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- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Entrepreneur Daniel S. Bricklin: A Class Act
speech in which he thanked a number of people for their support over the years, singling out his parents for special mention. "A printer by trade, my father taught me the importance of prototyping," Bricklin... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
- Profile
Sheila Lirio Marcelo
But she would not have it any other way. Born to entrepreneurial parents who ran a variety of businesses, the precocious Marcelo was curious at an early age about business processes and asked endless questions about the work environment.... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Turning Point: Dream Weaver
Encyclopedia Britannica. A little less, maybe the World Book. Neither of my parents went to college. In our case, they struggled to buy a letter a week of the encyclopedia available through the A&P, where we bought groceries. That was how... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Theory & Practice
Defining Moments by Joseph L. Badaracco, Jr. (Harvard Business School Press) How should you respond if you are offered an opportunity at work solely because of your race or gender? What should you do if a single View Details
- 02 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Women, Work, and the "M" Word
embarrassing to have parents host these stigma-free dialogues in front of my peers. I was envious that their parental conversations never involved the phrase “during my urogynecology rotation.” In my later... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Ask the Expert: The Kids Are All Right
offers a look at where they are headed. The millennial generation is so large as to beg the question, are millennials a single cohort? There are millennial homeowners and millennial teenagers. Parents and... View Details
- 06 Oct 2020
- News
Clearing the Path to Citizenship
Photo courtesy Xiao Wang Photo courtesy Xiao Wang Thirty years ago, at the age of three, Xiao Wang (MBA 2014) came to the United States from Nanjing, China, to join his parents in Los Angeles. The couple had moved to pursue educational... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 22 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
LM Wind Power Test and Validation Center
most cutting-edge technology and highest quality turbine blades, which it sells to companies such as Vestas, Siemens, and GE, LM Wind’s parent company.Below is a photo of our team in front of the first-ever offshore wind turbine blade... View Details
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Women, Work, and the “M” Word - Blog: Health Supplement
pregnancy to menopause. As a teen though, it was admittedly embarrassing to have parents host these stigma-free dialogues in front of my peers. I was envious that their parental conversations never involved... View Details
- 30 Apr 2021
- News
Revealing the Rules
Courtesy Gorick Ng Courtesy Gorick Ng A first-generation college student and professional, Gorick Ng became a self-taught master of trial and error from an early age. When he was 14, his mother—a single parent—lost her job at a... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
The Golden Thread
Teresa Amabile grew up near Buffalo, New York, the third of seven children. Her parents were first-generation Americans who used their childhood Italian language when they didn’t want the kids to understand what they were saying. Her... View Details
- 02 Oct 2017
- News
Radical Generosity for the Real World
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Growing up in a single parent household outside of Chicago, Ami Campbell's (MBA 1997) thoughts on money were mainly focused on... View Details
- 05 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 5, 2006
American multinational firms respond to politically risky environments by adjusting their capital structures abroad and at home. Foreign subsidiaries located in politically risky countries have significantly more debt than do other foreign affiliates of the same View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 May 2022
- Blog Post
Celebrating Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS
country where we knew not a single soul. I still remember the evening we moved into our new home. We could not figure out why children with scary costumes were roaming menacingly around the neighborhood, or worse, knocking on our door and... View Details
- 19 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: “The Architecture of Innovation”
Many of the programs with the greatest stability—in terms of both management team and mission—have been characterized by high-powered incentives. An example is SmithKline Beecham's S.R. One, which operated under a single head, Peter... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Steven Rogers
the corner store, and helped his mother, a single parent of four, sell furniture at weekend flea markets. Although his family was "periodically on welfare" and food stamps were a regular part of life, Rogers... View Details
- 06 May 2021
- Blog Post
The Extraordinary Things We Do on Ordinary Days: A Mother’s Day Tribute
all moms to do the same. I love. I fill the house with love every single day. My husband and I make sure Adeline sees and hears and feels how much we love her, and each other. We hug, we kiss, we hold hands with her and with each other.... View Details
- 11 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness
that these are the most difficult times in memory for many, if not most people. Parents struggle to balance the demands of remote work and homeschooling. Employees who live alone strain to stay focused while isolated from loved ones and... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Case Study: Your Call Is Important to Us
map and messy go-to-market motion. At the same time, zeroing in on a single market too early can mean missing the most durable and compelling long-term segment. My guidance is to follow Sutton’s law: “I rob banks because that’s where the... View Details
- 10 Aug 2017
- News
Skydeck Live: The Happiness Equation
that's the interesting part. It is those intentional activities. What can we do to influence our actions and thoughts every single day when we get out of bed to flip our brain into a positive mindset? And that's what I've been trying to... View Details