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- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Meeting the Challenges of Third-World Development
environment, however, was not familiar to the typical MBA. Based in the northern Tanzanian city of Arusha, Lu spent half of her time in an office on a street she shared with roving chickens and cows and the other half traveling to field... View Details
- 01 Jun 2019
- News
City on a Hill
he was facing not only substantial organizational crises but a deep-seated cultural challenge as well. Marietta had the pedigree of an outside expert, with a master’s and a doctorate of education from Harvard along with his MBA. At HBS, Marietta spent much of his View Details
- 27 Mar 2014
- News
From Marx to Marketing
the time a partner at the Athens-based Ulysses Commission Trading Company, an agency company representing foreign manufacturers in the Greek market, watched those dramatic days in late 1989 with mixed feelings. "I knew that the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Forward Thinking
There was a time when human activity in outer space was a highly centralized, government-led endeavor, says Professor and Senior Associate Dean Matthew Weinzierl. But that era has passed: Over the past two decades, a calcified space bureaucracy has given way to a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2014
photography and reporting by Susan Young See full profiles and more photographs here. There’s a common thread among the stories of this year’s recipients of the School’s highest honor: every one of them answered a daunting challenge with an entrepreneurial solution.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Energy: A Future of Lower Energy Prices
natural gas prices revert to historical mean levels. Depending on where you are in the economic supply chain that can be beneficial or detrimental. If you look at all the economies that depend on petro... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Case Study: The Doctor Deficit
that today’s nurse shortage could reach 1.2 million vacancies in the same time frame. Alexi Nazem (MBA 2011) has seen the impact of these shortages firsthand. “Health care is a very broken system,” says the doctor and cofounder of Nomad... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Path to Economic Revival
they’re going, I’m more doubtful. Manufacturing capability takes a while to erode. But the damage is almost irreversible; that’s the concern. So now is the time to be doing something about it before we get to the point where the answer is... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Get Ready for Saudi Oil Shock
been at for the last 50 years. It starts opening doors to rationalize a new economy that isn’t as dependent on oil as the economy we created. What steps should we take now to prepare for an oil shortage? You’ve really got to go to a sort... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
Mikel Gutierrez, and Mark Lancelott (Van Haren Publishing) The journey from strategy to operating success depends on creating an organization that can deliver the chosen strategy. This book shows how to do this. It teaches readers how to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Down the Memory Chute
Illustrations by Greg Clarke Recent alumni may not believe it, but there was a time when it was the Written Word — more so than cold calls or attacks of classroom amnesia — that struck fear in the hearts of HBS students. Every two weeks,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
No Place Like Home
increasingly scarce. How serious is the problem? It's a tale of two Americas, the best of times and worst of times if you're a consumer in the current U.S. housing market. On the plus side, thanks to the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
to be a venture capitalist. Do you agree? It depends on how one looks at the business. We believe that when you see articles that question whether it’s a good time to be a venture capitalist, we are in the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Books
turn, moving ideas on new paths to market and perhaps even publishing research to enhance industry knowledge will provide new and important ways for companies to realize the value of their discoveries. — Laura Singleton (MBA ’88) Artful Making by Rob Austin and Lee... View Details
- 09 Nov 2015
- News
Chuck (MBA 1970) and Sue Fienning
time and resources to the causes he cares about, including HBS. He is so appreciative of everything his HBS education has done for him that he has given to the School every year since graduation. Now, wanting to show support in a larger... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Marked Managers
conditions favor imprinting. Consider companies that have the following characteristics: distinctive corporate cultures, strategies, and structures, with large cohorts of young managers who are hired at roughly the same time and who... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Check In
1997; since that time, it has overseen six funds totaling more than $1.1 billion. With the coronavirus pandemic and travel restrictions continuing to batter the industry, Depatie takes a clear-eyed look at what the future might hold for a profession that View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace
night shift took over my bunk while I was observing and interviewing the day shift. The food was great, and most of the time I arrived and departed by helicopter.” Looking back on the project, she rates it “the best field research... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
the tide, depending on what circumstances you’re in.” Like all of the alumni interviewed for this article, Snoey rejects the word “retirement” as a description for his current lifestyle. “My physical and mental capabilities continue to be... View Details
Keywords: Personal Services
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015
CEOs can meet their challenges once that top position is achieved. The book covers the importance of family, effective time management, discipline in all its meanings, and the relationships between the CEO, the board of directors,... View Details