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Ahmed Alimi

better communicator and a better on-the-spot thinker." "HBS teaches new skills, inspires confidence, and opens your mind. If you immerse yourself in the experience, you will discover new possibilities. When I came here, I... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; Financial Services

01 Jun 2013
News

Building a Better Brazil

industrial company committed to both the natural world and the growth of the Brazilian communities where it operated. Lorentzen served as chairman of Aracruz until 2004; under his leadership, the company built a world-class research... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Paper Manufacturing; Manufacturing

13 Nov 2017
Blog Post

5 Worries I Had about Applying to HBS

case method can seem like it requires more work than a traditional lecture, but you get more out of it. 4. I wouldn’t fit into the community at HBS Having lived in Nigeria all my life, I was a bit worried that I wouldn’t fit in. I... View Details

27 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

How Remote Work Changes What We Think About Onboarding

service providers—that are hiring to fill new demand. Also, remote work will quickly become more the norm than the exception on the other side of the pandemic, so organizations should start learning now how to prepare for the Work from... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg

07 Jun 2021
Book

9 Tips from an Expert Fundraiser: Help Donors 'Invest in Their Passion'

readers of this book are what I call prospective community-level philanthropists. This covers everything from the neighborhood music school to the local community hospital. The recommendations become more complex with a trustee being more... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

2021
Working Paper

The Changing Role of Business in Society

By: Michael E. Porter

Business interaction with the U.S. government, historically based on securing industry or company special interests at the expense of the public good, has enabled and furthered government dysfunction. Gridlock within the American political system has precluded the... View Details

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Industry Information - Alumni

rig data, equipment marketplace, and more. + – Entertainment Billboardbiz Read the latest music industry news as it relates to everything from the growth of streaming services to the legal and management issues impacting the world of... View Details

12 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Student Portraits - Armed Forces Alumni Association

or not we agree. Finally, I am humbled by the service of some of our classmates. Those among us that have seen a need or a shortcoming in our local community and stepped forward to fill that gap. There are... View Details

06 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

The Innovator’s Battle Plan

technology so it could be useful to Western Union's most profitable real-time long-distance data customers. When an existing firm tries to insert a product or service with disruptive potential into its processes, what comes out the other... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Scott D. Anthony & Erik A. Roth

01 Jun 2013
News

Mind Your Manners

Sara Jane Ho (MBA 2012) As a newcomer to the Global A-list, some observers say China has a few things to learn about proper comportment in Western social settings. Etiquette is one of them, declares Sara Jane Ho (MBA 2012), a quintilingual Hong Kong native who has... View Details

Keywords: etiquette; Educational Services; Educational Services

26 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Financing the Climate Transition in India

GEAPP is an alliance of entrepreneurs, governments, technology, policy, and financing partners working together to support developing countries shift to a clean energy model that ensures universal energy access while enabling the global View Details

16 Apr 2013
First Look

First Look: April 16

Publications 2006 Stanford University Press Wall Street Research: Past, Present, and Future By: Groysberg, Boris, and Paul M. Healy Abstract—Wall Street equity analysts provide research products and services on publicly traded companies... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers

concluded that Toyota has come up with a powerful, broadly applicable answer to a fundamental managerial problem. The products we consume and the services we use are typically not the result of a single person's effort. Rather, they come... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

24 Feb 2022
Op-Ed

Want to Prevent the Next Hospital Bed Crisis? Enlist the SEC

institutions within individual and community networks. But they have not done so to date. Enter the SEC One novel way to assure that independent hospitals create network plans is to harness a new accounting standard, as specified by the... View Details

Keywords: by Regina Herzlinger and Richard Boxer; Health

22 Feb 2022
News

Breaking News

The decline of the community newspaper in the United States has been steep and severe. A quarter of American papers have folded in the last 15 years, and industry-wide consolidation has eviscerated the newsrooms of those that are left,... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dana Smith; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services

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Ludcke House | About

as home to the Doctoral Programs, External Relations, the Communications Group, and HBS Operations. The building also experienced several name changes, including Alumni Center, before it was rededicated in honor of Gipp L. Ludcke (MBA... View Details

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Molly Welch

private sectors. Coming to HBS is like... ...drinking from a firehose, to use a tired but effective analogy! It’s an environment with lots of new people, information, and ideas, and can feel overwhelming at first, but also very exciting. Being part of the HBS View Details

28 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'

the alternative is liquidation. In other words, Chapter 11 assumes, at least initially, that a live business—one that sells products and services to customers, employs people, invests and grows and innovates—is worth more than a dead... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Financial Services

01 Dec 2022
News

Action Plan: To the Letter

Ninan Chacko (AMP 158, 2000) was on vacation in Turin, Italy, when he stopped to snap a photo of a street sign. In the picture, all you can see is the name: Via Roma. But for Chacko, the CEO of Monotype, the world’s largest type seller, the classic letters told the... View Details

Keywords: April White; design; typography; change management; leadership; Special Design Services; Special Design Services

08 Nov 2021
Blog Post

4 Ways the MS/MBA is Preparing Me for a Career in Health Care and the Life Sciences

understood that it was critical to gain practical experience outside of academia. I decided to join McKinsey & Company, motivated to attain the best possible position to provide me with the essential business experience I lacked. That was the start of a multiyear... View Details

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