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- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Charting the Year Ahead
Cooper This past summer saw another successful HBS Global Leadership Forum, this time in Washington, D.C. Attendance exceeded 640 alumni and guests, many of whom had not been to a previous GLF. On behalf of the Alumni Board, who turned out in strength, a very big... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Ready for Takeoff: Web Portal Enters Second Phase
After two years of building its readership, honing its mission, and crafting fresh, insightful content, HBS Working Knowledge is poised for the next stage of its development. "It's an exciting time. We launched the original product with solid content and a strong... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Looking for a Leader: The Role of Executive Search Firms
At a recent gathering of chief executives in New York City, the heads of two companies shared pleasant dinner conversation. The first led a large, successful corporation; the second also happened to serve as a director of a telecommunications firm that was looking for... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Fourth Annual African-American Alumni Association Conference
"Navigating Success in Volatile Times" will be the theme of this year's HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) conference. The fourth annual event, to be held October 5–7 at the Plaza Hotel in New York City, will provide insights into the strategies and tools... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Harvard's MBA/AD
Scalise helping Harvard fight fiercely. Mention Harvard and most people think of geniuses, not jocks. But with 41 varsity sports, 24 junior varsity teams, and more than 1,500 intercollegiate athletes, Harvard College has the nation's largest Division 1 athletic program... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Jeffery E. Sagansky: That's Entertainment
For most of the past 25 years, Jeff Sagansky has followed the same ritual every morning. He gets up early and pores over the previous day's Nielsen ratings, those omnipotent numbers that detail who's watching what on television from dawn to prime time. "I love the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Effective Leadership and Decision-Making
In feature articles in the September issue of Harvard Business Review, three HBS professors offered useful ideas about leadership and decision-making. In "What You Don't Know about Making Decisions," Professor David Garvin and Assistant Professor Michael Roberto... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Film School
In 1994, after a career spent mostly in corporate America, Jeff Seder (MBA '74, JD '76) began to feel that his life lacked purpose. "I was a burned-out, sold-out '60s leftover," he told the Philadelphia Inquirer (September 13, 2001). "I was restless and bored." Seder... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Speaking for the Airlines
When the airlines sought government financial help in the wake of September's terrorist attacks, Delta Airlines chairman and CEO Leo Mullin (MBA '67) emerged as a powerful advocate for the industry, the Los Angeles Times (September 21, 2001) observed. According to the... View Details
- 22 Oct 2013
- News
Pulling the Plug
Eric Giler by Francis Storrs Standing on the stage of TEDGlobal in Oxford, England, WiTricity CEO Eric Giler (MBA 1982) is nervous. It's July 2009, and he's about to show how his company's technology can beam electricity through the air to wirelessly power a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Leading the Way
Photos by Russ Campbell “An investment in the School is ultimately an investment in a better world—one led by alumni.” —John Hess “HBS graduates are in every part of the economy, in every industry, and in every geography. I believe we can effect change.” —Nitin Nohria... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Making the Case
Professor Michael Porter addresses the HBS Club of Washington, DC, as part of "The Case for American Competitiveness" event co-sponsored by the club and the American Security Project think tank in July. DC Club president Dante Disparte (PLDA 6, 2009) looks on. View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Tribute to Fellowships
THOMPSON: Recipient of the Pub & Galley Fund fellowship sponsored by Michael Cronin (MBA ’77) and the Class of 1948 Fellowship, represented by Crandon Clark (MBA 3/’48). Most students arrive at HBS full of anticipation and eager to embark on their two-year MBA journey.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
The Show Goes On
ACTION: HBS Show Director Kent Bennett at dress rehearsal for The Phantom of Baker Library. The 34th annual HBS Show, The Phantom of Baker Library, hit the stage in Burden in late April with a cast of fifty students and a support crew of some thirty more in writing,... View Details
- 22 Aug 2013
- News
The Impossible Mayor of the Possible
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Building Community in the Bay Area
Last fall, over eighty HBS alumni and nonprofit leaders gathered in Menlo Park, California, to hear HBS senior lecturer Reynold Levy discuss the relationship between nonprofit CEOs and their boards. Levy, himself a CEO of the New York City; based International Rescue... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
(Harvard Business School Press) Information Markets: What Businesses Can Learn from Financial Innovation, by William J. Wilhelm, Jr., and Joseph D. Downing, is the finance professional’s must-have guide to understanding the changing role of information and... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Web Exclusive: Behind the Scenes with Karen Tumulty
As Time magazine's national political correspondent, Karen Tumulty counts among her confidants some of the country's most powerful and influential people. But that doesn't mean she's forgotten her days at the San Antonio Light, where she started her career in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Faculty Research Online
HBS Working Knowledge is an online forum for innovation in business practice, offering a first look at new thinking from HBS faculty. Read the complete articles summarized below by visiting their Web links. What’s to Be Done about Performance Reviews? Professor James... View Details