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Power and Influence for Positive Impact | HBS Online

about business problems and arrive at a solution yourself." Sichao Ni Commercial Attaché, U.S. Embassy Singapore at U.S. Department of Commerce Develop the skills to implement meaningful change and challenge the status quo. "HBS Online... View Details

01 Jan 2013
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André R. Jakurski, MBA 1973

manages $3.8 billion As part of the Polish underground resistance during World War II, André Jakurski's father forged documents to help those in danger change their identities. "My parents lost everything during the war," explains the... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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McCollum Center | About

The McCollum Center has been updated over the years, most recently in 2008, when it received technology upgrades, architectural finish enhancements, new furniture, improved HVAC systems, and access/egress improvements. The recent changes... View Details

01 Oct 1997
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L.E. Simmons

who has achieved lofty financial success in his professional career while remaining firmly grounded in solid business wisdom. The second oldest of four brothers who grew up in rural Kaysville, Utah - all of whom went on to earn MBAs at... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

01 Aug 1998
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High Honors

Associated Press, he spent 43 years building Norfolk, VirginiaÐbased Landmark Communications, Inc. (and its earlier incarnations), from an $8 million family business to a multimedia enterprise with close to five thousand employees. Batten's View Details

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

percent of total revenue. Three factors govern the change in the endowment distribution: a specified rate increase set by the University, which in fiscal 2023 was 4.5 percent; new gifts to the endowment, which comprises more than 1,000... View Details

02 Feb 2022
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How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Nikki Philip

At the NFL I was responsible for the holistic wellness of active and retired football players as well as coaches and staff. Did 2+2 change your path or alter your post-undergraduate plans? 2+2 made many of my decisions between undergrad... View Details

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Is the Digital Transformation Certificate Right for You?

today is engaged in some type of digital transformation, but with technology changing so fast, it can be hard to stay on top of the trends that matter most. That's why HBS Executive Education is continuing to expand our offerings related... View Details

01 Mar 2003
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Dick Franyo: From Banker to Barkeeper

With thirty years in the investment banking business under his belt, Richard L. Franyo (MBA ’72), then managing director of investment banking for Deutsche Bank, was ready for a change. But after a heady career that included playing a key... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

24 Jun 2021
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Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class

Soo Current role: Chief People Officer, Stitch Fix Jevan Soo came to HBS and HKS with a goal of using his degree to build a career in human capital. As the Chief People Officer at Stitch Fix, a company with over 8,000 employees, he is... View Details

03 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Desperate for Talent? Consider Advancing Your Own Employees First

Job openings in the United States continue to hover at record high levels, exacerbated by the Great Resignation and a sputtering emergence from the pandemic. Competition remains fierce among companies struggling to find qualified workers. Yet many employers,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

01 Sep 2023
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Alumni and Faculty Books

Winfrey reveal how the tools of emotional self-management can change your life―immediately. They recommend practical, research-based practices to build the four pillars of happiness: family, friendship, work, and faith. And along the way,... View Details

23 May 2023
Research & Ideas

Lessons on Life, Graffiti, and Value: 'It's in That Darkness That You Can Actually Develop and Evolve'

Riley’s crew, he said, “had this incredible energy and charisma and was doing things that were really inspirational. It started by changing the whole course of LA graffiti, but ultimately, led to really View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

12 Nov 2018
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Student Portraits - Armed Forces Alumni Association

change it for anything. ERIN SHUBA / USS Gerald R. Ford, US Navy ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Blacksburg, VA REASON FOR SERVING: I always felt a strong desire to serve, but was always a little nervous about the idea. Cheesy as it sounds, I love... View Details

03 Jul 2008
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Are Followers About to Get Their Due?

followership dynamics are really one and the same. Those who lead in one instance may follow in another." As C. J. Cullinane put it, "... to be a great leader you first have to be at some time in your career a great... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

10 Jan 2022
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How to Get Companies to Make Investments That Benefit Everyone

since little of the upside tends to flow back onto corporate balance sheets. To that end, Nagle says, “Can we design systems and regulations to allow a company to get some of those benefits?” One model for the future: Free and open source software Drawing on his... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

29 Nov 2017
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How to Succeed in Business (According to a 15th Century Trade Merchant)

character, and not too fickle nor an idler, but rather aspires to acquire both honour and profit or victory in war, Cortugli opines, “then we can say that he is suitable material for a career in trade.” And if that is the case, he should... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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Research - Race, Gender & Equity

Africa, has to decide what titles and authority to give to a daughter who is being courted to leave a promising career in Europe to come back and join the business. The choices of role range from an... July 2024 Management Science Whether... View Details

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Rare Disease Day – Small Numbers, Big Challenges… and Big Opportunities - Blog: Health Supplement

The power of the patient Patients like my mother have become the pioneers of change for rare diseases, advocating for themselves and educating their physicians in real time. Patient advocacy organizations and disease-focused, nonprofit,... View Details

February 2013 (Revised September 2013)
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Elasto Therm: The Next Step

By: Jim Sharpe and James Weber

Julia and Nate Burstein were living their dream running their own business and balancing the demands between their work and family obligations while creating a company that was responsive to their employees' and their customers' needs. The Bursteins had joined a large... View Details