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- 22 Jan 2018
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
In this special “First Five Years” post, three alumni recently named to the Forbes 2018 “30 Under 30” list—Jeet Guram (MBA 2015), Meghana Dhar (MBA 2016), and Shiv Gaglani (MBA 2016)—talk careers, HBS, and why a strategy of procrastinating can be a good thing. How did... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
In a year like no other, it makes sense that a handful of new words would pop up—and familiar terms would find a different spin and resonance. We asked HBS alumni and faculty to give their take on a few that will continue to make some... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Case Study: Something New
transparency to the pricing and cut out the middleman. So I say yes absolutely you can and should have some off-the-rack options (still tailored to fit). This may even be preferred for the woman who is time-strapped or low on creativity... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Merrill Lynch's Stan O'Neal
Management Committee, O’Neal is one of the firm’s top officers and is frequently mentioned as being on the shortlist to be the next chairman of the 150-year-old firm. “My father told me I wasn’t cut out for farm work,” says O’Neal, whose... View Details
- 17 Jun 2020
- News
Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines
lockdown, Ahmed says Pasricha’s talk was perfectly timed. “It was exactly what people needed, myself included. We had a short Q & A after his talk, which turned out to be a fairly deep and personal discussion around the struggles people... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 19 Apr 2018
- News
One Last Pitch
the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship in partnership with HBS Alumni Clubs and Associations. In the alumni category, 164 teams had battled it out in 11 regional competitions around the globe. On Wednesday night, in a theatrically... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Raymond Hwang (MBA 2010)
medical director of the KishHealth Spine Center? “It’s remarkable how often I use HBS-derived knowledge, particularly since medicine is not a traditional MBA career track. From assessing the financial status of a medical practice to negotiating strategic View Details
- 26 Feb 2020
- News
Phoenix Rising
eight floors up, both for the Acropolis views and for a less buttoned-up vibe. As the November afternoon wears on and daylight fades, the buzz in the lounge heats up. Tea service yields to bar service, and patrons jockey to be heard above... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Dog’s Best Friend: Jim Hawes’s Charles River Rescue
River. The people were watching a German shepherd dog out in the water, in a hole in the ice, struggling to get some traction to get up onto solid ice. Fred and I continued on our way to I cannot recall where, and when we returned it was... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
Illustration by Dave Cutler At the peak of his career as CEO of Bain & Company, Tom Tierney (MBA ’80) quit his job to form a nonprofit professional services organization. Frustrated by the plodding pace of Alzheimer’s research,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
From Bytes to Bites
restaurants. Things went well, until — as is so often true in the mercurial world of restaurants — they didn’t. Thomas put her expertise in operations and management to work, helping to sort out some of the financial difficulties the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Vital Signs
around for a long time but with slower adoption than what we’d like to see. COVID has provided the momentum to bring more care online as providers adapt to the situation. Especially for clinics and hospitals that are treating COVID... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
miss their exit cues when the meal is over. Careful design of the bar area helps control all that. “As for my students,” Upton concludes, “they really get a kick out of the fact that, at a Benihana restaurant, the parts arrive, they... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
“Crush it!” I was test-driving a Tesla Model S 75D under the watchful eye of Kristin, the “owner-advisor” tasked with accompanying me while I took one of Elon Musk’s battery-powered luxury cars for a spin on the Far West Side of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Get Ready for Saudi Oil Shock
transportation fuel used. What about alternative sources of energy? Reducing the use of oil is the way we get through the next ten years. At the same time, we should go on the greatest explosion of R&D in the history of the world. The Holy Grail is to come View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Women at the Top
world of the HBS classroom, a dynamic environment where faculty display their talent not only for presenting new ideas and breathing fresh life into traditional academics, but also for drawing out the wisdom and experience of everyone... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
it's news to no one that moviegoers have many more entertainment options that don't involve getting in a car and driving to a theater. A weekly or monthly outing to the movies is no longer as prevalent. Stream a movie from Netflix on your... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
How to Spur Prosperity
governments often do, which is to throw money at entrepreneurs without creating an environment that is hospitable to entrepreneurship. You’ve written that government stimulus packages sometimes fail because they are directed by a “herd... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
a few big hospitals or financial services firms. Think of it as a private LinkedIn group or a Google circle. “Another analogue is a weather map,” says Bonaparte. “We’re allowing you to get ahead of the... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Bringing Hope to a Violent Land
In its place is a debilitating, often desperate condition, bequeathed to them in large measure by the apathy, greed, and ignorance of adults both near and far. That, one could say, is Africa. But ask JoAnna Van Gerpen (MBA ’81), UNICEF’s Representative in Sudan, to... View Details