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- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
are closer to the batter than the pitcher is. The complex is so close to the water that fans in all manner of floating craft regularly camp out to catch “splash hits” — the official term for home runs that clear the right field wall and... View Details
- 01 Aug 2014
- News
The Secret Sauce
assignment seriously, crafted a plan, and spent the necessary time to implement it.” That planning paid off: The Class of 1982 raised $24.4 million, exceeding their goal and establishing a new 30th Reunion gift record. With Hawkins as... View Details
- 21 Feb 2012
- News
Sustainability Is Good Business
business and environmentalists to collaborate to develop sustainable enterprises. He described, for example, how Nature Conservancy scientists are working with Rio Tinto, a global mining behemoth, to craft an environmentally sensitive... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Alumni Books
Business Press) With values markedly different from those of earlier generations, Generation Y, born after 1980, makes up almost a third of all Americans living today. Erickson shows Generation Y-ers how to understand and influence their professional relationships, how... View Details
- 29 Sep 2022
- News
Securing a Resilient Future for Senegal
countries closed their borders. Diagne’s first task was to work closely with the ministry’s leadership team in crafting an economic response to the pandemic. Worldwide, crisis management involved very similar challenges—layoffs and... View Details
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- 28 May 2021
- News
Unspent Love
In a Modern Love column for the New York Times called “She Put Her Unspent Love in a Cardboard Box,” Genevieve Kingston writes that she shared a birthday with her mother, Kristina Mailliard (MBA 1981), who loved to arrange elaborate parties every February to celebrate:... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back on Course
the fact that those models produced 70 percent of the firm's revenue. "They were practical, but ugly," noted Heese, who expressed distaste for the "fiberglass bathtubs" that are all too common these days. Chris- Craft plans to launch a... View Details
- 09 Nov 2022
- News
Public Good
approach, taking the time in her first few months to meet with the organizations many employees, volunteers, donors, and beneficiaries in order to craft what she refers to as her “100-day plan.” “I don’t want to make changes before I talk... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Business Suits You: Experimenting with Professional Identity
technical and analytic skills to craft a 'well-prepared' provisional self," she writes. "By rehearsing these clumsy, often ineffective, sometimes inauthentic selves," Ibarra concludes, "junior managers learn more about the limitations and... View Details
- 02 Jul 2008
- News
No Pulp Fiction Allowed
(Princeton Press, 2007). Khurana charts the origins and development of MBA programs, beginning with Harvard in 1908. The narrative plot thickens as he describes in compelling detail how corporate managers in the 1970s and 1980s went from heroes to goats as academics at... View Details
- 23 Sep 2020
- News
HBS Action Plan for Racial Equity
member of our community to thrive.” The plan was crafted by a 25-member task force made of HBS faculty, staff, students, and alumni, and co-chaired by Chief Information Officer Ron Chandler, Senior Associate Dean for Community and Culture... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
An Ethical Fitness Quiz for Negotiators
down to craft a deal or settle a dispute,” says Wheeler. “Your character is one thing you shouldn’t make up as you go along.” Wheeler presents three cases that test ethical negotiating behavior. The “steal deal” scenario involves an... View Details
- 10 Mar 2011
- News
Philanthropy’s Dilemma
its best, and it can bring enormous joy into a donor’s life,” they write. “But generosity alone is rarely sufficient if you aspire to leave a legacy of exceptional results.” That’s where Give $mart comes in. Tierney and Fleishman have View Details
- 12 Aug 2010
- News
You Can’t Take It with You
“How Will You Measure Your Life?” Well-known for his introduction of the “disruptive technology” concept, Christensen outlines how he counseled members of the MBA Class of 2010 to craft as thoughtful and strategic an approach to their... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Lighting the Way
leaders in organizational studies who have crafted the discourse on the intersections of race, work, and leadership. The cross-disciplinary exchange centered on learning about and from the black experience. The symposium enhanced... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Breakthrough International Negotiation
negotiation, not the least of which is the corporate arena. "Brokering a deal requires the same ability to assess complex situations and craft breakthrough strategies as brokering a peace agreement," says Watkins. "Leaders of companies... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Welcome to the Future
Rose. The highly configurable hives and other areas employ state-of-the-art computer and video technology to enhance learning. Moreover, the building’s carefully crafted lighting, design, and music encourage an outside-the-box mind-set.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Rx for Too Big to Fail
constraints. A new Glass-Steagall law that segregated commercial banking from other financial activities, or that limited banks’ proprietary trading, would strengthen the financial system, if crafted properly. But it could hardly be... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Real Deal
the homeless that he anticipates the creation of a $20 million housing trust fund.“To progress together, we need to understand the needs of others,” Leppert declared. Described by the News as “a career businessman and self-made millionaire who often View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
The Future of Books
variety of books on sale. There is Barnes & Noble, and there are local, independent bookstores. And there is also an emerging special-markets channel: We used to never sell books to Michaels, but with the emergence of high-end coloring books, the View Details