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12 Jul 2021
News

Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

all citizens of our country have access to healthcare and other necessities of life.” MAY 2 Garuda Aerospace, led by CEO Agnishwar Jayaprakash (PLDA 25, 2018), is employing his company’s drones to deliver vaccines and medical supplies.... View Details

03 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

Everyone Knows Innovation is Essential to Business Success—Except Board Directors

directors as there has been on CEOs and managers,” he says. Boards are an essential factor in whether companies do well. “There are many examples of companies that had great strategies but were completely disrupted by other firms,”... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Oct 2002
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View from the Top

Art by Digital Vision Corporate leadership is a much-discussed topic these days. With financial scandals making headlines daily, the CEO hero worship that was common during the late 1990s is out and increased skepticism is in. “The... View Details

01 Jan 2004
News

Minoru Makihara, 75th AMP, 1977

of social responsibility." CURRENT READING In an Uncertain World: Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington, by Robert E. Rubin and Jacob Weisberg When Minoru Makihara was named president and CEO of Mitsubishi Corporation in 1992,... View Details

01 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate

(MBA 2020), Director of Network Intelligence at Volta Charging "When I started my search for a job in the climate space, I was worried that my criteria were too narrow and there wouldn't be many interesting roles for someone with my... View Details

Keywords: Energy / Cleantech

01 Sep 2003
News

Dean Clark Reflects on the School’s Key Initiatives

and academia on issues including executive compensation, limits to board effectiveness, capital market intermediaries, and the role of management education. These highly informative sessions stimulated new thinking and will form a basis... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

18 Aug 2021
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Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

Capital, and Corey Thomas (MBA 2002), chairman and CEO of Rapid7. 2020 OCTOBER 20 In their new book A Blessing: Women of Color Teaming Up to Lead, Empower and Thrive, Jacqueline Adams (MBA 1978) and Bonita Stewart (MBA 1983) address Black... View Details

16 Jan 2018
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Celebrating the Impact of Nonprofits

arts programming. To boost fundraising for the SPNM program, Panoff says the club has established the F. Steele III and Patricia H. Blackall Scholarship—named for the late F. Steele Blackall (MBA 1949), a club member who played a key role... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 2002
News

Alfred L. Cheauré - A Dog's Life

captivated by the sport and met a number of wonderful people who are dedicated to it. When I learned that the AKC was looking for a president/CEO, I applied. I am the first CEO who is not a “dog person.” For those in the know, a dog... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

26 May 2015
First Look

First Look: May 26

Publications March 2015 AFP Exchange Well Said: Why Articulating Your Strategy Can Set You Apart. By: Cespedes, Frank V. Abstract—Senior finance managers now operate in an altered c-suite landscape. The executives reporting to the CEO... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 1999
News

The Way You See It

of course be Bill Gates, CEO of Microsoft, who put in just one year at Harvard College before retreating westward to lay the groundwork for the computer revolution. HBS alumni selected Gates, barely twenty years old and a business... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons. Data collection by Ericka Webb.

01 Dec 2002
News

Bad Times for Business

Organizational design, structure, and culture do play a role and almost always have in corporate scandals. Companies that get into trouble often do so because of minimal internal connections between many parts of the organization. With... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

20 Mar 2007
First Look

First Look: March 20, 2007

included her husband. A decade later, in 1986, Claiborne was CEO of her own Fortune 500 company, reaching that milestone faster than any other business up to that point in history. Because the company did not own any of the factories that... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2022 Commencement Remarks | About

interests of society and spurs innovation. Even as we face challenges, I believe business can and will play a leadership role in devising solutions to the environmental, social, and governance problems that feel so urgent now. And this is... View Details

30 May 2025
News

Galas in NYC and Mexico City; NFL Coach Shares Leadership Insights in Charlotte

Panthers Head Coach Dave Canales. Held in the showroom at Ferrari Foreign Cars Italia in Charlotte, the event drew 90 alumni and friends to get a glimpse of the leadership mindset of the young NFL coach, who just took on his new role with... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

04 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

Why dot.coms Will Rise Again

United States in Internet use by mid 2004, he predicted. By 2007, the predominant language on the Internet will be Chinese, he said. As a frequent traveler to Asia in his role as director of the School's Asia-Pacific Initiative, which... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

15 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Navigating the Future of Renewable Energy at Port Esbjerg

Commercial Officer, and Dr. Dennis Jul Pedersen, CEO of Port Esbjerg. Their insights painted a vivid picture of the port's strategic role in supporting nearly 60 offshore wind projects, with over 90% of... View Details

15 Jan 2020
News

The Business of Access

expenses. It’s about the things that would make their work better and easier, which are resources that private-sector employees take for granted.” In January 2019, Lisle became CEO of Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, a... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Dec 2012
News

Alumni Book Briefs

and corporate battles that he witnessed in the nearly six decades of his career. He replays his two stints—in the late 1980s and the early 1990s—as the CEO of Canada's darling of the telecom industry, Mitel Corporation, and offers many... View Details

Keywords: Broadcasting (except Internet); Information

01 Jan 2012
News

Cynthia Carroll, MBA 1989

in our safety performance.” Under her watch, Anglo American has taken a much more collaborative role with the towns where the company operates. “We are not interested in coming in and getting all we can out of the land and then leaving,”... View Details

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