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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
own solutions while Marty egged him on. When our classmate was finished, to the shock and amusement of the class, Marty slyly asked him if he would like to tell his conclusions directly to the CEO, whom Marty then ushered in from the... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Mary Quin: A Life-Changing Story
run to the safety of her rescuers. Four of the other tourists were killed. Quin returned home to Rochester, New York, aware that the ordeal had permanently changed her. But she thought it best to wait until some of the initial shock had... View Details
- 13 May 2014
- News
Inside Africa
the Forbes list. That was, and still is, surprising to many people,” she says. “It’s shocking because our mindset relative to Africa just isn’t programmed to think of them as being wealthier than Americans. We think they are people to... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 28 Jun 2024
- News
Honoring Leadership in New York; PRIDE Alumni Share HBS Stories
New York Leadership Dinner Honors Leaders Challenging the Status Quo At its 55th Annual Leadership Dinner in May, the HBS Club of New York (HBSCNY) honored four leaders whose careers and contributions to the world embody this year’s theme, “Challenging the Status Quo.”... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Q&A: The Post-Pandemic Path
pandemic-related business shock is permanent versus temporary? For example, has the world moved to more of a takeout culture instead of one that eats in restaurants? Will fewer people travel? You have to always be careful when you’re... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
One-on-One with Robert McNamara
shock of the Kennedy assassination and the accession of President Johnson. And increasingly, there was the problem of Southeast Asia. McNamara says he at first accepted the Cold War–based “domino theory” that if South Vietnam fell to... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 09 Apr 2019
- News
Finding a Fix for Food Allergies
daughter Campbell went into anaphylactic shock after eating prepared food cooked in a pan they believe was cross-contaminated with peanuts. “We saw someone go from fine to wheezing, GI distress, and throat closure in just minutes,” says... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Banishing Balkan Ghosts
three years' service in Poland and Russia as a top-level advisor to those countries' market-oriented reformers. Sachs's methods are often called “shock treatment,” but Djelic begs to differ. “It's not shock treatment,” he declares. “It's... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Producers
describe myself as a shock absorber,” she says. “My job is to take care of everyone on and off the set and solve their problems on a day-to-day basis.” As an undergraduate at Harvard, Nabatoff was the first woman to produce the Hasty... View Details
- 22 Sep 2016
- News
Words and Pictures
chance to reflect on what she wrote 14 years ago. “I am shocked to discover how true some of the things are,” she says. “Maybe not the specifics, but the values and overall interests are still the same.” View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 16 Nov 2017
- News
The Business of Social Justice
refugee women about reproductive health. “I was shocked the first time I heard some kids call me La Blanche—“The White Lady”—because I am a lighter-skinned African American,” she laughs. Working in West Africa put the future into sharper... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 19 Feb 2020
- News
Capitol Ideas to Combat Climate Change
sticker shock would carbon prices trigger?). Elizabeth Lewis (MBA 2006), engagement officer for climate and impact investing at the International Finance Corporation, also responded that government policies needed to require more... View Details
Keywords: April White; photos by Jack Conroy
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Ink
Valley to Swaziland: How One Couple Found Purpose and Adventure in an Encore Career Quoted (iStock) “We’ve now surveyed thousands of executives at hundreds of companies, and they’re always shocked to see how poorly their strategy is... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
age by adapting a current business model to the new marketplace. The book offers critical insights into responding to disruptive shock with three value propositions: repositioning today’s business to maximize resilience; creating a new... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
together and helped each other cope with the loss, the pain, and the shock to our everyday lives. When New Yorkers join together, nothing can stop us." But for most New Yorkers, that resolve would not come immediately - the View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Drive-In Nation
cars advance unseen. It’s a lesson American carmakers apparently forgot. “For the six decades preceding the second oil shock in the 1980s, the United States was a highly protected market,” declares HBS professor Malcolm Salter, who has... View Details
- 07 Oct 2014
- News
Network Effect
was shocked by their advice. “They said, ‘Try three Advil a day. It might help. There are a few FDA-approved drugs for Alzheimer’s disease, and they won’t help,’” he recalls. McCance, a venture- capital pioneer with Greylock Partners, had... View Details
Keywords: Linda Kush
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Unlocking Innovation: A Leader's Guide to Turning Bold Ideas Into Tangible Results By Robyn Bolton (MBA 2005) Page Two Press Only 1 in every 50,000 incubated ideas reaches $1 million in sales. If you ask most corporate executives why their... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
‘We were just doing what needed to be done’
male and much whiter. I wasn’t really shocked until I found out the actual number of African American students. I must admit I was really disappointed in Harvard. Its reputation was that it was the best of the country’s educational... View Details
- 13 Mar 2018
- News
Leadership Lessons from the “Lone Survivor” Mission
grenade, which is a very unsophisticated weapon, in the middle of the Hindu Kush mountains, where you can't get around easily. And so to be in the right place at the right time with that kind of a weapon system, it just wasn't making sense. Morrell: After the View Details