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- 13 Mar 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Sierra Smith and Taylor Wiegele (both MBA 2017)
this without the on-the-ground project experience and guest speakers from those classes.” What was the experience of being on Shark Tank like? Wiegele: “The process itself was incredibly helpful, which may be an odd thing to say, but it... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Steve Schwarzman
trigger government regulators to tighten the screws on the private-equity industry? It’s inevitable that one deal will get in trouble, just purely from a statistical point of view. A lot of negative comments are being made from an odd... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
A Janus-Faced Reflection
wake up to find oneself deeply enmeshed in a large company, a parent or a dog owner, or the proprietor of a stately home in a suspiciously green and leafy neighborhood. But we have followed our own paths to this latest milestone, and odds... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
was,” she says. “Our goal is to raise $150 million and help fund 5,500 homes over the next five years.” In an odd twist, the real estate foreclosure crisis has made it possible for Habitat to serve more families. “The biggest barrier to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
The Wise Men
world, and half-time teaching. I was such an odd duck: Dean Baker wasn’t too clear about what I would teach and neither was I! Thus began a long association with INCAE for HBS and for me personally. It’s been a fruitful relationship with... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
MBA vs. MBA
office, but maintains that his long-term ties give him an advantage. “The big question is who can be more effective for our district,” he says. Edwards may defy the odds once again. Polls in mid-October showed him with a commanding... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Patch Work
The week before the November 2024 US elections was like so many that came before at Winning Connections, with John Jameson (MBA 1991) padding around his firm’s Capitol Hill town house in athletic shorts, trying to demonstrate that the telephone still has a role to play... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014
focus is on Ann Edwards, daughter of a prominent Kohler striker, and her custodianship of the memoirs of Elliott Goldberg , Jimmy Hoffa and the Teamsters' CPA. Martin Shapiro's 2039 (a futuristic novel) by Martin Shapiro (MBA 1966) Skipper, from the Prairies to the... View Details
- 19 Jan 2023
- News
Forged in Fire
life, the things outside my sphere of influence, what can I do to make them work for me instead of against me? For me, it was figuring out how can I make blind look good? And if I could never sit back and reimagine my vision of greatness for myself, how I can make... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
and John Maynard Keynes, who was a British economist and one of the leading economic thinkers of the time. Despite their differences, their assessment was remarkably similar; that is, how odd it was that there was no shortage of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Li & Fung's Global Footprint
the changing global landscape for business leaders Look in any closet, toy chest, or family room in a typical Western home, and you’ll find a trove of goods supplied by a century-old Hong Kong–based export trading company— Li & Fung Ltd. View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
we can lower the odds that we’ll freeze up in the moment while also sustaining courage over prolonged periods. We also can inspire others around us to display what Gulati calls collective courage. Whether you’re a leader steering your... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019
reliable ones? Should we abandon our current business model for an entirely new one? Making bold changes demands bold leadership and, often, massive cultural transformation. Li points to organizations that beat the odds and succeeded at... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
don’t make it past five years. Stacey Abrams and Lara Hodgson want to help today’s entrepreneurs beat the odds by revealing the unseen tethers that keep small businesses from growing and thriving. Drawing on firsthand experience starting... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
things seem impossible. Professor Malhotra draws out lessons using behind-the-scenes stories of real-life negotiations, including drafting the U.S. Constitution, resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis, ending bitter disputes in the NFL and NHL, and beating the View Details
- 19 Jun 2017
- News
How Women's Basketball Conquered Europe
something. There was very little interest, and it happened that a team in France contacted my partner at the time. We got a call. My partners Bob and Pat Kennedy had established the first basketball camps for girls and women in the United States. OK? This goes back 40... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Financial Services 24/7
odd to them, and the notion of writing a check at the corner store to get money in a pinch suggests a scene from a Norman Rockwell painting. It is only a matter of time, online banking enthusiasts say, before the process of writing a... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 21 Mar 2025
- News
What We Can Learn From “The Oracle of Wall Street”
Lunches” in the Hamptons every summer for I think thirty-some odd years, and it would be twenty to thirty people at every lunch, maybe a hundred over the course of the summer. And it would be every tech, finance, business titan you can... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
transportation industry 33 alumni work for a railroad 1908 Railroad Organization and Finance course offered at HBS 1915 James J. Hill Professorship of Transportation endowed 1935 "Railroad weekend" workshops held for business leaders; continue until start of WWII Omaha... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
today. When they first emerged, business schools were highly controversial institutions. The profit-maximizing imperatives of business were seen to be at odds with the more disinterested mission of universities. Business education came to... View Details