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- 29 Jul 2024
- News
Leading the Way
Illustration by Gisela Goppel When Michael Trejo (MBA 2013) was a freshman at Arizona State University (ASU) in 2005, he almost lost his full scholarship. “I just really lacked direction,” says Trejo. That’s when he joined ASU’s Hispanic Students Business Association... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Alumni Books
key to economic progress lies in unleashing women’s potential. For example, China has prospered because it emancipated women and brought them into the formal economy. Unleashing that process globally is the the best strategy for fighting poverty. Crossing the Divide:... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The View from the Pit
learned about the basic functions of marketing, production, accounting, and finance." Want-ing more time to sort out the tension between theory and practice, Baldwin stayed on at HBS, earning her doctorate in 1977 and joining the faculty in 1981. One initial difficulty... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Empowering School Leaders to Meet Today's Challenges
other was elevating her students’ achievement scores. To move the needle on both, she took Leading Change, Leading Schools, and Leading People, three of four online courses included in the Certificate of School Management and Leadership... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Tools and Training for a “Wicked Problem”
the homeless transition to affordable housing, and expanding behavioral health services and substance abuse treatment programs are all part of the plan; when it comes to its implementation, however, Keller will draw on tactics he picked... View Details
Keywords: homelessness
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
further in the near term and/or increase domestic borrowing vastly. An expanded federal role in the economy will crowd out financing available for productive private investment and diminish growth and job creation. The future of American capitalism is in doubt. HBS... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
New Releases
draw on more than 25 years of experience counseling executives who have made leadership transitions to devise a practical, action-oriented framework to guide managers through their first six months in a new... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
At HBS Workshop, New CEOs Tune Up for the Top
large, complex corporations. According to Porter, "The program has been a tremendous success. The workshop gives all participants a unique opportunity to talk with peers about matters of mutual interest and importance, as they assume the highest levels of View Details
Keywords: Jon Prestage
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Commemorating a Milestone
you'll meet alumnae who transitioned from the Harvard-Radcliffe Program in Business Administration into the MBA Program between 1960 and 1965 and hear from some of the eight women in that first two-year Class of 1965. Naturally, the hope... View Details
Keywords: Meta
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
Generation: How Successful Family Businesses Develop Their Next Leaders by Allan Cohen (MBA 1961) and Pramodita Sharma (Berrett-Koehler Publishers) Companies owned and run by families need to develop leadership and entrepreneurial skills... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Climate Change as Must-See TV
scientists to investigate human causation of climate change. Video Embed Dan Abbasi (MBA 1998) hopes to enlist the HBS alumni community in the political movement for climate change. He calls his fellow alumni "probably the most powerful network I belong to." Abbasi has... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
they’ll blame a lack of ideas or not enough big ideas. Innovation expert Robyn M. Bolton knows that innovation isn’t an idea problem, it’s a leadership problem. To drive real innovation, executives must defy the very instincts and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2014
low-income youth and companies needing skilled labor. His yearlong training program offers 18 through 24-year-olds the technical, professional, and communications skills needed to transition into careers and college. The award-winning... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
local Normandy cows, a region known for its dairy products. Not all of the original Jeannette workers were enthusiastic about making the transition to a new way of doing things. They are no longer with the company. “Some of them weren’t... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Under the Hood
business school was to transition out of the finance world and into the sports niche,” Frood told SPEED.com (November 14, 2011). “NASCAR to me was on the periphery, but I knew what was going on.” For his part, Stewart said, “Brett is the... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: A Timely Tension
that passion created a natural transition to the nonprofit world in 2012. “I went into business to understand the engine of the economy, but I suppose I always knew that at some point I wanted to get back to nature,” says Thoren, who has... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Fred Newman (MBA 1978)
always listening. That is the key. When people ask “How do you do that?” I say it’s not about getting the sounds out, it’s about getting them in. Since I was 10 years old, I’ve recorded sounds wherever I’ve gone, particularly at dawn and dusk. That View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Ken Baumgartner - Sticking with It
for my career,” he says, noting that he is as proud of his thriving marriage — and his “well-adjusted girls” — as he is of his NHL career. During his playing days, Baumgartner honed the skills he would need to make a successful transition... View Details
- 23 Jan 2017
- News
The CEO Who is Perking Up Peet’s Coffee
offices. Burwick managed all of this, the article notes, while guiding the company through a transition from public entity to private ownership. Before joining Peet’s, Burwick worked at PepsiCo and as president of Weight Watchers North... View Details
- 30 Oct 2017
- News
Giving Minorities a Playbook for Career Success
2011. Of the nation’s 16.2 million management jobs at smaller companies, only 6.7 percent are held by blacks, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. These realities prompted John Rice (MBA 1992) to found Management Leadership for... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman