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- 11 Sep 2009
- News
I Network, You Network, He, She, It Networks…
Do future MBAs emerge from the womb with business card in hand? Greet their preschool pals with a firm, not fishy, handshake? HBS alumni so frequently mention the lifelong benefits of connections made at Soldiers Field that I’ve always... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
(MBA 1969)—to careers in business. “He taught by the case method, and made sure we had real-life experiences,” Lambert says, recalling a field trip to General Motors in Detroit. “Professor Fitzhugh saw business as a way for the black... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Long and Winding Road
effectively. At Soldiers Field we learned how to gauge uncertainty, weigh aftereffects, and make decisions without reinventing the wheel. Above all, the School supported us in becoming leaders who could make a difference. More than a few... View Details
Keywords: Wayne R. Vibert (MBA 1973)
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
“HBS has always been good at running experiments — reinforcing the ones that make progress and killing the ones that don’t,” says HBS professor of management practice Joseph B. Lassiter, who, together with Sahlman, worked with student... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Winning Season
THAT'S A WINNER: The DeWitts enjoy the home field advantage at the new Busch Stadium, which offers views of downtown St. Louis and the city's trademark Gateway Arch. From his office in the new Busch Stadium, St. Louis Cardinals Managing... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Great Expectations
changing world. For more than 100 years, HBS has had the courage to develop new ways of providing a trans-formational experience for our students. About a year ago we began conceptualizing a new, required MBA course called View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Taking Flight
IN HIS ELEMENT: Peter Thayer has spotted nearly 3,500 species of birds...and counting. Peter Thayer (MBA ’73) didn’t recognize the little bird hopping about in his backyard outside Cincinnati. His parents had given him a field guide for... View Details
- 18 Jul 2019
- News
A Category Leader
to lead is a key source of our competitiveness and makes the company sort of the family company that it is today. “One of the most amazing things to me is that we are a company that is 93 percent women. And when you look around the room at our management team, or our... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Faculty Retirements
Mercer Management Consulting, Sloane joined the HBS faculty in 1991 after a thirty-year career in the field of management consulting. In the MBA curriculum, Sloane taught Leadership and Organizational Behavior, General Management, and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Warren Buffett Speaks at HBS
is wealthy enough so that, ideally, all its citizens should be taken care of and “some base level” of health care should be available to all. Buffett concluded with some professional and personal advice. “Go into a field that you have a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Blissful Thinking
happened—catalytically—in the science of happiness. You’ve been deep in this topic for almost two decades. How have you seen the field evolve and change? It’s become a lot more cognitive and brain-scientific. Neuroscience is a relatively... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters
- Profile
Rakhshan Zahid
that have some kind of hierarchy. But in the FIELD projects, you work in teams of six peers – a very different kind of experience. It forces you to be more mature because you learn how to manage conflicts, differences of opinion,... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
McCance First to Serve as Entrepreneur in Residence
addition to sitting in on a number of classroom discussions, McCance spoke at student club gatherings, served as an adviser on several field study projects, and left his door open to anyone who wanted to talk about the ups and downs of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Cable Gal
in cable and telecom equipment sales — a field where few women are found — it was a wake-up call. "My son basically said, 'You're not doing your job,'" McCollough told the Roanoke Times (September 23, 2001) in a lengthy article that... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
Left to right: Feeley, Belkin, O'Donnell, Mathias, and Benton It was, in the words of one MBA '71 yearbook scribe, "a trying two years" at HBS. The class that celebrates its 25th Reunion this year came to Soldiers Field in September 1969,... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
At Ease
Fellows. Afterward, he talked with vets (from left) Danny Cho and Paul Stouffer (both MBA 2012) and Justin Langlois (HBS 2013). Earlier, Mullen fielded questions from students in two classes taught by Professor David Garvin and had lunch... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Just Super
sold and moved outside the region. Now, he and his son Jonathan Kraft (MBA '90), the Patriots' vice chairman, have established the Pats as a solid NFL franchise and likely contender for years to come. "When we bought this team eight years ago, we wanted to win off the... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Research Brief: The Fresh Start Effect
Beshears collaborated on a field study in which 6,000 university employees were asked if they’d like to increase their retirement contributions right away or if they’d prefer to make an increase in the near future. When the future date... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 13 Jul 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Meaghan Fitzgerald (MBA 2016)
Player One. And recently it’s felt like the right time in terms of technological advancements, accessibility, and investment for a field like VR to really start taking off and I wanted to be there when it did.” What promise do you think... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Redefining Success: Women & Work.
approached with offers that met her needs. Now that her kids are nearing adolescence, she is ready to return again. She sees her maturity and experience as an advantage. "If the term multitasking wasn't invented by a woman, it should have... View Details