military service - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2006
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Man with a Mission

before he returned for a time to the military as an intelligence officer hunting war criminals in Bosnia and Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. Howard said he’s been given a lot and wants to make a difference. “My great-great-grandfather was... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services

14 Jan 2014
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Spreading the Seeds of Entrepreneurship

getting an MBA because he says he wants "a seat at the table." "Since our launch in 2008, we've had 110 students take the class," Schultz notes. "Except for one who's in an elite military unit, all have gone on to college, including 30 or... View Details

Keywords: CEO (Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities); Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services

01 Jun 2007
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Up from the Ashes

recognize these essential characteristics, Schumpeter concludes, “does a meaningless job.” In using the term “business strategy” which he did not coin but did popularize and likening corporate initiatives to military behavior, Schumpeter... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services

01 Jun 2009
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Alumni Books

The People Factor: Strengthening America by Investing in Public Service by Linda J. Bilmes (MBA ’84) and W. Scott Gould (Brookings Institution Press) The authors argue that the federal government can achieve the same gains as the best... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

23 May 2019
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Michael G. Mullen, AMP 109, 1991

strong, decisive leadership. Although he is far too humble to admit it, his own experience as a naval commander as well as serving in the United States’ highest military position, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is a case in point.... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Oct 2000
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The Entrepreneurial Venture

Today's frenzied world of dot-com mania might have been hard to predict 25 years ago, but the Class of 1975 has always had an eye for opportunity. For its time, the class had a sizable number of military officers familiar with strategic... View Details

16 Oct 2018
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To Lead and Serve

Joseph Patrick (“Joe”) Mulloy (MBA 1987) is a retired Vice Admiral with the US Navy. In this interview, he reflects on the connections between his HBS education and his leadership and management experiences during a long military career.... View Details

01 Aug 2001
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J. Ronald Fox (MBA '59)

In June, the School conferred its highest honors, the Distinguished Service Award and the Alumni Achievement Award, on four professors emeriti and five alumni, respectively. This is a profile of a Distinguished View Details

Keywords: Alumni Achievement Award; J. Sterling Livingston; George P. Baker; Government

25 Mar 2019
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GOP Elite Fundraiser and Former Marriott Honcho Fred Malek Is Dead at 82

Keywords: Hospitality

12 Feb 2016
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Creating Common Ground in Communities of Conflict

Mendhro grew up with a desire to learn and experience the world, she had no formal opportunities to do so. “My brother and I would wake up in the morning and explore. It was self-learning,” she says. “Education became a personal goal and interest.” In 1980, a View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

24 Apr 2014
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One by one, connecting veterans to opportunities

Faw. Through social media and word of mouth, the service he provides has made Faw a go-to guy for veterans seeking career advice. At HBS, he fields up to 10 emails and five phone calls a week from veterans interested in making the... View Details

16 Sep 2015
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Built for Speed

in Iraq. Local Motors currently has three working microfactories, with plans to build a network of 50. But the pressures of military service weighed on him. He loved the Marines, but he missed his wife and... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Jun 2024
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Conducting Business

Ohio, where he had secured multimillion-dollar budgets from the federal government. There were several military veterans as well, but they were mostly ex-Army or ex-Marines who had fought in Vietnam, and they all seemed tough and... View Details

Keywords: Michael Farmer (MBA 1971); illustration by Lucinda Rogers; Educational Services; Educational Services

01 Jun 2014
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014

Life by David M. Culver (MBA 1949) with Alan Freeman (McGill-Queen's University Press) Innovation Zeitgeist: Digital Business Transformation in a World of Too Many Competitors by Alistair Davidson (MBA 1976) (Eclicktick Consulting) Denial of View Details

11 Jun 2015
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A personal mission to serve veterans

take care of them and their families,” she said. “That experience shaped what led me to HBS.” While later working at PepsiCo, Sullivan was appointed by President Obama to the American Battle Monuments Commission, which resulted in her attending View Details

01 Jun 2012
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Giving Together

a fellowship fund to support HBS students with a military service background—and so did 11 of his classmates. Haley, a former US Navy SEAL and currently a managing director at Ziff Brothers Investments, led... View Details

01 Dec 2020
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New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books

After graduating Cum Laude from Harvard College in 1974 and earning his MBA from the Harvard Business School in 1976, Bujalski had a successful business career as CEO of several health care services companies. His journey into... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Oct 2018
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Moving On

political military positions in NATO, the Pentagon, and the State Department. People ask me, ‘Hey, Chris you're pretty successful. Why are you successful?’ “I go, ‘Because I've failed miserably. Because I've had some really, really,... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

23 Jul 2013
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Building Great Schools around Great Teachers

boarding school seemed too limiting if he wanted to make a genuine impact. Turning his sights to improving public education, he met with then-HBS Senior Lecturer Stacey Childress (MBA 2000). She presented him with a challenge. Why, she asked, does the US View Details

Keywords: Linda Kush; Educational Services; Educational Services

01 Dec 2011
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Making the Case for Leadership

cannot be successful unless they show vulnerability, are consistent, take time to be balanced, have a vision, and embrace their role as decision-makers. In the 2010 case “Toby Johnson: Leading After School,” Johnson, with military View Details

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