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- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Noted & Quoted
“We need to get the drama out of the newspapers and, frankly, out of the company.” —Meg Whitman (MBA 1979), describing one of her many tasks as Hewlett-Packard’s new CEO. (The Times of London, December 12, 2011) “A lot of people are afraid of selling. It’s a hole in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Making a Difference
Passion for aiding entrepreneurs and supporting women’s issues brought four members of the MBA Class of 2012 recognition as winners of the Dean’s Award. Established in 1997, the award celebrates students’ positive impact on the School and community. Three of those... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Bright Future for Green Business
“There’s no better horse in the world you could possibly hitch your cart to.” That’s how Matthew Nordan summed up the state of clean, green energy at the School’s Building Green Businesses conference in early March. During the session “Crafting the Future of Green... View Details
Keywords: Sarah Auerbach; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services
- 18 May 2010
- News
Executive Ethics
- 21 Oct 2010
- News
Hell? Maybe Not.
MBA Recruiting Twitter feed Some students call it “hell week,” but the serene second floor of the Doubletree Guest Suites in Cambridge reveals none of the angst associated with the job interviews taking place. When I arrive midmorning, there are still a few yogurt... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Pitch for Change
The “Pitch for Change” wasn’t a case of saving the best for last, because all that came before was so good. But the elevator-pitch, business-plan showdown did close February’s 11th annual Social Enterprise Conference on a high note: Competing against contenders from... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Action Plan: Role-Play
When you encounter the phrase private investigator, chances are good the character you conjure up in your mind doesn’t resemble Sarah Carson (MBA 1971). So much the better for Carson, whose work has often required convincing people she was a small-business employee... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019
Bulletproof Problem Solving: The One Skill That Changes Everything, authors Conn and McLean—both veterans of McKinsey & Co.—offer a seven-step, systematic approach to creative problem solving, developed in top consulting firms, that will... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
students to focus on what interests them. As part of their projects, they can evaluate new business ideas, prepare business plans, or consult with existing entrepreneurial businesses. One team of students, for example, worked with a... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
people are rejecting the demands of investment banking and consulting jobs. “This is not going to stop China’s trajectory,” Kirby allows. “The real question is whether it could be seen as a wake-up call for Chinese business and... View Details
- 19 Aug 2021
- News
A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues
country—those are just symptoms of the bigger problem. And one of the things I learned at Bain Consulting Firm, after graduating from Harvard Business School, was don't get seduced by the symptoms of a problem, find the root cause of the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Prognosis
communication. We’ve had a telestroke program for a number of years, where doctors in an emergency room can consult with our neurologists, share images, and get a stroke neurologist’s opinion about how to handle a patient in that... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Covering the Issues
decade. Coverage of School- and alumni-sponsored community outreach programs were featured in the early 1970s, including several pieces on volunteer consulting projects. In addition, in a special 1979 Bulletin essay on "Ethics in Business... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
How to Fix Wall Street
"I'm making this decision on principle, just to see how it feels." ©The New Yorker Collection 2003 Leo Cullum from Cartoonbank.com. All Rights Reserved. Another bubble is brewing. Only this time it is a regulation bubble. As agencies and officials vie with one another... View Details
Keywords: Lynn Paine; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services
- 08 Apr 2021
- News
Real Talk
led to more honest and open communication—became the foundation for Equitas Advisory Group, an evidence-based consultancy designed to help businesses and organizations reimagine and achieve their diversity, equity, and inclusion goals.... View Details
- 12 May 2022
- News
Onboarding
being educated, very educated on the roles and responsibilities of our national security agencies. And what we need to have for the country and it’s not Republican, it’s not Democrat. It’s the need for national security, at its peak. JH: You View Details
- 30 Sep 2016
- News
Competing Against Luck
note in the book that you've been working on the theory of jobs to be done for two decades now. Clayton Christensen: That's right. Morrell: Tell me a little bit about how your thinking has evolved in that time. Christensen: I came here and did an MBA in 1979. I left.... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Next Normal
connecting members. Leaders Need to Show Their (Re)commitment Launch sessions are also an opportunity for leaders to reinforce their commitment to the team. Consider Jennifer Reimert, the leader of a consulting team at Workhuman, a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
the polls instead of their hearts or brains. They listen more to political consultants than to voters. Our short-term-maximizing politicians fail to tackle longer-term societal challenges such as climate change or unaffordable entitlement... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Getting the Message
astronomical -- as much as $33 billion worldwide by 2004, according to Forrester Research, a consulting firm specializing in e-commerce. Industry observers are shy to predict just what the future of advertising will look like, but they... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young