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- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Just Keep Our Money
savings bonds, the government sends out as much as $2.5 billion less in cash and raises the same amount in new securities held by patient domestic investors. The Treasury should also loosen limits on savings-bond purchases by individuals... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
finding anything that resembles a national purpose these days. The most powerful forces in society today, he argues, are what he calls microtrends. “The power of individual choices has never been greater, and the reason for those choices... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 26 Aug 2016
- News
Connecting with the Past
“shtetl-specific” model, referring to the Yiddish term for a small Jewish town. “We start by generating a surname frequency list,” he says. “In this way, we are able to appeal to the personal interests of an individual genealogist or... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
The Exchange: The Road Ahead for Crypto
want to sell you. Cryptocurrencies have not yet reached that state. Digital financial transactions are commonplace now, but cryptocurrency, per se, is not something very large numbers of individuals or businesses are willing to trade for... View Details
- 01 Apr 2020
- News
What My Time in Vietnam Taught Me About Dealing with Shortages
shortages, we set up a special system called “Flagpole Reports.” (“Run it up the flagpole so everyone can see it.”) The first reports from Vietnam identified emerging shortages in aircraft flares, 40-mm ammunition, collapsible petroleum storage tanks, and other combat... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
The Influence of Geography on Work and Innovation
written down. “Knowledge can often be ‘locked’ within a geography and may only be transferred across borders when the individual possessing the knowledge moves,” he says. “You need the human beings who possess the knowledge to mentor... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 02 Jan 2018
- News
Reconsidering Retirement
individuals are losing more than a third of their retirement savings to fees each year, Puritz says. “We want to show people how to retire with more. That is our mission.” It made sense that the pair would find an entrepreneurial solution... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Ink: Miami’s Dark Neon Era, the Language of Success, and Getting Psyched Up
studied both individual and group rituals, also worked with Brooks’s karaoke singers. In a separate experiment, half of the participants were asked to perform a specific ritual before their song. The instructions: “Draw a picture of how... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Benaree Wiley
affairs. Working with area companies and institutions, The Partnership facilitates interactions among current and emerging leaders and provides opportunities for individuals to share their knowledge and skills to bring about change in the... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Stephen Covey's Successful Habits
Recognized as one of America's 25 most influential individuals by Time magazine, Stephen R. Covey (MBA '57) is the author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, which has sold more than 10 million copies in 28 languages in 40... View Details
- 19 Aug 2013
- News
Bees Make a Sweet Deal for African Farmers
one million individuals by 2020. Says Keshavjee, "I'd like to play my small part in reducing the inequalities of income on this new-frontier continent. I'd like to inspire youthful entrepreneurs and the creation of social enterprises." View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
KPMG for Mayor!
villages, store owners paint Coca-Cola signs on the sides of their tin shacks. These signs are not sanctioned or paid for by the company. They are seen by locals as a sign of credibility. Companies and nonprofits have stronger incentives than do View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
From Das’s Desk
Professor Perlow and her students met with alumni to test the assumptions and refine the themes of the course, including holding workshop sessions for more than 80 reunion attendees and members of the Alumni Board. The students also interviewed View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Magician Turns HBS Upside Down
a performance by Jason Randal, one of the world’s greatest magicians, he knew he had to get Randal to speak to students in his Managing Innovation elective course. “One theme of the course is the role of individual innovators and the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Steve Schwarzman
three things. First, we were starting an advisory business in mergers and acquisitions. Second, we were going to start a principal investing activity, what you’d now call private equity. And third, we were going to try to attract extremely high-talent View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2020
Wiley Stock investing is more prevalent than ever, whether directly or indirectly through brokerage accounts, exchange-traded funds, mutual funds, or retirement plans. Despite this, the vast majority of individual investors have no... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books
questions for leaders and potential leaders. What does it take to lead effectively now? What does leadership even mean? In Lead to Win, Carla Harris examines the journey from individual contributor to leader. She targets the essential... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017
rivals, how to grow power and influence without losing the respect of others, how to learn from the rise and fall of predecessors, and how to craft one’s legacy. The Rise and Demise of the Individual by Daniel Caleb Wagnière (MBA 1963)... View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
about the relationships you foster within an organization. At the end of the case, the individual had not fostered his internal relationships well (not enough blue lines) and was fired from his job. At the time, I thought this was... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Alumni Books
(MBA ’04) (Crown Business) The authors talked with 21 extraordinary leaders — people like Steve Schwarzman (MBA ’72) and Pete Peterson, founders of the Blackstone Group, HBS professor Bill George, former CEO of Medtronic, and inventor Dean Kamen (OPM 7, 1982) — to... View Details