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- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Editor's Note
asks: Is management a profession? His answer may surprise you. The excerpts we present provide a sampling of his key findings. No doubt they will help set the agenda for the faculty colloquia on business education scheduled for next spring. Consider this issue just the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
New Magazine Makes Its Mark
list exists. But several efforts to compile such a list are under way, a development Nelson and Phillips eagerly await. As circulation and ad revenue continue to grow, the publishing duo expect to achieve a milestone this year: They’ll finally take home a salary. —... View Details
- 04 Aug 2010
- News
A Lonely Crusader
We’ve all read stories about those rare individuals who saw the financial crisis coming and profited handsomely from their contrarian insights. Add to that list of contrarians hedge fund manager Bill Ackman (MBA ’92), whose six-year crusade to expose the financial... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Making a Difference
the phone’s camera at the graphic and snap an image. The decoder will translate the bar code and redirect you to the target Web site. We’ve placed four mobile bar codes in this issue. To experiment, start with this one. It will take you to a video of Professor Lawrence... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Perception versus Reality
story. Mike Cassidy (MBA ’91) alone has four. Since graduating, he has launched and sold four tech companies, earning him the sobriquet “Start-Up King of Silicon Valley” (see article). His advice to would-be entrepreneurs: “Don’t hesitate to jump in.” Given this... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
by Roger Thompson A spate of business scandals — from Enron’s spectacular collapse to stock option backdating — have put business schools on the spot to explain what, if any, responsibility they might have... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Security Chief
Parker Imagine having a conversation with the head of HR that goes something like this: Over the past several years with the company, I’ve helped turn around an ailing division. Now I’d like to try my hand at managing a growth business. Anything available? When you... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
Illustration by David Plunkert Here’s a really scary thought. Now that the federal government has poured hundreds of billions of dollars into saving financial institutions deemed “too big to fail,” hasn’t it implicitly guaranteed similar largesse for all such... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Daniel Vasella
Vasella Illustration by Dennis Balogh Twenty years ago a young doctor with a hankering for business experience gave up his clinical practice in Bern, Switzerland, and moved to East Hanover, New Jersey, to try his hand at drug sales with the Swiss conglomerate Sandoz.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Get Creative
we rail against in class is that product development just throws a new product over the wall to marketing and expects them to go sell it. For the last 50 years, innovation theorist Everett Rogers told us that the difference between a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
announced on October 14 a plan to recapitalize U.S. banks with $250 billion of the $700 billion approved for the financial rescue plan.) For more faculty views on the global economic crisis, visit www.hbs.edu/economic-crisis/. — Roger... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
New Editor Takes Helm at HBS Bulletin
Roger Thompson, a longtime editor at Nation’s Business magazine and, more recently, a Web site developer and manager for Cox Interactive Media, is the new editor of the HBS Bulletin. In July, he assumed the position formerly held by... View Details
- 10 Sep 2008
- News
Thanks for the Memories
storytelling session while on campus. Attendees at the Centennial Business Summit will have a chance to record their stories on Sunday evening, October 12. Not planning to attend either? Phone in your story for recording at a toll-free number: 877-533-4233 domestic;... View Details
- 10 Dec 2010
- News
Notes from the Trenches
Last week’s post by Roger Thompson featured “Ten Rules for Entrepreneurs”. To build on that, I thought I’d include some of the more quotable moments and insights from a recent panel featuring past... View Details
- 27 May 2014
- News
Crowdsourcing the Capitalist's Dilemma
Bryan Mezue (MBA 2013, Forum for Growth and Innovation), Taylor Thompson (MBA 2013, Forum for Growth and Innovation), Alexis Lefort (HBS Forum for Growth and Innovation), Colin Maclay (HBS Digital Initiative), Emily Snyder (HBS Staff),... View Details
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
regularly! New time-saving apps are helpful for us urbanites, as is great childcare—we were very lucky in that department. And again, a conscious awareness that you and your partner need time together, regularly. Find it or perish!” —Ginger View Details