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- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Life by Design
shape a strategic plan that will make Gap “the place of choice to work,” she says. In creating that plan, Ross will draw heavily on her experience shaping a groundbreaking team-based approach to product development that she piloted to... View Details
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Demystifying the Family Enterprise - Course Catalog
the day. Family offices and family foundations are also family businesses and growing in numbers faster than most other businesses. The course is also useful for students who are planning to work in companies that advise or support... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Minding Families' Business
successful entrepreneurs, won't find it impossible to carry on family enterprises. Back in 1971, when de Gaspé Beaubien-with his wife, Nan-b - gained control of the then ailing media and communications company Telemedia, he wasn't... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
“Culture Is Everything”
always in transformation.” He then shared some moments of doubt he had at IBM when he first started (“I didn’t even know what a client server was,” he admitted) and said that he planned to work on public education and cancer research... View Details
- 15 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Find Your Pragmatic Path through Radical Uncertainty
Henri-Louis Bergson’s injunction: “Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.” THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS More Business-Related Pandemic Coverage from Around Harvard and Beyond COVID-19 Business Impact Center (Harvard Business School) Your CEO View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
A Journey to Leadership: Luke O'Neill
through a community service mentoring project. At first, O'Neill took his young charge to a succession of museums and sporting events in an attempt to show him a reality outside his troubled neighborhood and family life. "After some weeks... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
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Mike Monagle
really what I want to do.” HBS proved to be the best environment. “It has a time-tested curriculum,” Mike says. “The school has a history of producing extraordinarily successful people. And the new FIELD program augments the core to help... View Details
- 08 Dec 2017
- News
Harvard Business Grads Are Putting Politics Above Profits
expected to announce a bid for lieutenant governor in Georgia; and Mitt Romney (MBA 1974), who is anticipated to announce a run for the US Senate in Utah. “The interest really built on itself as people started to see that they could be View Details
Keywords: politics
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Jimmy Lai Chee-ying: Rags, Riches, and Risk
his way up the job ladder at a garment factory, in due course becoming plant manager. By speculating in the stock market, he turned bonus money into enough cash to start his own clothes-making operation, which eventually became Giordano, a wildly View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Instilling Production with Principles
competitors in an industry often known for low wages and dismal environmental records. “We can be a catalyst of change,” says Yang, who is planning sustainability conferences and factory tours to share her company’s View Details
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Past Issues - Alumni
Contents April 2001 New Ventures New Gains HBS Business Plan Contest Thriving Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia Beyond Accommodation Jim Gibbons Blazes a Trail Q&A: Suzy Wetlaufer Practicing What... View Details
- 12 PM – 1:30 PM EST, 21 Nov 2024
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Considering Retirement
your spouse? What about the decline in economic, social, and physical potential? A step back from work requires a great deal of thought and consideration, and it's natural to feel uncertain. This program will provide a framework to plan... View Details
- 16 Jul 2021
- Op-Ed
For Entrepreneurs, the Benefits of Slowing Down
brilliant book, What Got You Here Won't Get You There, about successful executives hitting points of friction as they grow, requiring changes in their behavior in order to continue to succeed. I often coach my entrepreneurs to assess... View Details
Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Alumni Books
better. To this end, they offer a set of management tools drawn from best practices in successful companies, the military, and government agencies. After showing why the federal personnel system needs reform, the book presents specific... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Stanford Lets Students Customize
Analytical Thinking. Students also get one-on-one advice from senior faculty who help them customize a plan of study. Customization is a cornerstone of the new program, which permits students to tailor their course work to an... View Details
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A Eureka Moment | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
been demotivated and provide learning tools that will give them the skills necessary for success in a digital world.” Bucala worked on Eureka Ed as an Independent Project (IP) in the fall of her second year, in addition to entering the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Minding The Gap
Focused and pragmatic, she is deeply committed to across-the-board success at a school where 93 percent of students are African American, and 65 percent are from economic backgrounds that qualify them for free or reduced school lunches.... View Details
- 03 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Making Money Making Movies
What makes a movie click with an audience? How important is buzz in the success or failure of an entertainment product? Should worldwide releases of movies be done over time, or all at once? Those are the kinds of questions that interest... View Details
- 05 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Can Putin Score Olympic Gold?
ride out of town. "The question is, can Russia demonstrate that it has the planning and operational expertise to run the Games—especially with venues so spread out?" asks Greyser. Secondly, Russia will be measured by the View Details
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Michael Maples
When Mike Maples, Jr. was growing up, there were two things he never dreamed he’d do in life: go to business school or become a venture capitalist. But after graduating from Harvard Business School and becoming a successful entrepreneur,... View Details