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- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
individual volunteers for a two- or three-year term to keep the whole community functioning smoothly. We also learn that the Zapotec sense of time comes from the sun, not a watch. It’s a difficult adjustment to make from our overscheduled... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
"Foundations" Paves the Way for Entering MBAs
- virtually an HBS case study itself in logistics management. According to one planner, Foundations core design team member Stever Robbins (MBA '91), coordinating 253 individual schedules and the needs of six sets of faculty members while... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Laura Scher of Working Assets
same-sex marriages. It's no surprise that Scher has dedicated her life to social causes. A native of Clifton, New Jersey, she grew up in a family that was "liberal and concerned." "My parents taught me that individuals can make an impact... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 24 Jun 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Beau D'Arcy (MBA 2010)
of this magnitude, and my name doesn't resonate with locals as being powerful like some of the long-standing wealthy families in Chicago. If I sense that an individual does not 'believe,' I will typically just challenge them to try and... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Joy of Work
something in the mind of the individual. People perceive a problem or opportunity and have some thoughts on how to approach it. But when individuals come together as a team, ideas can be built on and modified to become something larger.... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
Schumpeter is remembered for the notion that the individual entrepreneur, engaging in a kind of "creative destruction" that continually revolutionizes and revitalizes the economic structure, is the essence of capitalism. Conceived as an... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
individuals and organizations. For example, while footwear-and-apparel giant Nike is famous for its multimillion-dollar endorsement contracts with individual athletes such as Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Embracing Activism for Social Change
part was creating a crisis intervention team to partner with police patrols in neighborhoods where substance abuse, mental health issues, and homelessness are chronic problems. “The goal is to help first responders better assess situations and connect at-risk View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 22 Jul 2019
- News
A Way Forward for Women
year, covering topics ranging from politics and financial crises to individual board member responsibilities over five intensive days on campus. HBS Professor Boris Groysberg, who co-chairs the Executive Education program with Professor... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The View from the Pit
president of Disney's global television and telecommunications businesses. Noting that compared with his generation, today's MBA students have a better sense of balance when juggling work, family, and community service, Hightower counsels them to remain attuned to... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Case Study: Paper Chase
are positioning their products or services. Instead of selling 1 or 2 at a time, you’ll be selling 200-plus per order. It will raise visibility in your market—you can promote individual purchases of your cards on the back of each one, and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Light Years Ahead
more direct international experiences for our students, and for our faculty. One idea might be short study trips that would combine immersion in key regions around the world with individual preparation beforehand and class work or field... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
done by an individual operating alone," Zschau declared. "The old business model of self-reliance, of doing everything ourselves, is no longer applicable in a world that's changing rapidly and has global markets." Zschau went on to... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
One-on-One with Thomas Riley
job creation, and attracting investment. Are there aspects of America that the Arab world still views positively? I think we’re still admired for our freedom. People recognize that even though they may disagree with some of our policies, they know there’s no better... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Books
traces the experiences of nineteen new managers over the course of their first year on the job. Based on six years of intensive field research and data analysis by HBS professor Linda Hill, the book explores the transformation that takes place as star View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Producers
between the manufacturing analysis we learned and making a movie,” he says. “With a movie, you take a dream — like somebody’s script — and break it into tiny pieces, or individual shots. A film typically contains hundreds of shots, and... View Details
- 24 Mar 2023
- News
Exploring Talent Markets; Aid for Turkey
turbulence in talent markets that isn't ending anytime soon. "There's been a fundamental shift in the marketplace, where employees have more power than they had in the past," says Kwok. "So companies are asking, ‘how do we attract and retain the right people?' and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Ideas in Action
goals we are chasing are the correct ones.” In I Moved Your Cheese, a few maze-busting mice teach us that many of the presumed constraints (mazes) we face are self-imposed and that we underestimate our ability to alter our circumstances, behavior, and destiny. Malhotra... View Details
- 13 Jul 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Meaghan Fitzgerald (MBA 2016)
Player One. And recently it’s felt like the right time in terms of technological advancements, accessibility, and investment for a field like VR to really start taking off and I wanted to be there when it did.” What promise do you think VR holds for View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Healthy Profit
can be commercial." Roslyn Braeman Payne (MBA 1970), president of Jackson Street Partners in San Francisco, California, is the "angel" whose financial support launched Antares. "While supporting an AIDS-focused program in San Francisco," Payne explains, "I saw the... View Details