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- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Going Against the Flow
all into our computers, in advance of the government. It gave us great insights - like having our own private polls - on what inflation would be doing. We then bought and sold equity and debt securities accordingly." That kind of savvy,... View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Over 50 and Job Hunting?
Age discrimination is a serious concern among executives who contemplate career moves after age 50. In one recent survey, nearly three out of four managers with an average age of 50 said they believed age would be a barrier in their future job searches. Over half of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
MBA vs. MBA
office, but maintains that his long-term ties give him an advantage. “The big question is who can be more effective for our district,” he says. Edwards may defy the odds once again. Polls in mid-October showed him with a commanding... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
was tempered by lingering economic fears: one poll indicated that nearly half of all Americans expected that within a decade, another depression would devastate the country. With the health of the peacetime economy now the nation's top... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
way. It was Primary Day. As was his habit on this occasion of civic duty, Joseph J. Lhota (MBA '80) had risen early at his Brooklyn Heights home in order to vote at his local polling place before departing for Lower Manhattan and his City... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Teaching for the Ages: the MBA Classroom in the 21st Century
downloadable to their PalmPilots, but spreadsheet toolkits that deliver core calculations like that bane of the required Finance course, the capital asset pricing model (CAPM). It also enables Professor McAfee, for example, to poll... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Winning Season
and depth of talent across a group of players (at the right price), there’s the fan’s experience to be considered. When asked about sightings of the Cardinals’ chairman polling visitors to the new stadium on one of the hottest afternoons... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Partners’ Club Strives to Broaden Appeal
years, it has hosted guest speakers and interest groups, organized athletic activities and outings, and provided job information. Recently, however, some partners have expressed dissatisfaction with the club. A poll conducted in April... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Covering the Issues
insistence on this point . . . accounts for much of our trouble with American society today." Articles on the social and ethical aspects of cases in the marketing curriculum and the results of a poll of business leaders' views on... View Details
- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria
iStock The faculty, students, and staff of Harvard Business School are thinking about the people of Turkey and Syria who were impacted by the recent earthquake. We have all been touched by the loss of life, the hopeful stories of survival, and the rapid response of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
the polls instead of their hearts or brains. They listen more to political consultants than to voters. Our short-term-maximizing politicians fail to tackle longer-term societal challenges such as climate change or unaffordable entitlement... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
HBS Reverses Policy On Grade Disclosure
you will lead in the future.” Under the new policy, students have the option to authorize the School to release their transcripts to potential employers. While broadly supported by the faculty, the policy change had little support among students. In a Student... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Q&A: Orin Smith
benefits to part-time workers. We have a consulting firm poll our workers every year to find out how they feel about the company, and they've told us that they've never seen such a positive response in an organization of this size — the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Things Everyone Should Know How to Do
I polled everyone I met — friends, relatives, colleagues, people sitting next to me on airplanes — to determine what skills people most wanted to master. We all like to think we’re so different, but I was amazed to find during my research... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Q & A: Herb Kohl
there was a question about whether that would be a detriment - people might think that I was buying the election. The local newspaper took a poll and asked, "Are you offended by Herb Kohl spending his own money to run for office?"... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Campaign Ends, Exceeds Expectations
is teeming with people grabbing a bite to eat, checking e-mail, or picking up cases. Hawes Hall, the School’s first new classroom building in fifty years, and its newly renovated neighbor, Aldrich Hall, have the technology to beam a distant visitor into class or View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
A Wider Net
the rights to cohost the World Cup in 2026. His platform reflected what Cordeiro knows to be a potential crisis for American soccer: Youth participation has stagnated. It’s not that soccer isn’t popular with younger Americans. A January 2018 Gallup View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Short Takes
was to provide empirical data answering these questions." In the course of his research, Austin surveyed nearly ten thousand of the School's MBA and Executive Education graduates, held eleven focus groups with managers, interviewed more than seventy executives, View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
HBX: Reimagining HBS for the Digital Age
digitally with the professor and each other through a proprietary interface that facilitates polling and chat, among other features. Launched in 2015, HBX Live collapses geography and enables a range of innovative learning and convening... View Details
- 21 Dec 2018
- News
Bridging the Gap
And it makes even less sense today than ever before. There was a recent Gallop poll that showed that 96 percent of college presidents say their graduates are ready for the workforce, and 11 percent of employers agree. We see this all the... View Details