Piskorski also made movement View Details
- Portrait Project
Debbie Rosenbaum
old. (My parents like to joke that I have not stopped since then.) Couple my Hispanic culture with my Jewish background, and one better understands that for me, communication is about more than just words. It is interactive and dynamic,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
A View from the Top
with the demands of career and family. “It’s a trick, a skill, an art, a science that very few people manage,” he said. After the highs of achievement, Sahlman broached the darker subject of tough times. “You turned immediately to me. This is extremely worrying,” View Details
- 16 Oct 2014
- News
Innovating for International Aid
places that aren’t on most people’s vacation lists. “My wife often jokes that every vacation we’ve taken since we first met involves visiting an orphanage or refugee camp,” says Wu, who is driven by a desire to help others just as he and... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 13 Jun 2016
- News
Brenda Bence (MBA 1991)
four continents, including South America and Asia. Then, on April 1, 2002, she launched her own firm. “I always joked that if it didn’t work out, I would tell everyone it was an April Fool’s prank,” recalls Bence. “But the business took... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
In Dot-Calm Era, Conference Examines Options for Entrepreneurs
Is the bloom off the entrepreneurial rose? Do B2B and B2C mean "Back to Banking" and "Back to Consulting," as the current joke would have it? Where are the opportunities for those who still believe starting their own business is the way... View Details
Keywords: Information
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Jan Swartz (MBA 1996)
Swartz, MBA 1996] jokes that my hotel requirements have changed significantly since I sold him on stories like this." Where she'd like to visit next: The Galápagos Islands; Machu Picchu. Travel tips: Global Entry, a program that allows... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Vittorio Colao (MBA 1990)
it’s going to be war.’” What makes him Italian: “The ability to get angry or very happy in a seamless way that is impossible for Anglo-Saxons to understand. Joking about everything, even in the darkest moments.” British mysteries:... View Details
- 06 Mar 2018
- Blog Post
Peek: The People, The Experience, and The Case Method
Chad Losee and he was able to deconstruct any myths we had related to the admissions process. HBS even developed a mobile app dedicated to Peek. This helped us access program information and built community among the students. Through the app, we View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Savings and Loam
are being deployed on the lending side,” he says. Cummings, who jokes that he’s “going from pretend farmer to pretend banker,” submitted the banking charter and FDIC insurance applications in August 2021 and hopes to have a provisional... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Capitalizing the Corner Shop
simplified the application process, asking business owners for only a bank statement as part of their mobile-based loan application, and delivering funds to successful applicants within 48 hours. “The joke we crack is that with most... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
HBS Association of Ireland: Connecting at Home and Abroad
paid the bill.” Barry, who joined the HBSAI when he returned to Dublin, first served as its secretary. He jokes that he became president in the summer of 2000 “because I was the last man left standing.” In reality, the HBSAI's lead role... View Details