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- 01 Apr 2001
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The Small Business Difference: How Smaller Companies Manage with Less
was software that could mine huge databases and organize information that was both usable and affordable for small businesses. But when it didn’t take off with its target customers, Slayton and his team were... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Cultivating the Next Generation of Thought Leaders
two reasons for management failures to heed shareholder proposals for greater action on ESG issues: processes within the organization may not be sufficiently developed, and performance incentives may be misaligned. “I went back to the... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Q&A: Wrestling with the Unthinkable
carry them out. You need an informant - and that probably means you have to know a terrorist. I've been involved in foreign policy for more than 35 years. There is no field more dependent on good intelligence than counterterrorism, and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle
self-confidence, sophisticated analytical skills, and the ability to make decisions quickly. And unlike the top-down hierarchy found in the U.S. military, the IDF is a ground-up organization where local commanders are responsible for... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
In 2010, Maria Gotsch (MBA 1989) called a meeting with the chief information and technology officers at five of the largest banks headquartered in Manhattan. The session would last for three hours, but as Gotsch recalls, the executives in... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Shattering Glass
complex question—and some straightforward advice for organizations committed to change. In the last half of the 20th century, women made great advances in the business world. Why has this progress stalled? Colleen Ammerman: Women were... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Shaping Leaders Who Understand Business and the Environment
percent of the class would have known what he was talking about. “Today, it’s more than 50 percent. Students understand that those are important considerations that are going to affect their organizations and their careers,” observes... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Trek Talk
1996. Students also organized career and networking events this year in Seattle, Austin, Washington, D.C., Denver, New York, and Hollywood. The Harbus reported that there was talk of future treks to “Africa, Asia, and even exotic Maine.” View Details
- 22 Feb 2019
- News
Empowering a New Generation of Business Leaders
World Congress Center in Atlanta for a program called JA BizTown, where students learn business concepts and skills through a simulated economy in which they create and run a company. “We had a very rewarding JA day,” says Tom Mallory (MBA 1990), who View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Commitment to Leadership
remains at the forefront of leadership research and development. We are committed to preparing future leaders for the new realities of leadership—leaders with the character and competence required to build organizations that can execute... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
its own members to fund future expansion. What’s in Assistant Professor Uma Karmarkar’s grocery bags? It may depend on if she’s carrying reusuable bags. In a series of experiments, Karmarkar and a fellow researcher found that when customers bring their own bags, they... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
address market failures in global health-care delivery and education. Gates Champions Creative Capitalism Seated in comfortable armchairs, keynote speaker Bill Gates continued on the theme of cross-sector cooperation in an informal... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
2010 Leadership Fellows
Eleven graduating MBAs have taken positions with nonprofit and public-sector organizations with the support of the School’s Leadership Fellows Program. The program awards key management positions for one year at competitive salaries. This... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Takeaways
Edited by April White Peter A. Gudmundsson photo by Susan Young Peter A. Gudmundsson photo by Susan Young “All organizations need great people. Veterans are great people, so all organizations need to hire... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
support and guidance for this year’s gathering in Cleveland, and we are immensely grateful. Next year’s conference cochairs Manuel Sacerdote (MBA 1968) and Bruce Coates (MBA 1975) are already working hard with their talented organizing... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
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New HBS, KSG Joint Degree
HBS and the Kennedy School of Government have announced the creation of an integrated joint-degree program, the first of its kind. Its mission is to develop outstanding leaders who are skilled in both managing complex organizations and... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Embracing Activism for Social Change
much of her first post-HBS year managing the pilot. Resolving Crisis Situations Mendu and other members of the partnership developed a three-part initiative informed by the best practices they gathered from local stakeholders and... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
"Foundations" Paves the Way for Entering MBAs
have classes with everyone else." To accomplish this, the cluster - a group of sixteen students - became the organizing block for Foundations. "We made a conscious effort to change the student mix constantly in order to provide many... View Details
- 08 Sep 2022
- News
Learning Curve
teacher who is now head of school, set the simple educational philosophy—“just teach them”—which entailed meeting the students, academically and otherwise, exactly where they were. Melcher served as president and handled the business side of the school, which grew... View Details
- 02 Mar 2017
- News
Such Great Heights
higher than Everest, the same thing was going on here in the Northwest. People would set off and see a mountain off in the distance, and they wouldn't have any information about how high it was or what the route was. But they were just... View Details