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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
dead.” It might be tempting to believe that the long run is simply a series of short runs, but the reality is that immediate pressures can overwhelm the long-run view, and even cause us to take actions that are the opposite of what a... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Strange Bedfellows
from public filings. Their proposal, which will likely meet fierce opposition from accountants, lawyers, and managers, is a laudable first step in restoring sanity to U.S. corporate profit reporting. When the corporate tax was introduced,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
An Action Plan for Economic Recovery
financial products are systemically risky, like credit default swaps. What would you do? My proposal is just the opposite of the Treasury’s. I would put the Fed in charge of risk monitoring because that’s where it has the most expertise.... View Details
- 04 Jun 2008
- News
Whistle While You Work
Evil Empire once again, you won’t hear jukebox music that celebrates work and jobs. In fact, it’s a slam dunk you’ll hear the opposite (e.g., “Sixteen Tons,” “Get a Job,” “Workin’ for the Man,” “Take This Job and Shove It” .your favorite... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
The Exchange: Chance Encounters
Assistant Professor Maria Roche and Associate Professor Andy Wu; image by John Ritter Late one day in the fall of 2021, as she was packing up to head home, Assistant Professor Maria Roche bumped into Andy Wu, a colleague in the Strategy Unit whose office is next to... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
Storrs Prescription: Build a Killer App Silicon Valley is known for being open to innovation, risk, and failure. At the opposite end of the table sits health care, with its strong emphasis on hierarchy, training, and experience—no... View Details
- 25 Aug 2010
- News
Games, Parties, Pranks, and Celebrations
and Section Bingo based on commonly used words and nonwords such as “incentivize”), the funniest day for our section had to be when we had “come as your opposite sectionmate” day. For our first class in the morning one day late in the... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
All in the Family
On October 1, 1976, Jon Pellegrin (6th OPM), the then 32-year-old vice president of Wisconsin's Johnson Hill Press, walked solemnly into his father George's office. It was time. Slumping into the chair opposite his father's desk, he took... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 13 Nov 2018
- News
Building a New Real Estate Investment Model
renting than any time in the last five decades, and Davis knew there was a market opportunity here. Yet Davis moved in the opposite direction of many real estate investors. He didn’t target big states with large suburban populations and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Ali Allawi
Allawi Illustration by Jack Unruh After spending much of his adult life in opposition to Saddam Hussein’s brutal regime, London-based businessman Ali Allawi (MBA ’71) couldn’t say no to an old friend who called to offer him a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
What I Do: Minnie Ingersoll (MBA 2002)
it’s consistent from company to company.” Her new COO role at Code for America, a San Francisco–based nonprofit dedicated to improving civic tech and “strengthening America’s basic social safety net,” has proven this maxim true. “I actually own kind of the View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
What We’re Reading
been driven to explore faraway regions, although I walk with the help of crutches. My physical limitations never hindered me from visiting dangerous places and leading an adventurous life. The opposite is true: They helped me face... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Linda B. Kanner: All in the Family
"counterphobic move." Punch cards and mainframes were the technological order of the day when she enrolled at HBS, and a successful career in marketing -- including top-level positions at J. Baker Inc. and Bank of New England -- had required little direct experience... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 08 May 2019
- News
Lessons from the Ashes
the heart of the company is very much tied to the economy. And so with the amount of debt we had, we had no margin. So we had to file for bankruptcy in late 1990. My hope was to preserve the company and family control. And what I ended up doing was leading to the exact... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
One-on-One with Robert McNamara
that appear to have never been debated. That includes ‘nation-building’ or what would happen after we passed through major military operations.” Despite his eventual, lonely opposition (now hailed as courageous by many observers) to the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
she adds, come from these kinds of opposite pairings: "That also describes me and my husband." Building a whole new culture, forging this new company—that's an ongoing, long-term project. This year, she's also operating with a few more... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Q&A: Orin Smith
work was under way to repair damage done by February's 6.8 magnitude earthquake. Despite this activity — to say nothing of the high-octane pace of Starbucks' growth — Smith was calm and seemingly unflappable, quite the opposite of the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
The Future of Stem Cells
intense, markets tend to form, with supply responding to demand, in spite of controversy. Thus, with the potentially huge, lucrative, and beneficial industry that could emerge from embryonic stem-cell research, the question seemingly becomes when, not if. “Prohibitions... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
One-on-One with William H. Donaldson
experienced. Why did the SEC override strong industry opposition and require mutual-fund boards to appoint independent chairmen? The commission felt, and I strongly agree, that there’s an unacceptable conflict of interest when the... View Details
- 06 Oct 2022
- News
On the Road to Recovery
indeed, the entire travel-nursing sector—entered a growth phase as newly insured people sought health care and the demand for nurses surged. During this time, many of Nightingale’s competitors sold to private equity firms. But Moreno took the View Details