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- 09 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale
and Hungary, and he made for the border. Q: So this was not an easy childhood. A: It was an extremely difficult childhood although not an unhappy one. It was a close-knit family group. His father and mother loved one another and they... View Details
- 24 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
In Troubled Africa, Botswana Flowers
(diamonds) and have managed this resource extremely well. Working with De Beers, the government has consistently and strategically limited its sales of diamonds, striving to keep prices steady over the long run rather than maximizing... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 01 May 2019
- Blog Post
Viewpoints: Synthetic Thinking with a Humble Mindset
Bethany McLean and John Carreyrou, join us to discuss the topic of building and maintaining trust in businesses. My takeaway from this session was that, while trust is valuable, the extreme level of trust is not; Enron and Theranos cases... View Details
- 13 Jun 2017
- Blog Post
Benefits of the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program
group of 30 people with a deep interest in technology is extremely interesting to me. I occasionally felt isolated as a developer at HBS, and I definitely could have used that community. I think the capstone project looks incredibly... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: Less Risk, More Reward
it’s an extremely high risk. So people with children were in this tough spot: They wanted to start a firm, but they were constrained because of this risk. Making a household eligible for SCHIP actually made them about 20 to 25 percent... View Details
- 18 Aug 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Courageous Leader Triggers a Moral Revolt of CEOs Against Trump
shadows of white nationalists. President Trump’s comments striking moral equivalence between these extreme groups and people who opposed them only deepened Frazier’s angst. By Sunday Frazier had decided to resign from President Trump’s... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Selling Luxury to Everyone
of Maybach sales operations for Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC, has perhaps faced a more significant challenge than the rest of the panel over the last several years: launching an extremely high-end automobile during a tough economy. Starting at... View Details
- 03 Nov 2003
- What Do You Think?
Can Investors Have Too Much Accounting Transparency?
misunderstand the health of the company that makes this wrong." Ruth Sager suggests that the current reactions to misleading financial reporting could potentially go too far. As she says, "Fashion in any field is like that. It goes to a ridiculous View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
Summer Internships in the JD/MBA Program
space, and work alongside some extremely smart and experienced people. I am glad I did this internship after my first year at HBS because I was applying what I learned in my Finance courses and FRC (Financial Reporting and Control) on a... View Details
- 25 Mar 2016
- News
Putting Faith in a Good Education
corruption found in many of the countries it helps. “Education is the pathway out of poverty,” he says. “We believe in God, integrity, peacemaking. Character is extremely important. We don’t want to train smarter corrupt people. Without... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: A Fair Share
was extremely challenging. Nobody wanted to take a risk on this. But since then I’ve had a lot of dialogue with insurers that are looking at the sharing economy as an opportunity—some out of necessity. Society is becoming more urban;... View Details
- 08 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]
notion underlying permanent employment actually is a good one. It is taken to the extreme in Japan. What we are soon to discover in the United States—if we haven't already discovered it—is that having employees move rapidly from company... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Path out of Polarization
time, catering to the extremeness of the conversation. Paul Krugman is an example of that. My thoughts these days are about how we can leverage the moderates much more than before. In the old days, when the disagreements were about... View Details
- 14 Nov 2019
- News
Keeping Red Lobster Fresh
extremely open and solicit feedback from the employees closest to the action. I have lunch—one on one lunches—with employees at all levels of the company to really hear. I do that all the time. But that lets you hear the stuff you can't... View Details
- 04 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Finding My Passion in the Startup Space
rewards were huge, as I was able to join a startup in Silicon Valley, work and learn from amazing people, and launch and manage new product lines in the home services space. For someone who is passionate about startups, living in Silicon Valley is View Details
- 16 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
Finding my Passion in the Startup Space
Valley, work and learn from amazing people, and launch and manage new product lines in the home services space. For someone who is passionate about startups, living in Silicon Valley is extremely exciting. Every day you get to witness the... View Details
- Profile
Annora Wang
mine is an immigrant story of working my way up—I want to mentor and inspire others. I count myself extremely lucky to be here, and I want to help others too. View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media
- Profile
Max Seel
ownership of my ideas." HBS became the place to build his business foundation. "Here, you get a taste of everything," says Max. "Marketing, economics, entrepreneurship – the Required Curriculum spans the entire business spectrum." "HBS... View Details
- Profile
Chris Hurst
poor countries alleviate extreme poverty, and what might my role in the process be? Second, given the challenges global competition brings to the U.S., how might the U.S. retain its competitive position into the 21st Century?” For Chris,... View Details
- 03 Nov 2020
- News
One Paramount Priority
adversary for a range of reasons. “We have a divisive president—and the extremes get the air time, both among our political leaders and the media. The algorithms created by our social networks fuel the fire even more. This all reinforces... View Details
Keywords: Government